Just last month, Turkey blocked Russian warships from crossing the narrow Bosporus strait that connects the Black Sea with the Mediterranean Sea, muddling its naval supply lines in Syria

Bookmakers are now saying that Emmanuel Macron is the clear favorite to win reelection. His far-right challenger has discovered once again that her links to Russia's leader are hurting her chances

Polls open for second round of French presidential election ■ Experts analyze where incumbent President Emmanuel Macron and his far-right challenger Marine Le Pen stand on key issues affecting Israel

'Emmanuel Macron is considered arrogant by more than one in two voters and Marine Le Pen remains scary for half of them,' one pollster puts it, as French voters head to the polls for the second round

Affluent families take better advantage of the savings plan, which deposits a monthly payment to every Israeli child in an attempt to reduce the impact of poverty on choices available to them later in life, study finds

A group of settlers was throwing stones at Palestinians near the Bat Ayin settlement, residents say, before one settler started firing shots, moderately wounding three people

With two tense weeks remaining until the end of Ramadan, Hamas is playing a duplicitous game by stoking Jerusalem flames and permitting rocket fire from Gaza – all the while saying it doesn't seek escalation

Zelenskyy will request that the U.S. become a security guarantor for Ukraine from future threats

The European Council accepted Israel's request to accede to the Istanbul Convention, even though it takes issue with clauses about compensating victims of gender-based violence and providing legal status to non-citizens

Umm al-Fahm Mayor Samir Mahameed stressed that the Arab community should channel its grievances against Israel's actions in Jerusalem 'in a legitimate way,' after he stopped Arab youths from vandalizing property

The meeting was the latest round in the secret Baghdad-brokered talks to resume ties – severed in 2016 after Saudi Arabia executed a prominent Sh'iite cleric – between the countries

The decision to scrap the mask mandate comes amid a marked drop in COVID cases in Israel and will not apply to high-risk places, such as hospitals

The 33-year-old was shot three times by a masked assailant outside her home in the central Israeli city of Kalansua

Israel limited the amount of the worshipers for the Easter ceremony at the Holy Sepulchre, fearing a repeat of the Mount Meron stampede which left 45 dead, but Christians say the move infringes on freedom of worship and threatens Jerusalem's precario...

Biolojic Design will conduct the trial for cancer patients in Australia with a new type of drug that makes full use of computational biology and big data

Russia resumes air strikes on the steel plant sheltering around 3,000 civilians and soldiers, in a U-turn from Putin's order to blockade the last Ukrainian bastion in Mariupol two days earlier ■ Strikes in Odessa kill at least five

The Sarmat, which Russia reportedly test-launched this week, is capable of carrying 10 or more nuclear warheads and decoys, and of striking targets thousands of miles away in the United States or Europe

Russian commander said Moscow wants control of southern and eastern Ukraine ■ Ukrainian forces pulled back from some settlements to regroup as an intensifying barrage pounded all cities in Luhansk region

The rock iguanas of Exuma are experiencing sugar highs after being treated to alien fruit. Prolonged high blood sugar is no better for them than it is for you

The origins of this ancient North African holiday are unknown, but could plausibly involve sinful Jews seeking release from damnation and the mixed feelings of their Berber neighbors

Gunmen opened fire on a vehicle carrying a general of Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, Gen. Hossein Almasi

The closure blocks thousands of Gazan workers from entering Israel, a move the army hopes will put pressure on Hamas to avoid escalation

The man, a resident of Israel's central city of Lod, arrived at a police station near his family home and told officers he had stabbed his mother to death

If confirmed by the Senate, Michael Ratney would be taking the reins of a fraught U.S.-Saudi relationship, marred by disputes over the Iran nuclear deal and the release of intel charging the crown prince with Khashoggi's murder

Police claim Walid al-Sharif fell during confrontations with security forces after throwing stones and sustained a head injury ■ 'He suffers from extensive brain damage, a skull fracture,' MK Ahmad Tibi announced

An unspecified projectile launched from Gaza landed in an open area in southern Israel, hours after the Israeli army reported two rockets launched by militants landed within the Strip after failing to cross the border fence

A series of deadly bombings have wreaked havoc across Afghanistan since the Taliban rose to power in August

Moscow says it won the war's biggest fight – the battle for the main port of the Donbas, Mariupol – after a nearly two-month siege

Over 50 Palestinians were wounded, 26 of which were suffered from gas inhalation. Fifteen were evacuated to hospitals, with three in serious condition ■ Police sources criticize use of tear gas grenades

