It will soon become clearer to which degree the third lockdown will have influenced the rate of infection. In the meantime, TV studios are glorifying the prime minister

Trump's action drew immediate criticism from election-law experts and congressional Democrats who said it could amount to an illegal act

The Pay2Key group claims it managed to hack the data of yet another Israeli defense firm; meanwhile, a group of anonymous Israeli hackers is mounting a counteroffensive

It is still unclear what role, if at all, the Iranians played in the attack. But as the anniversary of General Soleimani's death nears, the entire Middle East is riddled with warning signs

Efforts to involve the U.S. armed forces in resolving 'election disputes would take us into dangerous, unlawful and unconstitutional territory,' they wrote

Israel to focus on giving second doses of vaccine from next week ■ Palestinian Authority imposes new restrictions, including nighttime curfew as cases soar ■ Senior health official proposes delaying second vaccine shot in order to combat shortage...

Damage to infrastructure, whose cause is still unknown, caused short-circuit that heated up water pooled underground

Don’t declare victory over COVID-19 pandemic until the final whistle blows

By 2065 Israel is slated to be the second-most crowded nation on earth. Can it continue to grow like Nigeria while maintaining a standard of living like the Netherlands?

Against all odds, the Israeli TV industry had a pretty good 2020. The big question this year is whether ‘Fauda’ co-creator Lior Raz can become a global star with his upcoming Netflix thriller ‘Hit and Run’

The center-left has only itself to blame for losing even the banner of coexistence to the right

The latest contender in the crowded field data storage comes from Serverfarm, a U.S. company led by Israeli Avner Papouchado, scion of the family that started Red Sea Hotels in Israel in the 1970s

We learn a lot from the surprising serenity prevailing on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange about what’s ahead for this year

Israel is beginning the third week of the vaccination campaign with over one million Israelis already having received the first dose of the vaccine

Cause of fire and explosions not immediately clear, with Lebanon's LBC TV saying the warehouse was used by smugglers

In an interview with Israel's Channel 12 News, the New Hope party chief firmly vows that sitting in a government with Netanyahu is off the cards

The Knesset won’t get another chance to pass a 2021 budget until July at the earliest. Practically, reforms will only be felt a year from now

Likud breakaway Sa'ar calls to reform Israel's justice system, opposes Netanyahu's efforts to draft self-serving legislation amid his corruption charges

Plan, which sought to address systemic racism in policing, sees dwindling applications and only 23 pardons granted since the plan's inception

As American death toll nears 350,000, Fauci and U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams defend accuracy of figures

Indictment details 230 alleged instances of Netanyahu or his family making demands of the Walla news site while he was communications minister

Hezbollah demonstrations mark first anniversary of killing of Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani, as Tehran accuses Israel of stoking war with U.S.

Tehran says its ballistic missile program is non-negotiable, while Biden has promised to join the nuclear deal while building on it

During World War II, Stepan Bandera led the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, whose men killed thousands of Jews and Poles

The Lincoln Project's Steve Schmidt warns of a political civil war coming in the Republican Party - and Mike Pence is caught in the middle

Democratic veterans Nita Lowey and Eliot Engel were favorites of AIPAC and staunch opponents of the Iran deal

California reports a record 585 virus deaths in single day

The Blackwater firm, whose name has since changed, was founded by former Navy SEAL Erik Prince, a Trump ally whose sister, Betsy DeVos, is education secretary. Their cause also was championed by Fox News personality Pete Hegseth

Woman in her thirties sustained wounds to her head ■ Palestinians report 15 youth arrested by soldiers in nearby village

Biden will rally alongside Democrats Ossoff and Warnock in Atlanta on Monday, while Trump will visit heavily Republican Whitfield County in northwestern Georgia

Health Ministry's deputy director-general proposes stocks be used to vaccinate as many people with single dose, in line with U.K. medical group recommendations, but director-general rejects idea

The Health Ministry has abandoned its failed contact tracing app and is now working on a new one that users can present if they’ve been vaccinated against coronavirus – if it passes legal muster

U.S. appeals court rejects lawmaker's bid to have Pence overturn Biden's win

Tel Aviv municipality has not determined source of the problem that led to two buildings being evacuated, but investigation of the mystery continues

Sunday marks one year since killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani. Defense officials are at odds over whether Tehran’s threats are exaggerated or presage an attack in near the end of Trump's administration

Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz adds that Israel is on alert Sunday, the one-year anniversary of the assassination of Tehran's top general, Qassem Soleimani

Thousands joined the mock funeral procession on the highway leading to the Baghdad airport where the strike that killed Gen. Qassem Soleimani and senior Iraqi militia leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis took place last January

Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah called the Ted Cruz-led effort an 'ill-conceived endeavor' and added 'I could never have imagined seeing these things in the greatest democracy in the world. Has ambition so eclipsed principle?'

