Backers of shift from Tel Aviv to capital hope to highlight issue of equal rights for LGBT community

18 members of social media group, ‘The path to heaven,’ arrested after attack in which 2 were wounded near Jerusalem’s Old City

Defense minister has threatened to cancel recognition of pre-army religious program over Yigal Levinstein’s disparaging of female IDF soldiers

Former diplomat Itamar Rabinovich paints a dark ‘j’accuse’ against the Israeli right, leading up to and following the prime minister’s assassination

Yoav Horowitz to join envoy Ron Dermer in talks on White House position toward West Bank slowdown, Amona outpost replacement

Berlin condemns Ankara’s ‘shocking’ accusations in escalating diplomatic feud: ‘We are tolerant, but we’re not stupid’

Abbas gives Rima Khalaf PA’s highest award, for quitting in protest of UN chief’s rejection of her agency’s scathing report on Israel

Attack on government forces comes days ahead of fresh UN-brokered peace talks in Geneva aiming at ending six-year war