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

Major organizations call out Republican Rand Paul, who has insisted since the House overwhelmingly approved the emergency funding in September that the money for Israel should come from proposed U.S. aid to Afghanistan

Hebrew University scientists say omicron wave could lead to as many as 2 million active COVID cases in Israel, straining the health care system and the economy, as the number of patients in serious condition keep climbing

As the omicron variant spreads like wildfire in Israel, a clear pattern emerges: Israelis who are unvaccinated against COVID, less than a fifth of adult population, are quickly filling up Israel's hospital beds

There are hundreds of biblical sites in Israel – some have been identified with certainty by archaeologists while others require an act of faith. To what extent can we use the Tanakh, and its stories of David and Goliath, Samson et al, as a reliabl...

Extreme-right lawmaker to join the fray as the Jewish National Fund plans to plant trees on land currently being used for agriculture by local Bedouin farmers ■ Islamist party says to boycott Knesset votes in protest

Former Police Commissioner Roni Alsheich told a state committee that repeated warnings of mortal danger at the pilgrimage site were ignored, despite 'writing on the wall'

Why are we 'enlightened' folks who object to the song 'Kakdila' willing to fight for the painting 'Jerusalem' to be exhibited at the Ramat Gan Museum of Israeli Art?

The cellphones belong to aides of Netanyahu who are being investigated for harassing a prosecution witness in one of the three pending criminal cases against the former prime minister

Foreign Minister Lapid calls to stop forestation after clashes in Israel's south erupt over plan to plant on land used by local Bedouin for farming

'The suspect grabbed the complainant and ripped her hijab off her head and then pulled her hair,' states an indictment against an officer who allegedly assaulted a Palestinian in Jerusalem

The chairman who allegedly sexually harassed his assistant and paid her hush money wrote in his resignation letter that he had 'fallen victim to a political and personal attack'

Israel's Foreign Ministry said the aid to Afghan refugees who fled to Tajikistan is part of Israel's commitment to the international community

It had been assumed that humans recognize faces thanks to their humongous brains, but Israeli scientists discovered that our most primitive brain parts are involved as well. Enter the crocodile

19-year-old wounded in what the Israeli army dubbed as car-ramming attack in the northern West Bank

'It is unacceptable,' says Rome's Jewish community after right-wing extremists place a Nazi flag on a casket outside the parish of St. Lucy in a central Rome neighborhood

Prime Minister Bennett expresses his concerns about infection in children too young to be vaccinated as experts urge hospitals to gear up after the number of serious cases doubles in a week

The new COVID rules will go into effect overnight into Thursday as the number of Israelis in isolation reaches 150,000

Iran-backed Houthis dealt a blow as government takes Shabwa, cutting major supply lines used by the rebel forces

Israel’s cabinet secretary tells non-Orthodox religious leaders the state will neither freeze compromise agreement nor push ahead at full force

The military attacked a medical facility filled with protestors as deadly post-coup chaos continues

Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked, who ordered her ministry to hold off on processing Palestinian requests for family reunification, is leading an effort to reinstate a controversial law that expired in July

Arabs – more than 20 percent of Israel's population – represent fewer than 10 percent of Israelis tested. Officials point to skepticism, lack of trust, and 'economic burden,' and warn that local government is 'tapped out'

The EU's coordinator on fighting antisemitism says the list, which named BBC and Germany 'top antisemitic entities' of 2021, discredits the work of the key Jewish research institute

Though Doug Mastriano isn't Jewish, he used elements of Jewish worship to announce his gubernatorial campaign, in what has become a growing trend at U.S. right-wing political events

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett hates COVID lockdowns, but mass quarantines and long testing lines as a result of the omicron variant's uncontrolled spread come at a cost too

The new COVID variant is spreading like wildfire, and Israelis are angry with ever-changing testing regulations. What can be done? Also in this episode: analyst John Judis talks January 6 and the future of American democracy

The shooting of a Palestinian in the West Bank settlement of Anatot raised questions on the 'problematic' scope of armed security coordinators' work, as one defense official put it. 'This system is often exploited for ideological interests,' attorney...

