By telling the Biden administration that reentering the Iran nuclear accord would be a ‘bad thing,’ IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi is failing to learn the lessons of history and displaying the worst traits of Israeli security officials

Nursing student Ahmad Hijazi was killed by stray fire and a doctor who accompanied him was moderately injured

Thirty-four percent of Israel's population (3.2 million) was inoculated with first dose of the coronavirus vaccine, while 19.8 percent has received their second jab (nearly 1.8 million)

Estimates of ‘just’ 90 centimeters sea level rise by 2100 ignore Antarctica’s slower but hefty contribution, warns oceanographer John Englander

The worn out and frustrated public has lost trust in the authorities and is increasingly flouting COVID-19 rules

Olive pits in stone circles found at now-submerged Chalcolithic site suggest people started pickling this fruit earlier than previously thought – but only after they learned to make oil

As Netanyahu fights his fourth battle for survival in two years in an election overshadowed by just one issue – COVID-19 – the ultra-Orthodox community’s brazen flouting of the lockdown is causing him deep damage

Defense officials have argued for decades that such a pact would constrain Israel’s military operations. Former defense official says military chief Kochavi likely pressured to change position

Students at the Bogazici University in Istanbul began their protests nearly a month ago, saying the appointment of Melih Bulu as rector was undemocratic

Israelis who meet the criteria and have tested negative for COVID in the previous 72 hours will be allowed to return, and spend at least 10 days at a government-run quarantine facility

Between 70,000-80,000 companies shut down last year, and tens of thousands will likely close this year as well

The U.S. intends to reopen Palestinian diplomatic missions shuttered by the Trump administration and restore U.S. aid to the Palestinians

Housing Minister Yaakov Litzman and Interior Minister Arye Dery have been working to ensure new homes ahead of the March election

State asks High Court to extend a law exempting yeshiva students from compulsory military duty through July 6, or until the next Knesset can tackle the issue

Ron Huldai's party seems to self-destruct in a month's time, due to a few bad decisions and calculations. Might he eke out a couple of Knesset seats just the same, enough to pay back those expensive loans?

Thousands vote in Labor Party primary ahead of the general election, as polls see its prospects improving after Merav Michaeli assumes leadership

Judge rules commander had been harassing three soldiers for their 'presumed political opinion'

Just ahead of deadline for submitting election slates, Tzipi Livni says she won't run: 'The power to save Israel isn't in my hands'

The opaque process will leave the 17-year-old from Ramallah in prison without the right of defense after he was initially released on bail

According to official, Palestinian enclaves are expected to receive 37,000 doses of Pfizer and BioNTech vaccines starting in mid-February through COVAX, while Tunisia is due to receive 93,600 doses

Health Ministry previously recommended that vaccines not be given to those in first trimester because of risk of unrelated complications. Top official: Vaccine 'outweighs' COVID-19 complications

Iran says its satellite program is for scientific research but critics have long been suspicious of the program because the same technology can be used to develop long-range missiles

David Schoen, a member of the Zionist Organization of America's national board, has filed lawsuits in U.S. courts against the Palestinian Authority

As Biden 'temporarily' suspends F-35 deal, Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed realizes that he might find himself put on hold, and that relying on Israel might also turn out to be an unsteady prospect

All the leading Israel election polls in one place: Here are the parties projected to enter Knesset, ahead of the March 23 vote ■ Build your own coalition: Click the parties and try to get to 61 seats

Passengers say officer conducting inspection was deliberately discriminating and didn't check Jewish passengers at all, while police deny their claims

Those subjected to Israel’s occupation have been abandoned to the occupiers' cruelty, as a result of the weakness of the country's army, law enforcement and security establishment

No Israeli official would approve the visit to the Aero India Show because of the country's lockdown. Then Netanyahu intervened

'We have QAnon members of Congress. It's appalling,' said Kristopher Purcell, who worked in the Bush White House's communications office for six years

Team of experts who advised Israel's National Security Council says control over crisis not achieved mainly due to lack of long-term policy and failure in curbing infection rates in COVID hotspots, such as Haredi communities

Meni Wakshtock and Efi Skakovsky aren’t afraid to tackle some sacred cows in their "Bardak" video skits. They insist they’re not meant to be taken too seriously, though

Israel delivers 2,000 coronavirus vaccines to Palestinian Authority ■ Health Ministry recommends vaccination at all stages of pregnancy ■ Experts warn against uncontrolled reopening

