The Turkish president is set to call on both sides to exercise restraint, but vows to back Ukraine if Russia invades

Some 680 Israelis died from COVID last month, with unvaccinated and partially vaccinated people over 60 making up a highly disproportionate number of cases, despite being only 12% of the overall age cohort

David Satterfield, Biden's special envoy to the Horn of Africa, previously visited Kenya, Egypt and the UAE, as the U.S. pushes the Sudanese military to step down after its October coup

Residents and rebel sources say several helicopters landed near Atmeh in the province of Idlib, the last major enclave held by insurgents, and explosions were heard near the home of a foreign militant

During last May's flare-up, Shin Bet security service sent warnings to Israeli Arabs and Palestinians and urged them not to participate in Jerusalem violence – even if they were nowhere near the city

Senior U.S. government officials have cautioned Israel of the implications of legalizing the Evyatar settlement

Arms sales have always been a tool for promoting the foreign and security policies of Israeli governments and what they define as ‘national interests’

Elena, a single mother of a 9-year-old girl, says her daughter 'knows where she and I will meet up if there’s a bombing. Where the documents and the cash are'

Defense officials say the manner in which Bennett presented his methods for fighting Iranian terrorism was 'irresponsible and misleading the public'

The freeze of a cabinet decision to let thousands of Ethiopian immigrants with first-degree relatives in to Israel will remain in place until a decision is made

The Black Hebrew Israelites' case will be heard at an appeals court within 30 days ■ Attorney says community is entitled to permanent resident status, despite Israel's claims otherwise

An inquiry team appointed by the Attorney General is currently investigating reports that police targeted activists and other Israelis with NSO's spyware. Police say they 'will cooperate fully' with the team

By screaming apartheid indiscriminately, the Amnesty report fails to generate a real discussion about the fundamental problems of Palestinians living within and outside Israel's territory

The latest offer came amid a severe shortage in basic supplies in the Lebanese army, Gantz says during a conference in Tel Aviv. A senior Israeli official, however, denies the claims

From hackers who exploit security breaches to fraud by the system’s operators, here are some of the risks of investing in the dazzling field of cryptocurrency. Whatever you do, don’t lose that key

Israel’s investment houses have diverted much of their funds to U.S. stocks. If there is a change in the trend in tech stocks on Wall Street, Israeli pensions will be hard hit

Some 2,000 American troops will be deployed to Poland and Germany, while around 1,000 troops now based in Germany will head to Romania

A dead activist, a detained child, a demolished home: Just another day in Israel’s arrogant, immoral efforts to erase Palestinian identity, life and dignity

'There was no operational use in support of any investigation,' the FBI says

The Israeli fintech firm BlueVine has already issued $5 billion in loans to small businesses in the United States

Residents of the breakaway provinces travel to Ukraine to visit relatives, while Ukrainians go in the other direction to Russia

The trip marks the first time an Israeli defense minister visits Bahrain

Russian President Vladimir Putin wants a new order on the old continent, but the U.S. won’t allow it – and the Europeans are stuck in the middle, looking for American leadership and guidance from Biden

Up to 20,000 Ukrainians work for Israeli tech. As a possible Russian invasion looms, employers urge calm, say situation there is ‘reminiscent of Israel - from afar everything looks horrific’

Once Evyatar is declared state-owned, which Defense Minister Benny Gantz has the power to do, there are 45 days in which objections can be filed

Vladimir Putin is a bully and a despot: Appeasing him overtly is certainly wrong. But Russia must be handled with cleverness and care and NATO, with its unnecessary overreach on Ukraine, failed to do so

Shenkar College students were tasked with recreating the textile design of the curtains at the David Ben-Gurion House Museum. They were aided by faded pictures and digital textile printing

The website experienced technical issues as a video message circulated online claiming to be from a self-described group of hackers called 'The Justice of Ali' in Farsi

A hominin died in Jordan Valley 1.5 million years ago – and isn’t the same species as the hominins who reached central Asia 1.8 million years ago. Israeli archaeologists prove there were multiple exits from Africa, and by more than one human spec...

