The investigation comes after demands from India's opposition to examine the use of Israeli company NSO's spyware, known as Pegasus. Modi 'unequivocally' denies the allegations

In mid-October, Benjamin Goldschmidt was fired from his job as assistant rabbi of the well-to-do New York synagogue, after rising tensions with senior rabbi Arthur Schneier. The community is split over who takes the mantle

From eating dormice in southern Italy to cooking animals on the fire, some of our culinary habits go back to the dimmest reaches of our history

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett was considering postponing the entry of tourists vaccinated with Russia's Sputnik V vaccine to December 1, prior to his meeting with President Vladimir Putin in Sochi this past weekend

The announcement comes following discussions between President Biden and Prime Minister Bennett, and other senior officials regarding Israel's inclusion in the Visa Waiver Program since August

Israel's State Comptroller deals harsh criticism on the government's apathy to its commitments that will lead to severe environmental and economic damage

In contrast to other bloody stains in the history of Zionism, which remain fertile ground for ideological disputes between the left and right, no one disputes that Kafr Qasem was a shameful crime

A former Communications Ministry director general said he was told to be 'positive' toward Bezeq telecommunications company, and to 'to hurry up and finish handling the Bezeq-Yes deal'

Englman’s report is the most comprehensive government document to come out of Israel on the climate, and its conclusions are clear-cut: The government has met almost none of its targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions

Envoy’s remarks are gratifying, but American threat of military force against Tehran still distant

Prosecutions will happen at a special court of MPs and judges while the blast investigator Tarek Bitar will continue with the cases of lower-level officials, following deadly protests

After securing an overwhelming majority in a vote of experts, Pfizer's COVID vaccine could be rolled out as early as next week in the U.S.

Michelle Bachelet says Israel's designation of six Palestinian organizations as terror groups 'based on extremely vague or unsubstantiated reasons'

The U.S. State Department expresses 'deep concern' over plans to build 3,100 new units in the West Bank and opening bids up for over 1,300 further units

Three Red Cross employees required medical attention after the settler attack in the West Bank, a day after a settler pepper sprayed a member of Rabbis for Human Rights

This follows a string of complaints against Police Commissioner Yaakov Shabtai, which include injuring another senior officer with a knife last year

The Kafr Qasem massacre took place 65 years ago this week. Now, a bill to formally recognize it and teach it in schools could potentially create some very unlikely bedfellows in the Knesset

The move by the Public Security Minister seems to indicate continuity with his predecessors, who prevented almost all Palestinian cultural events in East Jerusalem from taking place under the same pretext

Visitors to the Israeli pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai are greeted by an enormous sculpture made up of letters written in Aravrit, a mash-up of the two Semitic languages, and bearing a hopeful message

A tour of Nazi death camps had long been a rite of passage for 12th-grade students in Israel, but was halted when the pandemic struck. Now some parents are pushing to renew them as COVID cases go down

FDA experts are scheduled to decide on Tuesday whether to approve COVID vaccines for children aged 5 to 11, and experts in Israel are considering whether active steps are needed to encourage parents

The Foreign Ministry refused to publish the draft agreement to join the EU's 95-billion-euro Horizon Europe program, which forbids investing funds outside Israel's pre-1967 borders, until the signing in December

Head of American Jewish Committee says the new report, ‘the largest and most comprehenslve’ of its kind, should alarm all Americans

On a hill in the Galilee stands Khirbet Omrit: A temple that may have been built to curry favor with an emperor, and may have become a shrine to a weeping nymph. And why a huge column from the temple was moved to a college sitting on a giant fault li...

Cairo's oldest Jew was an anti-Zionist and communist: Albert Arie was a proud Egyptian who wrestled with his Jewish heritage, was jailed for 11 years and later converted to Islam. When his friends emigrated to Israel, he insisted on staying put

Israel’s cabinet was lambasted for failing to set ambitious renewable targets, but ambition is only half the story. Realism is the other half

Iranians trying to fill up gas received messages reading 'cyberattack 64411,' referencing the number of the government hotline that handles questions of Islamic law

After questioning Defense Minister Gantz's designation of Palestinian NGOs as terrorists, Transportation Minister Merav Michaeli, a member of the security cabinet, was chastised by Gantz's party for 'interfering'

After four hours police announce the road is open again after major delays were reported following a truck accident

