Rabbi Avraham Yosef, the son of Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, faces undercover National Fraud Unit investigation • Police also look at closed 2009 criminal case against the rabbi as part of their probe.

As Israel boosts forces on Syrian border, UN Security Council urges ''Lebanese parties'' to recommit to home-country's policy of disassociation; Lebanese UN envoy pledges to keep borders open to Syrians fleeing violence.

Government settles ongoing feud with the Conference of Material Claims Against Germany.

Sharansky and Lauder express their “great disappointment and dismay” in the “Claims Conference leadership.”

Bayit Yehudi, Yisrael Beytenu legislation would cap foreign entities’ donations at NIS 20,000 to NGOs advocating boycott.

Rocket discovered north of Eilat 5 days after explosions heard.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced the appointment of his senior advisor, Ron Dermer, as Israel's Ambassador to the United States.

Violence continues to rise in lawless area after Morsi's ouster.

Defense minister Moshe Ya'alon denies Israeli ties to Latakia explosion, says Israel is sticking with established red lines.

Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem, recognized Lois Gunden, an American Mennonite who helped save Jewish children while in France during the Holocaust, as Righteous Among the Nations.