Comments mark sharp escalation in rhetoric, tensions between between Sunni -Shiite rivals over 2015 hajj disaster

With Netanyahu looking on, Mark Rutte defends country’s labeling of West Bank products; urges preservation of 2-state solution

Channel 2 survey is first ever to show centrist party ahead of Likud, 24 seats to 22, but Lapid would still have a hard time forming a coalition

On visit to The Hague, Netanyahu says Jerusalem wants to aid Palestinian territory, thanks Netherlands for assistance in energy project