The fragment isn't earliest the Chinese artifact found in Israel but it's the earliest example of Chinese writing here, and speaks of intense Ottoman-Chinese trade

In April, artist Ruth Patir and her co-curators announced that they would not be opening the Israeli pavilion at the Venice Biennale art exhibition where her video series '(M)otherland' was set to be displayed

The army predicts that if these groups obtain the Syrian regime's advanced weaponry or chemical weapons, Israel will have to take action that will impact the entire Middle East