A senior cleric said turnout for Khamenei's funeral would serve as a 'referendum' on the Islamic Republic as state media displayed coffins of the slain leader and his family, including his infant granddaughter, ahead of a tightly choreographed week of nationwide mourning and processions

The Basic Law on Torah study embodies neglect, discrimination and the deep moral rot of privileging draft dodgers over people who serve in the army ■ After three and a half years in which a crime gang has governed Israel,what was once considered inconceivable no longer seems particularly shocking