The proposed restrictions would require Israelis aged three and older to adhere to the Green Pass rules, which involve proving immunity by presenting a negative COVID test, vaccination or recovery proof

Israel took a first step on Monday by conducting antibody tests for 2,000 children. Results suggest that in some communities, the pandemic may have spread more widely among children than previously thought

The number of Israelis that received their third COVID shot tops 600,000, as health authorities discuss giving the booster shots to Israelis 45 and over

With much to discuss, from Iran and Jordan to China and the Palestinians, William Burns' first visit to Israel in his current role is meant to promote U.S. policy interests before Bennett's upcoming arrival to the White House

The Health Ministry's advisory panel broadly believes that the shot does more good than harm, but there's no broad consensus. But attitudes could shift in accordance with morbidity trends in Israel or signs of positive impact

The resumption of the ultra-Orthodox school year will test the efficacy of the vaccines against the COVID-19 delta variant, as Israel hits its fourth wave of the pandemic

Oil companies knew they were destroying the planet. They decided to tackle the problem by building a huge web of disinformation and by funding politicians who would deny scientific truths

Bennett's government has been trying to harness the United States to promote dramatic steps against Tehran, which is expected to top the agenda of the prime minister's meeting with CIA chief

Other ministries are responsible for Arab sites, ministry tells justices in response to activists' petition

'Only criminal hands can be behind the simultaneous outbreak of about 50 fires across several localities of the province,' the interior minister says

In all but two of this week's murder cases suspects have been apprehended

Pentagon later said remarks by Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Dana Stroul 'did not confirm Mercer Street UAV attack emanated from Yemen'

The investigation, detailed in a 168-page report, found that Cuomo groped, kissed or made suggestive comments to women including current and former government workers

Foreign Minister Lapid is set to arrive at Rabat for a series of meetings with senior Moroccan officials and the inauguration of the Israeli liaison office

Archaeologists put doubts to rest: 65,000-year-old daubings in Ardales Cave in Spain were deliberate, not accidents with ocher or bacterial secretions. But was it art?

Education Ministry expects number of students infected every day to reach 5,000 by September 1 ■ Coronavirus cabinet to vote on tighter restrictions Wednesday

Imah Dumagay's comedy offers a glimpse into the lives of and discrimination against 2.2 million compatriots working across the Middle East

Prosecutor Karim Khan made the remarks in a meeting with Sudan’s justice minister, apparently referring to the handover of suspects wanted for war crimes and genocide, including former President Omar al-Bashir

Christian Maronite Patriarch Rai was sharply critical of Hezbollah, saying no group should decide on war and peace, and Lebanon didn't want to be embroiled in actions that would 'draw destructive Israeli responses'

Iranian news outlet says the ship is the same one on which a fire broke out in April, allegedly after being attacked by a drone coming from Lebanon

Roee Adler joined WeWork when it was a rapidly growing startup, spearheaded by the charisma of Adam Neumann. Then things started to change: 'We watched in astonishment at how things went south at a crazy pace' ■ His new company seeks to reinvent t...

Wix-based websites in Israel will now have the ability to provide local delivery services. However, antitrust concerns loom large

More than 78 percent of Israelis eligible for COVID-19 vaccination have been inoculated. As delta variant spreads, booster shot campaign is under way

Sissi has discovered that it’s easier to build a new city or widen the Suez Canal than it is to tinker with the outmoded system that has been keeping most Egyptians’ heads just above water

A decision made by Israel Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai will prioritize the enforcement of the indoor mask mandate over Israelis in quarantine, which until now was the police's main task

Advocates believe separate, specialized courts for sex crimes would relieve some of the emotional stress that accusers face within the judicial system, and encourage more victims to report attacks to the police

Signals in Minoan pottery from palaces and homes of just folks show they imported cumin, adding to local spice flavors such as fennel and mint

A new study unequivocally refutes the accusation made by right-wing Israeli organizations

