His hostility to Israel outweighs any desire to mend fences with Jews, as shown by failed bid to declare it should 'not be regarded as anti-Semitic to describe Israel as racist'

In call to mark Rosh Hashanah, president also says Iranians have 'lost their mojo' since he quit the nuclear deal, and are now 'fighting for their own survival'

Fighters tell Foreign Policy the Jewish state provided them with funding and weapons from 2013, but pulled support as Assad's troops regained control of border area

Army announces all checkpoints, crossings will be shuttered on Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Sukkot, except for humanitarian cases

Shaked touts success in appointing more conservative judges; former top justice says her recent comments against court's right to debate nation-state law delegitimize judiciary

Development shows 'great potential' for the use of sound in future robots; animals said to 'routinely solve problems that engineers find very difficult'

Prime minister credits Israel's security service with helping country avoid violence which has engulfed other countries in Middle East

Full transcript of US president's Rosh Hashanah call to American Jewish leaders: 'As we hear the Shofar’s sound this year, we have much to celebrate as a nation'