Born in 1920's New York City and raised in a Pittsburgh suburb, Harris started tapping her comedic talents in high school productions where she realized she 'could make the audience get hysterical'

Voters in Hungary will decide whether the nationalist leader and Putin's longtime ally Orban continues for a fourth term, but rare unity in the opposition is expected to make the contest closest since he first took power

The only concrete 'achievement' of the Abraham Accords summit was the note from Egypt, UAE, Morocco and Bahrain for the Palestinian people: We 'brotherly' Arab states have abandoned you, again

Latest attacks against Israelis are 'an exception,' senior Israeli official says, pointing to Palestinians' willingness to 'prevent a deterioration' in Jerusalem and elsewhere

People lying dead in the streets, burn-out tanks, and devastation in the town of Bucha as Ukraine claims to have retaken all areas around Kyiv. Moscow denies targeting civilians as it presses on port city of Mariupol

Education Ministry panel's recommendations include expanding spoken Arabic studies, appointing a coexistence coordinator and holding field trips with schools of different backgrounds, but makes no mention of funding for these changes

The police is showing restraint compared to the same period last year by keeping distance from the Damascus Gate and not dispersing people from there. 'Ramadan is not a war,' Jerusalem police chief said last week

'I am the descendant of Holocaust survivors. How could I vote for fascists? Of course I cannot,' said a 64-year-old father of five. Instead, he will be voting for a parody party that is promising free beer and eternal life

Israel's prime minister meets with heads of Shin Bet security service, who earlier said that the three Palestinians killed near Jenin were on their way to a shooting attack. A recorded will was also found in their vehicle

'Should the strikes on Sanaa stop, the airport open, Hodeidah port open, then we will feel there is a truce, that it has something tangible,' said one Yemeni, reflecting widespread skepticism over whether a ceasefire will hold

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warns Russian forces are leaving mines behind as they retreat, fears of airstrikes remain ■ Russia redirecting its efforts to eastern Ukraine, Mariupol remains in crosshairs

Tzedek Chicago already defined itself as 'non-Zionist' and was explicitly established to attract Jews disenchanted with communal support for Israel and skeptical of Zionism at large

While the Palestinian public understands the attackers’ motives, the vast majority does not choose this path, which does not advance their cause, and has reservations about targeting civilians. But condemnation? Let Israelis first condemn the viole...

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has driven up food and energy prices in the region, casting a shadow over the Muslim holy month of fasting

The three were responsible for a recent shooting attack near the city of Tul Karm in the West Bank, and planned to carry out further attacks

Roman Zadorov is just one of many defendants worldwide who was convicted on the basis of a confession he later recanted. False confessions take place for many different reasons, and don't necessarily require violence

Following the terror attack in Hadera, Mohammed Abad, a resident of the West Bank village of Jalud, refused to go to sleep, fearing settlers' revenge. He went up to his roof when he heard noises, to find his yard in flames

President Isaac Hezog thanked Erdogan and the two agreed that on the eve of Ramadan, Passover, and Easter, peace and calm must be maintained in the entire region

The nomadic Avars appeared suddenly in Eastern Europe 1,500 years ago, crushed the remains of the Roman Empire under their boots and ruled for two centuries. Who were they?

This comes against the backdrop of an ongoing terror wave which took the lives of 11 Israelis in one week

On the Haaretz Weekend podcast, the former U.S. National Security Adviser, who served under Trump in 2017-2018, says Israelis should be ‘embarrassed’ by their government’s position on Ukraine, and attacks Biden for Afghanistan withdrawal

The campaign to fight crime in Arab communities was already launched in October, rebuilding the West Bank separation barrier was never a top priority and police motorcycle units are already operating

Recidivism rates are lower for prisoners who went through rehabilitation programs, but the Israel Prison Service insists that people detained for ideologically-motivated crimes or those that harm national security cannot be helped

As long as Washington remains committed to containing China, there will be a clear reason for India to align with the West. But that doesn't make New Delhi's diplomatic dance between China and America less complicated

Ukraine's foreign minister says he could not confirm or deny reports of Ukrainian involvement in the strike as Kremlin spokesman says the strike on the fuel depot could jeopardize Moscow's peace negotiations with Kyiv

'This milestone deal will build on the historic Abraham Accords and cement one of the world’s most important and promising emerging trading relationships,' a UAE minister says

