The mortuary habits of the Tashtyks had been known. Now archaeologists have found rare signals from their life in the early first millennium C.E.– including a unique engraved stone slab

A schism in Ger Hasidim has caused people who left to lose their jobs, communities – and sometimes their children, who are admonished to remain loyal to the rabbi at all cost

The municipality joined the fight after residents' protests, claiming there have been serious defects in planning for the plant, including violations of government policy and conflicts of interest

Senior police officials say decision shows placement of barriers last year, which led to escalating unrest, was a serious mistake

Russian forces begin to 'uncoil and move closer' to Ukrainian border, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says

A tiny aircraft that hovered over Israel surprised the military, seeming like a message from Hezbollah. But Israel’s aerial dominance over Lebanon is clear, at least for now

The U.S. and Russia are spinning convenient stories of war, both failing to take the sovereign government in Kyiv and the will of Ukraine’s people into account

'I don't know what the president of the Russian Federation wants, so I am proposing a meeting,' Ukraine's Zelenskyy says at the Munich Security Conference as fears of invasion increase

Meeting with Harris at Munich Security Conference touched on 'the importance of confidence-building measures with the Palestinians,' Gantz says

German chancellor says 'Israel's security is not negotiable' ■ Macron urges Iran to agree to a deal

Foreign Ministry warns 'outbreak of hostilities in Ukraine may be swift and harsh' as West warns of Russian invasion and Ukrainian separatists mobilize

A repulsive and depraved trio, Josh Hawley, Tucker Carlson and Donald Trump, are active partners in Putin’s efforts to gaslight the West on Ukraine – and to undermine the United States itself

While not actively wanting a Russian invasion, Ukraine's Azov ultranationalist movement will see it as a chance to build its brand, warns far-right expert Michael Colborne

New analysis of Iron Age stronghold in the heart of Israel's mountainous Upper Galilee explains who may have built it, why it was built and why it didn’t last long

Drills involve launches from warships, submarines and warplanes as well as from land and include the launch of hypersonic ballistic missiles

Earlier, top Ukrainian military officials came under a shelling attack during a tour of the front of the separatist conflict in the country's east

The hybrid warfare developed and practiced by Russia over the past two decades relies - like in the Ukraine crisis - on propaganda, psychological warfare and cyberattacks as much as on conventional firepower

After the fighting started in eastern Ukraine in 2014, a group of veterans launched a drone-making company. Now they pledge to share their experience to stop the Russians and their separatist allies

After weeks of uncertainty, Biden says the U.S. assessment on a widespread invasion has changed, citing the Americans' 'significant intelligence capability'

The retired FBI agent who investigated the saga of Anne Frank’s family related to it as if it were a true crime episode. Thus the complex human story of the famous young woman was reduced to pointlessness

Dozens of settlers swoop down on a pastoral shepherding community on the dark edge of the Judean Desert

In two separate incidents, a man in his 50s was seriously injured by an explosive device rigged to his car in Taibe and another man was wounded by live fire while sitting in a coffee shop in Kafr Qasem

2021 infections targeted opposition figures in Bahrain, Citizen Lab finds; lawmakers, members of top religious council were also selected for possible snooping; NSO denies ‘unsubstantiated allegations’

Another man was injured while attempting to run away from Israeli soldiers during a weekly protest in the West Bank village of Kafr Qaddum

Gabriel Bach fled Nazi Germany with his family in 1938, first to Amsterdam and then to Palestine in 1940. He would later serve as a member of the legal team that prosecuted Adolf Eichmann in Israel in 1961

The self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic announces a mass evacuation of the region's residents to Russia earlier after an increase in shelling

Key issues in the Vienna talks include how long the first stage of unfreezing assets will last, and whether the United States will guarantee it won’t impose sanctions ‘indirectly’ or withdraw from the new agreement in the future

The Arab Middle East is becoming the region's most important strategic bloc, but is Turkey willing to cover the diplomatic costs of rejoining it?

Lebanon's Hezbollah says it had flown a drone over Israel on a reconnaissance mission for 40 minutes

A new initiative would force aliyah applicants to provide proof that they intend to live in Israel 'permanently,' but advocates say it's based on misinterpretation of the law: 'This is essentially a policy change, and it is not the job of civil serva...

