Groundbreaking flood risk analysis factors in not only climate but beavers, badgers and porcupines, whose impact on lovely dirt levees is growing as their habitats shrink

The comment by a senior Israeli official follows an announcement by the Biden administration that it will refrain from sending a political delegation to the games in Beijing in protest at China’s human rights record

The mountaintop saw five centimeters of snowfall overnight, as the site remains closed for visitors. Temperatures due to rise across Israel over the weekend

Fearsome female spiders spin large webs. The males strive to reach a particular point – and wait for the right moment to mate with her. Yet she poses a great danger

Prof. Yoel Rak challenged his colleagues at Tel Aviv University’s anthropology department, saying their groundbreaking find is in fact a run-of-the-mill Neanderthal. He says they responded by changing his locks

The public and bombastic declaration by Mossad chief, 'guaranteeing that Iran will never have nuclear weapons', is so embarrassing in its ignorance

'We're in this pickle because Iran's nuclear program is advancing to a point beyond which it has any conventional rationale,' an American officials says as Israeli defense minster's heads to Washington

Israel is revving up plans to halt Iran's nuclear program, but action is not likely for years

The Israeli defense minister's visit comes after the head of the Mossad conducted a round of talks in Washington, as negotiations over Iran's nuclear program continue

Prisoners told police investigators they were repeatedly beaten in an alleged act of revenge perpetrated by the guards, a day after six inmates escaped from Gilboa Prison

It's typical for the Israeli mainstream to consider any nuanced attempt to understand the motives driving Palestinian violence a form of justifying it, but the difficulties of life in Sheikh Jarrah shed a complex light on the latest incident

Findings gathered by Clalit, Israel's largest HMO, reaffirm what medical professionals have long been saying about the effectiveness of a third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine

A meeting with Macron was a first step, and until Biden calls, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is trying to emulate what the UAE did to become an economic force

'Knesset members are permitted to receive gifts from relatives to assist in funding legal expenses,' Netanyahu says after attorney general says he must return $300,000 gifted to him from his cousin Milikowsky

The research may lead to the development of treatments that will prevent weight gain after quitting smoking

Committee set up after a major oil leak caused Israel's worst-ever maritime pollution urges the creation of an intelligence apparatus to prevent similar cases

Health Ministry says people infected with the omicron COVID variant will have to quarantine for 14 days instead of 10, as it may be contagious for longer than others

The conservative Kohelet Forum was asked to join brainstorming sessions on policy formation, in a move ministry officials say was highly unusual

Coalition members from Labor and Meretz shoot down vote on extending legislation increasing penalties on asylum seekers

More and more throughout the Islamic world, women are finding roles as educators, spiritual guides and even as judges in Islamic courts, but not without a backlash

Israel's defense minister says PFLP members managed the six groups he declared terror organizations, and that the NGOs allowed PFLP members to meet in their offices

Former National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat says Moscow shares Israel's view of Iran as a destabilizing regional force

The ministry has been preventing the publication of the draft report, detailing the involvement of medical officials in separating Mizrahi babies from their families and helping give them up for adoption – the first known instance of a ministry ack...

None injured, suspect faces several charges after Christmas tree at Fox News headquarters set on fire

Newly revealed information about José Antonio Kast's father adds a twist to a highly charged presidential runoff billed as a battle of extremes — between communism and freedom, authoritarianism and democracy

In a conference, Nature and Parks Authority staff discussed the dangers solar and wind installations pose to wildlife, and pose an alternative: Generation IV nuclear reactors

Warsaw's move follows a rift with Jerusalem over a law limiting restitution claims, and as it continues to discourage research into Polish collaboration with the Nazis

On Monday, the Jerusalem-based vehicle technology firm’s parent – Intel – announced that it was taking Mobileye public. The move benefits Intel, is it good for Mobileye?

