Lebanon's economic collapse threatens the regime, and the situation is not much better in Jordan and Egypt. Israel shouldn't stake its neighbors' stability for granted

85-year-old Palestinian President Abbas sent his forces to brutally repress protest over the death of a dissident – the latest manifestation of what is perceived as a corrupt, rotten regime

For Israel, however, Lebanon is the most immediate powder keg ■ Netanyahu’s real battle is not against Bennett ■ What the U.S. expects from Israel on China

The prime minister has gone to great lengths to show understanding for his leftist partners, who are getting in trouble with their base, while one new law is driving new opposition leader Netanyahu particularly crazy

Pfizer has previously said people will likely need a booster dose, though some scientists have questioned when, or whether, boosters will be needed

Five of nine High Court judges say amendment violates their right of equality. Chief Justice Hayut: Holding parents responsible for a child’s crimes is highly unusual and unacceptable.

Video of Carmel Mauda brutalizing kids at her Rosh Ha’ayin home was on social media in 2019; her house was burned down after her indictment

The U.S. Congress pioneered recognition of Europe’s worst massacres since the Holocaust. Now, in the face of rising genocide denial from Serbs, the far right and the hard left, it’s time for Israel to act, before it’s too late

Arrests and police violence are surprising considering recent conciliatory comments and the identity of the arrested protesters, in the wake of Nizar Banat's death

Lieberman isn’t forcing Haredi men to stop studying Torah or Haredi women to stop having children. What he has done is change the regulations, making it more difficult – and that’s what governments do

This week at the Tel Aviv airport: A retired historian who believes COVID-19 is a manipulation that serves 'transparent rulers,' and a physical therapist who realized she belonged in Israel during a visit when she was 16

A Palestinian student activist who was on the Shin Bet's wanted list was shot to death from afar during a demonstration in May. The IDF’s response: 'A Military Police investigation has been launched'

Iris Leal’s nephew fell in an attack by Hamas during Operation Protective Edge. On the seventh anniversary of that war, she illuminates one of the most charged zones of Israeli life, the nationalization of private grief in the name of the ethos of ...

Sexual harassment, judges who hand down decisions in cases they did not hear, corrupt appointments and a culture of silence surrounding it all. A rare glimpse of the world behind the bench

Lapid is expected to announce Israel's desire to participate in the culture program at an EU foreign ministers' meeting on Monday, the first such official event in more than a decade attended by Israel's top diplomat

U.S., French embassies in Beirut tweet that trilateral meetings look to find ways how to 'support the Lebanese people and stabilize the economy'

Olmert, who served time for graft, claims contributions were tax-exempt because donors were close friends. Tax Authority believes some were given in the hope that he would return to a public position

The petitioners demand the removal of the buildings put up by the settlers, who as things stand have a chance to return in the future

Ghadanfar Abu Atwan, 28, will be released from administrative detention to a hospital in Ramallah

Post-Brexit trade dispute threatens to cut off access to kosher food in Northern Ireland, British PM says, as Jewish group warns of end to Jewish life in Belfast

Jordan will also increase its exports to West Bank from $160 to $700 million. Deals mark a possible turn in relationship that has grown icy while Netanyahu was in office

The two leaders, meeting in Amman, agree to turn over a new leaf in bilateral ties. According to Palestinian sources, President Abbas met with the Jordanian king after his meeting with the Israeli leader

Commanders ordered both male and female soldiers to swim wearing oversized shirts, but only women were told to also wear long pants. IDF: Orders were against regulations

Crews have extracted the remains of 54 people from the rubble in Surfside; another 86 remained missing as of early Thursday local time

Salam Diab has spent nearly 20 years building an archive for his hometown of Tamra. His recently released book is both a family album and a vision of hope for Jewish-Arab relations

The problem with climate change isn’t the averages, it’s the spikes, and you can engineer a drought-resistant seed but the weather can bake it

In an interview with the creators of a new documentary film on Hitler, they criticize what they call the excessive use of images and pictures created by the Nazis – and wonder how to deal with the rebirth of the ideology Hitler represents