Serious COVID cases drop to 1,085 and R number falls to 0.91, potentially signaling that Israel's omicron wave is beginning to ebb

The hosts of ‘Real Time’ and ‘Last Week Tonight’ increasingly represent two sides of the American left. Who will have the last laugh?

COVID Experts have been hard-pressed with evaluating the risk of the BA.2 subvariant, stumped by why it has become dominant in some countries while failing to take off in others

The Environmental Protection Ministry says there is no indication of an oil spill after vessels and forces enlisted in the investigation have been recalled

New York-based congregation files motion in state Superior Court to take control of Touro Synagogue by removing its current tenants as part of an ongoing legal feud

Goldberg's suspension comes a day after a comment during a discussion on 'The View' that the Holocaust 'was not about race'

Research among 12 communities also finds that European Jews are more likely to see themselves as a religious minority than an ethnic one, even if they're nonobservant

Israel, Bahrain, Egypt, Greece, Qatar and UAE have confirmed attendance in the conference to combat climate change, organized by Cyprus; Iraq, Lebanon, Syria are possible holdouts

Officials fear that the term 'apartheid' will become prevalent enough to become accepted by several UN investigative bodies, and could lead to Israel's exclusion from international events

Arye Dery, who had spent time in jail in a prior case, recently resigned from the Knesset as part of a plea bargain on tax evasion charges

While the rate of positive COVID tests broke records due to omicron, a comparison with January 2021 shows that the profile of the pandemic in Israel goes far beyond statistics

Jewish organization heads welcomed the news of Deborah Lipstadt's hearing after heightened concern following the Colleyville, Texas synagogue attack and other antisemitic incidents

Vertebrae from robbed burials, strung together on reeds in the Chincha Valley may have been put together by people picking up the pieces of their ancestors

The Israeli court accepted the prosecution's argument that Ahmad Asafra should be convicted of murder despite not being at the scene of the attack, nor being the person to actually stab 19-year-old Dvir Sorek

In a farewell ceremony, Justice Minister Gideon Sa’ar tells outgoing Attorney General Avichai Mendelblit, ‘You stood for truth in face of unprecedented attacks on your authority’

Palestinian Authority PM Mohammad Shtayyeh decries the Israeli army's investigation as a 'sham,' as 80-year-old Omar Abdalmajeed As’ad's family continues to call for an independent inquiry

'The Jewish people must not be denied their right to self-determination, and we must ensure there isn't a double standard being applied,' says U.S. State Department spokesman following Amnesty International report

It is far from certain that Miriam Adelson has selected Bennett as her new favorite, but it's clear that she intends to have one

Israel's Interior Ministry decided to take applications from Palestinians married to Israeli citizens aged 50 or over, but rights groups say that the partial and belated move does not guarantee the applications will be processed

Elad Melamed, who taught mathematics in a school in central Israel, committed the various offenses while on the job

Israel's prime minister also expressed hopes that talks between world powers and Iran over its nuclear program would end without an agreement

U.S. whistleblower reveals 2017 meeting between Israeli spyware firm NSO and a telecoms firm in which cash was allegedly offered in exchange for access to an easily exploitable mobile network; NSO denies the claims

The Netzah Yehuda Battalion, whose troops left an 80-year-old man to die in the cold, has a concerning past and extremist ideology – and something in common with the friendly-fire incident that took two Israeli officers' lives

The House speaker is planned to be in Israel at a time when negotiations will be taking place in the U.S. to prevent a government shutdown

In the midst of the Ukraine crisis, workers at the local Israeli embassy threatened to shut it down over a hazard pay dispute. Israel's Foreign Ministry eventually reached a last-minute compromise with them

Police say new information 'changes in some ways' an earlier statement that ruled out any wrongdoing in using Pegasus to target Israelis

The Israeli-made Pegasus spyware is suspected of infecting over 450 phones targeted by clients of NSO, who range from Saudi Arabia to Mexican drug lords. Here’s a list of the confirmed Pegasus victims

During the first intifada, Palestinian musician Riad Awwad released a tape with protest songs calling for resistance to the occupation. The Israeli army confiscated all copies of the album and arrested him. Now, after his death, a new project is brin...

