Road 16, to be completed in 2023, will use tunnels to cut from Motza to capital's southern neighborhoods, freeing up congestion at the main entrance to the city

IDF says 'unidentified elements' started fire on vessel from Turkey anchored off coast, 'incident under control'

PA foreign ministry calls David Friedman 'illiterate in politics, history and geography' for saying Israel has right to 'some' of West Bank

Separately, authorities in capital ask citizens to report people for 'hosting mixed dance parties,' posting 'immoral content' to Instagram

Aircraft carrying Abdelhaleem Ashqar, who was imprisoned for refusing to testify against Hamas, is sent back to America after judge cites problems in deportation process

Douglas Emhoff is one of several spouses in the crop of Democratic presidential hopefuls who could be America's first 'first gentleman'

Crowd calls to scrap planned bill to allow extraditions to countries without treaty, including China; police say at least 153,000 started march, but new people still joining

Foreign ministers say negotiated settlement only acceptable outcome, day after US ambassador says Israel has the 'right' to annex at least 'some' of the West Bank