Health Ministry figures suggest that the coronavirus pandemic in Israel is contracting, as serious cases further decline

In an interview on the Haaretz Weekly Podcast, former U.S. ambassador to Israel Martin Indyk discussed his new book on Henry Kissinger’s Middle East diplomacy, the chances for an Israeli-Saudi peace deal and Biden’s approach on settlements

While efforts are being made to enhance the study of Hebrew, youngsters are often taught little more than rudimentary elements by untrained teachers. Some educational experts and parents are up in arms

Foreign Ministry official said that the State Department was informed 'on a few occasions' of the decision to designate six Palestinian NGOs as terror groups, despite previous U.S. claims

While officials believe the attack was encouraged by Tehran, the drones weren't launched from Iran

According to security officials, the array Iran is trying to establish in Lebanon, Syria and other locations is meant to thwart Israeli attacks ■ Israeli Air Force sees increased use of drones against Israel

It's still uncertain what Sudan will look like post-coup, which largely depends on U.S. sanctions. However, America might turn a blind eye to the takeover due to Sudan’s strategic importance in the Red Sea region

According to data by Israel Meteorological Service, average temperature in the country has risen by 0.59 degrees a decade over the last three decades

The high court rejected an appeal filed by two Rahat residents who were convicted of dealing arms, keeping their lengthy prison sentences

The cabinet asks Israel Police to revise their plan of reducing murders in the Arab community by 10 percent in 2022

While the Saudi Crown Prince may dream of a green, blooming Arabia at night, Biden occupies a higher spot on his list of priorities

Footage shows several Israeli soldiers were present during the attack, but none of them stopped or detained the settler, who pepper sprayed a member of Rabbis for Human Rights

Washington announces it is pausing $700 million in aid after the military takeover, saying aid was intended to support Sudan's 'democratic transition'

'We did not receive a specific heads up about any forthcoming designations' says U.S. spokesperson, as Israelis head to Washington to present classified evidence of terror activity

'The arrest of civilian government officials and other political leaders undermines the country's transition to democratic civilian rule,' says State Department Spokesperson

Also on this week's episode: Why Turkish President Erdogan is deporting the ambassadors of France, Canada and the U.S., and what Biden can learn about Israel from a new book devoted to Henry Kissinger's diplomacy

While justices failed to reach a verdict on the eviction of the Palestinian family, they are expected to rule in favor of the Jewish religious trust

Transportation Minister Merav Michaeli says decision to classify Palestinian NGOs as terror groups was hasty and harmful, though foreign and defense ministry associates say she lacks facts on the matter

Robert Malley says that Washington has other tools to keep Iran from getting a nuclear weapon and would use them if need be

Israel approves a $780-million plan to fight crime in Arab communities, as well as an economic plan to reduce inequality between Jews and Arabs

Evangelical figure Mike Evans, who blasted Israel's new government in harsh terms for replacing Netanyahu, will be a guest speaker at event organized by a department of the Prime Minister's Office next month

Israeli health officials in uproar after the deceased woman's gravestone, which reads 'murdered at the hands of Beilinson Hospital in the coronavirus ward,' went viral on social media

Evictions in Givat Amal, situated beneath luxury skyscrapers, were scheduled to start this week, until a last-minute delay was announced. Families who have lived there for decades won't go down without a fight

The fifth biennial Blue Flag event in southern Israel boasted advanced fighter jets and hundreds of participants from eight countries, but not a word about the designation of Palestinian NGOs as terrorist organizations

The Israel Land Authority posted the tenders for 1,300 new houses to be built in a number of settlements in the West Bank, which are on land that Palestinians want for a future state

Israeli approval for vaccinating kids against COVID would likely follow closely on the heels of an American decision ■ Israel has already begun importing millions of Pfizer vaccine doses

While countries around the world condemn Sudanese coup, Israel issues no response, taking a wait-and-see approach

Court rules on custody battle after Italian-Israeli dual national Eitan Biran, the sole survivor of a cable car accident in Italy that killed his parents, taken to Israel by his grandfather

A far right pundit, vile misogynist, racist conspiracist and potential contender for the presidency, Zemmour is the Jewish heir to a particularly vicious French brand of antisemitic nationalism – repurposed to target other minorities

'A very sensitive kid' is how classmates describe the 16-year-old accused of murdering a convicted sex offender, after seducing him using Instagram. In a journal, he recounts the murder in detail, including carving a swastika with a knife

