The witness, a member of the Syrian Social National Party, says he didn't initially make the connection between the prisoner in his group's custody and the missing Israeli.

Arrivals / Departures: A U.S. rabbi visiting Israel says that separation of religion and state is what makes America work; a couple of Israelis returning from Greece share a 'When Harry Met Sally' moment.

The authorities believe that Moshe Orbach belonged to a group that aims to stoke violence in the West Bank and bring down the Israeli government.

Israeli air and ground forces are synchronizing their operations as a way to defeat wily Hezbollah in a short war. But the ground forces had better improve.

Best known as a novelist, Eco's work in other areas included philosophy and linguistics; his 2010 novel 'The Prague Cemetery' depicted a forger behind the anti-Semitic text.

High above a neighborhood cafe in south Tel Aviv, an idealistic agronomist is cultivating salad greens and strawberries, and he says anyone can do it.

As part of the impending deal, Mohammed al-Qiq, a 33-year-old Palestinian journalist, is to be transferred from northern Israel to East Jerusalem; he has been on a hunger strike for nearly three months in protest against his detention without trial.

After participating in the heroic revolt and setting 'hell on fire,' Willenberg joined the Polish resistance, fighting the Nazis in Warsaw, then becoming an artist in Israel.