Last month, UN experts said Iran now has enough low-enriched uranium stockpiled for at least two nuclear weapons, if it chose to pursue them

Holocaust educators in Germany often report that Germans of Muslim origin respond ‘wrongly’ to discussions about Nazi atrocities: Rather than remorse, they react with anxiety, fear – and radical empathy

Israeli military says drone had fallen during operation near border demarcation known as the Blue Line and that there was 'no breach of information'

Decline reflects a splintering of white nationalist and neo-Nazi groups that are more difficult to track online

The Illinois congressman cited most Republicans’ seeming unwillingness to hold Trump accountable for his role in encouraging the violent protests and support for Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene

Ya'alon ran for three election campaigns with Benny Gantz's Kahol Lavan, before leaving the party after Gantz joined a coalition with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

'A lot of what Biden has done has been unwinding what Trump had done,' said Kenneth Mayer, a University of Wisconsin-Madison political scientist and expert on presidential powers and executive actions

For 40 years, Israel has allowed a radical separatism, fed by political extortion and impunity, to flourish. That Haredi sedition, empowered by its blatant defiance of COVID rules, is now a danger to the Jewish state

Remember Palestinian teen Amal Nakhleh? During his 40 days out of jail he tried to catch up with his studies and had some medical tests. But then he was sent to administrative detention – just as the Shin Bet had promised

Nominating the pair of former deputies to then-President Donald Trump was American attorney Alan Dershowitz, who was eligible to do so in his capacity as a professor emeritus of Harvard Law School

The delivery is the first out of a total of 5,000 COVID Israeli vaccines intended for healthcare workers in the West Bank, while Palestinian PM announces 50,000 vaccines will arrive in mid-February

Alongside the agreement, Noble struck a deal with the Israel Electric Corporation, under which the Israel Electricity Company will buy gas from the Tamar reserve at lower prices

Kosovo is third country, and first Muslim-majority one, to open embassy in Jerusalem ■ Deal includes Kosovo recognizing Hezbollah as terror organization, and pledged to begin process of retrieving Jewish property looted in Holocaust

Schools in ultra-Orthodox cities remain open despite restrictions ■ Israel to transfer 5,000 vaccines to Palestinian medical staff ■ Israel closes borders, airport

Pharmaceutical giant Bayer invests in Israeli start-up looking into ways of eliminating allergies and food sensitivities

With small and medium businesses struggling to stay afloat, a dogged high cost of living and a whopper deficit, Israel's post-pandemic horizons remain bleak

Washington is concerned that Chinese company's presence could provide an opening for technological surveillance of what goes on at the port, including collecting information about joint Israeli-American operations

Otonomo had considered launching another fundraising round and had talked with Israeli institutional investors, but ultimately chose to raise money through a special-purpose acquisition company

American-Israeli developer Jack Leibowitz justified the establishment of the 300-household community as the only way to attract wealthy American Jews to Israel

Although more than 200,000 Israelis were vaccinated against COVID daily, the number of confirmed cases remained high, with troubling scenes of overwhelmed coronavirus wards

Sunday’s mass funeral in Jerusalem turned the Israeli government’s claim of equitable management of the coronavirus crisis into a farce, undermining the public's faith and increasing anger at the Haredi public

Public Security Minister Amir Ohana’s letter was 'a rankling act of defiance, pointing to a total misconception in the way the respondent perceives his role and authority,' wrote Justice Mazuz in the court's ruling

Educational advisers reported having receiving tens of thousands of new requests for treatment by students seeking support for loneliness, distress, anxiety and sexual abuse

Experts tell Haaretz how they expect the Biden administration to handle Trump's Abraham Accords and how it will all impact Israel and the Palestinians

According to text messages obtained by Haaretz, the ministry's regional inspector not only approved the Zoom conference held by Haifa’s Reali School earlier this month that included B'Tselem's director, but also complimented the school’s principa...

