Israel's new cases, serious cases and coronavirus infection rate have all spiked over the last week

'We will reach tens of thousands of infected people a day. People will not be able to be hospitalized,' the head of Israeli army's COVID task force said in an interview

Iran's state TV report did not say when the launch was conducted or what devices the carrier brought with it. Previous launches have drawn rebukes from the United States

Others who worked in the Prime Minister's Office have also previously indicated that documents were shredded before Netanyahu made way for Bennett

In 2017, Israel probed a complaint alleging that Aeronautics demonstrated the use of a kamikaze drone in Azerbaijan by attacking a manned position of the Armenian army

Even if Abbas’s goal in his meeting with Gantz was purely diplomatic, the economic bonuses that were promised, if fulfilled, are important for the survival of the Palestinian leadership

Countries further along in the omicron wave report more pediatric hospitalizations for COVID, and Israel's hospitals have started to prepare. Some medical professionals are more concerned than others

The proposed law would turn district court judges into a kind of censor whenever prosecutors so request

Israel's National Insurance Institute says standard of living rose 2.4 percent in 2020 due to COVID aid from government. But after aid was halted, income disparities increased to 2019 levels

Amin Agbaria was shot to death in what police believe was a criminal feud as violence continues to plague Israel's Arab community

Barak Ben-Ami was convicted in a plea deal after confessing to the murder of his baby daughter and attempted murder of his wife and other daughter in 2020

In practice, the new regulation shortens COVID quarantine time for Israelis infected with the omicron variant from 14 days to 10

Netanyahu 'did not want a prisoner swap deal for his own reasons,' ex-IDF official responsible for prisoners and MIS Moshe Tal tells Army Radio

Restrictions in Israel won't suffice given omicron's infection rate. Without explicitly saying it, the government is now passing the buck to the public

The annual hilula at the tomb of the famed Moroccan-born rabbi was canceled 'to protect the welfare and safety of the public' as the 'necessary safety protocols cannot be guaranteed at the grave site'

A Talmudic scholar and former lawmaker, Calderon announced as candidate to replace Isaac Herzog as head of the agency

Yoaz Hendel took fire at Rabbi David Lau, who in protest of the government's proposed conversion reform, said he would withhold Jewish status from converts

Osem, which produces the popular snack Bamba and other staples, is set to boost prices, encouraging other companies to do the same. The chairman of the Knesset Economy Committee called for a boycott of the company

Walder was accused of sexual assault, but upon his death he was upgraded by some Haredi leaders to the status of a martyr. The attempt to rehabilitate him will be another self-inflicted blow to the rabbis’ authority

5,000 cranes have died at Hula Lake and the number is sure to double. Greed for tourism income led to overfeeding and overcrowding, and now to illness and death

President Abbas 'wouldn’t have come to the home of a former chief of staff of the Israeli military just for VIP passes' for senior officials, source says, stressing Palestinians now expect to see results on the ground

Walder was a master storyteller who crushed his victims’ right to tell their own stories of his alleged sexual abuse. Now the Haredi world is giving him, not his victims, the last word

A colossal composting machine that looks like a big worm, care for the fruit bats who live in the basement, a hydroponic rooftop greenhouse – Dizengoff Center is a playground for tree huggers. But how does all this fit in with consumerism?

'For Erdogan, a "last minute" success story emerges before every election'

I was thrilled when I found this book at the library in North Carolina. But after reading it, now as an adult, I discovered things that I hadn’t remembered, maybe because, at the time they were the norm ■ Post #42

The thickness of this region appears to be related to the frequency of sexual intercourse, but there is still a chance that women having more sex had a thick somatosensory cortex to begin with

Yu Jingyi, the founder of the China-Israel Culture and Art Foundation, speaks about her father who wanted to give her away, insists that Chinese censorship doesn’t hurt the arts, and says that 'there really isn’t equality between men and women, n...

