The current total population includes 6.744 million Jews, 1.907 million Arabs and 441,000 people who identify with neither group.

Netanyahu, 69, on Saturday surpassed the number of days as prime minister held by David Ben-Gurion, the country’s first prime minister.

Israel may have been late to the sci-fi game but here, at last, is the first anthology of works from the genre from the Holy Land.

Michal Aviad had a touch of prescience, perhaps, when she conceived of Working Woman. The Israeli director and her cowriter decided to focus her drama

Quint’s story, which begins in the maelstrom of the Holocaust and ends happily in Israel, throbs with faith and hope, insight and optimism.

Despite challenges, retirees enjoy rewarding new lives in Israel, where they are a force as volunteers.