State Department's Brian Hook says regime leaders don't want to talk, 'and we respect that.' But if it remains the case, sanctions will be followed by 'stronger measures'

But pro-Israel group charges that John Cheney-Lippold's decision to rescind recommendation offer to student who wants to study in Israel is an unacceptable double standard

NYT columnist: Palestinians should promise backing for deal that offers demilitarized state, some E. J'lem rule; Israel must choose between separation, losing its Jewish democracy

Official denies Israel TV report that claimed the Jabarin family already received an advance, but says there's no secret 'about our support for our prisoners'

UNWRA says will cut 250 jobs in Gaza, West Bank and make over 500 other positions part-time as it seeks to survive shortfalls caused by US aid cuts

Game was originally scheduled so Jewish fans could watch before the start of Judaism's holiest day, but rain from Hurricane Florence pushed back start time by 6 hours

Islam Yousef Abu Hamid killed Staff Sergeant Ronen Lubarsky with stone slab; IDF says home was erected on plot where a building was demolished following attack by Hamid's brother

State Board of Education also votes to reinsert references to 'Judeo-Christian (especially biblical law)' in section on traditions that informed the American founding