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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Reuven Rivlin shake hands during a meeting in Rivlin's Jerusalem residence on Wednesday, July 5, 2017 (courtesy)

Indian PM affirms ‘kinship’ with Israel, where he feels ‘at home’

By Raphael Ahren

In Jerusalem, President Reuven Rivlin calls Narendra Modi ‘one the greatest leaders of the world today’

Netanyahu turns to yoga in illustrating warm ties with India

By AP and ToI Staff

Israel names new flower in honor of visiting Indian prime minister

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

Arriving for ‘groundbreaking’ trip, Modi vows strong India-Israel ties

By Raphael Ahren and ToI Staff

Former Labor party leader Amir Peretz casts his vote at a polling station in Dimona on July 4, 2017. (Flash90)

Herzog unseated as Peretz, Gabbay advance to Labor leadership runoff

By Marissa Newman

Former defense minister in the lead with 32% of vote; ex-Kulanu minister follows at 27%; second-round vote to be held Monday

AnalysisA jolt for Labor, Herzog’s ouster may be bad news for Netanyahu

By Raoul Wootliff

Peretz, Gabbay court Labor heavyweights ahead of runoff

By Marissa Newman

AnalysisRaising up Peretz and dumping Herzog, Labor shows it forgives — eventually

By Marissa Newman

A general view of the West Bank settlement of Beit El near Ramallah, February 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

Live updates (closed)

Netanyahu reneges on Beit El settlement expansion project

By Tamar Pileggi

Saudi-led bloc regrets ‘negative’ Qatar response to demands; PLO official says US envoy Nikki Haley leading anti-Palestinian ‘crusade’; IDF officer killed in training accident laid to rest in Jerusalem

View of Jerusalem showing the Old City in the foreground against new parts of the city in the background, January 9, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

UNESCO panel okays softened text blasting Israel over Jerusalem activity

By Raphael Ahren

Israel slams surprise vote by World Heritage Committee condemning ‘illegal’ Old City digs, urges delegates in Poland to stand in silence for Holocaust victims

Jewish Home party leader and Education Minister Naftali Bennett speaks in response to the UN vote against Israeli settlements, at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, on December 25, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Israel fumes over ‘sad, pathetic’ UNESCO decision on Jerusalem

Master glassblower Peter Layton, of London Glassblowers. (Ester Segarra)

UK Jewish glassblower shatters boundaries with collaborative approach

Peter Layton is a pioneer in a medium whose process has historically been very secretive. His advice? Share and share alike

2nd Lt. David Golovenchik (Courtesy IDF)

IDF officer killed in Hebron by soldier’s accidental gun discharge

2nd Lt. David Golovenchik was drilling his platoon on a potential attack; soldiers apparently did not properly discharge weapons prior to exercise

Jerusalem's Rehavia neighborhood. (Shmuel Bar-Am)

1,500 Jerusalem homeowners up in arms over secret sale of church land

In Byzantine tale combining religion, politics and real estate, Greek Orthodox Patriarchate sells prime properties to private investors

Secularism is also a stream of Judaism

WATCH: The Knesset member responds to the Kotel controversy: We won’t let anyone take away our Judaism

Nathan Lopes Cardozo

To prevent a schism in British Orthodoxy

Inquisitions have no place in Judaism — those who have impugned Rabbi Joseph Dweck’s religiosity must back down

Mr. Netanyahu, don’t go to Hungary!

