Mothers have held rare protests in Somalia to demand information on their children, who they fear have been deployed to Ethiopia's Tigray region

Health Ministry panel recommends vaccinating teens 16-18 ■ Education Ministry estimates a third of high schoolers not participating in remote learning

COVID-19 is surging again in Israel's ultra-Orthodox communities. But no matter how many die, the ultra-Orthodox yeshivas and shuls won’t close, because every death is a holy sacrifice for a higher cause

'Those who ordered the murder of General Soleimani should be punished,' Iran's supreme leader tweets

ISIS has claimed responsibility for the Sheikh Zuweid explosion, which officials say was triggered by a remote-controlled device

State media quotes military source reporting 'a barrage of missiles'

Despite the ongoing vaccine drive, the next few weeks will still see high death rates ■ Reality shattered ultra-Orthodox belief in godly protection and herd immunity

A flawed decision-making process has emboldened 'coronavirus deniers,' experts say

With a crowded right, the PM is rediscovering decency, and silencing and sidelining the embarrassing members of his coterie. The maneuver, of course, is an illusion

Much of the world reacted to Biden's inauguration with a sigh of relief. In the Mideast, it was met with mixed feelings

Nearly 2 million Israelis are living in poverty despite massive aid to offset pandemic’s impact

One of Israel's most lucrative industries has barely been affected the coronavirus crisis, but getting there proves difficult for women, Arabs and ultra-Orthodox

This week at the Tel Aviv airport: An Israeli lawyer who didn't let a bone-shattering accident stand in the way of her lofty dreams

In Israel's early years, members of the government had bitter arguments about the appointment of non-Ashkenazi justices to the Supreme Court. The consequences of these discussions, which ultimately led to the creation of the 'Sephardi chair,' are fel...

The new president is also directing agencies to reconsider international contact tracing requirements for U.S.-bound passengers, which was abandoned by the Trump White House, in spate of emergency orders

The prime minister's legal team argues the court shouldn’t start hearing witnesses in before Attorney General Mendelblit decides whether to file indictments against telecoms firms embroiled in alleged corruption cases

As protests pick up again and threaten to unseat an fragile government, the old regime rears its head, surfing on a wave of nostalgia and historical revisionism

Settlers blocked intersections in the West Bank in protest of the death of Ahuvia Sandak

Amal Nakhleh, who suffers from a rare autoimmune disease, was charged in November with hurling stones. Military prosecutors said that if released on bail, he would be put in administrative detention

Health Ministry panel recommends vaccinating teens 16-18 ■ Over 200,000 vaccines administered for second day in a row ■ 'Radical' Haredim attack cops dispersing illegal gathering in COVID hotspot ■ Lockdown extended through January 31

Iran's nuclear program, China's investment in Israel and new settlement building could all lead to confrontations, if Netanyahu is looking for one

Election Overdose podcast, episode 4: Can the never-Trumpers do for Gideon Sa’ar what they did for Joe Biden and could Israel eventually see two parties led by women?

The Republican Party has sent the vanguard of a noisy new generation of racists, antisemitism appeasers and insurrection-enablers into Congress. And a deluded Ivanka Trump thinks the GOP’s dark future belongs to her

In an executive order signed in his first day in office, Biden disband Donald Trump’s presidential 1776 Commission and withdrew a report it released Monday

The minutes show that the IDF’s deputy chief of staff at the time, Maj. Gen. Israel Tal, also warned of the serious consequences if Israel did not emerge victorious in the war

The former White House adviser and chief architect of many of the Trump administration's controversial immigration policies slammed Biden for 'opening travel from terror hot spots'

Rare for an inaugural address, President Joe Biden issued a strong repudiation of white supremacy and domestic terrorism seen on the rise under Donald Trump

Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi is in a realistic slot on Meretz’s Knesset slate – and she isn't apologizing for being one place below a retired general

Gorman later left CNN's Anderson Cooper speechless in an interview about her work

Some 40,000 people have been barred from entering the United States since December 2017 under Trump's travel ban, according to State Department data

Has the coronavirus pandemic dealt a mortal blow to fast fashion as we know it?