Skull patches are out, skullcaps are in at Denmark’s MuJu & Co. biker club, whose members dream of a Middle East road trip

Druze director Ameer Fakher Eldin examines 'the forgotten Israeli occupation' in the Golan Heights in his new film ‘The Stranger.’ He tells Haaretz why he won’t condemn Assad’s crimes in Syria and has no problem representing Palestine at the ...

The number of serious COVID cases more than doubles in a week, raising concerns over omicron-driven patient surge in crowded Israeli hospitals

The oldest profession isn't what you thought, and other myths about breastfeeding that have been persisting for thousands of years

Seven-day average for new COVID cases nearly triples in two weeks, as U.S. hospital systems prepare for strain

The Central Asian republic of Kazakhstan, which has been experiencing massive protests, is an important source of oil and a lucrative market for Israeli arms sales

Although the High Court abstained from issuing the order against the home of Eliyahu Kay's murderer, the filing of the petition against it automatically freezes the demolition

While the epicenter was reported in western Cyprus, shocks from the earthquake led dozens of Israelis to call the police

Orban's 2018 visit to Israel drew sharp condemnation from Yair Lapid, then in the opposition and now foreign minister – and who is planning an official visit to Hungary

More than a third of children and teens in grades five to 12 reported suffering emotional problems in 2021, up 10 percentage points from 2019, a study conducted by Bar-Ilan University has found

The Gaza Health Ministry urges the international community to press Israel to let more medical equipment in

Lapid's deputy at the Foreign Ministry is also isolating after having contracted COVID

The former officials express concern over the formation of two Political Action Committees to help fund candidates’ election races, questioning whether it will endanger the group’s lobbying efforts on behalf of Israel

Fifteen sewage treatment plants were torched in recent years, mostly for suspected protection rackets. The police tell corporations to hire security guards

'Nothing was done that wasn’t done to other detainees in other cases,' says officer who interrogated Netanyahu's ex-aide turned state's evidence Nir Hefetz, after allegations of cruel treatment

The Health Ministry's advisory panel says data shows quarantine time can be reduced to a week, while also saying there still isn't enough information justifying giving second COVID boosters to people under 60

When an argument ensues over which side made concessions in the nuclear negotiations, it is safe to say that concessions were made. The question is were they enough to reach an agreement

Nearly half a million Israelis qualify for citizenship, but are not defined as Jewish by halakha. The Central Bureau of Statistics is now expected to stop using the offensive term ‘other’ to define them

PA calls on the Netherlands to continue its funding for one of six Palestinian civil society groups Israel labeled as terrorist organizations

Israel has officially reopened its borders to tourists, yet many tourists are staying away as COVID infection rates skyrocket. But that doesn’t mean no one is planning to visit

The Egyptian government's years-long crackdown on dissent has stifled many of the country's civil society groups and jailed thousands

Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian will also be in China at the end of this week, but it remains unclear whether he will join his counterparts from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman and Bahrain

Yad Vashem director calls growing trade in Nazi memorabilia ‘a moral stain’ and is examining legislation that would outlaw it

United Arab List leader threatens to boycott Knesset deliberations on Jewish National Fund work on land used by locals for agriculture

The real engine behind the incredible returns Israelis have been enjoying is the U.S. stock market. Double-digit returns have become the standard – but for how long and at what cost to the economy and society?

The Orthodox world has been shaken before by charismatic figures who have abused and defiled our faith in them. But something feels grimly different in the case of Chaim Walder, accused of serial sexual abuse

Tel Aviv's mayor has publicized a plan to renovate part of the Carmel Market for the sake of 'the coming generations.' But behind the words lurks a process that will destroy the last remnant of Tel Aviv of yore

The dismissal comes a day after the official criticized in an interview a legislation passed in 2018 originally seeking to outlaw blaming Poland as a nation for Holocaust crimes

Israeli data suggest that only 13 inpatients have omicron, but figures are very partial since some hospitals don’t even have PCR test kits that can diagnose the new variant

Myanmar has been in turmoil since the coup against Suu Kyi's democratically elected government led to widespread protests and signaled the end of 10 years of tentative political reforms

When exposed to a COVID carrier, people should take more than one test or at least wait three days since exposure before testing with rapid kits, top Israeli health official says

