Millions of people in Texas awoke on Wednesday without heat again as the power grid fails. Cold snap has killed at least 21 people across four states

Despite their current differences, McConnell played a major role during Trump's administration in helping pass the president's signature 2017 tax cut and in confirming three conservative justices for the U.S. Supreme Court

Gold was first diagnosed with cancer in 2013. His brother Elon is a noted standup comedian who references his Jewishness in routines

The Australian Jewish news reported that in September, Amir Weintraub, an Israeli tennis player, and Avi Peretz, chair of the Israel Tennis Association, tried to convince Karatsev to play internationally for Israel

Shipment from West Bank includes some 1,000 Sputnik V vaccines donated by Russia to the Palestinian Authority

Kahanist party asked to bar Ibtisam Mara’ana claiming she had called to destroy an Israeli city. Decision will now be debated at the Supreme Court

Israel's Education Ministry wants names of vaccinated teachers, students ■ Chief rabbi removes judge after he refused vaccine ■ West Bank coronavirus vaccine rollout on hold, as Gaza awaits first shipment

Forecasters predicting snowfall may reach up to 4 inches in the capital. Schools cancelled in northern Israel as snow blankets region

Many guides have concluded that tourism won’t be back anytime soon and are starting to look for other work

A preliminary estimate by Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics shows that GDP contracted 2.4 percent despite pandemic

The committee will discuss a request to disqualify Ibtisam Mara’ana for comments she made on social media

Some 230 Israelis contracted the South African strain, including two who had already recovered from a coronavirus infection

Rabbi Lau’s office said on Tuesday that as far as he is concerned, all the judges are required to be vaccinated

New poll sees bloc of parties opposing Netanyahu secure 61-seat majority

Despite the removal of the skits, taken from satirical comedy 'the Jews are Coming' from the Education Ministry website, teachers can still use them in lessons

Within a few years, the air force will have 75 F-35s. The IDF also plans to purchase another squadron of Boeing’s F-15s

Exercise included targeting rocket and missile storage sites and responding to rockets and cruise missiles directed at Israel

The arrest of Israelis on suspicion of developing, producing and illegally selling arms to an Asian superpower rival of the U.S. doesn’t reflect good law enforcement – but fear. Meanwhile, Malaysia, Vietnam and Azerbaijan remain controversial mar...

Last week, revelations surfaced that the Lincoln Project knew about allegations of sexual harassment involving one of its co-founders several months before acknowledging them publicly

Emergency services and the Israel Electric Corporation have increased preparations ahead of stormy conditions; forecasters are predicting snowfall may reach up to 4 inches

Remarks come amid concerns that Biden is sending a message to the Israeli government after not calling during his first several weeks in office

The occupation may be a fact of life for Palestinians, but on Hebrew Wikipedia, too, the creeping annexation is making headway

Doctors can't say with certainty whether the fetus died of COVID-19, but they haven't ruled it out either

In footage published by BBC, the daughter of Dubai's ruler says she is being held against her will in a barricaded villa with police officers stationed outside and inside

A Palestinian women's rights expert says the ruling might have aimed at stemming a recent increase in Gaza women seeking work outside the small coastal territory, where employment is 49 percent

From blaming Gantz for Israel's COVID deaths to the PM's corruption trial and ties with the United Arab List – Haaretz fact-checks Netanyahu's claims ahead of the March election

Communications with Damascus on the matter are mediated by Russia

From who wins the coronavirus narrative to whether Yair Lapid can break the 20-seat ceiling (and at whose expense), these are the key factors ahead of the March 23 Israel election

The blaze spread for three days after an explosion on Saturday which set off a huge fire that engulfed many of the hundreds of trucks lined up at the border crossing

Ankara accuses Kurdish PKK militants of killing 13 Turkish captives in northern Iraq

The social network went dark after Amazon suspended the platform from its web hosting service and Google and Apple banned the app following the January 6 Capitol attack

