Sources in Likud criticized Netanyahu’s plan to oppose the bill, with a senior member of the party saying that the opposition leader 'is causing very serious damage to Likud'

Finland and Sweden formally apply to join NATO in light of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The decision, however, faces objections from Turkey

Cuneiform tablets, jewels, and 1,800 coins, including one bearing the name of Shimon Bar Kochba, found in antiquities trader's house in Modiin

'Due to an error in identification, the IDF Aerial Defense Array launched interceptors which caused the alarms heard in northern Israel,' the army said in a statement.

Physicians in public service – those working in schools, local clinics, government ministries and other institutions, including in administrative positions, will strike after an assault on medical staff earlier this week

Former senior Mossad officials described Yossi Cohen’s conduct as ‘madness’ after three trips to Congo on Israel’s behalf for problematic purposes that are barred from publication. The visits weren’t coordinated with Congo’s government an...

Israel marks the dissent in Iran over its faltering economy as a soft underbelly, and as an opportunity to increase financial sanctions as leverage on Tehran to withdraw from its nuclear program

Politicians have no choice but to allow the parade, which is often accompanied by violence and racist chants, year after year

Military's Police will not open an investigation into the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh on grounds that there is no suspicion of a criminal act. Decision likely to provoke criticism from Washington

In order to meet the High Court requirement by the end of 2022, there should be 13,600 inmates in prisons service facilities, however, the number has jumped from about 14,000 prisoners in February to almost 15,000 in May

In a letter to Israel's justice minister, Ayelet Shaked objected to joining the treaty, arguing it would require Israel to grant residency status to foreign women who have suffered from violence

Of the 616 indictments issued during last year's nationwide wave of violence in Israel's mixed Jewish-Arab cities, 545 were against Arabs

Doctors in public hospitals and clinics will strike for 24 hours on Thursday in protest of hospital management and security, who they say failed to take concerns seriously

A hard-line policy of refusing to support any proposed government legislation, even one that benefits IDF soldiers, could yet backfire on Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud party, experts warn

Last April, 45 people died in Israel's worst civilian disaster after Lag Ba'omer revelers slipped, causing a panicked stampede in a narrow passageway

Pro-Israel groups spent millions against their preferred candidates’ progressive challengers, cashing in two victories in North Carolina and raising alarms over super PACs’ election influence

'Chelm: The Smartest Place on Earth,' which Sacha Baron Cohen is also co-developing, will play on the classic Jewish folktales inspired by the infamous 'town of fools'

Until now Denisovan bones had only been found in one Siberian cave, and maybe Tibet. New find lends credence to discovery that some Southeast Asians have lots of Denisovan DNA

At 70, avant-garde musician Dror Feiler is best-known as one of the organizers of the Gaza aid flotillas and an art installation featuring a Palestinian suicide bomber. But the Israeli artist who lives in Sweden stresses that despite all the controve...

Last year's flag march, despite a last-minute change to the contentious route to avoid the Muslim Quarter, devolved into violence and May's Operation Guardian of the Walls in Gaza

European nations have collectively expelled over 300 Russians since the country's invasion of Ukraine, with many accusing Russian diplomats of spying –which Moscow has denied

Police say examination found the handwriting on the threatening letters to fully match the suspect's, who denies all charges, leaving 'no doubt as to her involvement'

The event, the first of its kind in the southern town of Netivot, was canceled after the car window of the mother of one of the organizers was smashed and a bullet was left outside her workplace

The rally comes as the Supreme Court appears poised to overturn the ruling that legalized abortion nationwide. Jewish groups and lawmakers promised to keep fighting against new restrictions

Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the Finns and Swedes against joining NATO, but then did the one thing that would push them to join. Now the military alliance needs to get Turkey and Hungary on board

Ran Zimmt says demonstrations against cuts in state subsidies probably won't reach the scale of Iran's previous protests

Sitting on the shores of the Sea of Galilee, old Tiberias is full of winding streets and ancient monuments – most of which are currently in a shockingly derelict state

France's far left is giving Léon Blum an encore. But France's path-breaking first Jewish, first socialist premier would be less than gratified by the troubling similarities between Jean-Luc Mélenchon's leftism and Le Pen's far right