Turkey’s president has outlived, in office, sparring partner Netanyahu. But the long-standing hostility of Israel’s new coalition members to Turkey's strongman could derail Erdogan's plans to rehabilitate relations

Ten of 11 justices favored denying petitions arguing the law was discriminatory. 'Law does not negate Israel's character as a democracy,' chief justice says. Arab lawmaker deplores 'racist, anti-democratic' ruling

Nontraditional families discuss their habits, identities, struggles and dreams. 'Co-parenting is the most effective way to get around the obstacles and discrimination that exist against us'

Sheikh Yusuf Albaz shared in May a video containing a murder scene of two police officers and added a caption reading 'The best way to deal with injustice'

Thousands of letters written in the early years of the state by immigrant soldiers to their families in Morocco reveal a gloomy picture. Most wanted to go home

'It doesn’t seem to me like a dramatic thing,' district court judge says

Its prime minister wails that Lebanon is dying, but failed states don’t just expire. History shows they muddle through

The new rules will require both spouses to work at least 24-hours a week to qualify for the payments of about $305 per child under the age of three

As the Biden administration eyes China’s burgeoning superpower status with increasing concern, Israel's new government, led by Naftali Bennett, hopes it won’t be forced to choose between the two sides

The Palestinian-Israeli actors in Eran Kolirin's 'Let There Be Morning' say their decision not to attend the Cannes Film Festival is a political statement

The Knesset has dug out the oath of office signed 38 years ago by former president Chaim Herzog — father of the newly instated president

Muntasir Shalabi shot and killed 19-year-old Yehuda Guetta at the Tapuah junction in the West Bank in May

The first case of the COVID-19 delta plus variant in Israel was diagnosed on Wednesday

At 80, Esther Ofarim still doesn’t like to give interviews, is embarrassed when dubbed ‘the greatest singer’ (though she agrees it’s true), and prefers to stay at her home in Germany. Ahead of three special performances in Israel, she relents...

'It was startling to aides, however much they were anticipating an eruption, that Trump’s wrath fell on Bibi Netanyahu,' journalist Michael Wolff writes in his new book

The new finds in Jerusalem support the theory that King Herod really didn’t finish the Second Temple complex

Prime minister Hassan Diab's unconvincing speech to diplomats couldn't cover up Lebanon's political dysfunction. Now its leaders need to do the impossible

Iraqi militia groups aligned with Iran vowed to retaliate after U.S. strikes on the Iraqi-Syrian border killed four of their members last month

Families of victims were told that crews would stop using rescue dogs and listening devices, but would continue to search for remains in the rubble after the condo collapsed on June 24

Cash for 45,000 Gaza residents to buy food and housing for over 4,000 families whose homes were either destroyed or damaged is needed immediately, says a new report issued by the World Bank, UN and EU

Dwellings in Khirbet Humsah, located in an area designated by the Israeli military as a firing zone, demolished in third such operation within a year, leaving residents homeless

Ron Eliyahu Oved, 18, was killed outside a Negev army base by a runaway bus while trying out for the paratroops

No deaths were reported in a blast which appears to have been caused by a shipping container which caught alight

Amid escalating rhetoric between officials, Israel’s acting ambassador to Poland calls on legislators in Warsaw to ‘listen to the voices of Holocaust survivors’

Pollak was arrested for refusing to agree to a restraining order that he keep out of the West Bank

PM Bennett's sparse diplomatic experience could open up a broader role for Herzog, who will look to mend Israel's relationship with the Diaspora

The Israeli citizen was denied the right to meet with his lawyer in the first 20 days of his detention, at the order of the court

According to new book by a WSJ reporter, Trump was told by his chief of staff during 2018 visit to Europe that he 'cannot ever say anything supportive of Adolf Hitler’

Jibril was the initiator of a 1985 prisoner exchange deal that saw the release of 1,150 convicted terrorists, including future leaders of the first intifada

