As Bennett and Lapid continue to bleed support, the former IDF Chief of Staff is steadily rising in the polls ■ With plenty of time before Israel's election, a three-way merger could come to fruition if these trends continue and Netanyahu's Likud manages to surge past Eisenkot

Ben Samuels will assume the newly established role of U.S. Bureau Chief, and Arno Rosenfeld will join as the new Washington correspondent. The appointments are the first major hires in Haaretz's long-term strategic American expansion

Federal authorities announced the arrest of the 37-year-old from upstate New York, who is accused of providing material support and resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization