Mandatory period currently stands at 30 months for men after it was previously shortened * Herzog tells Saudi TV: It is my dream to see peace with Riyadh

While running last year, Jordan Wood 'hesitated' using word to describe Israeli action due to rising antisemitism, but now candidate says US can't 'fund Israel’s genocide in Gaza'

In her first media appearance, Sarah says embattled court chief groped her, including while she pretended to sleep, dismisses online rumors she is a Mossad agent

US president uses primetime address to justify push for strict voter ID bill, despite lack of evidence of voter fraud, and blasts TV networks for choosing not to air speech live

Raft of contentious laws passed this week increases power of right-wing media, throws off attorney general's legal restraints, and keeps the Haredim inside Netanyahu's right-wing bloc

Motion to disperse passes 62-0 with only coalition backing after it was tacked onto party financing bill; Netanyahu votes in favor of dissolution; 25th Knesset 'most challenging' in Israeli history, says speaker

Flouting her ministry's legal adviser, Silman grants herself authority to permit prisons to surround facilities with crocodiles, despite opposition from environmental officials

Shadi Jumaa arrested by Israeli forces in Qalqilya after released from Palestinian Authority prison, indicted on terror charges by military prosecutors