For almost 40 years as a diplomat and politician, Benjamin Netanyahu’s ideology triumphed over the Palestinians, the Israeli left and the very concept of what makes a successful prime minister

Celebrated contemporary artist Michal Rovner was chosen this year to present her work at the Central Pavilion of the Venice Architecture Biennale. She spoke with Haaretz about being enthralled by nature and the meaning of success in the art world

The new governing coalition will be comprised of eight parties – Yamina, Yesh Atid, New Hope, Labor, Meretz, United Arab List, Kahol Lavan and Yisrael Beiteinu

Bennett, a leader of a small party running the show, is a bizarre occurrence that won’t repeat. But the former Israeli startup executive can be remembered as the person who ended the Netanyahu era and helped usher in political stability

The new government set to be sworn in today could be the start of restoring stability and normalcy to Israeli politics, but it will only last for as long as its members want it to

The United Arab Emirates and Israel were the only countries to censor more than one section on an international test to check students’ 'global competence'

Throughout the last four election cycles, Bennett defined himself in relation to Netanyahu. He will have to decide very soon how much space and weight to give to Netanyahu, his legacy and his talking points

Under legal pressure, and trapped by his genuine belief that without him Israel will be wiped off the face of the earth, Netanyahu might be even more dangerous

Four asylum seekers were sentenced to 10 years in prison for setting the fire at Greece's largest migrant camp last year, after quarantine measures were imposed when COVID-19 cases were found there

Some 1,500 people demonstrated for the 51st consecutive week near the prime minister's official residence in Jerusalem, in what should be the last demonstration of its kind with Netanyahu still in power

The government set to be sworn in on Sunday afternoon already looks fragile. Its biggest danger may be moves made to show the Israeli public – and the world – that they are not Netanyahu

The participation rate among Algeria's 24 million voters was 10 percent midway through the day, the electoral authority announced

Analysts and state-linked polling put hard-line judiciary chief Ebrahim Raisi as the clear front-runner in Friday’s upcoming vote, with the public now largely hostile to the relative moderate President Hassan Rohani

Israel has no official rules for the transfer of power — or the handover of information — between governments. But that doesn't mean that Netanyahu can barricade himself in the Prime Minister's Office

The campaign was conceived by young activists in an effort to 'strengthen the Palestinian economy' in Israel and the West Bank, and organizers say the response showed 'people are thirsting for such steps'

'We are making progress, but the negotiations are intense and a number of issues (remain), including on how steps are to be implemented,' an EU spokesman said

Israel's attorney general will now have to consider whether to defend the decision by Gallant – set to be replaced as a new coalition prepares to take the helm of government – before the High Court

In the Washington Post, David Ignatius writes that alleged April coup attempt on the Jordanian king was connected to U.S., Saudi and Israeli efforts to undermine the monarch's position on Jerusalem's holy sites

A private security guard shot the 28-year-old woman – who had served time in Israeli jail for attempted stabbing – after he called on her to stop, according to the police's account of the incident at Qalandiyah

A swastika, which was painted over the cabinet containing the Torah books, was discovered several days ago in the airport's prayer room, German media reported

At least 10 officers were filmed beating prisoners and dozens more were present, in one of the most violent events to ever take place in an Israeli jail. Only four officers were questioned, none were arrested

Predating writing by millennia, the clay impression – with two different stamps – is the oldest found in Israel and may have been used to protect the Neolithic village’s riches

Capacity will be limited to 60,000, after last year only saw 1,000 locals attend the pilgrimage to Islam's most holy site

The recent flare-up in Gaza saw ‘#IndiaStandsWithIsrael and ‘#IndiaStandsWithPalestine’ trending worldwide, with the discourse invariably taking place along sectarian lines between Hindus and Muslims

Psychoanalyst Orna Guralnik on what goes on behind the scenes of Showtime's 'Couples Therapy': How couples are picked, what gets edited out, and which issues are off-limits

The figures are sold in souvenir stores throughout Poland and are sometimes seen as good luck charms. Krakow is the first city to ban them

Letter decries 'smear campaign' against congresswoman after 12 Jewish House Democrats said she compared Israel and the U.S. to Hamas and the Taliban

Iran was able to vote in the General Assembly on Friday to elect five new members of the UN Security Council

