Opposition Leader Yair Lapid calls on Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana to convene ... at the detention facility and later stormed the Beit Lid base, where the suspects are being held.

Unlike the words church or temple, which mean “House of God,” the Hebrew term for a synagogue is beit knesset, which means “a house of people gathering.” Synagogue is Greek for the ...

This isn't just a museum; in 2005, the Knesset (Israel's parliament) passed a law declaring Beit Hatfutsot the center for Jewish communities in Israel and around the world. This beautiful facility ...