Egypt is dealing with a growing number of cases in which men extort women with private nude images, real or not. Will the current uproar prevent the next tragedy?

Amid the soaring tensions, there is an unlikely point of congruence between Russia and Ukraine: Admiration for Israel, as the paradigmatic example of a modern Sparta

Itamar Ben-Gvir returns to his office in East Jerusalem, after his arrival sparked clashes between hundreds of Palestinians and Jews on Sunday ■ Jordan condemns escalation, 'provoking' actions by settlers

Scholz has ratcheted up his engagement in the Ukraine crisis over the past week after critics accused him of a lack of leadership in one of Europe's worst security crises in decades and mixed signals

The cause of the fire, which was put out, is still being investigated and no casualties were reported

War in Ukraine, despite all that’s happening on the ground, is not yet inevitable. Putin can still reach the conclusion that he has an option of getting at least some of what he wants through bullying and bluffing

The firing of Yaakov Bardugo, Netanyahu's most prominent mouthpiece, is a major blow to the former prime minister, but also represents a deeper, more disturbing truth about media and democracy in Israel

Moscow and Washington are not pressuring Israel to take a stand in the conflict and Israeli ministers were ordered to 'keep a low profile,' despite a close relationship with the Ukrainian administration

Evusheld, which will arrive in Israel within days, will be offered mainly for those with preexisting conditions that severely suppress the immune system

The State Prosecutor's order follows an October request by the Supreme Court that the prosecution to seek stiffer sentences for illegal arms dealing

Clashes broke out around the village of Silat al-Harithiya as the military demolished the home of one of the Palestinians convicted of killing Yehuda Dimentman in a December shooting attack

Far-right MK Ben-Gvir came to Sheikh Jarrah to reopen an office and pour some more fuel on the flames which threaten to reignite simmering Arab-Jewish tensions in the neighborhood

With the winds of war in the air, Israelis tell Haaretz about their fear for the safety of their families in Ukraine, which range from anxiety to denial about the threat of Russian invasion

Despite the spate of citations, the Economy Ministry’s safety administration only brought the company up before the registrar of contractor in September

Ex-police commissioner says recent reports that the infamous NSO software was used by police to surveil citizens and public figures are 'a spin'

Russia is demanding that the West keep former Soviet countries out of NATO, that it refrain from deploying weapons near its border and that it roll back forces from Eastern Europe — demands the West has rejected

Eight-year-old Fawaz Quteifan appeared on state TV to recount his kidnapping and beatings, after his release in exchange for a ransom of nearly $140,000

From the transcripts we learn that the then-director general of the Communications Ministry, Shlomo Filber, strongly believed that 'the police play with the evidence' and make 'inconvenient' evidence disappear

Six party heads say Turkey is in its 'deepest political and economic crisis,' aim to reverse Erdogan's executive presidential system

The amount of money Americans will spend on potato chips while watching this year’s Super Bowl could finance two F-35 jets for Ukraine. But this is not the day to be concerned about such mundane issues

Anna Sorokin and Shimon Hayut are the villains in two new Netflix works, ‘Inventing Anna’ and ‘The Tinder Swindler,’ but social media is the breakout star – and accomplice

The foreign minister said he spoke with his Russian counterpart at the request of the U.S., but that Israeli mediation attempts 'were no different from other countries' attempts'

Lapid 'expressed concern about the escalating crisis' in meeting with Ukraine's deputy foreign minister, and related his hope that it would be resolved through U.S.-led diplomacy

Jewish leaders in eastern Ukraine say that despite the deteriorating security situation with Russia, there is currently no sense of panic in the community

Jewish-Hungarian skiers and siblings Barnabas and Noa Szollos represent Israel at the Winter Olympics. The icing on the cake: On Thursday, Barnabas tied Israel’s best-ever showing at a Winter Olympics

Ramallah’s statement that it’s freezing security coordination with Israel has been greeted with skepticism as violent protests against price hikes reflect the Palestinian Authority’s limited influence

Haaretz reported that NSO hacked phones 'unofficially' with Pegasus for Israel's Mossad. Could it do the same for its own purposes? The company says no, but experts warn it is possible

