The U.S. Supreme Court was scheduled to hear arguments in a case that would allow American citizens born in Jerusalem to have their birthplace listed as Israel on their passports.
Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, the Democratic Party leader, urged Jewish leaders to push back against what she said were distortions of President Obama\’s Israel record.
Israeli government and military websites were back on-line a day after an apparent cyber attack.
The Jerusalem offices of Peace Now were threatened.
An Israeli waiter was found guilty on Monday of murdering the boss who fired him and five members of the restaurant owner\’s family, including a baby, stabbing them to death in their home.
Israel\’s main labor union ended a brief strike that shut down major sectors of the economy on Monday, following a labor court injunction that limited the action to just four hours.
Israel\’s main labor union declared a general strike on Monday, shutting down major sectors of the country\’s economy, but a labor court intervened issuing an injunction that limited the strike to just four hours, officials said.
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