Attack, revealed by FireEye, also targeted Israeli defense bodies and was part of a broader campaign by Chinese intel. It is the first documented case of a large-scale Chinese attack on Israel

During the incident, the driver loudly protested the women's outfit choices, saying they were un-Islamic, local reports say; Girls aged nine and older have to wear a head covering in Iran

Eighty-eight percent of participants in the survey reported that they felt 'similar or better' to how they felt after the second shot in the days after receiving the third dose

Zoya Cherkassky is influenced by Toulouse-Lautrec, YouTube videos and the streets of south Tel Aviv in her provocative new show

A Romanian law prohibiting live exports when temperatures surpass 45 degrees Celsius was breached during a recent import from Romania to Israel that contained thousands of cattle

William J. Burns visits the region as tensions run high

Number of seriously-ill COVID cases in Israel rises to 394, Health Ministry data shows

In the past three months over 40 Palestinians have been killed by soldiers, including some non-combatants who were killed by mistake

Additionally, only 16 percent of children age 12-15 in the Arab community have been vaccinated compared to 34.6 percent in the general population

The assailant reportedly tried to stab a soldier at the Yitzhar junction in the West Bank and was shot in response; her condition remains unknown

Chiding the police for failing to justify the arrest, let alone explain it, the judge referred the case to the Justice Ministry's police misconduct unit due to suspicions that officers beat the man while arresting him

Real change in lifestyle and habits are needed to mitigate climate change, and Israel needs to recognize the importance of regional cooperation

Number of seriously-ill COVID cases in Israel rises to 373, Health Ministry data shows

Israel reportedly also mulls adding the United States to its list of countries barred from traveling, fearing the spread of COVID variants

David Bitan, indicted a month after the attorney general said he had received 715,000 shekels in bribes over the course of several years

An Amnesty poll in the wake of global investigation into NSO finds half of Jewish Israelis support increasing oversight on offensive cyber technology

Eviction orders were delivered last month to 15 families that have lived in Givat Amal Bet for years. A day before the scheduled eviction it was delayed, as lawmakers work on compensation scheme

The Finance Ministry proposes that the unvaccinated shouldn't be eligible for government grants in case of a coronavirus lockdown

Israel's government continues to encourage search for more gas fields before 'window of opportunity' closes, as UN says a third of global warming caused by methane

Jerusalem rabbinical court sides with ex-husband in divorce dispute, saying High Court's ruling on higher alimony was against Jewish law

First flights arrive after lifting of ban imposed in 2015 after crash that killed over 200 ■ Moscow attributed the crash to a bomb, and ISIS claimed responsibility

Following disapproval from his ultra-Orthodox political allies, Israel's opposition leader says his staff does not understand that 'what applies to a prime minister applies to me now as well'

Before the pandemic struck, Birthright would bring tens of thousands of young Jewish adults to Israel each year

Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum tells Haaretz she can’t wait to get started on ‘the last bipartisan entity in Washington that actually functions,’ balancing the new role with her day job running the world’s largest LGBTQ congregation

Nachman Shai says he briefed cabinet on the dangers of losing bipartisan support for Israel, implicitly criticizes Netanyahu's prioritization of evangelicals

The Brazilian president's proximity to neo-Nazi groups is nothing new. But Jair Bolsonaro's brazen welcome for the German AfD party last month still sent shockwaves through the Jewish community, media and civil society. How does he hug the antisemiti...