A vaccinated arrival from abroad and a person who came in contact with her in Israel have been diagnosed with the COVID delta plus variant

A new biography shines a light on Maj. Gen. Maurice Rose’s vital wartime contribution to the U.S. cause in Europe, and how he led a hitherto floundering tank division to prominence

Despite the bad faith insinuations, progressive Chilean Jews like us can’t support Daniel Jadue's presidential bid. Not because he is a communist, but because he is an unrepentant antisemite

U.S. army says 14 rockets were fired at Ain Al-Assad, damage is being assessed. On Monday, at least three rockets hit the base

He’s restless and hyperactive; He liberally quotes everything from the Bible to Disney movies: And he was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, then released and the case was closed. Meet rapper Bazzi B, a rising voice in Israel

During a press conference on Monday, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett was corrected by a reporter after referring to his former boss as prime minister. The next day, Interior Minister Shaked experienced a slip of the tongue too

Ancient Israelites, Canaanites and others in the southern Levant had to import silver. Now we know from where

Officials have blamed Iran’s recent blackouts on surging demand for power, along with low rainfall cutting hydroelectric output and illegal cryptocurrency mining farms

The London School of Jewish Studies reinstates Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz after deciding that her teaching role was an academic, not religious, appointment

While the expiry of the amendment means thousands of Palestinians can apply for family reunification, what happens next is unclear

On the occasion of the last day of his term, Shin Bet security service releases image of disguised outgoing President Rivlin on anonymous jaunt outside, thanks him for 'years of significant work' for Israel

The Houthis have for years attempted to take Marib to complete their control over the northern half of Yemen. But since February, they have waged an intensified offensive from multiple fronts

Ministries deferred blame onto one another for delays in finding a suitable treatment program for 24-year-old A., who copes with drug addiction and mental illness

Saudi leaders like Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman have focused on the benefits of normalization with Israel. But the recent violence highlighted the downside, which is far more serious for Riyadh than for the UAE or Bahrain

Israel's coronavirus cabinet decides to ramp up vaccination efforts, as serious COVID cases increase to their highest point in weeks

Gantz's statement reflects Israel's concern that Iran will cast itself as Lebanon's savior. Israel is aware of a possibility, which currently seems remote, that Hezbollah could be tempted to seize power

As the delta variant spreads across Israel, and with other COVID mutations looming on the horizon, the smart move remains to cover your mouth and nose indoors

Herzog, a married father of three, was elected as Israel's president in early June, after winning a Knesset vote over Miriam Peretz, 87 votes to 26

Israel didn't have the authority to expel foreigners living in the country illegally to a third country, lawyer says, decrying an 'extraordinary and extremely serious measure'

The three ultra-Orthodox Yeshiva students were not given a reason for being detained, one officer, however, said that 'We are detaining everyone we think might pull something'

U.S. State Department spokesman said that Washington was not setting a deadline for the talks

Speaking at a Fourth of July event, Israeli prime minister says he will work with the Biden administration and Congress to strengthen the American-Israeli partnership

SafeSchool Analytics is helping schools help students. The company has raised nearly $ 1 million from the likes of Nir Zohar, Michael Eisenberg and others

Surrogacy in Israel is currently available to heterosexual couples as well as single women, in cases where the woman has medical issues that prevent her from becoming pregnant or carrying the pregnancy to term

According to the attorney general, for six years Bitan received benefits from a number of contractors and stakeholders at a sum of hundreds of thousands of shekels, and promoted their interests in return

At the moment of truth, what had been considered the coalition’s weakest links went out of their way to help the government – but a few rogue coalition members may hold them back

Three weeks since the new government was sworn in, the Netanyahu family is vacating the official residence days before the July 10 deadline; Bennett and his family intend to keep living in their private Ra'anana home

Although 30,000 quarantine orders were issued in the last two weeks, only a few dozen fines were handed out to quarantine violators

Officials have blamed the blackouts on surging demand for power, along with low rainfall cutting hydroelectric output and illegal cryptocurrency mining farms