After five-and-a-half years, US Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro and family to leave Israel on Friday, says Julie Fisher, but will quickly return as ex-pats

Presidential dignity that inspires trust should come with the office, but the 45th American president-elect is too far gone

Fatalities expected as alpine ski rescue teams struggle to dig through snow to reach 3-story structure

Bloomberg: Bank Leumi, Israel’s second largest bank, has already started closing branches and cutting back on staff as revenue for Israeli banks has been flat due to record-low interest rates; the lender has deepened its focus on digital banking

Ashton Carter reveals he ‘recommended against’ commutation for leaker of classified documents, decision was Obama’s

Replay Technologies’ 360-degree imaging format will be used in upcoming Super Bowl broadcast

Peter Abelson, who says he is half-Jewish, accused of anti-Semitism for shunning local Jews over Israel’s policies

From Cairo to Tehran, Syria to the Gulf, key players eye the prospect of once-unimaginable new alliances under the incoming US administration