Region around Quneitra had been declared off-limits as stray fire incidents stoked tensions with Syria

Border Police arrest 36-year-old woman with knife, cops say she confessed to planning to carry out attack in Jerusalem

Palestinian arrested at West Bank crossing with knife; Russia reportedly negotiating Golan safe zones with Israel, Jordan and US; AIPAC delegation coming to Israel to discuss Western Wall reversal with PM

Mazen Faqha’s Gaza-based successor is said to have extensive connections in the West Bank

Ayelet Shaked says she backs PM’s decision to freeze agreement for pluralistic prayer section, but objects to being kept out of loop

Senior Reform and Liberal figures slam decision to freeze plans for egalitarian prayer space, Jewish News reports; Board of Deputies president ‘profoundly dismayed’

The complexity of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is lost on many in the gay community leading to outright rejection of the Jewish state

State Department rejects ‘false’ report of Abbas-Kushner rift but concedes ‘some meetings more difficult than others’