Israel is being hammered by one heat wave after another, and now a report reveals that, should large-scale fires erupt, the country remains woefully unprepared to handle such crises

While Netanyahu and his camp insist he's been invited to the executive mansion in the fall, Washington officials remain non-committal amid a growing rift between the leaders

With Turkey's President Erdogan looking on, factions say prisoner release is necessary for all Palestinian parties to meet in Egypt, but PA president remains unconvinced that imprisoned Hamas and PIJ operatives should be released

Diplomats around the world have been fielding questions about the meaning of the new legislation and how it will affect the country; They are told to say that Israel is a "vibrant democracy" - and that the demonstrations that the government often attacks are actually evidence of this