People dressed in black and with their faces covered broke windows and the glass door at the Democratic Party of Oregon business office in Portland

The reports were about conversations that President Kais Saied, who opposes normalization with Israel, had Monday

Beneath the city’s ancient mosque is actually an older one from the seventh century, when Judaism, Christianity and Islam lived side by side

The Proud Boys are a neofascist group known for engaging in violent clashes at political rallies

No one immediately took responsibility for the attack, but Iraqi military officials said it was the work of the Islamic State

As the country's vaccination craze is waning, it is left with two million unvaccinated children, which raises many medical and ethical questions

Son of former Prime Minister Begin once served under Netanyahu and now joins his chief rival to end 'crude, scathing attacks' on Israel's democracy

Experts outline the challenges facing the new White House as it looks to reengage with Tehran without damaging relations with Israel, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states

The Trump era, and its insurrectionist end, shows why the insistence of historians who call fascism a ‘demon of the past’ is both inaccurate – and dangerous

The Hashemite kingdom, which has been battered by COVID-19 and shunned by Trump, will look to Washington with new hope

Fresh from what fans consider their Never Trump triumph, the Lincoln Project founders have a new mission: To help ditch Netanyahu. But you might not like what happens next

Sanders responded to the attention: 'In Vermont, we know something about the cold and we're not so concerned about good fashion'

In one Telegram channel with more than 18,400 members, QAnon believers were split between those still urging others to 'trust the plan' and those saying they felt betrayed

In a first vote of the new Democrat-led U.S. Senate the chamber confirmed Biden’s nominee for Director of National Intelligence, Avril Haines

Twitter's suspension of the embassy's account came a day after the Trump administration, in its final hours, accused China of committing genocide in Xinjiang

The arrest of Palestinian DJ Sama Abdulhadi after she played a set at the Nabi Musa complex wasn’t merely a struggle between secularism and religiosity

Netanyahu needs an experienced Iran hand on American soil at this time, and at least, unlike Ron Dermer, Yossi Cohen isn’t a walking red flag

Although all expressed support for Israel, many of Biden's picks for senior foreign policy roles were instrumental in brokering the Iran nuclear deal, butting heads with the Jewish state

Chopping tools were the real original Swiss army knife of the archaic human set, says Prof. Ran Barkai, but nobody knew what they were used for – until now

A piece of the door-frame of an early church was reused in the wall of a luxury house in the late Byzantine or early Islamic period and has now been found during road work

To justify broken bones, officers claim Palestinians tried to flee ■ Victims remanded in detention, not allowed to testify in person because they are a COVID risk - without medical proof

Another question is whether Biden is seeking to repair the world or whether he will get sucked into the whirlpool that Trump bequeathed him and just try to fix a few things

Biden's focus will be rebuilding trust, with American people and foreign allies, press secretary Jen Psaki says, breaking sharply with combative style of Trump administration

More masks and less wall, back in Paris accord and out with the Muslim travel ban: As expected, incoming president rolls back iconic Trump decisions

Sanctions will ban the officials, including O'Brien, Bolton and Bannon, from entering or doing business with China

Democrat Chuck Schumer – 'a kid from Brooklyn, the son of an exterminator and a housewife, a descendant of victims of the Holocaust' – becomes first Jewish Senate majority leader

Impact investing was estimated to have totaled $715 billion in 2019. Technology plays a small part – only $5 billion a year – but Israel has a chance to stand out

Israel Democracy Institute study finds salaried employees were much better off than the self-employed as the coronavirus takes a toll on Israel's economy

Supreme Court president says complaints shouldn't have to wait long to testify, and their cases will be heard by a mixed-gender panel

'This is not a policy change or indication of future policy change,' embassy spokeswoman says