Nitzan Horowitz will visit Israel's field hospital near the Moldovan border and meet with his Ukrainian counterpart in first visit by an Israeli minister since the war began

The day before the terror attack in Be'er Sheva, which killed four Israelis, the Defense Ministry received just 44 requests; ten days later the number rose to 1,773

The depot, a facility run by a Russian energy company about 35 kilometers (21 miles) from the Ukraine border, was set ablaze by the attack that left two people injured

While Putin places an ultimatum on European buyers of Russian gas to start paying in roubles, Ukrainian helicopters shell a city in the first Ukrainian strike on Russian soil ■ Over 44 million people uprooted since start of war

The Ukrainians have used U.S. and NATO intel quickly and efficiently, inflicting heavy losses with missiles supplied by the West. Russia, meanwhile, is having difficulty coordinating its forces, forcing it to hit static targets. The two sides will so...

Senior members of the Ukrainian government say they have yet to see any real sign that the Russians are prepared to seriously negotiate with them, and that the peace talks thus far are an attempt by Putin to buy time

After spate of terror attacks, Israel has sufficed for now with boosting forces, making arrests and centralizing intel. Though Ramadan gestures toward Palestinians have yet to be canceled, another attack could prompt a U-turn

Terror attacks on Israel's streets bring record-breaking toxic incitement against the Bennett-Lapid government as Netanyahu once again forgets what it's like to be statesmanlike

This week at the Tel Aviv airport: A trailblazing wedding dress designer, and a couple who got together with the help of Rabbi Nachman

Facebook’s metaverse revolution is naturally arousing suspicions. But in an era in which outside spaces are on the decline, it’s a necessary revolution

Police opened a probe into the death of the 25-year-old from the village of Jatt in the Triangle area, who was found in critical condition by a passerby

Two years after going missing during an organized trip to Paris, an Israeli woman resurfaces again. But the mystery is far from solved

Police expect pre-pandemic numbers of Muslim worshipers on Jerusalem's Temple Mount for the beginning of the holiday

The committee probing the Gilboa prison break last year may take steps against Perry if it concludes the commissioner failed in the course of her work to prevent escape from prison facilities

Iran received arms from Israel (even after the revolution), Saudi Arabia received intel (and put out feelers about peace) and Nasser’s Egypt held contacts with the Mossad. Research into the secret ties Israel conducted with its enemies shows that i...

Opposition lawmaker dubs legislation 'electoral engineering with the aim of staying in power'

By quitting Israel's parliament, Litzman, who admitted to breach of trust in Malka Leifer's sex crime case, will evade the court’s ruling on whether his conduct constitutes moral turpitude

The probe follows a wave of terrorist attacks including those in Be’er Sheva and Hadera, which were perpetrated by individuals with links or suspected links to the Islamic State

The Israeli Arab delegation presented allegations of systematic discrimination to the UN committee, which is also investigating unrest within the country itself during Israel-Hamas fighting last summer

Following the terror attack near Tel Aviv, Israeli troops have been deployed along the separation fence, manning gaps through which thousands of West Bank Palestinians pass through daily on their way to work in Israel

The former National Security Adviser tells Haaretz that Iran will 'never give up' its ambition to place an army on Israel's border, and that Biden's Afghanistan withdrawal gave Putin the confidence to invade Ukraine

Ukraine's power company says Russian troops who dug in the forest inside the nuclear plant's exclusion zone 'panicked' at first signs of radiation sickness and prepared to leave

The resignation on live TV came after Umm al-Fahm issued a statement of condolences to the families of the Islamic State-linked shooters, signed by Mayor Samir Mahameed

From Roman Abramovich to Moshe Kantor and Lev Leviev: Russia's war on Ukraine has finally revealed, for those who preferred to remain blind, the true face of the Putin regime and the true effect of the oligarch class on Jewish life

Amir Khoury, an Arab-Israeli officer, rushed to the scene of a terror attack and fought the shooter. He was the second Arab cop to die in the current wave of terror attacks, two of which were conducted by Arab-Israelis

The victim is recovering, Ukraine’s leading Jewish communal organization said

Ramadan 2022 in Israel: Your easy guide to greetings, fasting and the meaning of the Muslim holiday

In a no-brainer discovery, science finds that being stupid put you at greater risk of extinction – especially after humans arrived

Brain.space’s brain mapping and scanning technology is already raising serious funds and has its first experiment in space in the works

