Coronavirus czar, Dr. Nachman Ash, says that while cases are rising, he does not believe that Israel is entering a fourth wave and doesn't plan on imposing new lockdowns

Fresh from being awarded the Sokolow Prize for journalism, Gideon Levy answers listeners' questions on the occupation, peace, the new government and readers who cancel subscriptions.

The return of the coronavirus to the lives of Israelis has come on the watch of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett. It may mark his first big test

With Jerusalem relatively calm, Israel's attention – and forces – are focused on an illegal West Bank outpost ■ Why so many uniformed officers are seen these days at a Tel Aviv office building

Did the drone strike on the Iranian site – conducted while Israel's army chief is in Washington – surprise the Americans?

The political leadership had decided to evict the settlers in May but the police commissioner said at the time that he didn’t have the personnel available to accomplish the task

Jewish communities across the United States mobilized Thursday as at least one death has been confirmed and almost 100 are believed missing

'I again underscore, in no uncertain terms, that Israeli settlements constitute a flagrant violation of United Nations resolutions,' UN Mideast envoy Tor Wennesland said

Tens of thousands expected to march today in 21st annual Tel Aviv Pride Parade after it was canceled last year due to the coronavirus pandemic

In Thursday's 6-3 decision, which reversed a prior High Court ruling, Supreme Court President Esther Hayut said the original interpretation of the law by the rabbinical court was 'an obvious mistake'

This week at the Tel Aviv airport: A family takes a break from the tumultuous life of Israeli soccer, and an American graduate hopes to fit in in Israel while completing a psychology internship

Her grandma was Jewish but she was raised as a Muslim, in a secular environment. Now Manar Hayadre heads one of Israel's most complex educational institutions

The State Department's statement marks rare criticism of the Palestinian Authority from the administration, which has endeavored to restore ties with the Palestinians since taking office

Sophisticated techniques and devices that can help us control our dreams have been proliferating in recent years. These methods may allow us to dream while remaining conscious – but they could be dangerous, an Israeli researcher warns

Strangely archaic 130,000-year-old hominin may be last gasp of an ancient group that spawned the Neanderthals, and not in Europe but in the Middle East, archaeologists posit

East Jerusalem model Qaher Harhash published personal correspondence from Zara’s head designer and launched a campaign to boycott the company

Though they worry that talking so openly about their transgender son could lead to ostracism from their community, Yehiel and Mazal nevertheless feel compelled to tell their story of familial love and acceptance

The Health Ministry study also found that the rate of infection in the ultra-Orthodox community was the highest, though fewer Haredim succumbed to the virus

A new report stresses that if and when the two sides return to the negotiating table to discuss the status of Jerusalem, Israeli and Palestinian women must have a seat at the table

The ultra-Orthodox Chabad movement is famed for its globe-hopping emissaries, tasked with 'redeeming' secular Jews and hastening the messianic age. But what happens when the missionaries go native?

The Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories said decision comes in light of recent calm between Israel and Gaza and following 'political approval'

The lawmakers call on Biden to formally withdraw Trump's peace plan, quickly reopen the U.S. consulate in Jerusalem, and insist that Hamas stop rocket attacks

With the delta COVID variant establishing a firm hold in Israel, a Pfizer official says their vaccine is about 90 percent effective against the variant

Steven Donziger has been under house arrest for almost two years. His bank account was frozen, his passport confiscated and he was disbarred. It all started when he dared to file a huge class-action suit against multinational energy giant Chevron –...

Surfside has a large Jewish presence, with thousands of orthodox residents, including many members of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic sect

In the war waged by Iranian hackers against Israel, Omri Segev Moyal is working to protect the digital home front: ‘We’re at war with Iran, and you can’t call it a shadow war anymore’

After an ultra-Orthodox Jerusalem couple were revealed to be undercover Christian missionaries, one of Israel's leading rabbis is requesting that the wife's body be disinterred and reburied in a non-Jewish cemetery

Footage shows defendants pelting the man's car with stones. When he tried to escape on foot, they beat him to the ground with iron bars, clubs and stones. Two of the three are charged with terrorism

