'Last year we told people to stay at home,' says church official. 'This year we are somehow silent'

'Germany and France want to see a government committed to implementing reforms,' said a diplomatic source, as European powers float proposals that would pull Lebanon out its worst crisis in decades

The leader of France's far-right National Rally is currently polling ahead of Emmanuel Macron for the 2022 presidential election. Has she changed, or has her country? And will the nation's Jews follow?

Israel elections 2021: Islamist party leader says 'time to create different reality' in Israel, stops short of naming PM candidate ■ Yamina's Bennett meets Netanyahu for coalition talks a day before Lapid meeting

New York Police Department said the attack was deemed a 'possible bias incident'

Unlike the last three times when he could rely with his eyes closed on the ultra-Orthodox, Netanyahu is entering coalition talks without an unlimited insurance policy in his pocket

Rather than the sharing of confidential medical records, Israeli rights groups stress transparency and PR campaigns as a better way to encourage people to get vaccinated against COVID-19

Besides the firm approach to China, Biden's foreign policy seems a complete turnaround from his predecessor ■ Iran is still perceived as a problem, but not one that brute force alone can solve ■ Israel must also recognize its limitations

Israel is marching backward and has elected to the Knesset people who want to literally send women back to the kitchen

This week at the Tel Aviv airport: A French-Israeli who is in the process of reinventing herself, and an American expat trying to find balance between life and work in Tel Aviv

The police account whereby the young Palestinian tried to flee during a raid on undocumented workers in Tel Aviv and jumped to his death in an elevator shaft raises suspicions

At a press conference on Thursday, United Arab List Chairman Mansour Abbas refrained from announcing which candidate UAL intends to recommend to President Reuven Rivlin next week

He founded a nonprofit to assist the homeless in Israel and lived on the street to understand them better. Social worker Omri Abramovich, 42, learned how to beg for money, ate at soup kitchens, used discarded cartons as covers on cold nights and als...

The patriarch, whose comments are unusually direct, wields influence in Lebanon as head of the Maronite church, from which the president must be drawn under a sectarian power-sharing system

The 'quality' score has been the chief classification tool used by the Israeli army over the years to evaluate recruits. A sociologist explains how this mysterious criterion became an instrument of discrimination that caused long-term damage to Israe...

Tehran has begun enriching uranium with a fourth cascade, or cluster, of advanced IR-2m machines at its underground Natanz plant, watchdog report finds

After Netanyahu's attorneys ask to exempt him from compulsory presence at his trial, prosecution says he must appear at first session of evidence stage

Within a week, Israel must decide whether to ignore or cooperate with the court's probe into alleged Israeli war crimes in Gaza: Either have zero impact or contradict its opposition to the ICC's very authority

The investigation into the Trump-allied Florida congressman over alleged sexual relations with a 17-year-old stem from a federal probe of Joel Greenberg, criticized by his local Jewish community in the past

Authorities found a notebook referring to the far-right National Action group, a guide on how to use knives and weapons, and the manifesto of a Norwegian mass killer in the officer's home

Netanyahu may exploit upcoming Israeli presidential election to evade criminal trial or sentence, say sources involved in the race

Why are we not allowed to know what Golda Meir said during the Yom Kippur War? What damage will be caused by publishing photographs from the Deir Yassin massacre? There are mounting requests to the courts to allow the publication of historical docume...

The damage to the body inflicted by the Western diet, based heavily on processed food, extends to the mind, too, research at Yale and elsewhere shows

Ron Gonen helped New York recycle. His Closed Loop Partners wants end what he calls wasteful 'crony capitalism' production. That's why they refused Exxon's investment. Instead he wants people to recycle, reuse and refuse

New regulations reverse ban on transgender people from serving in the military, prohibits discrimination based on gender identity and widens access to medical care and assistance with gender transitions

Acting Justice Minister Gantz is accusing Netanyahu of blocking the appointment out of personal interests, as he asks attorney general to declare the prime minister unfit to lead

Forget the 'Startup Nation.' Israeli high-tech is changing. The industry is set to grow a new generation of large companies that could could revolutionize Israel

