Shas Chairman Dery agreed to give Rabbi Yosef greater influence over party decisions after the party's senior spiritual leader urged Israel's ultra-Orthodox not to vote for the party to help bring down Netanyahu – but sources say the reconciliation is unlikely to last

Israel's finance minister Bezalel Smotrich has been quietly leading a campaign to bring the Palestinian Authority and the West Bank economy to their knees

The carnivorous insect peering through a leaf triumphed over battling cuttlefish exchanging violent displays of color, a bridge between islands and a baby turtle in this year's BMC photo contest