The Biden-Harris administration will need to act with 'courage, speed, and vision to heal the nation,' says Reform leader. World Jewish Congress' Lauder: 'The Jewish community could not have a better ally in the White House'

Yamina candidate and self-employed group protest leader was also convicted for assaulting an officer. The party decries a 'shameful' attempt to hurt Abir Kara's image ahead of Israel's March election

The 46th president of the United States calls on Americans to 'reject the culture in which facts themselves are manipulated and even fractured' and urges the nation to 'defend the truth and defeat the lies'

The prime minister, a close ally of Trump, tells Biden: 'You and I have had a warm personal friendship going back many decades' ■ Rivlin: 'The people of Israel wish you great success'

The UAE and the Trump administration were working to ink a deal before Biden, who has said he will re-examine it, takes office

Democrat Biden assumes the helm of a country reeling from deep political divides, a battered economy and a raging coronavirus pandemic

Talk by B’Tselem director came after Education Ministry banned schools from hosting people from groups ‘that treat IDF soldiers with contempt and call Israel an apartheid state’

Former Democratic President Bill Clinton rescinded his own ban barring senior White House officials from lobbying when he exited the White House in 2001

According to the charges against him, Anan Abu Dahir smuggled drones into Gaza to track Israeli forces

Harris will be sworn in by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the first woman of color to serve on the high court

Move comes after Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt ended their boycott of Qatar, in place since 2017 over alleged terrorism links

Initial investigations suggest that the blast in Calle de Toledo was been caused by a gas leak, Madrid mayor tells reporters

'Have a good life – we will see you soon,' says Trump, whose refusal to greet his successor and attend the inauguration represents a break with more than a century and a half of political tradition

After a year of Trump's denials of reality and responsibility, the pandemic’s U.S. death toll has eclipsed 400,000. And the loss of lives is accelerating

Palestinian petition alleges discrimination, as 40% of planned homes in neighborhood outside pre-1967 borders are part of government-subsidized program only open to citizens

Sen. Jacky Rosen and three representatives underscore ‘importance of U.S.-Israel relationship’ and why they believe Israel must remain a bipartisan issue; Rep. Elaine Luria says she will take up the mantle of ex-Reps. Nita Lowey and Eliot Engel

Yes it was very small, but the insect found in Colorado is so extraordinarily preserved that we can still see the stripes on his little legs too

Sea of Galilee water level raises six centimeters in one day, frost expected in some areas as temperatures drop below usual for the time of year

Rainbow's viral videos have become a kind of soundtrack for the Trump years

Coronavirus czar says spread slowly decreasing and lockdown likely to end on January 31, as health minister says over 200,000 vaccines administered per day

'The mob was fed lies. They were provoked by the president and other powerful people,' McConnell said of Trump in a speech on the Senate floor that raised Hannity’s ire

As Haredi society is counting its dead, and Israel as a whole is sinking into a fierce crisis, with Haredi irresponsibility among the reasons, it must be asked: Where is our leadership?

The R number has dropped to 1.04, as compared to 1.3 at the end of December, though the rate of infection and hospitalized patients remain a serious concern

American-Israeli artist Iddo Markus couldn't stop painting Donald Trump. Now he deals with people reacting with anger and disgust to his work

Trump touted his legacy and wished luck to the new administration, but refused to acknowledge Biden by name

Opposition lawmakers fume at Likud deputy minister Yoav Kish, calling the suggestion an attempt to harm democracy in guise of a health crisis

Health Ministry and council for gynecological health endorse COVID vaccine ■ ‘At least at the theoretical level, the vaccine is much less risky than other vaccines that we give pregnant women,’ one expert says

Before the Capitol riot, Trump had been expected to remain his party’s de facto leader, wielding enormous power as he served as a kingmaker and mulled a 2024 presidential run

Meanwhile calls grow in the U.K. to cut off trade with countries engaged in genocide

Sen. Dick Durbin calls Reema Dodin an ‘amazing woman’ who will be a ‘tremendous asset’ to the nation. Conservative media criticized the appointment when it was first announced