'This fascist who attacked our president would have been a damn Nazi if he had lived during World War II,' said a spokesman Erdogan's AK Party in response

Police say they have launched an investigation into the incident in the settlement of Shiloh, which comes after five suspects have been detained on suspicion of committing hate crimes in the West Bank in the last two days

Three Libyans who joined the 2011 mass protests share their story, as the country remains still split between rival factions

Kosovo courted Israel, unrequited, for a decade. This is how Yasser Arafat, Trumpist transactionalism, the ‘Muslim terrorist’ phantasm, appeals to Holocaust memory and fear of succession played a part in Israel’s decision

This is the second such joint Russia-Iran exercise since 2019, when the two nations plus China held a four-day exercise, and comes amid a tense standoff with the U.S. over the Iran's nuclear capabilities

Jewish leaders are calling for an investigation into incitement to violence and discrimination after a far-right event attended by 300

A former minister slams Labor leader Merav Michaeli's pick of Tel Aviv-based candidate for Arab slot on party list, deliberates teaming up with other parties

2,500 U.S. and about 10,000 NATO troops are still in Afghanistan, while analysts agree there is no easy solution to the war-ravaged country's deteriorating conditions

As electioneering steps up in earnest, the prime minister's former ally takes aim at the government's handling of the coronavirus crisis, arguing the dead are 'just background noise' for Netanyahu

'We will not be able to be part of such a process if the new administration returns to that deal,' Ambassador Gilad Erdan says

The Palestinian Authority, which has inoculated medical staff against COVID-19, puts vaccine rollout in the West Bank on hold

The vice president of a survivors' committee weighed in on the failure of German courts to prosecute Nazi criminals after the belated trials of a former concentration camp guard and secretary in February

Cabinet approves partial reopening of commerce, schools on Sunday ■ Education Ministry wants names of vaccinated teachers, students ■ West Bank coronavirus vaccine rollout on hold, as Gaza awaits first shipment

Neanderthals hadn't been thought capable of fashioning clever 'Nubian Levallois' tools. Now a tooth found with such tools in a West Bank cave has been identified as Neanderthal

Attorney general okays giving COVID information to the ministry, while Health Ministry opposes move over privacy concerns

The data is encouraging, but how long it will take for Israel to return to the normality of pre-COVID days depends on questions with no clear answers

Iraqi president says rocket attack on area near where U.S. forces are based in northern Iraq is a 'dangerous escalation'

The private equity fund lost big in its deal to sell Psagot Investment House because financial services is a competitive market; It did much better when it sold the dairy monopoly Tnuva

National Insurance Institute paid benefits to 382,000 people who did not qualify because it lacked access to up-to-date data on their status

Stores, malls, museums and more get green light, grades 7-10 will stay home in next phase of Israel's COVID lockdown exit

Lapid's Yesh Atid could become the second-largest in the Knesset, but it fears eating into support for its center-left allies

Israel's coronavirus flight ban left thousands stranded abroad, often in violation of local laws. A draconian solution turned into a nightmare

In an interview with Channel 12 news, Netanyahu says he spoke with Milchan, who is at the heart of one of the three corruption cases against the prime minister, 'Once or twice' since the charges were filed

Religious Zionism, led by Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir passes threshold with five seats ■ Prime Minister Netanyahu's Likud party is still the biggest party with 28 seats, according to the Channel 13 poll

Rabbi Eliezer Berland, who had previously done prison time for sexual offenses, is charged with 16 counts of fraud and exploitation, and with money laundering totaling $43 million

The suspects were arrested as part of a joint operation by the Shin Bet and police ■ A gag order has been placed on details of the investigation

Gyms, tourism and cultural venues to reopen to vaccinated Israelis ■ Gatherings of 10 indoors, 20 outdoors permitted beginning Friday ■ Netanyahu still mulling additional restrictions over Purim