The sale of Granulate, which was founded in 2018 and optimizes cloud services, to Intel at a massive sum of $650 million was first reported by Haaretz last week

Embattled premier Imran Khan is brandishing a big conspiracy, based on anti-Americanism and antisemitism, to extend his waning political capital. How many voters buy his claim of a coup will decide Pakistan's future

The widow of Victor Sorokopot says she and her husband had planned to return to Ukraine soon, while a friend of the second victim, Dimitri Mitrik, recalls how 'he loved living in Israel'

Officer Amir Khoury, a Christian Arab, charged toward the Palestinian assailant and put an end to the rampage, in which four others were killed

Lipstadt, who was appointed after an eight-month confirmation process, is the first antisemitism monitor in the U.S. to hold the upgraded role of ambassador, giving her authority to speak directly to top officials

New and serious COVID cases keep dropping in Israel, despite the continued spread of the virus

The Punisher ‘has become a symbol for a disaffected, antisocial mind-set,’ U.S. comic book writer Gerry Conway tells Haaretz after an ISIS-inspired shooter used the symbol during an attack in Israel

In another incident, one Palestinian was arrested after by the Israeli army after his car was reportedly vandalized by settlers

Everyone wants big companies to take a stand on controversial issues, but there are too many causes for them to juggle. Companies should only be called on to act when they can actually make a difference

Palestinians from Yabad also gathered in front of the home of the perpetrator of Tuesday's attack in Bnei Brak, Diaa Hamarsheh, to protest Israeli preparations to demolish a portion of it

Teva will also provide about $84 million of its Narcan nasal spray used to treat overdose victims to the state

Russian oligarch Abramovich made a surprise visit to Istanbul on Tuesday, after reports that he experienced symptoms of poisoning along with Ukrainian peace negotiators

Turkey expelled Israel's ambassador in 2018 in response to the shooting of Gaza border protesters ■ Israeli sources say visit is yet to be scheduled

The government is building nine new Jewish communities and an ultra-Orthodox city to increase the Jewish presence in the south, but this won’t help if the 150,000 Bedouin in unrecognized villages remain neglected

The French president recently staged a conference in Marseille aimed squarely at young French citizens of Arab origin. It was, some say, a recognition that Muslim voters are a key demographic that can help get him reelected in April

Israeli PM says that he had decided to establish a new Border Police brigade and instructs security forces to track those who ever had any connection to ISIS

The Palestinian assailant was shot dead by an Israeli passenger on the bus after stabbing the man with a screwdriver

Three other Palestinians severely wounded in rare daytime arrest targeting Palestinians suspects affiliated with the Bnei Brak terror attack; one Israeli soldier lightly wounded

'You yourself say that you didn’t act as a reasonable regulator,' Jude Moshe Bar-Am told state witness Shlomo Filber during Wednesday's trial

Israel's response to spate of attacks will be more reminiscent to that of 2015, when a spree of stabbing and car-ramming broke, than that of 2002, when Israel reconquered cities in the West Bank at height of second intifada

After being convicted of conspiracy to commit murder, Diaa Hamarsheh made a living in Israel without a work permit

Emphasizing U.S. support for Israel in the face of terrorism, Biden offers condolences for the 11 killed in Israel's bloodiest week in 16 years

As peace talks are expected to resume on Friday, Russia is building up forces to 'liberate' Donbas region

As major religious holidays and national events converge this year, Israel's police will deploy 3,000 officers in Jerusalem amid fear of terrorist attacks; Entry to holy sites may be limited

Itamar Ben-Gvir, a prominent Kahanist and central figure in Sheikh Jarrah tensions, has previously been banned from visiting the Temple Mount out of fear of incitement

Security cabinet ministers also decide to advance a plan to reconstruct the West Bank separation barrier

More attempts to carry out terror attacks are predicted, but Israel will not impose closure in the West Bank ■ Soldiers will assist police in Israeli cities

Cries of ‘death to Arabs’ sounded as right-wing opposition lawmakers arriving at Bnei Brak were welcomed warmly – and Rabbi Kanievsky's spirit filled the air

Israel to step up security and bolster combat forces, amid fears of additional terror attacks during Passover and the Muslim holy month of Ramadan

Extreme-right lawmaker Itamar Ben-Gvir announced he will visit Temple Mount amid rising tensions