When it comes to their food, spiciness engenders a sense of identity in Israelis and a metaphor for their condition

'We don't know how things will evolve between Russia and Ukraine in the coming days,' Prime Minister Bennett says and urges Israelis to return

State Prosecution asks court for an extension to complete the inquiry ■ Spyware firm NSO Group begins cooperating with Justice Ministry team

Ukraine-Russia conflict: Biden needs to assure his Indo-Pacific allies that the United States is capable of managing simultaneous crises in both Europe and East Asia. So far, he's doing it

Far-right lawmaker Itamar Ben-Gvir's reopening of his makeshift parliamentary office in the East Jerusalem neighborhood sparks clashes between Israelis and Palestinians

NSO employees tell Haaretz that Mossad officials frequently visited its HQ under former head Yossi Cohen, sometimes with foreign officials. They asked to hack certain phones with Pegasus spyware

Despite sinkhole problem, Israel should make the Dead Sea beaches fully accessible to the public instead of deeming the area as an ecological disaster, a new study suggests

Jacob Bardugo had taken control of one of the two main national and public news shows, turning it into a stage for settling his benefactor's personal and political scores

Sudan's military leader says security and intelligence ties are 'legitimate,' but stresses no political officials joined delegations to Israel

Military officials say they believe civilian deaths were caused by Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi’s suicide bomb rather than at the hands of American forces

The deployment comes after the Iranian-backed Houthis launched three attacks targeting Abu Dhabi last month, including one targeting a fuel depot that killed three people and wounded six

U.S. official says phone call was 'professional and substantive,' but produced no fundamental change on Ukraine tensions

The London team, which has a sizeable Jewish fan base and a reputation of being Jewish among rival fans, made the request 'as a defense mechanism against antisemitic abuse'

'Biden’s decision is one-sided and does not match with international law,' says adviser to Afghanistan’s former U.S.-backed government. $7 billion in Afghan reserves frozen after Taliban's rise to power will also be allocated for humanitarian aid

The move follows the signing of a security agreement between the countries and will be related to the work of an international coalition of more than 34 countries, Bahrain's Foreign Ministry says

Airlines offer rescue flights after thousands of Israelis ask to leave Ukraine ■ U.S. warned Israeli officials that Russian forces could invade as early as Tuesday

No one has talked to NSO to verify allegations — but only they can provide the Israeli public with the truth, experts say

The explosion, which occurred near the Arab village of Dahmash, left two men in their thirties dead and a third in moderate condition

Russia’s treatment of its neighbor Ukraine shows what can happen if you're dependent on one main energy supplier. Middle Eastern countries will become bigger natural gas partners

National security adviser Sullivan says the U.S. still does not know if Putin has decided to invade Ukraine, but that all the elements are now in place for a rapid incursion ■ Putin and Biden will reportedly speak by phone on Saturday

The Foreign Ministry also releases a travel warning advising Israelis who are planning to visit Ukraine to refrain from doing so

The study compared babies born to vaccinated and unvaccinated Israeli mothers based on five parameters – the percentage of premature births, low birth weights, hospitalizations, birth defects and infant mortality

In first since seizing control over Afghanistan, the Talbian has detained two foreign nationals as well as a number of UNHCR's Afghan staff

Two Israeli military judges have ordered Amal Nakhleh's release, but the larger predatory system has insisted on keeping him jailed

Cybersecurity experts are over 90 percent certain that two former directors general of Israeli ministries were hacked, following the appearance of their names in a report on police use of NSO spyware

Moscow denies plans to invade Ukraine, but says could take 'military-technical' action unless a series of demands are met, including promises from NATO never to admit Ukraine and to withdraw forces from Eastern Europe

El Al, Israir and Arkia urge the Israeli government to find a solution for a dispute over security protocols or else the number of daily flights to Dubai will be reduced

The Israeli army chief ultimately decided not to remove the commander of the unit in which two soldiers were killed by friendly fire. But the drama behind the decision still persists

Legal experts say that the Israel Police phone hacking affair may end in prison terms for those involved – or no criminal implications at all