Israel’s leader shouldn’t visit a country whose prime minister praised a man who helped the Nazis murder Jews

Sarah Tuttle-Singer

The story with the bunk beds

On the bedtime ritual that wasn’t

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, right, and Mohammad Dahlan, left, leave a news conference in Egypt, in February 2007. (AP/Amr Nabil)

Analysis

‘Three-state’ reality emerges as Hamas-Dahlan leadership takes shape in Gaza

By Avi Issacharoff

Political reconciliation in Strip likely to defer war with Israel in short term, but lead to deadlier confrontation later

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, left, meets Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2014 (AP Photo/Ahmed Foad, MENA)

Abbas to meet with Egypt’s Sissi amid reports of Hamas deal

Omri Casspi #18 of the Sacramento Kings dunks the ball over Stephen Curry #30 of the Golden State Warriors at ORACLE Arena on December 28, 2015, in Oakland, California. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images/AFP)

NBA champions Golden State Warriors sign Israeli star

By Stuart Winer

Omri Casspi closes deal, for reported $2.1 million, to play upcoming season with San Francisco basketball team

Then-prime minister Ehud Olmert speaks during the appointment of Reuven Rivlin as Knesset speaker, March 30, 2009. (Kobi Gideon/Flash 90)

President lifts parole restrictions on newly freed Olmert

By Raoul Wootliff

Decision removes Prison Service check-ins, limits on foreign travel but not ‘moral turpitude’ designation that will ban him from office for 7 years

Aaron Rajman. (Screen capture: YouTube)

Orthodox Jewish MMA fighter shot dead in Florida home

Chabad friend of shooting victim says Aaron Rajman was very involved in faith and the local Jewish community

Members of the federal police carry a Nazi statue at the Interpol headquarters in Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 16, 2017. (AP/Natacha Pisarenko)

Top collector cries foul on Nazi memorabilia trove uncovered in Buenos Aires

By Matt Lebovic

A passenger observes the runway from a window at Israel's Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, April 21, 2013. (Flash90)

For 2nd day, mystery security ‘activities’ cause delays at Ben Gurion Airport

Defense Ministry limits movement in Israeli airspace for what it calls ‘routine scheduled activities’

Zionist Union MK Nachman Shai attends a meeting of the lobby for strengthening ties with the Jewish world, held at the Knesset, June 27, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

New bill would force non-Orthodox Western Wall prayer section

By Stuart Winer

Opposition MK Nahman Shai says his legislation is a chance to reverse ‘stupid’ government decision that ‘spat in the face’ of millions of Jews

Hussein Abu Khdeir, the father of the slain Palestinian teen Muhammed Abu Khdeir, outside his home in East Jerusalem, October 21, 2014 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Murdered Arab teen’s father: Not razing killers’ homes is double standard

Hussein Abu Khdeir, whose son was burnt alive by Jews, says ‘no justice at High Court,’ which rejected family’s petition

French President Emmanuel Macron (C, top) attends a tribute ceremony for French politician and Holocaust survivor Simone Veil in the courtyard of the Invalides in Paris, France, on July 5, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / ALAIN JOCARD)

Holocaust survivors, French president bid Simone Veil farewell

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Revered Jewish politician to be inducted into Paris’s Pantheon mausoleum alongside her husband and dozens of French greats

An undated photo of Ibrahim Hussein Berro (Courtesy)

New DNA evidence from AMIA attack may belong to bomber

By JTA and ToI Staff

Argentinian prosecutors seek to match profile that ‘doesn’t belong to any known victims’ to relatives of Ibrahim Berro

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A hearing about the Hadassah Hospital crisis at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, July 4, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Court allows some ex-Hadassah doctors to move to other hospital

A bag of knives, stun grenades, and Molotov cocktail materials confiscated from a Palestinian vehicle at the Mazmoria checkpoint outside Bethlehem. (Police spokesperson)

Border police say Jerusalem terror attack foiled at West Bank checkpoint

President Shimon Peres awards German Chancellor Angela Merkel the Presidential Medal of Distinction for her commitment to German-Israeli friendship, at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, 25 February 2014. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Germany seeking applicants for Shimon Peres Prize

By JTA

The opening ceremony of the Maccabiah Games in Jerusalem's Teddy Stadium, July 18, 2013. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

20th Maccabiah Games to open with record 10,000 athletes

By JTA

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