After learning that top police officials oppose their bill to bypass State Prosecution approval for investigations, far-right lawmakers brought in a lower-ranking officer who supports the measure to represent the police in a Knesset panel

The emerging Israel-Hamas deal will bring immediate gains, but with Israel's messianic-nationalist government and the Palestinian Authority's weak leadership, unanswered questions about the day after still loom

The Jerusalem Film Festival opens with glitz and Gal Gadot, while the Jerusalem Arab Film Festival responds with bold Arab storytelling from Jeddah to Beirut. Meanwhile, the Artist Film Festival showcases politically charged Israeli video art