Daniel Estrin

World leaders are congratulating President-Elect Joe Biden on his victory and they include some who have been close allies of President Trump.

As the world focused on the U.S. election, Israel demolished a small Palestinian village. Meanwhile, a former Israeli diplomat decried America's division as bad for Israel.

Israel launched a large operation to bulldoze Palestinian dwellings in a remote settlement. Such moves usually draw international criticism.

Israel has one of the largest populations of eligible U.S. voters abroad. Many are expected to vote for the incumbent. Palestinians disfavor Trump, but some Palestinian Americans have avoided voting.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has received political help from President Trump and Israelis favor Trump's re-election. Palestinians hope for a Biden win.

After NPR reported claims of civilian deaths in the operation against the ISIS chief, Central Command says the men showed "hostile intent," but it found no weapons or signs they fired at U.S. forces.

An NPR report prompted the U.S. to investigate if civilians were killed during the raid on the ISIS leader a year ago. The results still leave questions about whether innocent men were killed.

Palestinian politician Saeb Erekat is in critical but stable condition in Hadassah Hospital, where he has been moved after reportedly testing positive for coronavirus earlier this month.

After seeing four years of moves favoring Israel by the Trump administration, Palestinians are hoping for Joe Biden to win the election.

Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu has been one of President Trump's closest allies, with each of them helping the other's political fortunes. Now that could be in doubt.

The number of infections dropped significantly during the lockdown. People will again be allowed to move without restriction. Jerusalem's three main holy sites will reopen to the general public.

The Israeli army opened two coronavirus wards in an underground hospital parking lot that was originally built as a bomb shelter to treat patients during wars.

One of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's signature collars is now a prized artifact of the Museum of the Jewish People. Months before she died, she parted ways with one of her collars.

The collar, one of the late justice's signature fashion accessories, as well as an autographed copy her book, My Own Words, will be exhibited at the Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv.

The Palestinian Authority has refused since May to register Palestinian births with Israel, so the infants are blocked from leaving the country, as one Palestinian American family recently learned.

The shofar is a hallmark of Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year. The pandemic means there will be more and smaller prayer gatherings this year, so some cities have offered free shofar-blowing courses.

To help people celebrate a socially distanced Jewish New Year, there are free courses in Israel teaching how to blow the shofar — the ritual ram or antelope horn.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the foreign ministers of the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain will establish diplomatic relations in a formal signing at the White House on Tuesday.

Peace between Bahrain and Israel might start off slowly. But some in this small Arab country have doubts, and neighboring Saudi Arabia is still holding off normalizing ties with Israel.

Israel has announced it will launch another national lockdown after severe coronavirus infections began rising. The new restrictions begin on Friday.