Testimonies from Health Ministry employees indicate that sexual assault complaints don't receive adequate responses, and coming forward can even jeopardize your career

Demonstrators hurl insults at Bennett as he visits the family of Noam Raz, killed in a Jenin arrest raid last week

Israel's Defense Minister Gantz decides to send the equipment to Ukrainian emergency services and civilian organizations

It was once thought that nations might beat their swords into burger flippers, but 850 restaurants in Russia didn’t stop Putin from going to war. It’s McDonald’s that’s surrendering

Sweden and Finland's decision to join NATO is one of the most significant changes in Europe's security architecture for decades, reflecting a sweeping shift in public opinion since Russia's invasion of Ukraine

Members of Buffalo's Jewish community compare Saturday’s far-right attack against the city's Black community, which left 10 people dead, to the 2018 Tree of Life massacre in Pittsburgh

AIPAC-backed opponent Steve Irwin has yet to concede, trailing behind by 600 votes with approximately 99 percent of the votes counted

The demolitions are carried out in accordance with a draconian order that requires residents to present a building permit within 96 hours, and cannot be appealed

Activists criticize Religious Services Ministry for reserving only a quarter of the tickets for women, following the government's decision to restrict attendance after last year's deadly stampede

Some still suffer from physical injuries, some stopped working, and all still bear psychological scars. Until the government authorizes compensation, the injured have been left alone to cope with their challenges

While public protest led to political returns in Lebanon's elections, the new map of political power elicits fear that disputes between opponents and supporters of Hezbollah will spill over to the streets

Nadar al-Sharif is in serious condition after being hit by a sponge-tipped bullet at the funeral of Walid al-Sharif, who died after being injured in clashes with Israeli police at the Temple Mount

Turkey, Jordan and UAE leaders assented to the Israeli president's proposal, and agreed to move ahead on the issue in the coming months, sources say

The Russia-Ukraine war is now one of small victories and small setbacks that don’t change the big picture

Under the current policy, women whose husbands refuse to grant them a religious divorce require their husband's permission to receive a sperm donation and undergo in vitro fertilization

Health Ministry rejects report by outgoing director-general detailing how officials separated children from parents who came to Israel from Yemen; Knesset Health Committee demands it be made public

The manufacturing site, located in Tajikistan's capital, will oversee the production of the Iranian drone Ababil 2, Iran state media says

The Valkyries’ ride to Tel Aviv? The Wagner Society is preparing a Tel Aviv festival featuring music by the composer. Israel's culture minister said the attempt reflects ‘insensitivity,’ due to Wagner's association with antisemitism

Ambassador Brodsky says he is looking into the possibility of returning to Kyiv on a permanent basis after Israel moved diplomats to Lviv days before Russia's invasion of Ukraine

After Israel advanced over 4,000 housing units for Jews in the West Bank, Macron express his concerns over the matter in a call with Bennett. A readout by the premier's office, however, fails to mention it

Despite growth of over 400 percent, Israeli Military Intelligence officials say that number and quality of attack targets in Gaza Strip is lower than in other areas

The assumption had been that the alabaster for the royal hygienic furnishings and other artifacts in Second Temple-period Judea was Egypt. Not so, analysis at Bar-Ilan University finds

'Finland's membership in NATO will not change our basic thinking that we will always seek peaceful solutions,' Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto says

Right-wing protesters at the West Bank settlement of Elkana accused Bennett of 'selling Elkana to the Arabs,' a week after Israel authorized 500 new housing units for settlers there

Majority of East Jerusalem Palestinians are unable to apply for municipality job to provide services to own sector because they don't have Israeli citizenship

Following the controversy over the organization's involvement in harassing Women of the Wall, the WZO passed a resolution condemning that behavior and promising to avoid a similar occurrence in the future

After the 2021 collapse and stampede that killed 45 people at a Lag Ba'omer event at Mount Meron, officials have run into roadblocks attempting to secure the site for this year's celebrations

Meanwhile, Israeli officials began discussing ending isolation requirements over the last few days in light of the continued decline in incidence of the virus

