In Haifa's Halisa neighborhood, 'many families have left' out of fear for their lives, one social activist tells Haaretz, as murders in Israel's Arab community spike

While voter turnout is expected to drop, it's too early to predict by how much and whether it will be enough to provide al-Sissi proof that he has public support to carry out the painful but necessary economic reforms

During the time of the First Temple, Sukkot was considered the most important holiday – with the Torah referring to it simply as 'the holiday' and historian Josephus describing it as the 'most holy and important feast'

Arguably the most obscure of Jewish customs, during Sukkot, Jews shake a closed date frond, some myrtle boughs, a few willow twigs and a citron fruit as part of the daily prayer service – but why and where did this begin?

The intention to issue the order now in effect was announced by the Central Command chief earlier this month, citing 'a risk to the West Bank region's security'