Judging from the crowded field of seven Republican hopefuls vying for that seat, Trump still looms large as most have not disavowed the false narrative put out by Trump that he lost to Biden because of voter fraud

Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus, was the first area in the Palestinian Territories to be forced into lockdown just before Easter last year, closing the Church of the Nativity

The anti-LGBT Noam party, which won one Knesset seat, is demanding that Israel cancel its commitment to the U.N. resolution protecting women and calling for gender equality, among other requests

Genetic analysis shows that while the Scythians seemingly came from several places to the central Asian steppe, the Basques were not big on moving and mixing

France's third lockdown follows slow vaccination rollout

Friedrich Karl Berger arrived in his native Germany in February after being ordered deported by a court in Memphis last year

'Amy Winehouse: 10 Years On', commissioned by Britain's BBC Two and BBC Music, will be told through the narrative of the 'Rehab' and 'Back to Black' singer's mother Janis

Half a million gold coins and other spectacular treasures are causing, among other things, a recast of the Fatimid epoch as much more than quakes and war

Blake Baileys 'Philip Roth,' a volume Roth had imagined in some form for more than 20 years, comes out April 6

Tens of thousands of Yemeni Jews left for Israel shortly after its establishment as a state in 1948, spurred by the wave of antisemitism across the Arab world that the founding had triggered

A vessel stuck in the Suez Canal disrupted the global supply chain. Israel has long talked about offering shippers a Red Sea-Mediterranean rail link, but neither the economics nor the politics look promising

Israel elections 2021: Islamist party leader says 'time to create different reality' in Israel, stops short of naming PM candidate ■ Netanyahu calls on right-wing rivals to 'return home' ■ Arab faction Balad says won't endorse any PM candidate

Deal to purchase 36 million vaccines is an 'insurance policy,' Health Ministry director says ■ Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine safe, effective on adolescents in trial

'The tragedy of Munir Anabtawi and his family is an exact reprise of the deaths of Shirel Habura a year ago, and of Yehuda Biadga two years ago'

Likud hastened to release their attack dogs, but there is more statesmanship and integrity in Rivlin's pinky than in most members of Netanyahu's party

Barghouti's announcement is a declaration of a split in Fatah and a challenge to President Abbas from the movement's veterans

Israel has purchased another 17 million doses of vaccine that it hasn't used, from Moderna and AstraZeneca; why can't we just use these?

Shira Isakov was gravely wounded by her husband when her neighbor Adi Guzi came to her aid, saving her life. Ministers say the two 'became a symbol of Israeli sisterhood'

The administration is 'thoroughly reviewing sanctions' as 'we determine our next steps,' a State Department official tells Haaretz

Yesh Atid leader is willing to negotiate over who will ultimately head the 'pro-change' bloc following the election, but first wants Bennett to endorse him for prime minister

During a 'patronizing' visit in Ramallah, the head of Israel's internal security agency also threatened to withhold tax transfers from the PA over the ICC's war crime probe. According to the report, Abbas replied: 'I don't work for you'

President Rivlin wants to leave office in July without sullying the institution he's headed for seven years. He also wants to leave politics after Benjamin Netanyahu. But can he achieve both?

The man who pleaded guilty could face 20 years in jail after the U.S. indicted the two Israelis in 2019 for conspiracy to commit money laundering through their website, which served as a portal to the dark web

Yamina's Bennett has not yet explicitly stated whether he rules out joining a Netanyahu-led coalition

In Israel, unicorns are no longer that exceedingly rare creatures they once were, raising the question: Are Israeli cyber companies overvalued?

