Although bird flu has ravaged Israel, with over half a million chickens culled as a precautionary measure, experts assert that the likelihood of the virus becoming transmittable to humans is very small

The man reportedly got out of a car and charged a bus stop where civilians and soldiers were present, the army is searching for the vehicle which fled the scene

Israel's Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz said the decision stemmed from the high rate of COVID infection in care homes, geriatric wards and assisted living facilities

A man in his fifties was murdered in Umm al-Fahm, while another Arab man in Haifa was critically injured after shooting at a nightclub in Haifa

Bennett learns a lesson about Zoom meetings. Meanwhile, Netanyahu isn't even bothering to pretend that he'll be coming backmost to power

As both Israel and Hamas sum up this year's most significant confrontation, the result is more of a grim tie ■ In the 'cyber vs. fighters' argument within the army, the paratroopers stand out

This week at the Tel Aviv airport: Two Israelis who have found an international community on an unlikely app, and a Portuguese ex-gymnast who found home at the circus

Israeli historian Aron Shneyer has found himself at the forefront of a campaign by Moscow against Russia’s leading human rights organization

Nihaya Daoud is used to seeing eyebrows raised. That’s the reaction she got when going abroad to do a postdoc for two years without her children, and when she became the first Arab woman in Israel to be appointed professor of public health. And she...

Novy God, the New Year holiday celebrated by immigrants from the former Soviet Union, is casting off its stigma in Israel as second-generation Russian speakers embrace its festive trappings

The protests were the latest in near-daily demonstrations across Sudan over the October military takeover that upended the country's fragile transition to democracy

The state accused Teva of engaging in misleading marketing practices that fueled the opioid epidemic in New York, including by pushing drugs for off-label use

Religious Services Minister Matan Kahana decision will extend to synagogues and religious structures in West Bank settlements, outposts and communities of former Gush Katif settlers

A conversation with the man who led Israel's justice system through a series of major crossroads, and one day decided to get up and leave

The decision to vaccinate the immunocompromised is a world first, as Israel reintroduces an outdoor mask mandate for gatherings of more than 50 people amid the spread of omicron

Prof. Gideon Greif denies that he minimized the death toll of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre in which around 8,000 Bosnian Muslims were murdered by Serb nationalist forces

The 25-year-old Israeli, who suffered from mental health problems and sought to make contact with Hezbollah, was repatriated by UNIFIL forces following quiet negotiations

The Biden administration's decision comes amid a grave financial crisis for UN Relief and Works Agency, which provides essential services and care to over 5 million Palestinians across the Middle East

With a mountain of caveats, and for all the criticism it gets, Israeli democracy survived this year. It was a remarkable display of resilience, against considerable odds

Despite optimistic headlines in Israel in recent months, the two sides are now cooling expectations amid technical difficulties. Meanwhile, Biden could face criticism over Israel's treatment of Palestinian-Americans

Video featuring mega-star Amr Diab shows him using a camera installed in the car's rearview mirror to secretly take photos of a woman crossing the street, and then invites her in

The antiviral Paxlovid pills are 'an important addition to our toolbox in fighting the pandemic,' Israel's PM says, as the medication arrives a week after FDA approval

A twin pregnancy of this type, where the children develop separately, has a probability of about one in a million

Under the pall of another year of the pandemic, here are the opinions, from Pegasus to the Palestinians, Trump to Tehran, Bennett to Bio-Zionists, that animated, incensed and delighted Haaretz readers during 2021

Yotam Okon is convicted of raping and committing indecent acts on a 12-year-old female student of his

The French aliyah reached 3,500 this year, topping the annual average of around 2,500 amid the ever-present threat of terrorism against the community

The alleged attack was among the biggest launched by Israel into Syria, igniting a fire that raged for hours and caused significant damage

Walid Mansour of Jenin, who was convicted of attempted murder, admitted to stabbing his victim in the Tel Aviv satellite city because the man was Jewish Israeli

The one billion shekels approved by the Bennett government this week seems designed to tackle the region’s biggest problems, but will Israel's government stay the course?

Iran's nuclear program, a new COVID variant, a war in Gaza and the Evangelicals who discovered Saudi Arabia. A roundup of Haaretz podcasts that captivated our readers and listeners in the year that's about to end

Many an excavation in Israel and the world resumed in 2021 after the serial coronavirus lockdowns of the year before. Here are some of my favorite archaeology stories of the year.

Maxwell, a friend and ex-girlfriend of the financier, faces years behind bars for recruiting and grooming Epstein’s teenage victims and sometimes joining in the sexual abuse

Cynical about the so-called 'peace industry'? Don’t believe the clichés, or the slurs. Thanks to massive new U.S. funding, Israeli-Palestinian peacebuilding programs are about to demonstrate what a difference they can make

'The deal exists on paper but there is no way to realize it,' says Israel's Environmental Protection Minister Tamar Zandberg

In its eagerness to sell tickets, the Tel Aviv Museum sinned to Yayoi Kusama, her work, and the public that crowded cheek-to-jowl at the exhibit

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

Iranian officials, however, did not say whether the launched objects had actually reached orbit. 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

Israel's Health Ministry directs hospitals to prepare for a spike in the number of children in their COVID wards after reports from countries across the world show an increase in pediatric hospitalization

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