As the UAE spacecraft orbits around Mars – mazel tov – it’s a good time to revisit how plausible life in outer space really is

'What is this nonsense about telling us we can’t gather in the street, or we can’t have a party in our house, or we can’t go to a restaurant?'

To understand the Pétain government's inexplicable support for the continued activities of the Jewish Scouts during World War II, we must abandon our stereotypical views of the Holocaust in France

Khan will replace Fatou Bensouda on June 16, and is bound to have a decisive role in deciding the future of the investigation she requested into alleged war crimes by Israel and Hamas

The prison came to symbolize the excesses of the U.S. 'war on terror' because of harsh interrogation methods that critics say amounted to torture

Masoud Molavi Vardanjani was shot dead on an Istanbul street in November 2019, a year after leaving Iran and criticizing what he said was corruption in the Islamic Republic

Cholent, a special yummy Shabbat dish, was on offer, but prominent rabbis said everyone should get inoculated, and the Haredi community 'says no to lies,' a local man added

Tehran and Washington are indirectly sending messages that are also aimed at the Saudis and Israelis. Any delay could put Biden under pressure at home to block the contacts

The Ethiopians, among about 8,000 with Jewish ancestry awaiting immigration to Israel, had been tested for COVID-19 prior to arriving

Before reissuing the document, dozens of schools were denoted for ‘the foreign community’ in the field for type of school, alongside state schools, ultra-Orthodox schools and Arab schools

The officer who shot dead Ethiopian Israeli Solomon Teka in 2019 was initially reinstated behind the back of police commissioner, sources say, but following public outrage, he was instead given a job in the Fire and Rescue Service

Union for Reform Judaism says JNF plan would 'endanger the possibility of a two-state solution,' adding they will work to mobilize the Jewish community against the proposal, which they claim could harm Israel-U.S. ties

Netanyahu obstructed things and the military stalled, but the IDF chief finally has some good news

Figure raises new questions as to whether a March 25 directive from Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration helped spread sickness and death among residents, a charge the state disputes

The social media company also temporarily locked the account of the group's founder, James O'Keefe, for violating the same policy, a Twitter spokeswoman said in a statement

A more likely outcome of an anti-Trump movement would be for centrist Republicans to try to purge Trumpism from within its own ranks, said David Jolly, a former Republican congressman from Florida

The House prosecutors produced a number of public statements by Trump as he openly stirred the anger of his supporters over the Congress’s action to affirm Biden’s election victory

Nathan Robinson, 30, wrote Wednesday on his website Current Affairs that the editor of the British daily’s U.S. edition had decided not to use his pieces following two tweets

Lincoln Project to launch outside probe amid new revelations

Report gives no further information about cause of explosion or source or whether it left any casualties

More than 200 people have been charged with federal offences in the bloody assault on Congress, which claimed the lives of five people and led to Trump's impeachment trial this week

Meanwhile, as the election nears, Israel's government turns its COVID failures into a pat on the back, though Netanyahu can forget about a New Zealand moment

Prosecution may call key witness in Netanyahu's trial, Arnon Milchan, earlier than planned to prevent his being ‘influenced’

When Labor and Meretz compete over which one is more leftist, one of them is liable to find itself alone in Israel's March election

Neolithic farmers built one of the earliest stone circles in Britain in the mountains of Wales. When they moved, they apparently brought their ancestral monuments along for the ride

This week’s Polish court ruling in favor of the family of a wartime village mayor is just one more sign that politicians and courts need to be excluded from involvement in scholarly historical debates

They account for some 30% of the profession, and these days they 
are prospering like never before after a coronavirus-led surge in crime

This comes as Israel continues to exit its third lockdown, while the coronavirus vaccination drive shows positive results, but slows down

What was an accountant from the Palestinian Finance Ministry doing late at night near an unauthorized outpost, where a settler shot him to death?