Ahead of fresh talks between the U.S. government and Iraq, militias drove down a major highway and passed near ministries as an exhibition of their power. They want to send a clear message

The center for networking chips has been operating for over a year and a half and Microsoft is now accelerating its operations

Menachem Rosensaft, who has visited Bergen-Belsen more than 25 times, wrestles in some of his 82 poems with what he calls 'ghosts of those who will not leave' places where they were killed

According to a non-published version of the intel report, members of the far-right group The Base traveled to Ukraine to fight with pro-Russian forces

Hassan Nasrallah, leader of Iran-backed Hezbollah, says there were 'serious, collective efforts' to ease a political standoff that has obstructed cabinet talks for months

Not only has Netanyahu reached the end of the road, but Mansour Abbas and the World Happiness Report show that things are looking up

Following the deaths of Ruth Dayan and Rachel Dayan, a 1935 marriage license was found that proves the defense minister had been married to a third woman

Separately, remnants of an abandoned synagogue in Istanbul caught fire in what police say may have been arson

New evidence bolsters theory that early humans were complex in behavior early in our evolution. Hoarding useless things is one such indication

Guatemalan authorities arrested Yaakov Weinstein of Lev Tahor on the first day of Passover, the Orthodox news site Yeshiva World News reported

Host Gillian Turner tried to regain control as the segment got heated, saying, 'Let's not do name-calling, OK guys? Let's keep it civil'

The Constitutional Court ruled the indictment seeking to outlaw HDP and its members for alleged ties to Kurdish militants had procedural omissions

Rep. Elaine Luria of Virginia, a 20-year Navy veteran, calls Israel America's most important ally in the Middle East and isn't afraid to go against the party line on Iran

63 percent of Jewish respondents say that they had either witnessed or experienced antisemitism in the years since 2016, an increase from 54 percent last year

The life story of Izzet Pinto, the man who turned Turkish telenovelas into a global empire, could compete with any of the shows he sells

A fifth Israeli election cycle might seem like the most likely outcome, but there are still nearly three months before the deadline arrives and politicians promises are made to be broken. Here's how coalition talks could play out

Israel's planning authorities shun the single-family, detached homes, but young couples covet them: The search for a private, spacious property is pushing Israelis to far-flung towns, kibbutzim and settlements

Israeli officials and experts agree herd immunity can't be achieved without vaccinating under-16s. Clinical trials on Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine are still not completed, but that's far from being the trickiest part of it

Pfizer plans to seek FDA approval in weeks and Israeli health officials estimate that 12-year-olds and older will start receiving the vaccine in eight to 12 weeks

Rivlin calls for 'unconventional connections in forming gov't ■ Rivlin is due to hold meetings with party heads on Monday, after which he will decide whom should receive the mandate to try and form Israel's next government

Revered in Christian tradition as the site of Jesus's crucifixion and burial, Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre usually bustles with worshippers and clergy

The holiday we know today began as two distinct ones, one for nomadic herders and one for farmers. Neither involved Egypt.

The attack comes amid a national spike in anti-Asian hate crimes, and happened just weeks after a mass shooting in Atlanta that left eight people dead, six of them women of Asian descent

U.S. opponents of vaccine passports have implied that the policy is similar to the Nazis persecution Europes Jews, which culminated in genocide

Liddy was outspoken and controversial as a political operative under Nixon. He recommended assassinating political enemies, bombing a left-leaning think tank and kidnapping war protesters

Gaetz is accused of having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl and paying her to travel with him, and is reportedly under investigation to determine if he violated federal sex trafficking laws

There is a growing sense, however, in the Joint List and the United Arab List, that a fifth round of Israeli elections is the most likely outcome

U.S. broadcaster delays the release of the Israeli documentary Til Kingdom Come, after a report by a pro-Israel watchdog group

Israel elections 2021: Arab faction Balad says won't endorse any PM candidate ■ Rivlin calls for 'unconventional' political connections ■ Gantz and Lapid meet for coalition talks

Israeli COVID strain found, but vaccine effective against it ■ Sinai border crossing reopens after a year ■ Israel preparing to acquire 36 million additional vaccine doses

With a base of popular support that the Palestinian president can't ignore, Marwan Barghouti's potential election challenge has Fatah's leadership taking note

S&P's forecast remains cheery and they expected the economy to recover due to its successful COVID vaccine drive, but analysts raise concerns that persistent divisions could leave an impact on key macroeconomic indicators

A governmental committee set up after the killing of Eyad al-Hallaq issued a report the president said 'must be implemented quickly.' But that has stalled, with political stalemate and indecision on the division of responsibilities