Hapoel Jerusalem will come into the Israel League basketball finals series as an underdog against Maccabi Tel Aviv in what will no doubt be a terrific best-of-three tilt between the two squads that ...

They are the leading extremists in the most right-wing government in Israel’s history: Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir are both West Bank settlers.

A political crisis has swept Israel. Amid massive protests, lawmakers in parliament voted to limit the Supreme Court’s ability to strike down government actions, weakening the judiciary. Who’s driving ...