Ayelet Shaked and Yoaz Hender say they formed the political partnership to offer an alternative to right-wing voters who are tired of Likud, but experts say the faction will cross over to Netanyahu's bloc should he win enough seats

Families spokesperson says they won't attend memorial ceremony next month in Germany until Berlin takes issue seriously; 'Palestinian terrorists can't be given more money than the victims,' one of the widows says

Spokesperson for Rushdie says 'The Satanic Verses' writer was rushed into surgery, but did specify what his condition was; writer spent years in hiding after Iran's supreme leader called upon Muslims to kill him over blasphemy