Prime Minister Bennett calls Honduras' President Hernández a 'true friend of Israel' who supported the country even when it was unpopular, as the two countries sign far-reaching letters of intent on trade

For 18 years, Israeli governments have backed a law built on faulty security arguments, explicit demographic engineering and pure human suffering. The Bennett coalition seems set to prolong ruining Palestinian and Israeli lives

Wee enantiornithine lived in the Cretaceous and its 2-centimeter-long skull had archaic dinosaurian features, including rigid upper jaw

Although the terrorism risk level in Belgium has been downgraded, Jewish organizations insist that ending the security arrangement increases the threat to Jewish community

Netanyahu says he is trying to warn against 'dangerous' policies, but his critics say he is deliberately working to undermine the Bennett government's standing in Washington, at all costs

Eliyahu Karpel, 39, was critically wounded in the grandstand collapse in Givat Ze'ev. After waking up from a medically-induced coma last week, his condition deteriorated, and he passed away on Thursday

Armed with spray cans, swimsuits and a camera, the makers of Israel's first ever graffiti magazine snuck into Tel Aviv's light rail tunnels to capture an unusual image for the cover of the magazine's second issue. 'We’re looking for work by Palesti...

The family of Nizar Banat, an outspoken critic of the Palestinian Authority, say that he was severely beaten after his arrest by Palestinian security forces

According to the indictment, the five Israeli Arabs and the two Palestinians from the West Bank committed a terrorist act in the killing Yigal Yehoshua in Lod

Israel's Health Ministry registered 148 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, the highest daily increase since May, as the infectious delta variant makes further headway across the country

The New York Times says Israel gave a list of possible Iranian nuclear targets to the Trump administration, who signed off on Israel's covert battle against the Islamic Republic's nuclear ambitions

The delta COVID variant has been identified in more than 80 countries, and Israel fears that infections will spike without renewed restrictions. What makes it so contagious and how effective is the vaccine against it?

Tehran raises oil production, anticipating the resumption of exports as part of a renewed nuclear deal. But Western representatives at the negotiating table say there’s still a long way to go

Leaders plan to meet Sunday to discuss, but in the absence of agreed-upon wording for the bill, it's doubtful the bloc will be able to advance it within the agreed legislative schedule of two weeks

An Israeli Bedouin from Be’er Sheva was arrested in Ramallah for possession of a small quantity of illegal synthetic marijuana and treated violently, friends say. Despite efforts by family and attorney, Alaa Anaim was only freed on Wednesday after ...

Madeline is not permitted to work or enroll in school. Iman, a single mother of three, was denied a residency permit. Israel's law blocking family unification destroys the lives of thousands of Palestinians and Bedouins

Pollution is badly marring the water near Istanbul, but amid Turkish corruption allegations, the U.S. Justice Department under Biden might prove a tougher foe

Iran has accused Israel of several attacks on facilities linked to its nuclear program and killing its nuclear scientists over the past years

Daniel Jadue, who has previously accused Jews of controlling the media and refers to the Jewish community as the ‘Zionist community,’ is close to assuming Chile’s highest office. Chilean Jews explain their concerns and why some are now making a...

National Insurance Institute trying to get Knesset to extend benefits after Finance Ministry announces assistance will end this month

Justice minister's office slam Gantz for his announcement of a commission of inquiry into the 'submarine affair' without consulting others

'Horse' and 'cow' were just two words Oscar-winner Tarantino picked up while he and wife Daniella Pick were cooped up in Tel Aviv during the pandemic

Survey finds Americans split on Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with about half of Republicans saying the U.S. is not supportive enough of Israel

At issue are 31 zoning plans in the settlement of Ma’aleh Adumim east of Jerusalem

The protest around the illegal outpost of Evyatar has claimed four lives in six weeks. Palestinians on whose lands the outpost was built tell of armed civilians walking amidst Israeli soldiers

Nearly 3,000 tons of ammonium nitrate exploded last year at Beirut’s port, killing 211 people and wounding more than 6,000

The planned road connecting West Bank settlements will run through agricultural land, potentially hampering Palestinian farmers' access to it

Sheba Khodadad is unique among those in her antique Persian rug trade – she’s female, Jewish and conducts her business online. But will her innovation be enough to succeed in a business crippled by U.S. sanctions and the COVID pandemic?