Conversations at the Tel Aviv airport: A production manager leaves Israel for his country of birth, while a land assessor considers moving to Singapore, where COVID is under control

The verdict handed down by a Warsaw court this week ruled that two senior historians must apologize for allegations in their book that a Polish mayor had turned Jews over to the Nazis

Poised on the cusp between economic and climate disaster, and an amazing commercial opportunity, Gulf-based petroleum giants realize today that the golden age of oil is about to end, Dan Rabinowitz

The criminal case revealed Thursday, involving more than 20 Israelis, some former defense officials, will mandate full transparency in Israel’s dealings with the already-suspicious Biden administration

'Do we really have a Corona problem? Or do we have a Jewish problem?' the flyers read

There was a time when Netanyahu was entirely unwilling to cooperate with the Kahanists. Now, in his desperation, he’s rescuing them from political oblivion, no matter what it takes

Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi added that Oman is committed to peace between Israel and the Palestinians based on a two-state solution

China’s efforts to sway international public opinion have been going on for far longer than the COVID-19 crisis – an attempt especially evident if you speak Arabic

The Israeli organization has until now operated in the West Bank through a subsidiary, and is set to discuss a proposal to allow it to officially purchase land in and near settlement blocs

National Radio and Television Administration says BBC 'seriously violated' relegations that reports should be 'truthful and fair' and that it harmed China's national interests and undermined national unity

In the past, burn patients had to travel to Jordan for reconstructive surgery. Due to COVID travel restrictions, a local business is now providing masks to help Gazans heal and prepare for reconstructive surgery

Labor was on the brink of extinction only a couple of weeks ago. Now it’s Meretz’s turn to signal polling distress. Why are Israel’s old parties of the left, once in power, now on life-support?

The WHO’s leading animal disease expert, said the team conducted scientific investigations into four main scenarios about how SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, spread into humans

The window near him was open. No way he didn’t hear the horns and catcalls of ‘Bibi go home!’ Did he feel any humility as he sat before the trio of judges?

The cancellation comes, among other things, because of Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Nahyan's failure to present the relevant documentation about his integrity to Israel Football Association

Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna says citizen diplomacy and a focus on innovation can cut through some of the ‘gridlock that has been created by the government-to-government approaches’ in the Middle East

Fox’s most popular personality, Tucker Carlson, said he didn’t watch any of the trial’s first day: 'At this point, honestly, who cares?

Pakistan's opposition hosts Hamas at mass rallies against a 'Jewish-Indian plot': Illegal funding for Prime Minister Imran Khan's army-backed party, in exchange for normalizing relations with Israel. It’s a potent rallying cry

Fully vaccinated persons who do not quarantine should still watch for symptoms for 14 days following an exposure

Neera Tanden, President Joe Biden's nominee to head the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, was skewered from both the right and left

More than 120 of them held a Zoom call last Friday to discuss the breakaway group, which would run on a platform of 'principled conservatism'

The controversy was the latest involving Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey and the GOP more broadly in a battleground state that Joe Biden won by 153,000 votes but where Trump continues to hold grip

Failings within Egypt's electricity grid and education system demonstrate the enormous gap between the improvement in Egypt’s economic situation and the state of its public services

Reddit-fuelled trading previously squeezed GameStop 'shorts'

Three dead from COVID-19 in one shift, patients who languish for hours in the ambulance, impossible ethical dilemmas that must be resolved daily – a grim chronicle of the life of an Israeli paramedic

New online scam targeting Israelis and others abroad uses an old trick to make you think you've done something 'illegal'. There is a simple solution

Before her turnaround, Melissa Rein Lively was one of a relatively small group of Jewish acolytes of QAnon, which is undergirded by antisemitic tropes

Israel faces a new terrorist insurgency. This time it’s ultra-Orthodox Jews, armed with COVID, and the government is unwilling, or unable, to safeguard lives or the law

The Oscar-winning director was selected in part due to his 'extraordinary work to preserve the memory of the Holocaust'

Petitioners argued that Amir Ohana’s measure was a ploy to gain votes from Ethiopian Israelis in the upcoming election

When Benjamin Netanyahu talks in English, he’s keen to embrace the LGBTQ community. As he strikes deals ahead of the election with far-right extremists who blame gay people for ‘destroying family life,’ it looks like it was shameless pinkwashin...

