After provision removed from broader spending legislation due to progressive pressure, House Appropriations chair says 'commitment to the security of our friend and ally is ironclad,' with voting expected later Thursday

Former school principal, who was extradited to Australia after a six-year legal battle, is accused of sexually abusing young girls at the ultra-Orthodox Adass Israel school in Melbourne

Under dictatorship of Omar al-Bashir, the African nation - then a hotbed of terror and organized crime - was a foreign base for group's members and supporters who could live, raise money, and channel Iranian weapons and funds to the Gaza Strip

Ynet exposé: Damning document shows police top brass were aware of knotty circumstances that led to the worst civilian disaster in Israel's history, claiming the lives of 45 people, but decided to greenlight the event anyway

Helmut Oberlander had been fighting to stay in the country since 1995 when police launched an investigation into his alleged ties to an Einsatzkommando, or Nazi death squad

Democratic representative Andy Levin's 'Two-State Solution Act' formally states 'that the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and Gaza are occupied territories'; Bill expected to face universal opposition in both the House and Senate

Bill passes by majority of 420 to 9; House speaker Nancy Pelosi says vote 'reflects the great unity in Congress on a bipartisan and bicameral basis for Israel's security' adding congress stands in support of durable peace between Israel and Palestinians

Legal battle continues over custody of five-year-old Eitan Biran, who lost his parents and younger brother in a cable car crash in Italy, after the boy's maternal grandfather brought him to Israel in a move labeled as 'abduction' by the paternal side of the family