The copyrights of these photos expired long ago. As JNF marks 120 years, it's time to make its photographic treasure accessible to the public

Nir Hefetz, turned state’s evidence in Netanyahu's corruption trial, said the former prime minister orchestrated rivalry between two major newspapers. Court takes a week off before hearings resume

More than 12,000 Lebanese who have left their homeland in the past two years for Cyprus — less than a 50-minute flight from Beirut

Harry Reid, former Senate majority leader who died at 82, had a years-long friendship with Sheldon Adelson but played a key role in pushing through Obama’s 2015 Iran deal

Although the Israeli army is preparing its Iran target bank and advanced weaponry, it would still be difficult to determine the consequences of a strike

Civilian doing maintenance work on Israel's border fence sustains light wounds

As COVID infection rate hits six-month high, Israeli cabinet reduces list of high-infection 'red' countries from 70 to 15, approves new plan for schools

India’s tiny Christian minority now joins Muslims as targets of the majoritarian mob, baying for a theocratic Hindu state with Modi as high priest. Only the burial rites of the Constitution, promising equality to all citizens, have yet to be conduc...

Who walked upright in Crete 6 million years ago? What on earth was that hominin in Tanzania doing 3.6 million years ago, a coupé jeté? And who are we, really – the epitome of evolution or hybrids?

Without opening the mummy, researchers were able to have a look inside the perfectly-preserved shroud of Amenhotep I, who ruled Egypt about 3,500 years ago

As majority leader, Reid served as President Barack Obama's point man in the Senate and helped secure congressional passage of Obamacare

As of Thursday, the list of 'red' countries with high coronavirus infections rates will shrink from 70 to 15, with Mexico to be added to it. Meanwhile, Israel mulls amending quarantine rules

His Emmy-winning documentary 'The Number on Great-Grandpa’s Arm,' explains his story of survival through the death camps and the compassion he brought with him to America

Despite promises, no solution reached on closing the Central Bus Station

As omicron keeps rapidly spreading, Health Ministry officials are deliberating the administration of a fourth COVID vaccine dose, as data increasingly shows waning immunity around four months after first booster

In a first working meeting for Abbas in Israel since 2010, he asked Israel to act against settler violence, source said. The two leaders discussed the economic relations, security coordination

John T. Earnest, who killed a woman and injured three other people at the Chabad of Poway synagogue, will run his federal life sentence after his state one

Justice Minister Gideon Sa'ar's bill, given a preliminary nod by the cabinet, has experts alarmed over what they say is legislation that could easily be used to stifle dissent

In his testimony, Nir Hefetz, who served as the former PM's family spokesman, said Yedioth Ahronoth's publisher was warned that a competitor would destroy the paper if Netanyahu coverage didn't soften

Israel Bar Association seeking new contenders after members of the vetting panel objected to its choices

Officials say the latest strike caused greater damage than a similar one earlier this month. A Syrian war monitor says Israel struck targets in Syria 29 times in 2021

Rafat Othman Abbas is the 123th fatal victim of gun violence and crime in Israel's Arab community this year

Well, just two so far. The eruption on the island of Thera in the Bronze Age lasted weeks and produced not one massive tsunami but four – which spread all the way to Anatolia, a Turkish-Israeli study finds

Justice Minister Sa'ar opposes demolishing the Homesh yeshiva, arguing that a 'wider perspective' on its legal status must take into account Yehuda Dimentman's death in a shooting attack

Biden's rejection of a provision requiring the sharing of intel on Iran's military capabilities comes days after the U.S. Navy seized Iranian weapons bound for Yemen

The prime minister calls on unvaccinated Israelis to 'stay home as much as possible,' saying the current COVID policy won't stop a wave of omicron infections, but rather focus on preventing a spike in serious cases and keeping the economy open

Experts say Naftali Bennett's government is sending confusing signals to the public on the Omicron variant, as stark warnings aren't accompanied by new restrictions

Climate change is slamming Iran especially hard, but to do anything about it, Tehran needs the sanctions to cease

When most of the IDF's talk with the media is about food, it means that Israel's security is stable — but it raises other red flags as well

The Russian envoy to the negotiations in Vienna says that world powers are discussing lifting sanctions on Tehran ■ Iran's FM also reports progress, says deal can be reached with 'good faith' from all parties

Israel Police are investigating the incident, which follows a wave of similar assassination attempts in the Arab community

Producers Osnat Handelsman-Keren and Talia Kleinhendler recall the encounter that led to the film adaptation of Elena Ferrante’s ‘The Lost Daughter’

An Israeli judge recently suggested to defense officials that they meet with Mordechai Vanunu, but the former spy's lawyer is being banned from the meeting, for security reasons. Once again, the High Court is acting as a rubber stamp for the defense ...

