Herzl Halevi says economy must be strengthened to avoid new conflict, agrees with UN report that Strip could uninhabitable by 2020

Sapper called in to disarm explosives outside the Old City; overnight, security forces arrest 18 Palestinians in the West Bank

US-Russian backed cease-fire represents best hope to end 5-year-old conflict and stem the flow of refugees to neighboring countires

Payam Feili, who fled his country due to dangers he faces there, is nearing the end of his three-month Israel visa

In precedent-setting move, government accepts position of new A-G to spare home of killer whose father handed him over

Yael Weissman’s husband rushed to confront terrorists unarmed; ‘the army knows what it’s doing,’ she says

Husband and wife writers to edit a book of essays to mark the 50th anniversary of Israel’s capture of the West Bank

Watchdog urges venues in The Hague to ban author after news emerges of planned lecture