For a quarter of a million years, Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains was inhabited by archaic humans: Denisovans, Neanderthals and Homo sapiens. The question is, in what order: who lived there when

Health experts have also called for indoor mask-wearing as the delta variant spreads across Israel

Young couples hold hands and dogs gambol on the grass in this peaceful park in Krakow, where the Plaszow Nazi concentration camp once stood

Iran claims over 1,000 sanctions imposed by former U.S. President Donald Trump will be revoked in discussions on restoring the 2015 nuclear deal, but Germany says significant obstacles remain

Such detentions are rare for Israeli citizens and residents, but the number of imprisonments without trial has increased over the course of the fighting with Gaza last month

For second straight day, dozens of students contract COVID ■ Health Ministry to send vaccinated Israelis into quarantine

Rise of the highly contagious COVID delta variant classified as a 'new outbreak,' but Israeli government tries to avoid inducing panic

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid’s calls to improve relations with Diaspora Jews have been welcomed on the Continent, where the former prime minister divided opinion

Even during 'peacetime,' Palestinians know they are not safe. Palestinian women face a double threat: Sexualized insults and routine abuse from Israel’s security forces and Jewish nationalists

'There’s no doubt that if the victim had been Jewish and the suspects Palestinian, there would already be people under arrest,' human rights group's CEO says, as police and victim's brother offer clashing accounts

Iran has accused Israel of several attacks on facilities linked to its nuclear program over the past years, which Israel neither confirms nor denies

Satellite images suggest a second attempt is in the offing, after U.S. officials, rocket experts and imagery all confirmed Iran's failed launch in early June

Left wing comedian Noam Shuster planned to conquer American nightclub stages. Instead, she found herself battling the coronavirus — but emerged with stronger convictions than ever

A show at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art exposes in a thrilling yet disturbing way, from the air and the ground, abandoned villages, fenced-off lands and unrecognized locales

Israel's intelligence services are bracing for Raisi's first move on Thursday: whether the new president will allow inspections of Iran's nuclear facilities to continue

The Finance Ministry said that since Israel's economy reopened after coronavirus, recovery has been swift. However, those aged 45 and over are returning to work more slowly, and there is still excess unemployment

The fate of the turtle – who was rescued, monitored and travelled thousands of kilometers only to apparently get trapped again – exemplifies the threats faced by these marine animals

Aisman, currently serving as Israel's acting state prosecutor, is considered a 'brilliant jurist' and has forwarded several justice reforms to tackle crime rates in Arab communities and revision of police conduct

The U.S. seized roughly three dozen websites, the majority of which are linked to Iranian disinformation efforts, said a U.S. official who spoke on condition of anonymity

Foreign Minister Yair Lapid taps Zamir, formerly tourism minister, to the role of consul general

Study finds nature reserves, forests and farmland were set ablaze by rocket fire and incendiary balloons sent from Gaza, endangering the diversity of flora and potentially wildlife in the local ecosystem

Armaments worth 300,000 shekels were purchased, and officers of the Guard were trained by the elite Police Anti-Terror Unit

Bennett called on Israelis to cancel travel plans if they 'don't need to fly,' and announced a new mask mandate for Ben-Gurion Airport

The two-year-old has been on life support since birth and medical experts do not believe she has a chance of recovering or feeling pleasure. The parents say the move contradicts their Jewish faith

Issa Amro, who has been arrested by both Israel and the PA in the past, was held overnight on Monday after online posts calling on Ramallah to arrest corrupt officials

Saudi Arabia and Gulf allies continue to pressure Iran over its nuclear program and its ballistic missiles

Candidates court Jewish voters, estimated to make up some 20% of the electorate in Democratic primaries, in last push before voting takes place

Agency says former lawmaker Gadeer Mreeh, the first Druze woman to serve in the Knesset, will focus in her role on advocacy work on college campuses

Army intelligence units attract brilliant young people who get tempting offers from the private sector even during their service. To keep them in the system, the defense establishment needs creative solutions

U.S. criticism of presidential election is interference in Iran's domestic affairs, government spokesman says