In challenge to Biden's hopes of rejoining the accord, spokesman says steps are reversible if 'other party changes its path and honors its obligations'

In the years since the attack that killed 17, some of the victims’ Jewish parents have become prominent activists for gun control and school safety

Fauci, who has won the Dan David Prize for his work during the COVID pandemic, has butted heads with Trump over the management of the crisis

Their claims were explosive. Their evidence was weak. These are the superspreaders

The Biden team will work closely with whoever wins next month's election, but one source close to the administration says Netanyahu has ‘personally undermined any goodwill about engaging with him’

The former president has met with political aides to discuss efforts to help Republicans try to take control of the House and Senate in the 2022 midterms elections

Five Israeli children hospitalized, one in serious condition, as experts warn that reopening schools will cause spike in COVID infection among kids too young to be vaccinated

Turkey summons U.S. ambassador over statement on Iraq killings

The message is getting out, say N.Y.-area health-care workers: Between 'going on a vent' and getting a shot – it's best for expecting moms to avoid the worst-case scenario of COVID-19 infection

British thriller ‘Behind Her Eyes’ is the latest best-selling novel to get the Netflix treatment. But is a six-part series really the best format for it?

After criticism, Virginia RNC member Patricia Bast Lyman apologizes, saying she was misunderstood

Despite numerous assaults, only seven indictments have been filed in the eight months since the protests began

Mercaz Olami, the Zionist organization of the Conservative-Masorti movement, is the latest Diaspora group to voice opposition of the move

How warriors against 'cancel culture', Bari Weiss and Ben Shapiro, give conservatives like Gina Carano a free pass on the same antisemitism they condemn so fiercely when it comes from the ‘woke’ left

In a statement on Twitter, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea said the attacks halted operations at the airports for two hours as a result

Senator Graham told Fox News' Chris Wallace, 'If she runs, I will certainly be behind her because I think she represents the future of the Republican Party'

Palestinian Authority requests 1,000 vaccines for Gaza medical teams ■ Head of Knesset committee: Jabs will reach Hamas, not medics

Recovered patients – 650,000 people and counting – aren't eligible to get vaccinated against COVID despite the World Health Organization's recommendation and there being no shortage of available doses in Israel

Sensitive, knowledgeable and easy to read aloud, Rachel Tzvia Back’s English translations of the later works of the Israel Prize laureate are a pleasure to read

'She is radical, no doubt,' said Mike Lester of his congresswoman. 'But she is there to support me, radical or not'

The Israeli authorities' lies, coupled with violence by settlers and soldiers alike, are allowing the continuous expansion of so-called individual farms – i.e., illegal outposts – in the occupied territories

Survey by the American Enterprise Institute found 29% of Republicans believe the baseless claim that 'Trump has been secretly fighting a group of child sex traffickers that include prominent Democrats and Hollywood elites'

Ofer Schreiber decided to skip his legal clerkship 10 years ago and started to invest in cyber. Now he’s looking for two Israelis with an interesting story: ‘We feel very comfortable writing a large check’

From Beijing and Washington to Moscow and Tehran, political leaders and allied media effectively functioned as superspreaders

Israel announced its embassy had opened in Abu Dhabi, after the countries agreed to normalize relations in August

Gyms, pools and cultural venues to reopen for vaccinated Israelis ■ Netanyahu pushes for legislation to disclose names of unvaccinated Israelis ■ Two Israelis contract South African variant after recovery

Facilities to make beer go back over 13,000 years, but nothing the size of this facility – built by a necropolis at Abydos – had been found before

Clinging to Antarctic rock, a small sedentary animal was discovered where none were thought to be able to survive

With its plan to start buying Palestinian land to support West Bank settlements, the Jewish National Fund (or JNF) just became another acronym headache for President Biden

The White House said Biden would be calling Netanyahu soon. But even after that happens, Israel will need a lot of time to repair the damage he did to the ties with the Democratic Party