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Tel Aviv University archaeologists Miki Ben-Dor and Ran Barkai proffer novel hypothesis, showing how the greed of Homo erectus set us careening down an anomalous evolutionary path

U.S. officials said the report, for which the CIA was the main contributor, assessed that the crown prince approved and likely ordered the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi

Historians of American Judaism point to Purim as an important holiday that did much to increase Jews’ visibility in the United States in the 19th century

Digging, concrete pads seen around the nuclear research center in Dimona – possibly to retrofit its aging reactor – but the reasons remain unclear

49 percent of Israel's population have been vaccinated with first dose of the coronavirus vaccine, while 34.65 percent have received second jab

Cities defy COVID regulations to open schools ■ Knesset passes law allowing disclosing identities of unvaccinated to authorities ■ Netanyahu aims to complete vaccination campaign by April

The Pfizer coronavirus vaccine on average prevents 94 percent of symptomatic illness and 92 percent of serious illness, an analysis of the medical data from 1.2 million Israeli patients shows

'You shouldn’t retroactively judge people,' Dutch lawmaker Thierry Baudet says of Nuremberg trials ahead of general elections

Panel proposed solutions that have yet to be implemented because of election, lack of government synchronization and surging unemployment

With Israel about to begin three-day nightly curfew over coronavirus concerns, Nachman Ash says it is 'very dismaying' to see parties taking place

Police brace for holiday's celebrations amid easing of coronavirus restrictions, while Israel's government weighs the extension of curfew

U.S. senator says Israel responsible for health of Palestinians under its control, 'outrageous' for Netanayhu 'to reward his foreign allies'

Of all political players, Yamina head Naftali Bennet is in the best position ahead of Israel's election. But there's a price

U.S. House speaker highlights 'unbreakable bond' and 'unwavering support' for Israel in phone call, while Democrats are concerned Netanyahu has aligned too closely with the Republican Party

Environmental protection minister says tar on Israel’s beaches that caused the country's worst case of sea pollution in decades came from a single scofflaw ship

Products from Israeli settlement couldn't have been marked with Israel as the country of origin since the signing of the Oslo Accords in the mid-1990s, but that changed after Pompeo's final visit to Israel as secretary of state

Iran this week effectively set a deadline to lift those sanctions within three months, after which it said it would erase surveillance footage of its nuclear facilities

A governmental plan set to go into effect next week slashes the number of Israelis allowed to return from abroad from 2,000 a day to 200

The dispute centers on how much water Ethiopia will release downstream if a multi-year drought occurs and how the three countries would settle any future disputes

The NGO study disputes the Israeli government's claim that it has closed gaps between Jewish and Arab localities

The middle grades have been learning through Zoom for much longer than other grades, spending less than a month in school since September

Some 10,500 migrant workers and asylum seekers have been vaccinated against the coronavirus in the past two weeks at a Tel Aviv facility, but the Health Ministry is set to limit inoculations there to second doses only

Harun Abu Aram was shot amid clashes in the southern Hebron hills when he tried to stop Israeli soldiers from seizing a generator. The Defense Ministry didn't respond to several appeals to facilitate his treatment

Rep. Gregory Meeks, who serves as chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, has previously said the U.S. should be willing to leverage aid to Israel over annexation

Compared to the private sector, they suffered little. Now IAI workers have arranged not to suffer at all

If successful, the pipeline project would for the first time in years provide a steady energy source to the Gaza Strip

Among the many who find an emergent Jewish identity through the cultivation of soil are a minority who find something more: a new relationship to gender

New daily coronavirus cases were down to 3,500, only to jump up again, and the upcoming Purim holiday has health officials worried

While some Jewish individuals have been at the forefront of supporting Alexey Navalny, large Jewish organizations see Putin as a friendly force for the community

The defendant, also a settler, faces multiple charges, including causing injury for racist motives, amid a period of demonstrations over the death of a Jewish teenager, Ahuvia Sandak, in a police chase

Public opinion polls indicate turnout in the March vote could recede below 60 percent of eligible Israeli Arab voters, amid growing disappointment at Arab-majority parties' infighting and lack of influence

