Put forward by Mansour Abbas' United Arab List, the bill is primarily aimed at helping that party’s constituents, many of whom live in illegally built homes in the Negev that are not connected to Israel's national grid

Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, who signed off on millions of dollars in fraud schemes, took government funds to boost the Poway synagogue's security but never made changes before the 2019 attack occurred

Analysis of cesspit in Judahite palace reveals even elites were afflicted by intestinal bugs – which may have been thanks to the Assyrian conquest, archaeologist suggests

Islamabad announces deal to buy 25 Chinese J-10 fighters, thought to be based on a plane whose production Israel canceled over 30 years ago

Israel reports 11,978 new COVID cases, with six percent of tests coming back positive on Tuesday as omicron spreads throughout the country

The search for biblical treasures starting in the 19th century fundamentally changed the way Westerners, including Jews, saw Jerusalem. The consequences were enormous

The new policy is expected to relieve pressure on Israel's testing facilities by clearing vaccinated people to leave COVID quarantine after conducting antigen tests at home instead of PCR tests

This attack is the second this week targeting the base near Baghdad's international airport as Iran marks the second anniversary of the killing of top general Qassem Soleimani

State Department reports modest progress in Vienna nuclear talks, but suggests any deal reached could be rendered meaningless by the pace of Iran's ongoing nuclear proliferation

Controversial proposals for a phosphate mine and tree planting by the JNF were stopped after pressure from the United Arab List, coalition sources say

The Public Security Ministry says 19,375 people sought licenses last year, 120 percent more than in 2020

The coronavirus 'has led to welcome thinking on how we can contribute to streamlining the service and making public accessibility more transparent,' Supreme Court president says

Rights activist Alex Odeh was assassinated in Santa Ana, California, 36 years ago in a crime that people tracking the case say may have been committed by three men with links to the Meir Kahane-founded Jewish Defense League – two of whom are now li...

The drone flew into Israeli airspace before being shot down, the latest in a series of Hezbollah drones that enter Israeli airspace every few months

Opposition lawmakers plan to boycott debate on connecting Bedouin villages in the Negev to the electrical grid over what they see as excessive use of fast-tracking procedures

The three-person crew tried to return to shore, but only had two minutes to act, preliminary investigation finds, as Erez Sachyani and Chen Fogel are laid to rest

One teacher likened the suicide of the children's author amid sexual assault allegations to 9/11: 'When America the great instantly turned into dust and rubble, that’s what happened to us with Walder. And we had to talk to the children about that'

Meatless meat, cow-less milk and eggless eggs are just a small taste of what Israel’s alternative protein startups offer. ‘Countries across the world are investing to bring in Israeli food tech’ - but can Israel keep its edge?

One of the women who complained against Dr. Guy Rofe says she feels 'an immense sense of relief'

Despite rumors to the contrary, Israelis have actually moved to the left in recent times – but that doesn’t mean they’ll vote for Labor or Meretz. They’ll consider the message, but they hate the patronizing messenger

Administrative detainee Hisham Abu Hawash will be kept in an Israeli hospital for medical follow-up, and the order against him will be revoked

Abdalla Hamdok stepped down after not being able to find a compromise between the army generals, who have been ruling since the October coup, and the pro-democracy movement

A second COVID booster shot, administered to more than 25,000 Israelis, produces a five-fold increase in the level of antibodies, the Sheba Medical Center reports

Countries including Canada and France are being removed from the high-risk list, but aliyah official decries a pattern of opening and closing that has proved ‘taxing and unsustainable’

The search for someone to replace Isaac Herzog may now stretch until July, as none of the six remaining candidates are thought to meet the agency’s criteria

Over 100 of the Iranian victims had Canadian citizenship or residency, prompting some families of the victims to sue Iran in Canadian civil court

After the second COVID booster shot was authorized for some Israelis, Bennett cites a new study showing that the fourth shot upgrades antibody levels dramatically within seven days

Activist Ramy Sha’ath, who was arrested on terrorism charges in 2020, will be deported to France where his wife lives

In this week’s episode, Israel’s former deputy national security adviser discusses the risks, and potential benefits, of an attack on Iran’s nuclear sites. Also: why Israelis should worry about unemployment in Gaza

For years, Israeli artist David Reeb has taken part in demonstrations in the West Bank and done paintings based on what he saw. After his painting with the words 'Jerusalem is Shit' was removed from a new exhibition he explains what he considers the ...

