Day after projectile from Gaza hits Eshkol, prime minister says rocket attack shows ''true face of Hamas,'' despite Palestinian unity government commitments.
After morning rocket attack on Eshkol, IDF and Shin Bet coordinate airstrike on terror operative planning attacks in Israel; Palestinian media report of casualty.
Between January and May 2014, 1.5 million visitors arrived in Israel which is 7% more than the same period in 2013, 8% more than 2012 and 14% more than 2011.
One of the main pro-Israel voice in the US Congress and a veteran politician, Republican Eric Cantor, was defeated in a primary election on Tuesday by a rightist Tea Party favorite, David Brat, a college economics professor, by 11 points, 56% to 45%.
The results of the recent European elections, which were marked by a surge of extreme-rightist and eurosceptic parties, the economic crisis, and the attack on May 24 attack at the Jewish Museum in Brussels were topics high on the agenda of the tenth annual summit between EU and religious leaders in Brussels on Tuesday.
74-year-old Reuven ''Rubi'' Rivlin often talks about being a son of the Herut organization, with classic liberal values of democracy and freedom, together with a commitment to strong defense and the Land of Israel.