Israel ranked 19 and has taken home 380 medals in previous Games.

After a displeased customer on a Brussels airline complained about halva made in the territories, the snack was removed from the menu, causing discontent with the Israeli embassy.

Residents of the village Sa'ir have been known to divert water from the village's pipes, the latest case accuses the municipality as behind the theft.

Over the past few months, a number of attacks have occurred against Coptic homes and churches in various provinces of Egypt, from Alexandria in the north to Luxor in the south.

Zionist Union backbenchers, MKs Ksenia Stevlova and Yossi Yona made the weekend visit at the invitation of the PA president.

Born in Iraq, Binyamin “Fuad” Ben-Eliezer made aliya to Israel in 1950, he entered the Knesset in 1984.

A German public television broadcast, which accused Israel of failing to provide adequate water to Palestinians, is embroiled in a row over allegations it demonized the Jewish state.