On Tuesday, scores of women volunteers crisscrossed the dusty roads of Israel's southern Negev desert to bring hundreds of Bedouin women from remote villages to their polling stations.
Stav Shaffir once wrote guidebooks and studied music. Now she's a history-making politician known for her anti-corruption campaigning and scathing attacks on the Israeli right. Can she bring the "politics of hope" to Israel?
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon fought in the country's war of independence and was one of the dominant figures in Israel's history. So why did so few people show up to pay their respects when his coffin was on display this weekend? Reporter Daniel Estrin has some possible reasons.
Former Israeli leader Ariel Sharon has died after spending nearly eight years in a coma that followed a stroke. Sharon was highly controversial — both loved and hated. And few individuals in recent memory have had as much of an influence on the recent history of the Middle East.
Israelis went to the polls Tuesday for a parliamentary election that's not expected to change their country's political leadership. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will most probably keep his job.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has struck a deal with the opposition Kadima party, avoiding the early general election he had sought.
Benjamin Netanyahu, head of the conservative Likud Party, will form the next Israeli government. For more we turn to Ethan Bronner, Jerusalem bureau chief for the New York Times.
Israel's political uncertainty has many in the wider Middle East wondering what the future holds.
The polls are closed in Israel, but no one knows who won! For more on these developments, we are joined by the BBC's Robin Lustig in Jerusalem.