The unvaccinated elderly are over five times more likely to experience a severe case of COVID-19 than their immunized counterparts, according to Health Ministry data

French President Macron, for his part, called on Iran's new president to 'quickly resume' stalled negotiations to revive the 2015 nuclear deal

UN panel determines that humans are 'unequivocally' to blame for climate crisis. Deadly heat waves, gargantuan hurricanes and other weather extremes that are already happening will only become more severe

Attorney General Mendelblit argues the demolition order does not violate the integrity of the new Interior Ministry director-general

Number of seriously-ill COVID cases in Israel rises to 360, overall cases grow by 3,372, Health Ministry data shows

Israel's former Health Ministry director Moshe Bar Siman Tov talks about the politicization of pandemic decision-making, the challenges of the fourth wave of COVID-19, and admits: 'The green passport will not stop the pandemic'

Climate change is exacerbating conditions conducive to fires, but in the Levant - including Greece, Turkey and Israel - at least we don’t have dry lightning; we have fools and firebugs instead

Why Hezbollah deviated from the rules of the game that have served it and Israel well since the end of the Second Lebanon War

785 Palestinians married to Israelis have applied for residence permit since the opposition voted down the law's extension, far exceeding the usual 1,000 yearly applications

The plan will exempt students who were exposed to COVID-19 from having to isolate – a policy which could accelerate the spread of the disease and turn Israel's schools into infection hubs

Kubaneh is a Yemeni shabbat dish of a yeast bread that’s cooked all night

The best-selling authors and leading London chefs have brought Jerusalem's cuisine to the world, but are left with a bitter aftertaste about Israel

If there's one thing that Israelis and Palestinians miss when they're abroad, it's that taste of home in a good bowl of hummus

With Netanyahu finally out and Tunisia stumbling, Israel's new coalition leaders are keen to regain the title of the only democracy in the Middle East, to the relief of many of its allies. There's only one problem

High-end bourekas are made from hand-stretched phyllo dough. Here's a trick that will give you something nearly as good without all the labor

The number of digital subscribers has been climbing steadily since launch in March 2012 ■ Haaretz and TheMarker sites are visited by about 11.7 million unique visitors a month

Serving tabbouleh reminds us of how our forefathers celebrated the harvest in the wilderness

Israeli health officials debate whether to add the U.S. to its growing list of COVID 'high risk' travel destinations, though the decision may have political ramifications

Israelis will be barred from traveling to Bulgaria, Brazil, Georgia, Mexico, Spain and Turkey starting mid-August ■ New measures will go into effect on August 16

The High Court is set to consider a petition by opposition members regarding number of party sits in Knesset committees

Sexual assault victims wait for months to get mental health treatment, yet no money was allocated to fix these problems in the new state budget, experts warn

Israeli athletes received their medals from media tycoon Alex Gilady, the Israeli representative to the International Olympic Committee, who is also the star of one of the first Israeli #MeToo affairs

Some 10,000 new cases were reported over the past three days, with epidemiological investigations conducted on only 40 percent of them. The military's contact-tracing center is short-staffed after cuts were made since the peak of the COVID pandemic

Israeli court rules in favor of a Tel Aviv waitress whom the court found was forced to lie on a bar while a customer drank alcohol off her belly

Bahrain's official overseeing relationship with Israel meets FM Lapid, President Herzog, announces plans for direct flights between the two countries

Michael Herzog’s most important contributions to the peace process took place between 2010 and 2014, when Netanyahu was leading Israel and Obama was U.S. president

According to the plan, if exposed to a COVID carrier, teachers and students who have not been vaccinated or recovered will be given rapid antigen tests, but they will not be required to quarantine

A coronavirus plan for the Israeli school system was approved less than 24 hours before Haredi schools opened

The three brothers, residents of the northern Bedouin village of Zarzir, were arrested on suspicion of murdering their mother, whose body was uncovered near the Jordan River

Reservists called up for operations or training will now have to present proof of immunity against COVID upon arrival at base as delta variant takes it toll

By taking down the Russian rhythmic gymnastics dynasty, the Israeli Olympian shocked the world and changed the sport

'I am Jewish, and I know what genocide means': How Serb nationalists co-opted Israeli academics to whitewash atrocities, bigotry and irredentism in cynically revisionist reports on wartime Srebrenica and Sarajevo