Diplomatic efforts continue amid escalating tensions in Ukraine and fears of an imminent Russian invasion

Naftali Bennett was physically in Bahrain this week, but his mind was back in Sheikh Jarrah, making sure that MK Itamar Ben-Gvir's antics don't ignite a war with Hamas

Former intel officer Moshe Tal charts the strategy he hopes will aid in bringing the missing Israelis and soldiers' bodies back, and reveals a shift in Egypt's approach

However, one former Israeli army official says the real risk is not an armed conflict but the growing reality of one state for two peoples

This week at the Tel Aviv airport: A Costa Rican readjusts to life back home after 32 years in the U.S., and a mother-daughter team returns from a bat-mitzvah trip that was meant to bring them closer together

Algorithms developed at Harvard by Ben Reis can predict psychosis and detect domestic abuse by analyzing medical files

The incident occurred just as Mayor Eric Adams was set to hold a meeting on the rise of antisemitic incidents in the city

Official sources say the agreement will be a version of the 2015 deal with minor changes, which Israel is expected to oppose. Iran, meanwhile, denies reported draft agreement

The Tesla CEO posted a meme of a photo of Hitler with the text: 'Stop comparing me to Justin Trudeau. I had a budget.' Musk later deleted the tweet

The ultra-Orthodox Netzah Yehuda battalion, based in the West Bank, has become a byword for insubordination, lawlessness and racist violence against Palestinians. And that’s not its only critical failure – nor Israel's

An average of 15 people go missing in Israel every year, never to be heard from again. Sociologist Ori Katz is examining what people do when they discover that a relative has vanished into thin air

Tamir corporation, which is responsible for placing the bins, says that the 2,000 orange bins allotted are far too few to meet the needs of a city the size of Jerusalem

Avi Shalev swapped the Israeli army for classes conducted in classical Arabic, surrounded mainly by young Bedouin women who educated him on another side of life in Israel

Struck-down Kuwaiti law banned 'imitation of the opposite sex' and set the maximum penalty at a year in prison or a fine of $3,300

Michael Sfard talks about ‘the new antisemites’ – spoiler, they're Jewish extremists attacking Palestinians – and Judy Maltz discusses the plight of Ukrainian Jews living in the shadow of potential Russian invasion

The Shin Bet's former No. 3 thinks it's time for Israel to rethink its modus operandi

'I was devastated when the shop was destroyed and our friends and loved ones have boosted my morale. But today I was born again, today is a new birthday for me'

According to the Palestinian Red Crescent, over 87 people required medical attention in Friday's demonstrations against the illegal outpost of Evyatar as protesters clashed with the Israeli army

The Israeli president is set to make a visit to Turkey, with media outlets in that country saying it will take place on March 9

In a strongly worded letter from the Foreign Ministry, Israel accuses members of UN commission of inquiry into latest Gaza war of 'politically motivated' bias and anti-Israel positions

Sixth drone interception in a year comes a day after Nasrallah boasts to followers about gaining technology to turn thousands of missiles into precision-guided munitions

New study at Tel Aviv University suggests that the presence of microplastics can exacerbate the toxicity of organic pollution in the environment roughly tenfold

The draft agreement on Iran's nuclear program spells out steps to be implemented before sanction waivers

A software glitch on the phone of Saudi activist Loujain al-Hathloul has revealed hack blueprint of NSO software, leading to Apple lawsuit and trade blacklisting

Twenty ornately decorated Roman graves have been located so far, and the excavation team expects to unearth 80 in total. Two graves have been opened, one contained skeletal remains and some clay jars

Prime Minister Bennett and U.S. House Speaker Pelosi also discuss the ongoing negotiations between Iran and Western countries over the Islamic republic's nuclear program, which are in their 'final stages'

Biodegradable caskets, mushroom suits, traditional Jewish bone collection or launching grandpa’s ashes into space: Minds in Israel and throughout the world are thinking up alternatives to wasteful burials

Source says Ukraine angered by Israeli media reports that Jerusalem had requested Moscow's assistance in evacuating its citizens in case of war

