The IDF has been engaged in a series of large arms raids in the West Bank in recent months in an effort to stop guns from ending up in the hands of lone terrorists or small attack cells.

Jewish institutions urged to keep up morale in the face of recent attacks in the US.

"There is no Ukrainian history without Jewish history."

The editorial came amid signs that the Saudi media is softening its reporting on Israel, a development that has been linked to under the table contacts between the two countries.

Netanyahu's desire to meet with both candidates did not necessarily meanm, as some argued, that he was subtly choosing sides

Clinton's camp has done its best to raise the bar for Trump, and in television interviews on Monday both campaigns tried to frame expectations.

A 2008 agreement stating that conversions approved by the the Beth Din of America would be recognized as valid in Israel, but the compromise has been slowly unraveling ever since.

Every time Israel has ceded land it the past it has brought violence not peace, Education Minister Naftali Bennett said.