Israel also records a 41 percent increase in serious COVID cases over a week, as omicron drives infections at an unprecedented speed

U.S. bases in Iraq have been targeted recently as Iran and its allies mark the anniversary of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani's assassination

With restrictions becoming inefficient, the question of whether the highly contagious omicron will produce herd immunity raises again, experts however doubt it

Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz announced that homosexuals will have access to surrogacy in Israel, which was previously limited to heterosexual couples and single women with fertility issues

Almost every U.S. Netflix subscriber has watched a foreign-language show in recent times. Here are four more ways to go global, from ‘Anna’ in Italy to ‘Anxious People’ in Sweden

Israeli authorities say fatal construction accidents in 2021 fell by 8 percent from 2020, but the data doesn't provide a full picture

Yedioth Ahronoth Books is negotiating with Netanyahu, who owes the publisher for cancelling a previous book, and never returning his $45,000 advance

A Jerusalem court ruled that the church must pay the Jewish National Fund $13 million over an unsigned agreement, which the Greek Orthodox Patriarch views as a kind of extortion

While the COVID tsunami is fast approaching, the question is what shape the hospitals and Bennett will be in when the omicron wave is over

The omicron variant has exposed the soft underbelly of the Education Ministry, which failed to adapt regulations to changing circumstances

From fully remote learning to allowing students to choose, higher educations centers are making different choices about how to proceed as omicron infections swell

Palestinian prisoner Hisham Abu Hawash's life is in 'immediate danger' after more than 4 months on a hunger strike, a medical report by Physicians for Human Rights has warned

A third crew member in moderate condition remains in hospital in northern Israel

Foreign minister says Israel is having influence on the powers negotiating nuke accord with Iran

Instead of getting a clear idea from the prime minister, the overall public impression is one of chaos as kilometer-long lines form outside testing centers and Israelis lose track of the changing guidelines

Officials predict that within weeks one in four Israelis will be infected with COVID

Tehran has urged the United Nations Security Council to hold the United States and Israel, which Tehran says was also involved in the killing, to account

The Baghdad-born Ben-Porat, who became a Knesset member and cabinet minister, left Iraq in 1945, only to return to organize the immigration to Israel – initially clandestinely and then openly – of 120,000 Iraqi Jews

A string of reports published two weeks ago reveal that at least three prominent Polish opposition figures had their phones hacked using NSO's Pegasus in recent years

Rabbis criticize planned change, which would allow owners of ‘kosher’ phones that can’ t go online to keep their number after switching to a smartphone

The launch was timed to coincide with the second anniversary of the death of Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani

Jordanian deputies traded punches during a debate last week on constitutional amendments that are meant to protect women's rights, but as one lawmaker admitted, offer little beyond 'linguistic equality'

The late Egyptian culture minister fought a lonely battle for cultural ties with the Jewish state

Israel's move comes amid growing concerns by the Biden administration over China's increasing involvement in the Middle East

Settlers attacked a Palestinian shepherd and his family who came to his assistance, in the northern Jordan Valley. The Israel Defense Forces and police arrested those attacked

An unnamed Syrian official blamed Islamic State militants for the attack, which took place in a government-controlled area

In recent years scientists have worked to create materials that can repair themselves, in order to deal with the swift degradation of devices we use at home. A discovery by Dr. Yehonadav Bekenstein and his team at the Technion could pave the way ther...