Images obtained by Haaretz show Israeli troops assisting in Evyatar, an illegal outpost slated for evacuation ■ IDF: The soldiers acted without authorization, matter will be investigated

Term limits, kashrut, and mixed-gender prayer at the Western Wall: These are the contents of the agreements signed by eight ideologically diverse parties

This 'serious incident does not meet the army's values,' Israeli army chief Aviv Kochavi says

Six other Palestinians were wounded by Israeli live fire as clashes erupted near the Evyatar outpost illegally built on Palestinian land

Biden has shown no affection for Erdogan since taking office and the Turkish president has threatened consequences for recognizing the Armenian genocide. Now comes the face-to-face

Marchers will hold an Israeli Flag Dance near the Damascus Gate and pass through parts of the Muslim Quarter on its way to the Western Wall

With the swearing-in ceremony for the new government slated for Sunday, Bennett and Lapid must finalize coalition deals before Shabbat begins

The opposition to the Bennett-Lapid government has all but melted away, but Netanyahu, the leader of the future opposition, will remain busy with public trolling and legislative harassment

Although the IDF officer was not abused in prison and confessed to his crimes, the episode still raises critical questions

A new study finds that Israel's ethnic gaps are proving persistent in the third generation, with Mizrahi women languishing at the bottom of a clear hierarchy

The Russian-made Kanopus-V satellite would give Iran the ability to monitor ‘facilities ranging from Persian Gulf oil refineries and Israeli military bases to Iraqi barracks that house U.S. troops,’ says the Washington Post

The legislation, which requires state contractors to vow not to boycott Israel, was deemed unconstitutional, but will go to a rehearing on the federal level

After a Haaretz exposé revealed Cohen took thousands of dollars from James Packer, the ex-Mossad chief tells TV program 'Uvda' that he would return the money ■ Cohen also describes Mossad nabbing of Iranian nuclear files, but insists he did not...

This week at the Tel Aviv airport: This Israeli family came close to having it all. Then everything fell apart

I believe in a united Jerusalem. But I am sickened by Israel's anti-democratic policies in Silwan and Sheikh Jarrah which are poisoning Israel’s foreign relations and undermining Zionism

Even before the demonstration in solidarity with Gaza began, IDF troops fired at the protesters. Islam Burnat, 16, stood up, and was shot and killed

The defendants, who lived in Switzerland, made millions of dollars of profit by trading on nonpublic information involving several pharmaceutical companies

Under Abbas, the Palestinian Authority has become dictatorial and the rights of Palestinians and their political struggle have regressed, petition charges and calls for rehabilitation of PLO

The idea that Diaspora Jews need an often second-rate Israeli politician parked in a pointless government ministry to guide their Jewish identity is a particularly Israeli conceit

Protests against normalization with Israel mask underlying dissatisfaction with king over country's economic state. However, massive loss to tourism industry in 2020 ensure that Israeli tourists are as welcome as ever

In 1946 an illegal immigrant ship bound for Palestine was intercepted by the British. A journalist who tracked down the passengers skillfully tells their stories

The 27-year-old was forced by family into a series of marriages with older men. In Israel with no legal status, she was denied entry to women's shelter and left to fend for herself on the street

Lawmakers warn bill is meant to 'bolster the institution of political arrests' and is 'a direct outgrowth of the oppression of the Arab community'

After his literary career was dashed in Germany, Karl Jakob Hirsch – descendant of the founder of Modern Orthodox Judaism – emigrated to the U.S. in 1935, where he found a new faith. After the war, he wrote a memoir declaring that guilt for the H...

In a statement published on social media only in English, Likud argues Netanyahu has complete confidence in the election process, before lashing out again at Bennett for 'fraud'

The conflict is not bound by coalition agreements, nor is it amenable to being put on hold on the grounds that it disrupts the government’s harmony or imperils its existence

Ultra-Orthodox politician Yaakov Litzman called on Naftali Bennett to 'remove his kippa,' saying that his wearing of the Jewish head-covering was 'a great insolence,' as a debate over issues of religion and state heats up

Though much remains unknown about the intelligence officer who died in his cell - he left behind a public digital trail that sheds light on his skills: ‘He was a software genius’

Doctors say they may have to suspend kidney dialysis as health care sector hit hard by Lebanon's unprecedented financial crisis

Breakthrough Israeli research finds that ultra-processed food has a dramatic adverse effect on skeletal growth and development. While every parent should be concerned about these findings – some don't want them published

