The strikes came after a Turkish delegation visited the military airfield as part of a plan to rehabilitate runways damaged in previous attacks, according to the Qatari-owned outlet Al-Araby Al-Jadeed

With Likud trailing in the polls and projected to lose some 10 seats in October, Tuesday's primary left senior ministers and key Netanyahu allies facing the exit despite years of loyalty

The endless rationalizations by American Jewish organizations for why an Israeli lawmaker's latest indefensible remarks should not change anyone's understanding of the country increasingly look like a refusal to confront what Israel has become