The year about to end saw the creation of a new government, a war with Hamas in Gaza, a world-first booster vaccination campaign, and much more. Listen to Haaretz Weekly's end of year special

He beat Trump in 2020, but in 2021, Joe Biden took on an equally important task: restoring the foundations of American democracy. Can he finish the job, despite multiple crises abroad and a falling approval rating at home?

As world powers resume nuclear talks in Vienna, Israel warns that Iran will cross a significant nuclear threshold by the end of January if no deal is reached

Israel's prime minister also decides that vaccinated people who are exposed to COVID carriers must isolate until they obtain a negative test, and will be forbidden from meeting vulnerable people for 10 days

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention added that asymptomatic people should wear a mask for five days when around others after finishing isolation, as omicron becomes the dominant variant in the U.S.

'Iran is negotiating with a very weak hand. But unfortunately the world is acting like Iran is at a strong point,' Bennett told Israel's Army Radio

Only a few people in the Israeli health care system seem to be aware of the existence and importance of a crucial decision made by the US Department of Education

Necropolis excavation in the Sambian Peninsula, Russia reveal not graves of the simple folk described by Tacitus, but sophisticated people – who played Roman games

The English derived half their DNA from French migrants who descended from early Turkish farmers. Not so the Scots

Putin has once again established the fact that invading his neighbors is his prerogative. China and Iran's leaders have learned this lesson well. In 2021, they all showed us what a world without American-set rules looks like

Before the change was introduced, children who passed the screening test administered in second grade were automatically allowed to continue in gifted programs into junior high and high school

A news report showed officers descending from a helicopter as the police commissioner looked on – omitting the fact that police had already found nothing in a raid hours earlier

According to reports in Syria, Israeli fighter jets attacked the container complex at the port with missiles, in the second attack on the vital facility this month

The bill, submitted by a member of Likud, is seen as a way of hindering Nir Barkat, who is planning on running against Netanyahu during the party's internal elections

Jerusalem's neighborhoods have a long and somber history with many stories to tell. Here are three that show what it means to lose a home

A parliamentary committee on the elections said that if problems were not addressed then it would be impossible to hold an election on January 24

Mendelblit tells High Court that education minister's decision not to award Israel Prize to professor over his views is unfounded

The former Knesset had granted Haim Katz immunity, but that expired upon its dissolution

'It is true that defending the nation requires cooperation between the army, the people and the resistance, but the main responsibility is the state's,' President Aoun says in a televised speech

The Israeli police have shown no desire to tackle even the most serious crimes in the ultra-Orthodox community, where sexual abuse is taboo

As the omicron variant rapidly spreads through Israel, health officials warn of an impending rise in severe cases

The prime minister, who was in quarantine after his daughter tested positive for coronavirus, was forced to show up in person after the required 40 lawmakers signed a demand for his appearance

Opposition leader Netanyahu, who made a habit of bashing opponents for any political activity in English, released a series of videos calling the current government 'a threat to democracy'

Rights groups accuse Iran’s security agencies of using foreign detainees as bargaining chips for money or influence in negotiations with the West

Over 5,000 migratory cranes die of virus, authorities warn of egg shortage as hundreds of thousands of infected hens are killed

Joe Biden’s first year in the White House saw a war between Israel and Hamas, a political fight over Iron Dome funding, and a dispute about America's consulate in Jerusalem. A look back at the year's top stories

A team of Israeli, Moroccan and French researchers on a rescue excavation at a ruined synagogue in Morocco found amulets, the last remnants of a bygone community. The project will soon be expanded to the entire region, under royal sponsorship

From Berlin 1936 to Beijing 2022: History, the Holocaust and humanity requires a refusal to send diplomats to the Games, in solidarity with the Uyghurs against an oppressive China. But will Israel remain indifferent?