Defense Ministry is proud of a new declaration that purchasers of Israeli cyber tech will be required to sign. But instead of tightening supervision, the ministry has only further shrugged its responsibilities

Danish study shows we prefer farmed salmon to wild, as long as we don’t know where the fish came from

In Qatar, Erdogan says that better ties with Israel would be 'beneficial' for peace in the wider region

Merkel will officially hand over the chancellery to Olaf Scholz as Germany faces a brutal fourth wave of COVID infections and challenges to its democratic order by authoritarian governments

Maya Reiten Stoll, a lawyer and single mother of two, was arrested last month while on a business trip for possession of medical cannabis

Israeli Defense Minister Gantz will arrive in Washington Thursday to step up pressure on the U.S. administration as nuclear negotiations between Iran and world powers are set to restart

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett used to be a critic of his predecessor’s policy on settlement building, but is now following in Netanyahu’s footsteps. Settler leaders are content to see the status quo being maintained

Israel sees the highest number of new COVID cases since October

An indictment could mean prison time for journalist Katarzyna Markusz, who skirted similar allegations before. At issue is her tweet stating 'there have never been mass extermination camps for Poles'

Zalmen Glauber, the owner of the Shtetl Art Gallery in Brooklyn's Williamsburg is delighted with the Hasidim's warm embrace of his unusual venture

Israeli filmmaker Asaf Galay’s new documentary ‘The Adventures of Saul Bellow’ takes a deep dive into the artistry and tumultuous personal life of the American Jewish writer

Chief of Defense Staff Bipin Rawathe is the most senior official in the Indian military

The players hope to compete regionally, their sights set on the World Cup for amputees in Turkey next October

The Palestinian assailant's family is among those in Jerusalem's Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood who have immediate eviction orders pending against them

Environmental Protection Minister Tamar Zandberg, a fierce opponent of the deal, says there would be no political consequences of an Israeli withdrawal. The Foreign Ministry disagrees, but says it would be containable

‘You read it and you don’t believe it,’ says trustee representing Danielle Lev, 7, of state’s deportation order

Would-be attackers in Gaza will probably seek and find more detours around the $1.1 billion wall, but a more urgent question remains: How will Israel deal with an escalation on more than one front?

Omri Goren Gorochovsky, who has been sentenced to jail time on four prior occasions, did not undergo a background check before beginning to work for Defense Minister Gantz

Likud lawmaker warns that Israel is 'in danger of becoming a state of all its citizens,' as the crowd gathered in Tel Aviv to protest United Arab List's participation in the government

The Health Ministry has not been blocking children who have recovered from COVID at least three months prior from getting the vaccine, even though the committee has not made a recommendation yet

Some have blamed the cream cheese shortage on bagel shops, who are notorious for spreading their schmear so thick that it 'overflows'

The latest sanctions were slapped onto members of Iranian special forces and Syrian intelligence officers ■ Iran's foreign ministry slams the decision, saying it won't buy the U.S. leverage in the nuclear talks

Beitar Jerusalem owner Moshe Hogeg, who refutes the charges, consented to the extension to allow police to wrap up their investigation

Haredi parties in the Knesset start to formulate plans, which may include economic boycotts and mass demonstrations to protest changes to the religious status quo, and even a 'million-man march' slated for early 2022

Hailed the 'most complex project' Israeli defense officials have ever built, the barrier includes a sensor-equipped underground wall, a six-meter high above-ground fence, and a sea barrier that detects naval incursions

Among the artifacts was a 3,500-year-old clay tablet bearing part of the Epic of Gilgamesh, believed to be one of the world's first pieces of literature

These comments come after senior Israeli officials issuing explicit threats over Iran's nuclear program, most notably from Mossad chief David Barnea

United by radicalization and inspired by the praise attacks receive on social media, a wave of generally young Palestinians have begun attacking Israelis, in echoes of 2015's 'stabbing intifada'

This marks the first such arrest of a suspect in the Khashoggi murder case outside of Saudi Arabia

Yigal Ben Ami, tasked with renewing visas for asylum seekers, is suspected of leveraging his position to sexually exploit women under the threat of deportation

