The Culture Ministry's plan includes establishing a repertory theater, an art museum, a cinematheque and schools for the arts, in addition to adding thousands of Arab community structures to the historic sites registry

With his decision to recognize separatist republics in Luhansk and Donetsk, and move to send ‘peacekeepers’ there, the Russian president remains the only one calling the shots in Ukraine

Ukraine-Russia live updates: Diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis in eastern Ukraine continue amid escalating tensions and fears of a Russian invasion

The political majority’s representatives want an anemic court, and one that won't place any obstacle in their path. They likely won't show much judicial independence

By manipulating the flow of people, the dictator now commands ethnic loyalty of nearly half of Syrians, and Sunni citizens who don’t see a future in the new Syria are leaving

Israel doesn’t see the enclave as occupied, and it doesn’t see it as ‘liberated territory.’ The West Bank is thus abandoned

The Open University is expected to join Reichmen University in being the second Israeli institution granted permission to award PhDs over the past four years

An ardent critic of Hezbollah, Bahaa Hariri said he hopes to bring political change to Lebanon a month after his brother stepped out of politics, marking the first time in three decades the family is not in power

Kuwait's recent string of religiously motivated moves infringing on women's rights has touched off sustained outrage in a country that was once seen as progressive versus its neighbors.

At least 1,000 coronavirus patients died over the past two weeks, putting the total number of deaths at 10,003

Kemal Kilicdaroglu is expected to be the presidential candidate of Turkey's six-party opposition alliance in elections due by June 2023

Fleet of some 100 unmanned drones will patrol vast swaths of the region’s volatile waters as Iran tensions simmer

Gantz said his party won't participate in votes because important issues aren't being addressed, but coalition sources say move doesn't threaten political stability

The George Polk Award for technology reporting was given to the international group – which includes Haaretz – that investigated the abuse of NSO's hacking spyware

Despite fears of an impending Russian invasion, demand for rescue flights back to Israel has been very low in recent days

Investigators release findings that contradict a series of reports claiming police used NSO's Pegasus without a warrant in at least a couple dozen cases

'I try not to do symbolic things that just make things worse,' Thomas Nides tells members of major U.S. Jewish group to explain refusal to visit Israeli settlements

U.S., European Union say they will impose sanctions over Russia's recognition of the separatist areas

Only a comprehensive inquiry will reveal what really happened, the financial daily Calcalist said. Funny, I thought the paper’s reporters conducted a comprehensive investigation before publishing

Under two different prime ministers, Israel has focused all its efforts on denouncing the Iran nuclear agreement. Deal or no deal, it needs to devise an alternative Iran strategy

Ore from Sardinia was transformed into ingots with Cypro-Minoan markings and then shipped everywhere. This boat didn’t make it

Funded with profits from natural gas, its launch comes as Israel is having second thoughts about further development of fossil fuels. Some argue that the money should be used to finance the transition to renewables

Amidst the looming threat of Hezbollah's precision missiles, Israel announces the successful operation of a sea-based extension of the Iron Dome

Russian news agencies say five killed when Ukrainian 'diversionary reconnaissance' group attempts to cross border

What’s known is that Israel Police bought and used NSO’s Pegasus spyware. However, more and more questions about the reporting by an Israeli financial daily cast a shadow over the allegations

After being banned in Lebanon and Kuwait, 'Death on the Nile' is the target of activists in Jordan, where the Gal Gadot movie was approved by censors after a homosexual scene was cut

Sondra Wiener, 87, and her husband Marvin were found dead with gunshot wounds in Florida

Lapid, however, says that while 'traditionally we go with the Americans,' Israel has to be more cautious in its approach to the crisis with Russia

The Isawiya residents are suspected of firing fireworks and hurling firebombs and stones at Israeli forces

Alisa, a 38-year-old mother and media relations specialist in Kyiv, joined the Territorial Defense Forces last year and now might have to use her skills in a real war with Russia

Israel has already reconciled itself to the likelihood that the Iran nuke deal will be signed within days and now its public diplomacy effort is focused mainly on the day after

