Car runs off road, smashes into motorcycle and pedestrian; suspect allegedly steals vehicle to escape after its driver stops to help

Taking inspiration from Jewish religious outreach groups, the 'Let's Talk' initiative sets up 50 'secular democratic' civil discourse tables across Israel every Friday morning

Museum says artifacts damaged by 40-year-old visitor to site dated back to 2nd century CE; police say suspect thought statues 'go against Torah'

President's office says no data stolen in breach, attributed to criminal enterprise rather than foreign adversary; hack 'being dealt with' by Shin Bet

Physicist Shikma Bressler, who has become a leading face of the anti-overhaul rallies, warns of choice between 'tyranny' or system 'that will ensure our liberal democratic values'

Declaring himself a candidate for next police chief, central district head Avi Bitton says force being sent to demonstrations instead of addressing criminal violence in Arab towns

Over three-quarters of country's Jews define themselves as secular or traditional, while some 4,000 Haredim are estimated to leave their ultra-Orthodox communities each year

In letter marking 50 years since Yom Kippur War, Tomer Bar says soldiers who risk lives must know the country and leaders have their backs: 'This principle must not be undermined!'

Singing 'I love you' in Hebrew and with his keyboardist playing a classic Israeli children's song, singer gives a show to remember to more than 60,000 Israeli fans

Some 90,000 cranes expected to pass through or winter at northern lake, joining flamingos, cormorants, pelicans, raptors and other bird species at popular tourist site