Scholar Yitzhak Melamed's request to visit a synagogue was rejected because he 'devoted [his] life to the study of Spinoza’s banned works and the development of his ideas'

A century ago Zionist leaders strove to keep ‘weak people’ from immigrating. 'It is one of the most controversial disputes in the history of the Zionist movement'

In his latest best seller, French-Jewish journalist and far-right rising star Éric Zemmour aspires to be remembered alongside Napoleon and de Gaulle, and asks: 'Has anyone truly proved that Dreyfus wasn't guilty?'

Israel is worried world powers will accede to Iran's demands immediately even before Tehran commits to freeze its nuclear project

Pageant organizers don't identify contestant who was found positive, and it is unclear if she has the omicron strain

Residents have tried to prevent demolitions by proposing master plans, which include legalizing existing buildings. But after years of negotiations, the Jerusalem municipality hardened its stance

According to foreign reports, Morocco bought unmanned 'suicide' drones from Israel as part of the normalization deal between the two countries, though the defense contractor ‘declined comment on African sales’

The monument, erected near the Treblinka train station, is part of a trend by Polish authorities to distort history, Holocaust researcher says

Israel needs to muster the courage to propose a bold and creative move, beyond a return to the Iran nuclear deal or a one-and-done strike likely to fail

The pair, one U.S. citizen and another Israeli, allegedly discussed obtaining weapons and violently assaulting Arabs, as well as belief in far-right ideas

The contested deal would lead to a considerable increase in the number of oil tankers arriving in Eilat annually – from a handful of ships to dozens, capable of carrying up to 270,000 tons of oil each

Rabbi Eliezer Berland, leader of the Shuvu Banim ultra-Orthodox community, has also been arrested in the investigation of two unsolved murders in Jerusalem

Iran's stockpile of enriched uranium is rapidly approaching weapons-grade levels, concerned Israeli officials say

Suspected cases include several in people who were not recently abroad ■ 25,000 COVID tests taken at Israel's international airport on Sunday, yielding no suspected omicron cases

The agreement, which has received a tacit nod from Israel, defuses a potential standoff with Hamas

Suspects' homes set on fire ■Victim's death marks the 116th violent murder in Israel's Arab community this year, and the second this week

Rising infection rates attributed to a combination of factors, including low vaccination rates in children and waning immunity for those who haven’t received a third shot

Iran's foreign minister cautioned that the nation's willingness to rejoin the nuclear pact 'is not a window that can remain open forever'

This was meant to be a time when grandparents and parents overseas would finally be reunited with their families in Israel. But then came the omicron COVID variant and a snap decision to keep foreigners out

The Supreme Court rejected a request by Eitan Biran's maternal grandfather to appeal the Israeli ruling, which ordered the boy to be sent back to his family in Italy

A close cousin of the classic potato pancakes - latkes - that Jews serve at Hanukkah, this traditional Swiss recipe includes butter and cheese, and will be a pleasant twist on your holiday table

In less than an hour, Israel approved the purchase of Lockheed Martin’s CH-53K choppers following a recommendation from the Defense Ministry and military

On his London visit, Lapid also revealed a new joint strategic plan between the U.K. and Israel spanning cyber, tech, trade, and defense

Many Israeli tech companies are trading at less than half of the peak values they hit in the midst of the pandemic

John Safran goes after Philip Morris International and its latest ‘shape-shifting gambit’ in his book ‘Puff Piece.’ He explains how Judaism has always informed his comedy

In 2011, Israel permitted his family to move to Bethlehem. Last month, after Israeli soldiers lying in ambush killed 14-year-old Amjad Abu Sultan, his laughter disappearance from the family home

Isaac Herzog is already eyeing his dream job, which is why he made the West Bank settlement of Hebron the first place he celebrated Hanukkah while serving as president

Nir Hefetz is wrapping up his testimony in the case against Netanyahu involving the Walla news website and moves on to testify in the two other cases against the former prime minister

Who says Hanukkah's favorite sweet - the sufganiya, or jelly donut - has to be round? We've got the recipe; all you need to add is your favorite cookie cutter