Rabbi Yitzhak Scheiner, who died of COVID-19 at 98, had been vocal against flouting coronavirus regulations

Labor link-up with Tel Aviv mayor’s party would get 7 seats; anti-Netanyahu camp musters razor-thin majority

Instead of a three-day visit Netanyahu was supposed to hold in December, the prime minister will visit the kingdom for only a few hours

Even if the lockdown is extended – given the current state of enforcement and lack of law and order – no miracle can be expected that would significantly curb Israel's coronavirus infection rates in a week

Some participants have said that many did not wear masks or observed social distancing rules, while the military is saying COVID restrictions were not violated

Ben-Gurion International Airport will remain shut for another week, while overland borders will remain closed until Tuesday at midnight

Efficient community health system, or committing to decentralization: It seems the secret is doing what makes the most sense

The internet giants didn't 'save democracy' by dumping Trump - and the Biden Administration is planning to clip their wings. What does that mean for Israel?

Two researches are facing a libel suit for citing a Holocaust survivor who recounted that a village mayor who saved her had also turned in about 20 other Jews to the Germans

Jacob Ziv created what we call ‘lossless’ compression and laid the ground for everything from GIF to PDF, to ZIP and MP3 files. Surprisingly, it didn’t make him rich

The town of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon and its Protestant villagers are estimated to have saved 2,500 Jews and more recently have taken in refugees from the Middle East and Africa

Abrams, who has returned to the Council on Foreign Relations, urged Republicans and others who supported Trump’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal to give President Joe Biden a grace period

The new findings raise questions about how highly-effective vaccines from Pfizer Inc with partner BioNTech, and Moderna Inc will fare against new variants

Turkish forces and their Syrian insurgent allies seized territory in the region in an offensive in 2019 against the Kurdish YPG militia which holds swathes of north and east Syria

Britain announced in July that it would open a special immigration pathway for up to 5 million eligible Hong Kongers to live, work and eventually settle in the U.K.

Trump is set to stand trial on the week of Feb. 8 on a charge that he incited the deadly riot inside the U.S. Capitol

Omer Yankelevitch, Israel’s diaspora affairs minister, called on the channel that broadcasts the show not to show the clip

Funds will be used to pay employee salaries, provide financial aid to families in need and operate power stations in the Gaza Strip, state media reports

Iran has often faced criticism from world bodies and Western human rights group for its rights record and high number of executions - the world's highest after China

Snags to creating a park starring Tell Megiddo, a proto-church, a unique Roman legion camp and much more, include a pesky prison smack in the middle and the billion-shekel bill to move it – and the plan to expand a highway

Dominic Pezzola, 43, had 'weapons- and bomb-making manuals' on a thumb drive device found within his home near Rochester, New York, prosecutors said

Revered rabbi dies at 99, weeks after contracting COVID ■ Israel Police: 'No way to enforce restrictions at an event like this'

Plus, Netflix’s ‘The Dig’ is well worth exploring, and two documentaries take differing approaches to the subjects of Hitler and COVID-19

Throwing baseless accusations at Biden’s envoy Rob Malley when he faces such a monumental challenge concerning Tehran’s nuclear program is futile and wrong

A Finance Ministry report found that parental education and financial security were key factors in entrepreneurial success, and that the exalted universe of Israeli startups is far from meritocratic

'You represent the U.S.,' Kate McKinnon asked in a skit. 'People can Google you and it’ll say she’s a real member of the U.S. government?'

Leaving QAnon is not as simple as it may seem

Greene has been under fire the past week for several past posts on social media, including pushing a conspiracy theory that Jewish space lasers started deadly forest fires

Steve Cohen's Point72 Asset Management thrust itself into the recent stock-market controversy involving the rising price of GameStop stock

The Wall Street Journal said the funding from Julie Jenkins Fancelli, a prominent donor to Trump's 2020 campaign, was facilitated by far-right show host Alex Jones

NATO and Washington will have a challenge getting the Taliban to agree to an extension beyond May

Nissenkorn, who recently left Benny Gantz's Kahol Lavan to join Ron Huldai's new party, says he's stepping aside from overcrowded center-left bloc ahead of March election

Israeli army says suspect rushed at soldier armed with a stick with three knives attached at a West Bank junction south of Bethlehem, army says; no soldiers or civilians were wounded

More than 3 million Israelis have received first dose of coronavirus vaccine; 1.7 million Israelis have received both doses, according to the latest data released by Health Ministry

Netanyahu and Gantz approved the transfer, making this the second time Israel has sent coronavirus vaccines to Palestinians ■ No word on whether Gaza will receive vaccines from Israel at this stage

Despite nearly 20 percent of Israelis being vaccinated for coronavirus, the death toll is rising swiftly. Israel's Health Ministry is adamant that the restrictions should be renewed for at least another week