The officer was lightly wounded in the attack, which authorities said involved a suspect known to security services for supporting the Islamic State militant group

Exit polls showed the Joint List and United Arab List winning as many as 16 seats, almost double the 10 seats the two parties had in the outgoing Knesset

Exit polls project the Joint List and United Arab List, both Arab-majority parties, winning as many as 19 Knesset seats in total, almost double the 10 seats that the parties had in the outgoing Knesset

It is disappointing, but not surprising, to see how, within minutes of exit polls, Eisenkot framed the election results in the form of a 'Zionist' majority for a government led by him, falling precisely into Netanyahu's trap

Though Jerusalem's ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods were sleepy on Election Day, there were crowds at the polling stations. A yeshiva student hitchhiked to vote for Shas at an accessible polling station; at another polling station, an activist for the Haredi Public party was yelled at

Now that Israel's ballots have closed and the votes are being counted, you'll be hearing a lot about mandates, midgamim, double envelopes and the president's choice. Here's what it all means