Israel's Lapid is making a round of diplomatic meetings in Europe to convince U.K.'s Johnson and France's Macron to not make concessions to the Iranians

Nides, who has years of experience on both Wall Street and Capitol Hill, will reside in Jerusalem

I explored the island where Leonard Cohen lived for years. A diary of a personal journey inspired by music

A new COVID variant was discovered in Israel last week, after previously spreading mostly in South Africa. Will vaccines work against omicron, and what about medications? Hear from top Israeli experts on our podcast

Five travelers from South Africa, who were already en route when Israel decided to close its borders due to the Omicron COVID variant, describe a disturbing ordeal at Ben-Gurion Airport after landing

Israel and Britain will also sign a 10-year agreement to work closely on areas such as cybersecurity, technology, trade and defense

Israeli sources assess that the round of talks will not lead to real progress with Iran in the immediate term

Tehran has clearly become highly skilled at the tactic of going to the brink – but not beyond it

After Israel has recently simulated the outbreak of a particularly virulent variant during a national drill, how will it contain the new COVID omicron variant?

Bennett may pay dearly for underestimating the man who could in the future be his 61st vote in the Knesset

Aaron Rabinowitz and Shira Elk win Israel Press Institute annual prize for excellence in journalism for investigation into Israel Prize winner’s decades of sexual abuse

Hezbollah is using rebel minister Kordahi as a pawn in its bid to influence elections, but new players on Lebanon's fast-changing political map threaten their plan

Lapid will meet several high-ranking British officials including Prime Minister Boris Johnson and French President Emmanuel Macron

Experts add that it will be two weeks before there is credible data on the omicron variant's vaccine resistance, while Health minister says Israel has been preparing for the arrival of a new variant for some time

When COVID first erupted, Israel decided to have the Shin Bet digitally track patients to locate people that might have been infected, however the agency asks the government to set up a civilian group for this purpose

Despite an appointments committee concluded that Perez lack the required qualifications, Attorney General Avichai Mendelblit enabled the cabinet vote on Peretz’s appointment

Peter Jackson’s wonderful three-part documentary on Disney+ captures the Fab Four at the end of their long and winding road

The airline company decides to postpone direct flights between the countries after Israel bared tourists from entering the country over the highly infectious omicron coronavirus variant

'The Jewish people's historical connection to Hebron is unquestionable,' President Herzog says at the ceremony amid calls for protest from Palestinians and left-wing groups against the Hanukkah event

An Israeli team of researchers has discovered a mechanism that leads to tiredness in the nervous system of the zebrafish, with supportive evidence for the existence of such a mechanism in mice. Remember the name: Parp1

The cabinet approved a plan that would allow those waiting for years to reunite with their families in Israel, following months of disagreements and amid a rapidly deteriorating situation in Ethiopia

When grave robbers muff it: Archaeological excavation in Ukraine find evidence of the ‘great’ wooden city of tribes described by Herodotus, home to a melting pot of tribes, including the Scythians

The suspect has been working with Kenyans to gather intel with the goal of attacking Kenyan and Israeli interests, report says

More and more young Israelis leave their country to find a better and easier future somewhere else. Sara-Lee and Gilad Sivan left Israel behind to live on a beautiful beachfront in Panama. The views are breathtaking and they commune with nature, but ...

Green Party co-leader Annalena Baerbock has condemned Hamas’ rocket strikes against Israeli civilians and opposes the BDS movement, adding: ‘In these trying times, we stand with the Israelis’

A can of Coke for $0.63, a dental filling for $63: The relative calm in the West Bank in recent years has created a booming economy along the ‘seam line’ as thousands of Israelis snap up everything, from toys and tents to fixing their cars

After omicron was detected in Israel, experts add that it will be two weeks before there is credible data on the variant's vaccine resistance. Health minister says Israel has been preparing for the arrival of a new variant for some time

53-year-old resident of Yarka, in Israel's north, was found dead at a locksmith's shop with bullet wounds across his body