When you have a Russian bear in the neighborhood you tread carefully. That’s just what Israel is doing ■ In Gaza, Israel is trying to buy time as in the West Bank and Jerusalem small fires begin to burn

'The operational achievement was disproportionate to the diplomatic damage and the harm to Israel's public relations it created'

Some of these sites on Israeli navy, air force and other bases can be visited, if arranged in advance and probably only on the weekend when the firing zones aren’t active

A year after Khartoum and Jerusalem agreed to normalize relations and the U.S. removed Sudan from its list of state sponsors of terrorism, a military coup could have far-reaching consequences

Police have arrested the woman's husband and a spiritual leader who treated her after she became indisposed

Sabah releases 15 headshots of alleged agents it says were part of a network collecting information for Israel on Palestinian students residing in Turkey

Supreme Court ruling could have consequences for dozens of Palestinian families in Silwan facing eviction because a Jewish organization says they lack rights to the land

The illegal outpost of Evyatar, Israeli settlement expansion and Gantz's labeling of six Palestinian NGOs as terror groups are jeopardizing the gov't's stability

Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has been placed under house arrest and military forces arrest four cabinet ministers, sources say ■ Sudan began moving toward normalization with Israel last year

Ex-intelligence official Saad al-Jabri did not provide evidence of the claim on his '60 minutes' interview,' although did reveal a silent film which he said could be released in full, were he to be killed

The officer, Alexander Strizhevsky, was an investigator in the 2006 murder case of Ta'ir Rada and claims that Roman Zadorov used manipulative techniques to reduce his sentence

Experts say proposed database, which officials say is meant to combat terrorism, crime, and epidemics, raises privacy questions

Committee reviewing what will be part of the government-funded 'health basket' will discuss how to allocate additional $187 million for subsidized drugs and medical technology

After initially delaying the legislation, Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked reached an agreement with Mansour Abbas's party that will connect homes built before 2018 without a permit to the electricity grid

Suspects arrested last week are former members of the sect's 'modesty guard,' which intimidated different Jerusalem communities in those years. Most are refusing to cooperate

Under pressure from finance and energy ministries, Israel will reduce carbon emissions by 85 percent by 2050. But Bennett, ahead of UN climate conference, says goals should be more ambitious

The other 6,000 permits, as part of the increase of 15,000 permits that was approved in August, will become available in January 2022

'Some 200 griffon vultures live in Israel today. Nine vultures are almost 5 percent of the entire population of vultures in Israel,' a protection group said

The State Prosecutor's Office gave the green light to the Israeli Defense Ministry's decision to dub the six Palestinian NGOs as terror groups after it reviewed evidence

Benny Gantz’s decision to declare six Palestinian civil society groups terrorist organizations is ill-timed, badly planned, clumsily explained and poorly marketed

You’ll be praying for an actual alien invasion while watching this $200-million would-be spectacular, while ‘La Brea’ is the next wannabe ‘Lost’

Two Jewish women will play key roles in the lawsuit, which seeks damages against two dozen alt-right organizers of the 2017 Charlottesville rally

Erdogan’s new agenda covers cratering the economy, busting terror-financing sanctions, unjustified jailing, declining in the polls – and now, provoking an unprecedented rift with NATO allies, with a touch of antisemitism

The UN mission calls the announcement by Defense Minister Benny Gantz an 'attempt to intimidate and forcibly silence' these organizations from exposing Israel’s violations against Palestinians

Aaron Dov Vamosh lost the use of his legs after being hit by an Egyptian shell in October 1973. He explains how archery provided an unlikely outlet for him in the years after the war

The martyr is a potent weapon of mass radicalization, which is why Trump and his MAGA acolytes turned Babbitt’s death into a fake martyrdom justifying future retaliatory violence. From the Nazis to ISIS, the results of those tactics are ominous

Bennett government is set to discuss the landmark possibility of constructing 1,300 housing units for Palestinians in Area C of the West Bank, but also announces plans to double the Jewish population in Jordan Valley by 2026

A preliminary investigation found that the man, who was hired by a subcontractor, crossed the tracks without following safety regulations, according to the railroad company

Injuries marred the Russian-born athlete's performance at the three previous World Championships, keeping him out of the Tokyo Olympics

Regev attacked Ram Ben Barak following a post showed a member of Barak's staff photographed with former Grand Mufti of Jerusalem