Helena Czernek and Aleksander Prugar cast old Mezuzah traces left behind across Poland and recreate them: 'Synagogues are traces of communities, mezuzahs are traces of those who were murdered'

Fourteen Palestinians were taken to the hospital, with two in serious condition, the Red Crescent says ■ Israel Police Commissioner orders Border Police reserve forces to be on immediate alert for deployment

Images of more than 200 mass graves emerged hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed victory in the battle for Mariupol

Lutfi Labadi was wounded in the head during an exchange of gunfire with Israeli troops in the West Bank village of Yamoun

This week at the Tel Aviv airport: A Catholic priest explains what it's like being a spiritual leader in Jerusalem

Attorney Mohammed Assaf would take his son and two nephews to school in Nablus every morning. Last week they encountered clashes by Joseph’s Tomb. When Assaf left his car; a soldier in a speeding jeep opened the door and shot him

A tiny firm in Binyamina is planning to create a chain of robot-based supermarkets in Israel and underprice the competition. Do they stand a chance?

'The Purim Superhero' is one of 58 books removed from the district in the latest addition to a national book-banning trend led by conservative activists

Foreign Minister Lapid tells senior envoys Israel 'stopped Jewish extremists' from fanning the flames in Jerusalem's Old City

'The enemy keeps sending messages that if we give up on avenging Soleimani, they will give us some concessions or lift some sanctions. This is pure fantasy,' says Revolutionary Guards' Navy chief

After Putin claims victory in Mariupol, U.S. president says Washington and allies are 'moving as fast as possible' to provide Ukraine with the equipment and weapons it needs to fend off a fresh Russian onslaught

After 84 cases of hepatitis in children were discovered in the U.K. without a known cause, Israel begins monitoring similar cases in hopes of finding an explanation for the recent surge

Before World War II, the Dutch East Indies colony was home to hundreds of ‘Baghdadi’ Jews from Iraq who emigrated to Southeast Asia. While most had left, their presence is still felt in the world’s most populous Muslim country

Three explosions rocked Afghanistan on Thursday, all targeting the country's minority Shi'ite Muslims

A new book reveals how a group of wealthy German industrialists thrived during the Third Reich – and afterward too. Author David de Jong explains why some firms still haven’t faced up to their wartime sins

With home prices rising 13 percent in a year, a quarter million Israelis rushed to take part in the lottery that will give winners a discount of up to 1 million shekels

Five people contributed directly to a 13-percent surge in Israel's housing prices in the past year. If prices had dropped rather than shot up you can be sure the central bank would have intervened

Is the number of cases in Israel unusually high, what are the symptoms of the disease and is it linked to the coronavirus? Haaretz explains

The victim's family reported he was abducted on Tuesday outside the central Israel city of Tira ■ The police have so far detained two suspects and issued a gag order on the case

The Azovstal plant has served as a shelter for civilians, police and soldiers in the besieged Ukrainian city ■ Zelenskyy: Russia controls most of the city, about 120,000 civilians are trapped

Ecological camping, beehives and artists try to give new life to one of Jerusalem's most notorious buildings – and change how we view wasted rooftop space

Palestinians threw stones and fireworks at Israeli police officers, who responded by firing sponge-tipped bullets and tear gas, leaving at least one injured

Brig. Gen. Shlomi Binder, Israel's outgoing commander of the 91st Galilee Division, adds however that as the Lebanese crisis deepens, Hezbollah is allowing for a bigger Iranian footprint. He also has a dire warning for Nasrallah

The Israeli decision to refrain from imposing a complete closure on the Palestinian Territories could have conflicting results ■ How Israel failed to explain its Temple Mount policy

Globalization can survive without Russia, but it can’t without China. Israel would be one of the biggest losers if it collapses.

Unlike previous years, Israel did not maintain the curfew on Palestinians from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip through the interim days of Passover

Over 2.75 million Ukrainians have fled to Poland since Russia invaded Ukraine, and have been given a warm welcome. Accompanied by photographer Michal Chelbin, our correspondent visited these crowded homes in an effort to understand what opened the Po...

Research scientists tend to shy away from activism, fearing they won't be able to argue their case objectively. But in the light of the indifference to the climate crisis, the rules of the game might be starting to change

Israel's military described the attack as the most significant since last May's fighting with the Hamas-controlled enclave ■ Overnight sirens sounded near the Gaza border were triggered by gunfire rather than rockets, IDF clarifies

Tehran does not specify the nationalities of the Mossad agents, according to the semi-official Fars news agency

Prosecutors say Israeli private detective targeted U.S. companies to steal email account passwords on behalf of unnamed third parties

The Al-Aqsa Mosque and Temple Mount are the most potent symbols of Palestinian nationalists and Israeli far-right activists. But is the holy site truly the reason for renewed violence, or are larger forces driving events?