Ahead of a fresh round of talks in Vienna, U.S. envoy promises 'increased pressure' if Iran uses it to boost its nuclear program

The woman's lawyers say she could face up to seven years in prison if not released soon, urge the Israeli government to intervene

The new COVID omicron variant – discovered in South Africa and identified in Israel – has a very large number of mutations in critical parts of its spike protein

The United States is not enforcing sanctions and is allowing Iran to export oil, limiting its options, while Israel struggles to devise a persuasive strategy

Interrogators at Tel Aviv airport asked one of them about her political views and accused her of intending to participate in demonstrations

According to a statement from the Greek organizers, Rafaela Plastira, who said she would not attend the event in Eilat over Israel's occupation of the Palestinians, was never her country's representative

A Bedouin man, Israeli citizen, testified to military police that he and two Palestinian friends were assaulted, left cuffed by Israeli soldiers while picnicking near a West Bank settlement

The COVID cabinet also agrees to resume tracking of confirmed carriers of the new variant by Israel's Shin Bet security service

Ahead of Iran nuclear talks, Bennett's hands are tied ■ From his ongoing trial to the Knesset, Netanyahu has known better weeks ■ What a key Likudnik didn't mention in his praise of Menachem Begin

Netanyahu's former Mossad chief, defense minister and IDF commander are speaking out on Trump's departure from the Iran deal, years after the then-prime minister celebrated it

The families are asking that the UN grant them compensation from the funds left over by former Libyan dictator Muammar Gadhafi, who Israel says was connected to the deadly Munich attack, according to a German report

The lyricist, considered amongst the greatest creators in the history of musical theater, wrote timeless hits such as 'West Side Story,' 'Into the Woods,' and 'Sweeney Todd'

Demonstrators, protesting the water shortages in Iran, reportedly threw rocks and set fire to a police motorcycle, while security forces used tear gas and batons

Egypt has taken a cut of the money with the help of a private contractor. In the meantime, Cairo's help bolsters Israel's strategy of keeping Gaza and the West Bank separated, blocking a diplomatic solution

The U.K. asserted that the designation is part of their fight against antisemitism, while Palestinians slammed the decision, arguing it creates obstacles for a peace deal with Israel

Israel, Jordan and the UAE signed the deal earlier this week in the presence of U.S. climate envoy John Kerry

Herzog's visit 'to a settlement in the center of Hebron legitimizes the apartheid regime and the incessant settler violence under which the city’s Palestinian residents live'

Alan Leveritt, publisher of the Arkansas Times, explains how he found himself at the forefront of a legal battle against Israeli-sponsored legislation against the BDS movement.

'Yes, it’s true. My great-great grandfather’s grandfather was a slave trader.' Agur Schiff’s latest book features an Israeli man, with the same name as his, traveling to Africa and standing trial for being the descendant of a slave trafficker. ...

Omicron, boosters and inoculating kids: Israeli public health expert Dr. Sharon Alroy-Preis, in an exclusive briefing for Haaretz, explained that Israel's COVID infection is fueled by unvaccinated individuals: 'It’s not the booster waning'

Turkey is building 22 dams that will greatly reduce the water flow to Iraq, while Iran too is prioritizing its own people as the drought in the region bites down

Photographer Lior Sperandeo, 34, documents what he calls life at the 'desperate ends of the world,' including that of Sudanese refugees deported from Israel and other hunger-stricken, far-flung communities. Now he hopes to use more than his camera to...

IDF troops raided two homes and nabbed three boys suspected of throwing stones. Bound and blindfolded, they spent a cold night in custody before being freed without explanation

Cypriot police said they had arrested 50-year-old Gabriel Abutbul Alon after an Italian judge issued an arrest warrant for him earlier this month

Israel's top court is set to hold its final hearing on Sunday on petitions against plans for a cable car to the Western Wall, whose final stop would be in a Palestinian neighborhood

Human rights groups said in May that elected Emirati Inspector General Ahmed Nasser al-Raisi's department had not investigated credible allegations of torture by security forces