Lebanon's election results, which could lead to sharper polarization between Hezbollah allies and opponents, reflect widespread anger regarding the country's economic collapse and fallout from the 2020 Beirut port explosion

Defense minister Gantz warns Iran is now weeks away from accumulating sufficient material to construct a nuclear bomb

The drone was monitored by air control units throughout its flight, says Israeli army

An aide to Ukrainian President Zelenskyy said there were about ‘40 Jewish heroes’ fighting in one of the Ukraine war's most epic battles, but others wonder if there was even one Jew at the site prior to Monday’s evacuation of the Mariupol plant

The violence followed the armed arrival of Libya's appointed prime minister Fathi Bashagha, although he has since left the city, according to his office

Jews represent less than 0.0004 percent of India's population. So how can its dating sites claim to have millions of Jewish profiles? What does it mean to call yourself 'Jewish' in India today – or to call yourself 'Hitler'?

The evacuation of fighters from Ukraine's last stronghold marks the end of the bloodiest battle in the war so far. Ukrainian troops were taken to Russian-held cities and will be subject to future prisoner exchange

Israeli army says the man ran toward soldiers near Nablus armed with a knife

Kfir Malka, tasked with providing Israeli authorities and organizers expert advice for Wednesday's pilgrimage at Mount Meron, said that warning were ignored and outside interests were influencing decisions

Divisions mount as fears of early elections come amid continued friction between coalition members

Following the deadly attack in Buffalo, Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming harshly criticized members of her party for contributing to 'replacement theory' which appeared in the shooter's manifesto

The unit holed up in what was the last Ukrainian stronghold in Mariupol said it was fulfilling orders to save the lives of troops at the plant, which has become a symbol of Ukrainian resistance to Russia's invasion

Clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police during Walid al-Sharif's funeral leave a Palestinian man in serious condition and several Israeli officers lightly wounded

Swedish and Finnish diplomats shouldn't bother trying to convince Turkey, President Erdogan says after reports of planned visit to address Ankara's objection

The ruling was made in regard to two Ukrainians who came to Israel before the war, but is likely to be applied universally to other Ukrainian asylum seekers in Israel

Attempts by ultra-Orthodox Jews to disrupt the Women of the Wall's monthly prayer at the Kotel are nothing new. But the tacit involvement of a leading Zionist organization raised many eyebrows in Israel and abroad

The proposed revamp of the military's strategy follows the death of an Israeli officer during a raid in Jenin

A week after the Health Ministry scrapped coronavirus tests at Tel Aviv airport, it lifts other entry requirements

Lawsuit filed by families of 10 victims of the Mount Meron disaster details over 200 government failings that it claims led to their relatives' death during an annual pilgrimage in Israel's north

Court extended detention of Yosef Ohayon for a week on suspicion of having sex with minors, making threats and assault following an undercover police investigation

Dr. Elad Dukov, who is a member of the Haifa university's faculty, says his statements against an LGBTQ event 'may be construed in a way that does not reflect my stances and values'

The pro-Israel group’s United Democracy Project has spent unprecedented amounts promoting centrist Democrats ahead of Tuesday’s votes in Pennsylvania and North Carolina. How effective will it prove?

People ask Joshua Cohen if he’s heard from Benjamin Netanyahu about his book that satirizes the former prime minister’s years in America. Yet it was another leader who inspired him, he tells the Haaretz Weekly podcast

This is how the debate in Sweden changed, leading to the announcement Monday the country will join Finland in seeking NATO membership

The Amman-bound flight is the first since 2016 as a nationwide truce is largely respected by warring sides

Offering 10 apartments to Arabs only is 'anti-liberal,' Tel Aviv residents argue

Swedish prime minister dubs the move a 'historic change' for the northern European country, which Russia warns would destabilize the continent

Alon Kastiel has served nearly four years of his four-year-and-nine-month sentence for attempted rape, indecent acts by force and other sexual offenses

The Charlottesville chant 'Jews will not replace us' is directly linked to the conspiracy theory that has now led to the slaughter of Jews, Blacks and Latinos, a lethal incitement normalized and amplified by Fox and the GOP

In the barren hills over a Red Sea resort, a prehistoric site replete with religious symbolism may indicate the dawn of a new belief in life after death