Israel's Health Ministry announces that people self-testing for COVID should swab their throat as well as their nose when using antigen test and wait at least three days since exposure before testing with rapid kits

After filing a libel suit against Olmert, the Netanyahu family fail to reach a compromise with the former PM, meaning the cases will go to court

A well-known public figure and activist, Aura Herzog was the wife of Chaim Herzog and mother of Isaac Herzog

Israel is trying to keep its economy open and avoid another lockdown for as long as possible. However, tens of thousands of new COVID infections may render basic services obsolete

The Police Commissioner allegedly wanted to dismiss the officer from his post because he suspected he leaked to the media information about his unwillingness to restrict access to the site of the disaster last April

"Once his employer failed to strictly comply with safety regulations ... he should not be allowed to point the finger of blame at the worker for failing to demand this,” Justice David Mintz wrote in the ruling

Project has created the single largest repository in the world of online materials related to Eastern European Jewish life

Antigen tests are selling like hot cakes, and prices are shooting up ■ Israel is approving the sale of at-home test kits across almost all places that sell food and beverages

Fire at 19-story apartment building in the Bronx leaves another 13 hospitalized in serious condition ■ Fire not thought to be suspicious, but cause under investigation

Judge scolds opposition leader, his wife and their son for last-minute request to skip hearing in defamation suit against former prime minister

Principals have been left trying to cope with Israel's demand that schools stay open despite some 40,000 students and teachers had tested positive for COVID and 78,000 were in quarantine

The frustration of the Israeli public grows amid ever-changing COVID regulations, a shift to the less-reliable antigen tests, and long lines at testing facilities across the country

Parliament now has 30 days to elect the country's new president, who will then ask the largest bloc in parliament to form a government

The White House says Iran's sanctions imposed on dozens of Americans over the 2020 killing of General Qassem Soleimani comes as proxy militias continue to attack U.S. troops in the Middle East

The Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem says he believes radical Israeli groups aim to drive the Christian community from the old city, which has sites sacred to Judaism, Christianity and Islam

Bennett says information presented to cabinet shows that up to 2-4 million Israelis will be infected with COVID during the current wave ■ Expert panel will meet Sunday to discuss expanding drive of fourth shot to additional groups

'We have been working on outreach to the Arab world, into the Arabic-speaking public here in Israel for over a decade, and we have slowly built up a rich set of resources,' said the head of the library's collections

Director Adam McKay has made a successful climate change movie without ever mentioning the phrase once, which is a neat trick. But there are better options out there

The Yesh Atid leader founded his party in January 2012 and, despite early skepticism from many in the media, is now counting down the days until he becomes Israel’s 14th prime minister in August 2023

The village of artist Efrat Hakimi’s mother’s family, in the High Atlas, no longer exists even on maps. With the opening of her new show she talks about migration, memory and her journey

An Israeli court is now debating whether TikTok’s decision to ban the professor for ‘violent, racist, sexist’ hate speech infringes on his freedom of expression

The group charged Israel's Mossad was behind the murder of Fadi al-Batsh, which a New York Times report alleged was part of a Mossad operation to take out Hamas scientists and engineers training abroad

The amendment to the Citizenship Law expired in July following a mutiny in the coalition. Israel's cabinet is set to table the bill once again, but there are no guarantees it will secure a majority in the Knesset this time around

From Orban to Le Pen, Europe’s nativist, anti-Muslim far right is affirming its grim alliance with Bosnia’s belligerent Serb nationalists, joining endorsements from Russia and China

Fear of getting on a plane was a problem for many people long before COVID. Pilot Alon Pereg has drawn on 40-plus years’ flight experience to help create an app that could assuage the concerns of aerophobes

Following calls by artists to boycott Australia’s most prestigious cultural event over Israeli funding, a Hollywood-based pro-Israel group is leading the response against BDS 'censorship' with a 120-strong open letter

'The guns have started to threaten all of us, even in our own homes,' says the mayor of the Bedouin village in northern Israel, where 3-year-old Ammar Hujayrat was killed by a stray bullet

Amnesty International’s Security Lab confirms the four Kazakhstan phones were actually infected with Israeli NSO’s Pegasus software, just weeks after Apple alerted the victims to a ‘state-sponsored’ hack