US president 'brought us light in our darkest times' with his efforts to secure hostages' release, Hostages and Missing Families Forum says in letter to Norwegian Nobel Committee

Rabbis and pundits say the war's death toll and humanitarian crisis -- alongside simultaneous settler violence in the West Bank -- are causing engaged Jews to question their faith

Tal Shoham describes deeply embedded anti-Israel sentiment he witnessed during his captivity in Gaza, fears for remaining captives who are 'in the hands of those animals'

In letter to PM, Goldknopf hails Trump proposal, urges freeing yeshiva students; Lapid slams 'spoiled brats who think they have the right to dodge the draft while the IDF fights'

Candidates are Egyptian Khaled el-Enany, who wants to be agency's first Arab leader, and Congolese Firmin Matoko, who wants to depart from political tensions after US pullout

Ahmad Nassar, mayor of Arraba in Galilee, spoke of 'barbaric enemy' at event memorializing Arabs killed by police in October 2000 riots; ministry official denounces 'incitement'

90% of displaced Gaza border residents have returned, joined by more than 2,500 newcomers. Some say it's idealism, others just want to 'get the wheels turning again'

Britain, France and Germany reimposed sanctions, lifted by 2015 nuclear deal, on September 28, triggering the return of UN sanctions under the deal's so-called snapback mechanism