The Saudi-led coalition fighting against the Iran-backed Houthis said the Rwabee, hijacked off the port of Hodeidah, was carrying equipment from a shuttered field hospital, but the rebels accuse it of 'hostile acts'

Egypt fears that Israel's new oil pipeline could hit their revenues from the Suez Canal, especially if Saudi Arabia starts using it too. And it’s not just the pipeline that has Egypt nervous

For a city recently designated the most expensive in the world, Tel Aviv can seem pretty shabby. But an influx of wealthy residents and rising prices are changing the face of many neighborhoods

Omicron drives an almost fourfold increase in infection rate in last week and a climb in serious COVID cases, as Israel is set to ease travel restrictions on tourists

Knesset efforts to widen travel criteria for both Israelis and foreign citizens, including ability to travel to ‘red’ countries for life-cycle events, still awaiting official approval despite being backed by lawmakers last week

'My heart goes out to the victims,' Rabbi David Lau says amid criticism over his visit to Chaim Walder's shivah despite the allegations of sexual abuse against him

Four leading rabbis threaten to revoke the kashrut authority of municipal rabbis who cooperate with a gov't plan that aims to take away the rabbinate's monopoly on kosher certification

Palestinian witnesses who spoke with Haaretz bolster police investigators’ suspicions that a car accident in which a Nablus resident was badly injured was caused by stone throwing

'We are close to you where you do not think about it,' the message from the hackers read

Witnesses said bombs were dropped by Russian Sukhoi jets on several towns near the city of Idlib, as well as on a water pumping station serving the area

Health Ministry to rely more on rapid antigen tests, in place of PCR swab tests, and consider amending testing requirements based on vaccines and symptoms as testing centers in Israel fall under heavy loads

The Meteorological Service recorded heat waves in almost every part of the past year, and found that the number of days with rainfall dropped – hurting Israel’s water reserves significantly

Abdalla Hamdok was reinstated six weeks ago as part of an agreement with the military following a coup in October

Rosemary Perez sued Israel's Population and Immigration Authority over the decision to deport them straight from the detention facility, without allowing them to go home first and collect their belongings

Twitter has permanently banned the personal account of the congresswoman, who previously likened mask mandates and vaccination efforts to the treatment of Jews in Nazi Germany

The Egyptian efforts come a day after militants launched rockets into the sea off Tel Aviv, prompting Israel to carry out airstrikes on militant positions in Gaza

Prime Minister Bennett says fourth COVID shot will be administered to Israelis aged 60 and over as well as medical workers ■ Meanwhile, the prime minister eases quarantine requirements for vaccinated individuals

This brings to 56 the death toll in protests since the coup in October, the Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors says

Gebran Bassil, head of the Free Patriotic Movement, signals an unprecedented level of frustration with Hezbollah, suggests the alliance credited with helping maintain peace in Lebanon is in jeopardy

As Israelis report long lines at testing centers, some having to wait hours, Prime Minister Bennett calls to cap and tighten the criteria for tests ■ Meanwhile, a second antiviral pill against COVID is set to arrive in Israel

It is difficult to remember when a strategic discussion similar to the one involved in developing the plan was conducted on Arab education in Israel

A guide to the new COVID regulations that took effect on December 30 in light of the omicron wave in Israel

Atlanta-born Stuart Eizenstat, the recently appointed special adviser on Holocaust affairs at the State Department, discusses his ongoing fight for survivors’ welfare and reparations

Not long ago, no one could have dreamed that Tel Aviv would be dubbed the priciest city in the world. Should anything be done to strip the city of its newfound status?

Migration is not a crisis unless we are willing to call most of human history a crisis, from Abraham onwards. Casting migration in a hostile light is still one of the most effective propaganda instruments of extremists on the far right

Lebanon is home to 1.5 millions Syrian refugees, with the UN estimating that 90 percent of them live in extreme poverty

The two men are suspected of raping the 22-year-old woman, who is on the autism spectrum, in an apartment near the central bus station in south Tel Aviv