Two hosts at Beur FM were suspended after planning to discuss the Israeli-Moroccan normalization agreement on air and then meeting with the Israeli chargé d’affaires in Paris. The station denies allegations of antisemitism

New law lets Health Ministry share names, ID numbers, addresses and phone numbers of Israelis who didn't get a coronvairus vaccine with local authorities. Meanwhile, pilot program to track international arrivals starts

Vaccinated and immune theatergoers are in high spirits at the opening night of ‘Blithe Spirit’ at Jerusalem’s Khan Theater. ‘Better a comedy than a tragedy,’ one audience member tells Haaretz, summing up the mood

Former member of Assad’s secret police is accused of facilitating the torture of prisoners in the first time a court outside Syria has ruled in a case on the government’s abuses against its own population

Court finds that Abu Walaa and his network radicalized young people in northern and western Germany and sent them to areas controlled by the Islamic State, according to German reports

Three vaccine recipients had severe side effects in the trial, but the FDA said that its analysis did not raise any specific safety concerns

How a man’s hobby wound up attracting tens of thousands of readers a day, including some important musicians

Ibtisam Mara’ana was disqualified last week by the Central Election Committee ■ The court will likely quash the decision

Under Trump's more isolationist approach, Washington quit the council in 2018 but the Biden government has already returned as an observer

Iraq’s Christian communities were dealt a severe blow when they were scattered by the ISIS onslaught in 2014, further shrinking the country’s already dwindling Christian population

'While this shoddy hit piece may gain attention, it does not change the facts,' a spokesperson for Allen said in a statement

Despite his humiliating public shaming by his former IDF colleagues, the man who would be prime minister could still be the kingmaker after March 23

No injuries were reported as searches for the suspect are underway

As the far-right meme 'Jesusland' goes viral, here's a look at the winners and losers in this disturbing rendering of the United States

Bennett says that he is willing to join a coalition that includes the Yesh Atid leader, but that he will not be part of a 'left-wing' government led by him

The hate has been refreshed, replacing ‘Elders of Zion’ with ‘globalists,’ blood libel with QAnon, deicide with ‘white genocide.’ An old-new conspiratorial antisemitism is now embedded within the Republican Party, its candidates and voter...

Sacha Baron Cohen said he has been sued and nearly arrested over the course of filming his movies and shows

A preliminary inquiry finds that the commander fired a 22-caliber Ruger rifle, usually used during riots at the soldier ■ Military police investigating incident

Oz was interviewed on Tuesday about her new book, in which she writes about the violence she suffered from her father, the renowned Israeli author. 'The attacker can live his entire life in dignity, but when the victim starts to tell the story she is...

Knesset passes law allowing disclosing identities of unvaccinated to authorities ■ Netanyahu aims to complete vaccination campaign by April ■ Cabinet approves Purim curfew

Defense Minister Gantz, who is also the alternate prime minister, may quit the race or fail to pass the electoral threshold. That may allow Netanyahu to dismiss him and Kahol Lavan ministers from the transitional government

Biden is aware of the price and realizes that ultimately, he will be forced to make a difficult decision if he wants to to return to nuclear deal

The service attributes further deterioration of Israel's labor market to the cumulative effect of successive lockdowns, warns competition for jobs 'will grow more fierce' as extended period of unemployment benefits expires in June 2021

Unionization at Alphabet and Amazon may yet inspire workers who have shown little interest in the idea

COVID vaccinations start at Qalandiyah checkpoint as cases jump and inoculations lag in predominately Arab East Jerusalem

The settlement would put to rest a prolonged legal battle between the Israel-born Neumann and Softbank, which dates back to 2019 when WeWork’s IPO plans fell apart

The poll, released exactly one month ahead of the scheduled date of the election, gave Netanyahu's Likud party 28 seats, making it the largest

Rep. Kathy Manning of North Carolina, the deputy chief of a key subcommittee, told Haaretz the nuclear agreement ‘needs to be for a longer period of time, it needs to be a stronger deal, it needs to be broader’

As Israel faces outbreak of new COVID variants, government approves three-night curfew in the hopes of preventing Purim parties