Officials were also caught off guard by the United Arab Emirates' criticism of Israel after violent clashes broke out between police and Palestinians on Jerusalem's Temple Mount

If the merger goes through, Israel's Arkia airline will suffer losses estimated to be up to $3.11 million monthly

A rag-tag team of police, soldiers and volunteers are trapped in Mariupol's Azovstal steel plant with a few hundred civilians under non-stop bombs: 'we need a third party to guarantee the civilians can leave safely,' they say

New study of a partial pterosaur skull found in Brazil shows it had feathers, though not flight feathers, and seems to have had a multicolored head. This could have lent itself to displays

Hamas says Israel should bear full responsibility for march's consequence ■ Far-right lawmaker Ben-Gvir joins marchers ■ 20 breach barriers to reach Damascus Gate

An expedition of scientists and artists, adventurers all, embarked on a four-day desert journey. Their goal: to retrace an ancient trade route that connected the Kingdom of Judah to the Kingdom of Edom

The ‘party of Reagan’ long ago became a conspiracy-inclined Trump cult that goes by the name ‘Republican,’ where its only policy is opposing any steps taken by Biden, even if it means supporting Putin

A Passover miracle: Special Project, carried out with the support of Egyptian authorities, seeks to preserve synagogues, cemeteries and priceless documents left behind after Jews were expelled

Jewish refugees fleeing the Russian army find sanctuary in a Lviv synagogue, but outside they're surrounded by war, instability and antisemitism that brings back memories from dark periods in history

A year after a landmark High Court ruling, the Reform movement in Israel has enjoyed a 63 percent increase in participants to its conversion programs, and may have the Haredim partly to thank for those numbers

Despite the renewed Israeli offer, the Kremlin said that there would need to be a 'tangible reason' for a meeting with the Ukrainian president to take place

Recent victories for Hungary's Orban and Serbia's Vucic are gifts for Putin. Amidst Russian atrocities in Ukraine, where is Western pressure on Europe’s most Kremlin-friendly leaders, in Budapest, Belgrade and Banja Luka?

Marina Ovsyannikova, the journalist who dramatically demonstrated against the Ukraine war live on Russian TV, wrote in German newspaper Die Welt on why she finally broke her silence, after spreading Putin's lies for so long

It was known that Jews used stone cups and dishes, but now Mount Zion archaeologist Shimon Gibson sheds light on their actual use from King Herod’s time - and until the Bar Kochba debacle

Families that escaped the horrors of the war find a safe haven in Nof Hagalil, where the mayor has declared an ‘open arms’ policy. But despite the warm welcome, many miss their old home and worry for those left behind

Ahead of the 50th anniversary of the Munich Olympics attack, families of the Israeli victims demand compensation from Libyan funds frozen in Germany, and are aided by an extensive report on Libya's involvement in the massacre

The decision to scrap the mask mandate comes amid a marked drop in COVID cases in Israel and will not apply to high-risk places, such as hospitals

Eight months after opening, Six Senses Shaharut, a luxury resort in the Arava desert, makes it on to Travel and Leisure’s prestigious global list

Alongside growing Ukrainian nationalism are those parroting Kremlin propaganda, and the government is ready to restrict opposition media channels and devalue the Russian language to quell them

Israel's High Court calls on the state to 'amend the regulations' on rules of engagement, despite rejecting a petition by the parents of a suspected car thief who was shot dead by a policeman in 2019

At a meeting of leaders of militant Gaza groups, Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar stressed the need to coordinate their actions, after a rocket was fired at Israel

The back-and-forth between Israel Police and the right-wing groups ends in stalemate, but the organizers insist on pushing on with a march route that includes dancing at the Old City's Damascus Gate

On Shin Bet's recommendation, Bennett bars far-right lawmaker from Jerusalem flag march ■ Organizers vow to pass through Damascus Gate after stalemate in police negotiations

Press photographer Majdi Shtayyeh, who was shot while covering a 2017 demonstration in Nablus for the Associated Press, will receive one-time compensation from Israel's Defense Ministry

Other than around Jerusalem's Old City, the current escalation isn’t drawing mass Palestinian participation – but Fatah’s conduct in both the West Bank and Gaza may be cause for concern

The Church of St. Alexander Nevsky has 'long been' at the top of Moscow's requests from Israel, spokesman says, after Bennett receives letter from Putin urging him to intervene