An outcry on social media from small subsets of readers took Elin Hilderbrand to task over a joke perceived as antisemitic

Itamar Ben-Gvir arrived at Jerusalem's Old City to challenge a decision by Israeli authorities barring him from the Temple Mount. When protesters waved Palestinian flags, police forcibly dispersed them

Muntassir Shalabi, a U.S. citizen, accused of killing 19-year-old Yehuda Guetta last month ■ Indictment says Shalabi planned attack for a month

Oppression by Hamas and the Israeli occupation, grinding poverty, domestic violence, shattered dreams, an arduous escape and difficult conditions in a refugee camp – such are the lives of Gazans in exile on the Greek island of Leros

Knesset panel confirms swearing-in of Bennett-Lapid gov't Sunday afternoon ■ Bennett only signed a coalition agreement with Lapid, and not with the other parties

'You have no authority regarding evacuation orders,' Gantz's office says

Lots of megalomania, little substance: The latest book by the veteran journalist, 'A New Israeli Republic,' is a warped vision of someone who sees himself as the heir to David Ben-Gurion

The new government is right about what the economy needs. He never had an economic agenda, but Avigdor Lieberman could be the unlikely man to do the job right

12 Jewish Democratic lawmakers criticized Omar for comparing Israel and the United States to Hamas and the Taliban, despite the Minnesota congresswoman's attempts to provide clarification

Canaanite homes in the Bronze Age had nude female figurines but none showing birth. Other areas did have birth figurines. What could this mean?

The prospective prime ministers both have friends in high places on both sides of the political aisle in D.C., and will be endeavoring to make Israel a bipartisan issue once more

German police, military and security agencies have faced accusations of not doing enough to unearth potentially violent nationalists in their ranks

Schoolteacher and physician Sarah Halimi was severely beaten and thrown from a window by her neighbor Kobili Traore in 2017

A group of masked people allegedly stabbed, pepper-sprayed and hurled stones at an Israeli Arab near a mosque in a Tel Aviv suburb

Affinity with any culture is something acquired. We acquired and assimilated Israeli culture at a cruel, excessive price

Despite his Hindu nationalist base’s fervor for Israel, Modi has been hesitant to upset India’s strategic balancing act between Israel and Palestine, and feared backlash from Iran. But the recent Gaza conflict forced his hand

Atalya Ben-Abba decided to refuse to serve in the Israeli military, due to her opposition to the occupation and Israeli policy. She tells Haaretz why there are more female than male conscientious objectors and the prices she paid for her decision

The sale of the fighter jets had been controversial in Israel, which originally had exclusive use of the F-35 in the Middle East

Little is known about ‘Project Pelican’, but for some reason the Defense Ministry tender for two atomic clocks was canceled; meanwhile, Elbit wins bid to sell AI surveillance systems to Asian-Pacific country

Qatar's flagship broadcaster says the cyberattack came before a voice recording purportedly of an Israeli held prisoner in Gaza was released on Sunday

As a child I was on the last civilian bus from a besieged Sarajevo, women and children shaking with fear, leaving my father behind. This is what the Ratko Mladic genocide conviction means to Bosnian Muslims like me

Days before the Gaza fighting, businesspeople from Ramallah told Haaretz about the difficulties of survival, the fear of a brain drain and the fading hopes 'The Israel-UAE normalization is not normal. It's an arms agreement': six Palestinian busines...

So it goes: The egg, an extraordinary discovery from the Islamic period, had been in a toilet all these years. At least its innards can contribute to a DNA study of ancient chickens

The lawmakers slammed Omar, who on Monday tweeted that 'We have seen unthinkable atrocities committed by the U.S., Hamas, Israel, Afghanistan, and the Taliban'

Firefight broke out when an Israeli special anti-terror unit arrived in Jenin to arrest two Islamic Jihad operatives suspected of shooting at IDF forces

Judges criticize prosecutors, say relevant investigative materials from former Walla CEO's cellphone were not provided to the defense

Israel Police and Shin Bet security service consider incident a terrorist act, and say the suspects wanted to avenge the clashes in Jerusalem and Lod

Ewa Jasiewicz, who was tapped by the teachers' union, caused widespread outrage when she spray-painted 'Free Gaza and Palestine' on the wall of the former Warsaw Ghetto in 2010