Yuval Steinitz, who holds energy portfolio, says Palestinian leader never recognized Jewish rights to a state, or Israeli cities Haifa, Tel Aviv

New evidence found after State Prosecutor’s Office ordered cops to continue inquiry into use of state funds for private use

Rain spreads from the north across the country; danger of flooding in low-lying areas

Members of SJP, Muslim student group leave student union meeting rather than decide on proposal offering annual Holocaust education programs

Singer, who will also snub Stockholm ceremony, leaves the president ‘Blowin in the Wind’

Former 188th Brigade officer meets with 86 recruits who refused Armored Corps to convince them to give tanks a try

Anti-Defamation League and Human Rights First say ‘overwhelming majority’ of participating countries in the world’s largest regional security group not providing adequate data

Mismatched rivals Norbert Hofer of the Freedom Party (FPOe) and the gentlemanly Alexander Van der Bellen of the Austrian Greens mirror country’s deep divisions