According to the Daily Sabah, an Iranian cell targeted Israeli-Turkish businessman Yair Geller in retaliation for the 2020 assassination of an Iranian nuclear scientist

Jacob Bardugo called his dismissal from the show 'cowardly and political' and said the instructions came from the government

Activist Samah Salaime, a leading voice for women's rights in Israel's Arab community, joins the podcast to discuss recent developments. Also: Our TV critic on Apple TV+'s 'Suspicion' and Amazon Prime's 'As We See It'

The Russian threat to invade Ukraine, where Turkey is the largest foreign investor, could create more tensions between Moscow and Ankara – especially as the Turkish president has economic and personal interests in Ukraine

Foreign Minster Lapid announces a joint Israeli-German team that will consider ways of transferring funds to six Palestinian NGOs outlawed by Defense Minister Gantz in October

The unit handling far-right extremism in the West Bank has been split in two

Bennett insists on establishing a commission that will investigate EVERYTHING, and so does Netanyahu – as long as the panel's roster is to his liking

Despite joint Syria-Russia aerial drills, Israel proved it feels free to carry out strikes ■ How a row over socioeconomics, deaths and the army ethos turned an army commander into a raging poet

This week at the Tel Aviv airport: What it's like to be a German exchange student in Jerusalem, and what goes through the mind of an air ambulance pilot while on duty

Joan Didion’s sharp words about the ‘national unity’ discourse spawned by the 9/11 attacks in the U.S. echo in the peace-and-security discourse Israeli policy makers are creating

The kids who grew up on the ‘Harry Potter’ books are no longer kids – or even fans. How J.K. Rowling morphed from an inspirational author to an enemy of the trans community and persona non grata among millennials

A ceremony in Jerusalem took place this week in memoriam of the 71 people who died in workplace accidents in Israel last year

Russia's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman says strikes attributed to Israel in Syria, where Russia's forces bolster President Assad, 'may trigger a sharp escalation of tensions' and endanger passenger flights

UN envoys trade barbs as Western diplomats hope to convince China to not side again with Russia after a Security Council vote on the Ukraine crisis

After 15 years, Latvian parliament passes law allocating 40 million euro over a decade to compensate the Jewish community for lost property and revitalize the country's Jewish community

What’s the real scope of Israel's unreported economic activity? Has COVID made it worse?

How is it that this new antisemitism enjoys the support and backing of the Jewish state?

New indictments follow charges pressed last week against a 17-year-old Palestinian in the same shooting attack that killed Yehuda Dimentman

Four Israelis, including two minors, were indicted for throwing stones at Palestinian cars – an act that led to the West Bank car chase with police that killed Ahuvia Sandak

British Jews rightly, and very explicitly, told Israeli politician and Jewish supremacist Bezalel Smotrich to get lost and go home. For Diaspora Jews, the era of sitting on the fence, and not just about Israeli racists, is ending

The men, all residents of the Bedouin town of Segev Shalom, are accused of attacking Nati Yeffet and setting his car on fire during clashes over JNF forestation work last month

Jacob Bardugo, once a Likud activist, made a name for himself as a staunch critic of Netanyahu’s opponents. He will stop anchoring the daily news roundup, but will stay on as a commentator

Former Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha is chosen to be prime minister as the eastern-based parliament seeks to take control of Libya's political future after the collapse of election plans

Texts written by terrified scribes in plague-wracked cities don’t attest to the state of rural communities, but the crops they were growing (or not growing) certainly do

This is the first time that non-Jews are participating in a tour guide program at the lavish new ANU – Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv. Here's what they had to say

Resolving the ongoing maritime border dispute between Israel and Lebanon would have significant implications for natural gas exploration in the eastern Mediterranean Sea

Israel’s Interior Ministry is cracking down on the phenomenon known as ‘passport aliyah,’ which is bad news for anyone eyeing an Israeli passport for ease of access in pandemic-era times

Western intellectuals and liberal NGOs who serially eulogize two-state partition are keen boosters of the one state solution. There’s just one problem: Israelis and Palestinians are not