PETA slams Zac Efron over pro-conservation ad featuring grizzly bear
Animal rights group criticizes US actor for starring in videos by pancake and waffle mix maker Kodiac Cakes: 'Hypocritical to exploit one animal to potentially...
Lapid offers a new path to residents of Gaza: Livelihood, dignity and peace
As fighting ends, PM says Abraham Accords can be an alternative model for Gaza: 'There is another way'; Gantz says Israel will keep using preemptive...
Israel returns F-35 fleet to active service after tests for ejector seat problems
A week after being grounded for training flights, military says issue not found in any of its 33 jets; fleet took part in recent airstrikes...
Fidel Castro’s daughter says kosher for James Franco to play her father
Alina Fernández, the dissident offspring of the Cuban dictator, defends selection of Jewish star for part, rejecting criticism from Latino actors

Public thinks Lapid handled Gaza battle well, but no electoral boost — polls
3 TV surveys find pro-Netanyahu bloc still stuck at 59 seats, as Shaked's Zionist Spirit fails to enter Knesset in 2 of them; PM's Yesh...
Israeli study: Pest defenses in wild wheat can help save cultivated species
With global warming encouraging more pests, breeding of wild plant's defenses into today's widely used varieties could save many crops and boost food industry, say researchers
Compensation claims flow in as over 100 properties damaged by Gaza rockets
As the ceasefire holds, Israel begins to calculate the costs of Operation Breaking Dawn, which are higher than last year's Guardian of the Walls

US says its ready to ‘quickly conclude’ nuke deal with Iran on basis of EU proposal
State Department suggests deal's restoration is in Tehran's hands after EU submits 'final text' of drafted proposal; Iran expresses skepticism

Overturning decision, Likud court okays primaries candidate convicted of assault
Panel rules that David Laniado, convicted of burglaries, can't be disqualified for failing to disclose additional offense, due to statute of limitation; Netanyahu appeals decision...
Olivia Newton-John, star of ‘Grease,’ dies at 73
Grammy winner, famed singer and actress of Jewish heritage battled breast cancer for 30 years, was 'symbol of triumphs and hope,' family says