Qatar Airways has resumed passenger flights out of Afghanistan after a two-month halt

The eyes of the world are focused on Ukraine, and so is our podcast: Haaretz reporter Liza Rozovsky joins us live from the ground, while in studio, Alon Pinkas discusses what the drama means for Biden and Putin

Hundreds of schools in Israel will be included in a new — and costly — program with the aim of teaching ultra-Orthodox pupils Hebrew, math and English

Engineers were accompanied by some 150 police officers at the Shuafat refugee camp in East Jerusalem to seal off the home Fadi Abu Shkhaidem, who was shot dead in November after opening fire at Israeli forces on the Temple Mount

Social media giant Meta is closing down its Express Wi-Fi project, which had been a major part of Facebook's operations in its Israel R&D center

An online firestorm over the veteran Jewish group's hiring of Tema Smith highlights a stumbling block mainstream Jewish groups face as they bring in a new generation of young professionals

Maj. Gen. Yehuda Fuchs said soldiers' actions in 80-year-old man’s arrest represent a ‘fundamental failure’ to respect human dignity

Jerusalem court approves 'balanced' plea deal with Shas leader Arye Dery, who resigned from the Knesset last week

This is the second known time American troops launch interceptor missiles in the UAE, which has kept a lid on its operational activity

Once respected for his research on Auschwitz, Israeli historian Gideon Greif now promotes falsehoods, propaganda and pseudo-scholarship in the service of ultranationalist Serb genocide deniers. It is a deeply troubling story

Homosexuality is illegal in Iran, which remains one of the most oppressive places in the world for LGBTQ people

The international rights group says Israel commits apartheid against Palestinians living in Israel, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip ■ Israeli Foreign Ministry slams report as an effort to 'defame and delegitimize Israel'

This is the third such report in a year to label Israel an apartheid state, but Jerusalem has only succeeded in generating greater interest in Amnesty’s accusations

Israel's COVID cabinet votes to end mandatory tests for those exiting the country ■ Serious cases dip slightly after a prolonged spike as new cases and infection rate continue to drop

Whoopi Goldberg's comments came on the heels of a Tennessee school board banning Holocaust graphic novel 'Maus,' which has spurred widespread outrage

The Emiratis have kept relatively hush over a string of recent Houthi missile attacks on the desert oasis, which some experts say has cloaked the fact that they are 'bleeding money' in order to face their hostile neighbors

At a time when conservatism in the Arab world is on the rise, controversial new films like 'Perfect Strangers' that raise the ire of politicians and pull no punches, are absolutely vital

The Canaanites built the fortress to defend themselves against the Philistines

COVID vaccines for young children could be available in the U.S. as soon as end-February, under a plan that would lead to the potential authorization of a two-shot regimen in coming weeks

Gali Baharav-Miara, who worked for 30 years in the civil division of the State Prosecutor's Office, would be the first woman attorney general in Israel's history

The rare phone call to the Palestinian president comes after recent increased direct contacts between Israeli and Palestinian leaders

One commander will be rebuked, and two subordinate company and platoon commanders will be immediately dismissed, the military said, after investigation findings

After a months-long standoff that threatened the wider nuclear talks, Iran agreed last month to let the IAEA reinstall its cameras at Karaj production facility, which as now ceased production

Amnesty has said attempts to smear the report, which accuses Israel of apartheid, are meant to divert attention away from human rights violations against Palestinians

The legislation, which would lower the age at which yeshiva students are exempt from military conscription, was defeated two weeks ago when a coalition member voted against it

Doubling down on his recent high-profile diplomatic meetings with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Gantz says 'Israel's relationship with the Palestinians is critical for its security'

New research has uncovered an Israeli military operation commanded by Moshe Dayan, whose goal was to forcibly remove Bedouin citizens from their lands. ‘Transferring the Bedouin to new territories would annul their rights as landowners and make the...

The quote, which was misattributed by Congressman Thomas Massie to French philosopher Voltaire, was coined by neo-Nazi Kevin Alfred Strom

The debate surrounding free-roaming street cats – oops, ‘community cats’ – is raging in Israel ■ A recent 12-year field study claiming that neutering kittens does not stop them proliferating is another cause for dispute ■ And the surprisi...