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In Rishon and Ashkelon, ‘safe rooms’ save lives in two direct rocket strikes

Rocket with 90 kilos of explosives smashes through three floors of an apartment building in Israel’s fourth-largest town — and nobody is badly hurt

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Israel’s tourism industry experienced ‘not insignificant’ harm as a result of...

Hotel reservations show up to 20% cancellation rate due to Operation Pillar of Defense

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Tourism minister bids farewell

Stas Misezhnikov announces his retirement from politics, following lead of fellow Yisrael Beytenu MK Anastassia Michaeli

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Liberman boots Deputy FM Ayalon from Yisrael Beytenu’s Knesset slate

Party leader offers no explanation for shock move, names ex-PM’s son Yair Shamir as No. 2, and touts ‘balanced and responsible list’

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Weapons of mass distraction

Three leaders whom some regard as dictators are in the papers: Assad, Morsi, and Liberman

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The curious case of the party leader who inexplicably sacked his deputy

What on earth prompted Avigdor Liberman, foreign minister and head of Yisrael Beytenu, to so brusquely eject Danny Ayalon, his No. 2 at the ministry, from his party’s Knesset slate?

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2012 breaks record for incoming tourism

Despite drop in visitors due to Pillar of Defense, some 3.5 million people came to Israel this year

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Stas Misezhnikov named as former minister probed by police

Ex-Yisrael Beytenu MK, who headed Tourism Ministry, questioned over bribe suspicions during his term in office

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Former minister kept in jail amid massive graft sting

Stas Misezhnikov allegedly received bribes, fixed tenders; deputy minister Kirshenbaum released after police grilling

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Dozens remain detained in Yisrael Beytenu graft case

Deputy minister Faina Kirshenbaum sent home after seven-hour interrogation; daughter kept in custody

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Beytenu on the take?

Accusations that senior politicians, many tied to Yisrael Beytenu, were running a massive racket trading bribes for favors hit the newstands

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Liberman confident party MKs in corruption case are innocent

Foreign minister slams ‘smear campaign’ against Yisrael Beytenu ahead of March 2015 elections

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How basketball officials exposed the Yisrael Beytenu scandal

Police probe into Faina Kirshenbaum and others began after Shaul Eisenberg, Zvi Sherf investigated a suspicious donation

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Police chief denies graft probe is linked to elections

Accusations that arrests of Yisrael Beytenu members were timed for campaign are ‘unfounded,’ Yohanan Danino says

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Police push for indictments in Yisrael Beytenu scandal

15 face corruption charges; most senior of them, former deputy minister Faina Kirshenbaum, held for questioning

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Police urge charges for dozens of officials in massive graft case

Concluding investigation into alleged scheme trading political favors for kickbacks, police recommend indicting 36 suspects, including several former Yisrael Beytenu lawmakers

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Yesh Atid would overtake Likud by four seats in vote — poll

Trump campaign: Fact-checking debate would help Clinton; Jordan signs multi-billion-dollar deal to buy Israeli gas

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Ex-minister, other political figures to be charged in massive graft case

Stas Misezhnikov, who held tourism portfolio, suspected of soliciting kickbacks, using coke while in office; 15 others, many linked to Yisrael Beytenu party, also face indictment

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Ex-deputy minister, other Yisrael Beytenu officials indicted in massive graft...

Faina Kirshenbaum charged with financial felonies including bribery, breach of trust, fraud and money laundering

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Top basketball official charged in sprawling Yisrael Beytenu graft case

Moshe Kaliski, former head of Maccabi Rishon Lezion, accused of funneling money to ex-deputy minister in kickback scheme

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