Vaccinations will resume, but from Tuesday on, second jabs only ■ 'The allocations for this population have run out,' Health Ministry says, according to sources

Thomas-Greenfield, 68, is a 35-year veteran of the Foreign Service who has served on four continents, most notably in Africa

With the airport shut due to COVID, Israelis in the United States are finding it difficult to get back to Tel Aviv – even if they have an election to run in next month

Iran officially started restricting international inspections of its nuclear facilities, state TV reports, in a bid to pressure European countries and Biden to lift economic sanctions and restore the 2015 nuclear deal

Letter comes ahead of Knesset vote on bill to allow personal details of those unvaccinated against COVID to be provided to local authorities

U.S. House of Representatives' former top security official denies rejecting deployment of National Gaurd and instead said that intelligence had not warranted having troops

Naccache participated in the 1975 kidnapping of oil ministers in Vienna and helped recruit Hezbollah's Imad Mughniyeh, who later rose to become the group's top operative

'That's fascism, not justice - and that is exactly what they are trying to do with respect to me, except that the people of our Country won't stand for it,' Trump said in a statement

Katarzyna Markusz was investigated after complaint from government-funded Polish organization over assertion that ‘Polish participation in the Holocaust is a historical fact’

At the National Sea Turtle Rescue Center, sea turtles are on the mend after the massive oil spill and might be released back to nature soon. The little creatures can’t eat solid food yet

Soon after Gina Carano’s firing, Ben Shapiro invited her to collaborate on a film being produced under the auspices of his conservative Daily Wire website

Minerva Helen, a Greek tanker, was mentioned by several Israeli media outlets as responsible for the leak ■ Company denies all allegations

The countries include Guatemala, the Czech Republic and Honduras ■ Israel is also expected to send more vaccinations to healthcare workers in the West Bank

Israel to transfer vaccines for Palestinian medical staffs ■ Cabinet set to debate Purim overnight curfew ■ More than 3 million Israelis have received both vaccine doses ■ Israel further limits entry of Israelis from abroad

Independent UN sanctions monitors accused Prince of proposing a private military operation - known as 'Project Opus' - to Libya's eastern-based commander Khalifa Haftar

NASA also presented a brief audio clip captured by microphones on the rover after its arrival that included the murmur of a light wind gust

Writer E. Jean Carroll plans to be there if Trump is deposed

Israel reopening its stores this week may provide a big psychological boost, but in terms of the real economy it’s fake news

Known for his elegant manner and trademark goatee beard, Sheikh Zaki Yamani's 24-year tenure running the oil affairs of the world's biggest crude producer made him a global celebrity

Defense team seeks to question Avichai Mendelbilt over his approval to open a probe against Netanyahu

Nearly 3,000 years ago, King Ahab of Israel and other oft-squabbling nations of the Levant came together to face the Assyrian Empire in an alliance whose importance echoes to this very day

Albert Bourla, Pfizer's CEO, has yet to respond, showing no signs of planning to change the date of his visit

EDGE was in 'advanced discussion' with several Israeli defense companies about jointly funding and developing missiles and unmanned platforms, CEO Faisal al-Bannai said without identifying the firms

Armin Laschet, new chairman of the Christian Democratic Union party, has worked for years to tighten ties with Israel, but won't see eye to eye with Netanyahu on Iran if he becomes chancellor

Just as Trump normalized the Proud Boys, Bibi is normalizing the neo-fascist Kahanists and their anti-Arab hate. But instead of outrage from AIPAC and U.S. Jewish groups, there's apologetics, or silence

The Lebanese PM tasks key ministries with the follow-up, as Israeli officials continue to try to find those responsible for the spill

CPAC, the annual conservative political conference, cancelled Young Pharaoh's appearance due to comments surfacing in which he called Judaism a 'complete lie'

Activist Sami Huraini, 23, is one of the coordinators of a West Bank youth group engaged in weekly demonstrations. His family history of nonviolent protest has yielded some unlikely victories

The law, which expired at midnight on Monday, requires Iran to block snap inspections by the UN nuclear watchdog if sanctions are not lifted, but Iranian media isn't convinced of the benefits of escalation