Thus far four suspects were arrested for the attack in the East Jerusalem neighborhood

'As we don't know how the situation will evolve in Ukraine, we call upon all Israeli citizens to leave the country as long as the borders and the skies are open,' Ambassador Joel Lion says

The four leading candidates are Ruth Ronnen and Khaled Kabub of the economic division of the Tel Aviv District Court; Jerusalem District Court Judge Gila Kanfy Steinitz; and Yechiel Kasher, who is in private practice

During the confusion of the pandemic, the Israeli literary giant found some comfort returning to his childhood. His new children’s book ‘Every Wrinkle Has a Story’ explores the power of the grandparent

Israel’s finance minister. Avigdor Lieberman, is planning measures to coax the Haredim into the workforce. If he fails, Israel is headed for poverty

Meanwhile, Israel records 886 coronavirus patients in serious condition marking another decline from Wednesday's 927 ■ Israel to discuss lifting restrictions on foreign tourists on Thursday

When a Scarsdale, N.Y. synagogue fired an educator who accused Israel of genocide and U.S. Jews of enabling violent racism at home, Beinart and others rushed to her defense. What on earth were they thinking?

Project Pegasus consortium and Amnesty reveals that the personal assistant and father of Polish senator were both targeted ahead of 2019 general election

Abandoned towns, the vanishing Dead Sea and the country's longest border: Route 90 is a gateway to a forgotten Israel

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett calls the move an important step in the 'global movement against terror,' after Australia announces it will add the entirety of Hamas to its list of outlawed groups

Ukraine and Russian-backed rebels trade accusations of shelling ◾ Rebel forces in eastern Ukraine say Ukrainian forces opened fire on their territory four times in the past 24 hours

Israel carries out the attack using surface-to-surface missile causing some material damage but no casualties

U.S. says Hezbollah leader Nasrallah gave his approval to the Lebanese government to proceed with negotiations on a deal that may alleviate the energy crisis in Lebanon

While the former prime minister pushes his supporters to protest, his party's faction head is blocking the committee that would establish a commission of inquiry into the NSO police spying scandal

The military claims the soldiers conducted a proper operation because they feared the suspect would flee and that the dog had been muzzled ◾ The man was taken to an unknown location, condition remains unknown

The Israel Prison Service announced the change in policy, which was set in place at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, following petitions from human rights organizations

The Finance Ministry has eased the regulation regarding developers' safety history, allowing companies with several infractions to participate in government contract bids

Senior Turkish officials are in Israel to discuss a longer visit by Israel's president, which his office has yet to publicly confirm

'Nothing is agreed until everything is agreed, though,' Iran's top nuclear negotiator cautions as parties meet in Vienna

For the second time this week the coalition held back bills from votes because of the United Arab List's refusal to support the legislation

Official agencies expected sharp growth in 2021, but not 8.1 percent, after a 2.2 percent shrinkage in the Israeli economy due to COVID in 2020

The interior minister rejected the expansion of Yokne'am into Hashalom Valley, home to a host of wildlife species

The non-Orthodox delegation will meet Bennett in less than two weeks, and leaders are expected to press the Israeli premier on reinstating the Western Wall deal

Three years after generating hundreds of millions of views by recounting the tragic story of a teenage girl during the Holocaust, Equiano.Stories hopes to do the same for another traumatic historical event

One critic in Syria says that such aid from the Israeli side ‘will have severe consequences and cause social and ethnic polarization in Syria’

The investigation started with a freedom of information request by a pro-Palestinian group, but 'has led to feelings of unrest and insecurity within universities'

After a year of paid training, the women will drive bullet trains between Mecca and Medina as more opportunities open to the kingdom's women

As United Arab List chairman makes a push for a historic plan to recognize Bedouin towns, a rift deepens with the Joint List over political support and how best to oppose JNF tree-planting

After two tremors in northern Israel, the Home Front Command responded to concerned citizens by warning of a devastating earthquake sometime in the future

Shimon Hayut, who allegedly defrauded several women out of thousands of dollars, tells Israeli media he might pursue a career in politics. And what would be his contribution to Israeli diplomacy? 'I speak excellent English'