The suspects, who include former Israeli defense officials, 'developed, manufactured and tested' the weapons before clandestinely selling them. Sources say case could have led to crisis between superpowers

Some experts claim the site is home to the biblical altar erected by Joshua; local authorities say contractor damaged ancient stone wall in course of work

Boebert, like Greene, has made headlines for the kind words she’s offered about QAnon, the pro-Donald Trump conspiracy theory with antisemitic overtones

Israel allegedly allowed Palestinian minister Hussein al-Sheikh to meet with prisoner Marwan Barghouti on Thursday

The Emiratis’ Mars strategy is to project the image of scientific prowess and hope the reality one day will catch up. Good luck with that

Flynt died in his sleep at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, with his wife, Liz, and daughter, Theresa, at his bedside, Gowen said in a statement

In a statement, it said the Babur cruise missile was 'launched from a state-of-the-art Multi Tube Missile Launch Vehicle'

The annual Iranian exercise, dubbed the 'great prophet,' is ongoing in the southwest of the country and has aimed at readiness and assessment of forces. Drones and helicopters will be used in the drill

Experts explain why 67% of Americans willing to take the COVID-19 vaccination isn't enough

Gina Carano fell under heavy criticism after she posted on social media that 'Jews were beaten in the streets, not by Nazi soldiers but by their neighbors.... even by children'

'He assembled, inflamed and incited his followers to descend upon the Capitol,' the lead impeachment manager, Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., said Wednesday in an emotional and personal speech

This is a rare example of the Democratic Majority for Israel publicly responding to domestic Israeli politics, as Netanyahu signs a surplus vote sharing agreement with far-right party ahead of March's election

Fredy Hirsch was a revered, openly gay Jewish youth leader who brightened the lives of kids at Theresienstadt and Auschwitz and saved many from death. Why is he virtually unknown in Israel?

Turkey has carried out numerous cross-border ground and aerial offensives against the PKK, which maintains bases in northern Iraq

Al-Hathloul, who pushed to end a ban on women driving in Saudi Arabia, was arrested in 2018 and sentenced to almost six years in prison last December

A party head with even a shred of shame, principles and self-respect would have announced that he’d rather risk losing a Knesset seat than cooperate with a gang of dangerous extremists

Amid complaints of conflicting authorities and short notice, first to fourth grade students will return in first wave of reopening, but in areas with low rates of coronavirus infection only

Back in January, Netanyahu and Finance Minister Katz announced a nine step plan to hand out an estimated 15 billion shekels ($4.6 billion) in coronavirus grants. But most of the clauses haven't entered preliminary discussions, let alone advanced work...

The new basket includes 117 new medications and technologies that will be used to treat more than 170,000 Israelis ■ Half of state funds to go for cancer, lung diseases

Despite a decrease in antisemitic incidents since 2019, the pandemic is fueling new strands of antisemitic discourse – from conspiracy theories of Jewish involvement in spreading the disease for malevolent and financial purposes, to expressions of ...

Citing intelligence sources, the British weekly said a team of more than 20 agents, including Israeli and Iranian nationals, carried out the November 2020 ambush on scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh after eight months of surveillance

Despite obstacles, many are optimistic that the first Palestinian elections in 15 years will be held, as Hamas and Fatah release joint statement in step toward reconciliation

In the plan to approve apartment construction in industrial zones in the central district, some 20 percent of living space would be allocated as affordable housing

Iran previously warned Western nations that it will produce uranium metal, which is essential for the core of nuclear weapons

Channel 12 poll gives the far-right-Kahanist Religious Zionism party five seats, with parties opposed to Netanyahu getting a total of 61 seats out of the Knesset's 120

Cops refused to believe knife in man’s car was for opening packages in a hurry, but judge believed him

Flutes made of bone go back tens of thousands of years, but this modified snail is the oldest shell-wind instrument ever found, scientists say

Authorities reveal doubling of domestic abuse reports in Lebanon, two months after it outlawed sexual harassment and reformed its divorce law

In the first of a series of articles ahead of Israel’s March 23 election, a brief history of Jewish governance – and why the numbers 3.25 and 61 are so important in this election

Fulton County prosecutors have sent letters asking state officials to preserve documents related to Trump's January call with the Georgia's Secretary of State pressuring him to 'find more votes'