Declassified only weeks ago, secret Israeli intelligence and diplomatic files lay out an elaborate global operation to turn Egyptian President Nasser’s key adviser, Mohamed Hassanein Heikal. His Mossad code name? "Uzi"

Minister says Israel will address its misgivings about the emerging new Iran nuke deal in future bilateral arrangements with the United States

Representatives of the three largest churches in Jerusalem warned the plan was an attempt to 'minimize, not to say eliminate, any non-Jewish characteristics of the Holy City'

The four new justices are Tel Aviv District Court Judge Ruth Ronnen, Tel Aviv District Court Deputy President Chaled Kabub, Jerusalem District Court Deputy President Gila Canfy Steinitz and attorney Yechiel Kasher

The report alleged that Yossi Cohen had an affair with a married flight attendant and revealed sensitive information. After it aired, the lottery nixed ads worth millions at the TV channel

Biden agrees to meet the Russian leader only if 'an invasion hasn't happened yet,' while U.S. officials claim Russia has directly ordered its commanders to prepare for one based on new intelligence

Russia is using Syria to send hints to Erdogan that they can’t step on Moscow’s toes in Ukraine, but Turkey is not the only country getting such warnings

What revisions are likely to be included in the new Iran nuclear deal, what will happen further down the line, and why has Israel been caught by surprise? | Haaretz explains

The Justice Ministry says it's 'more likely' that Ahmad Hijazi was shot by one of the suspects and not one of the officers ■ Family plans to appeal the decision

The inquiry will examine the manner and diligence in which the government approved deals with the German corporation ThyssenKrupp

An Education Ministry committee will propose the first nationwide anti-racism program for Israeli schools, with preliminary recommendations to be submitted by the end of March

The Economist's Democracy Index placed Israel at 23rd out of 165 countries in its 2021 report, but shows a worsened 'political culture'

Residents of the Ukrainian seaside city of Mariupol seem nonplussed by recent shooting from the area controlled by pro-Russian separatists, and some are reminded of the siege they suffered eight years ago

Bennett says the deal would 'pour billions of dollars into the Iranian terror machine,' adding that 'there's no doubt that America is our biggest and strongest friend, ultimately it's us who live in the region'

Some 400 Jews from Ukraine are expected to move to Israel in the first two months of the year. There is not a big uptick in people looking to make aliyah, despite fears of Putin's Russia starting an invasion

Bialik pressed Palestine's Jews to speak Hebrew, but 'sinned' himself by using Yiddish, and Tel Aviv officials wanted residents to lie and say they dreamed in Hebrew. A scholar finds that the development of Hebrew as a lingua franca was beset by a co...

Leader of ultra-Orthodox party says proposal to end Rabbinate's monopoly on conversions 'endangers Jewish identity in the State of Israel'

A senior United Arab List official says there's a sense the government is 'poking them in the eye' by not advancing issues that are important to it

Representatives on congressional delegation led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi are defending their recent visit, while activists are increasing their public pressure campaigns against them and Rep. Jamaal Bowman

U.S. ambassadors rarely visit Knesset members' private homes, but Tom Nides' dinner with the United Arab List leader may hurt his standing among his base

The attorney general is expected to present the findings to Bennett in the coming days, which will likely show that police had court authorization to use spyware, but sometimes exceeded the powers of the warrant

Ukraine's foreign minister says 'it's time to act' as Russia extends military drills with Belarus. The Kremlin, meanwhile, says Western prediction of war 'directly lead to an increase in tension'

While Israel has largely achieved its goals with strikes on Iranian proxies in Syria, Iraq, Yemen and other countries, in Lebanon, 'we're walking on eggshells,' official says

The suspect didn't plan to kill his brother, sources say, but fled the scene and showed up at the funeral after mayor mediates deal with police

Apple TV+ gives us an instant classic with ‘Severance,’ which will make you question your work-life balance. Our critic also reviews Netflix’s ‘Downfall: The Case Against Boeing’ and ChaiFlicks’ ‘The New Black’

The change means that for the first time in almost two years, families with children aged 5 or younger can travel to Israel

'Israel will never come to terms' with a nuclear Iran, Gantz says at security conference in Munich, urging 'action' even with new deal

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?