Study of Karelian stone־tool industry and far-flung distribution suggests hunter-fisher-gathers wanted something beyond functional tools

Researchers have come up with an exciting explanation for the mystery of where we got our water from

Nearly 80 olim will be aboard the December 15 flight, but Israel's Health Ministry says they will not be subjected to any special restrictions despite coming from the COVID hot spot where the new omicron variant is currently spreading

Asher Ben Dor tweeted the threat in 2020, but his lawyer says that he expresses remorse for remarks made in the heat of the moment

The law imposes minimum sentences and bans probation for gun crime after last year's record number of shooting incidents, particularly in the Arab community

Iran's top negotiator says 'we await practical steps by the West,' after Vienna talks broke off with European officials voicing dismay at Tehran's sweeping demands

Benjamin Netanyahu pursued 'legally problematic' avenues to avoid paying for things, ex-media advisor Nir Hefetz says at the former prime minister's corruption trial

797 demolition orders were issued by Israel last year, the Civil Administration said, while less than 1 percent of Palestinian requests for construction permits in Area C were granted between 2016 and 2020

The mayor is suspected of being associated with the so-called 'modesty patrol' of the cult-like Shuvu Banim Hasidic sect that Rabbi Eliezer Berland leads, which has been implicated in the killings

The money will be used to renovate the synagogue’s main sanctuary, replace its chapel and build a memorial garden for the 11 victims of the attack

Avi Tiomkin, an adviser to some of the world’s largest hedge funds, has a grim economic forecast for 2022 – though he’s not concerned about inflation and knows where he’d put his money

'We're pushing back on the bad forces of this region day and night,' Bennett said alongside Greek and Cypriot leaders in Jerusalem, hailing firm partnership at trilateral summit

Google is six months behind Apple in offering payment services – and banks and credit card companies will compete to get customers to make them the default payment option for the app

A new study, which is based on samples from deceased COVID patients, found no evidence of a pathway for the coronavirus to the brain – but did find that little-known sustentacular cells are the main target

In a bid to avoid criminal charges after an investigation found that Steinhardt bought and sold over 1,000 looted items, the Jewish-American megadonor agrees to surrender 180 stolen antiquities and stop collecting artifacts

Ismail Ziada, a Gaza-born Dutch citizen, sought compensation for the deaths of six members of his family in Israeli strikes under universal jurisdiction rules

A closed conference offered a rare insight into the relations between the state and the defense export industry. Top defense official at the event: 'We should have defended NSO rather than caving to the Americans'

The construction of a new Jewish neighborhood in East Jerusalem, now on hold, shows the twisted priorities of state planners, who are concerned less with serving residents than shifting Israel's demographic balance

Despite U.S. officials’ assurances that Iron Dome aid would be approved swiftly, it is now almost inevitable that the issue will extend at least into the early months of 2022

Intel is Israel's largest employer in the high-tech industry and plans to make Mobileye public in the U.S. market by the middle of 2022

Syria said Israeli planes attacked the Latakia port, with no casualties reported, in what a source said was the first time Israel had attacked the facility on Syria's Mediterranean coast

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's visit to the Negev, along with an entourage of ministers, perfectly demonstrated how Israel views its Arab citizens as security threats instead of citizens that need help

Roman Zadorov is being retried over the murder of Ta'ir Rada, killed at her school 15 years ago

The broad unemployment level dropped over the first half of November from 7.3 to 6.7 percent, with nearly 4.1 million people employed

Case dropped last year against homeless woman who took a 200-shekel bill from a car whose door was deliberately left open by police

Israeli police cuff journalist Gidi Weitz and bring him into station, claiming he tried to interfere with police activity, before the Tel Aviv station chief order his release

With Vienna talks at a standstill, a convoy of Israeli officials are heading to Washington to make their stand

The deal, which has a 95.5 billion euros budget, forbids Israel from investing the funds beyond its pre-1967 borders and bars academic and research institutions in settlements from participating