King, who was born in Brooklyn, New York to Orthodox Jewish parents, has had medical issues in recent decades, including heart attacks and diagnoses of diabetes and lung cancer

At the moment, the main assets of Benny Gantz's party are its significant funding and a bit of kindly sympathy for its battered leader

The Palestinian government imposes new restrictions, including nighttime curfew ■ Israel's coronavirus czar wants schools shut ■ 18 more cases of U.K. mutation identified as Israel marks millionth vaccination

787 West Bank Palestinians, including 155 minors, were wounded last year by either sponge-tipped or live bullets fired by soldiers and the Border Police. Bashar lost an eye, Yousef has skull fractures. Both will require long convalescences

Originally implemented in September 2019, the Day Care Supervision Law has only been partially implemented in light of the absence of the necessary regulations until now

Israel has faced a slew of cyberattacks in recent months. The man in charge of responding to them tells Haaretz about how his team does it

Coronavirus response chief calls to shut all schools as Israelis appear to be ignoring movement restrictions

Israeli troops fired at protesters who were supporting shepherds whose village had been demolished. After one protester was hit with a rubber bullet, soldiers tried to prevent him from getting treatment

14 detained as hundreds take to the streets as the investigation into Ahuvia Sandak's death continues ■ Police report damage to police car, seven officers wounded

Harun Abu Aram was shot in the neck by Israeli forces near Hebron, witnesses say, as he remains hospitalized and on life support ■ Forces seemed 'as though they were heading into a war'

The PA introduces a slew of restrictions in the West Bank, but face the challenge of convincing an indifferent public to abide by them

The Environmental Protection Ministry will provide preschools with funding to purchase a dishwasher, reusable utensils following protests from parents against single-use cutlery and plates

Anti-corruption demonstrations across the country continue into their 28th week, with two teens arrested for alleged attack in northern Israel

Iraq’s shortage of electricity has driven it to form alliances with several countries – and even Israeli natural gas is implicated in the ensuing tangle

Palestinian police need Israeli approval to enter Kafr Aqab, which is officially in Jerusalem but lies on the Palestinian side of Israel's West Bank wall. Locals say Israeli forces and authorities rarely police or even visit it

'Be careful,' Zarif says on Twitter, 'Any fireworks will backfire badly'

Blog posts accusing a famous Egyptian film director of sexual harassment and assault raise little hope for an investigation, but put the question of social punishment on the agenda

Al-Shabab takes responsibility for the attack outside Mogadishu, which comes amid Ankara's growing involvement in regional power struggles

Bylaw bars the use of dishes, glasses and straws made of plastic, aluminum, cardboard or paper on the beaches of the southern resort city

The move comes amid heightened tensions between Iran and the United States in the waning days of the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump

In Israel, we're taught to look down on Christianity. But we're more Christian than we'd like to believe

Why Avraham Burg, who has served as Knesset speaker, interim president and head of the Jewish Agency, is asking Israel to annul his registration as a Jew

Republicans override Trump veto for first time in his presidency, 20 days before his term ends

The school is the only one in Israel that lacks a regular water supply, and the students wait every day for tankers to show up – which they often don’t, or come half empty

On human evolution: cooking before fire, storing perishables before electricity, counterfeiting before money, enigmatic footprints in Saudi Arabia, moon gods and shamans and so much more

These are the best photos of the year taken by Haaretz photographers, moments of history caught on camera

Israel may be the best-defended state in the world, but its people's existence is based on an ethos of constant fear

This week at the Tel Aviv airport: A woman volunteers on an extraordinary international mission, and a man heads to celebrate Christmas with his partner for the first time

The growth rate of classes in mainstream schools for students with autism is not keeping up with the number of children diagnosed

Military says 'violent riot' erupted during routine operation to deal with illegal construction, is investigating report of shooting

Solemaini's replacement as head of the Quds Force warns that from inside your own house, there may emerge someone who will retaliate'

Sold into prostitution in Hungary, Chile Ezra was smuggled into Israel and forced to be a sex worker; she was also brutally raped. After years, and against all odds, she managed to extricate herself. Today all she wants is to remain in Israel and to ...

According to the outgoing justice minister, Gantz floated the idea of running on a joint ticket with Yamina as the two former allies traded parting blows

In the absence of an agreement on an amendment, women who lost their jobs during the pandemic will be trapped in a limbo from next week, receiving no maternity allowances or unemployment benefits

Police say protesters threw stones and eggs at them at a protest against the death of Ahuvia Sandak, who was killed in a car chase with police in the West Bank

Carlos Telleldin, who was accused of supplying the van that exploded at the Jewish Center in Buenos Aires, tweeted that Jews want to give lessons of morality while killing Palestinians

It all comes down to how many doses arrive in January

For years, settlers and right-wing activists have been calling for the closure of the police section in charge of nationalist crime perpetrated by the so-called hilltop youth. This week, even defense officials joined in

Some have concluded that now is the time to enter politics and are stressing transparency, integrity, the principles of the Declaration of Independence and a clear voice for women

Enforcement, rehabilitation, prevention and education are needed for Israel to truly claim its place among the ranks of progressive countries fighting to end prostitution and human trafficking

The trend was not evident in the ultra-Orthodox community, where people learned to live with the crisis, according to a report by the Religious Affairs Ministry

The Settlement Affairs Ministry has allocated $6.2 million for West Bank regional councils to purchase electronic tracking devices to monitor building by Palestinians, who are seldom granted construction permits

In the 28th week of anti-Netanyahu protests across Israel, pro- and anti-Netanyahu demonstrators face off in Binyamina

A growing group of Israeli business owners discovered Mark Zuckerberg cut off their oxygen supply just when they needed it most. They now want to file suit - and hold Facebook accountable

Tal Dilian was a respected member of Israel's elite intel units. In recent years he’s set up shop overseas and has orchestrated a number of massive cyber deals | A profile

The charges allege that Shimi Marciano slapped and pushed a 12-year-old demonstrator to the ground who had tried to flee and pushed another protester who filmed officers at the protest

After two Christmas trees were set alight in Sakhnin, the tree outside the Catholic church was ignited again this week, with graffiti reading 'Only the Prophet Muhammad' scrawled on the building

Many of Israel’s biggest celebrities accuse Eshkolot, a company responsible for distributing royalty payments, of being secretive and skimming too much of the money it collects