The conditions amenable to the mosquito had been thought to be correlated with agriculture creating stagnant water. Yet in Southeast Asia, the disease predated farming by at least thousands of years

Israel's borders are officially open again, but quarantine regulations and a limited number of flights have created major obstacles for Israelis hoping to fly home for Election Day

Nachman Shai tells Army Radio that the party will back the Yesh Atid chairman to lead the coalition, day after Meretz's Nitzan Horowitz declares the same

Force takes action after 20th century screed 'Protocols of the Elders of Zion' found at a checkpoint inside the congressional office building

55.9 percent of Israelis has received the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine, and 46.1 percent the second. Vaccine data shows promising results

Written mainly in Greek, newly unveiled Dead Sea Scrolls fragments contain parts of the book of the 12 minor prophets. Massive survey of Israel's Judean Desert caves also discovered body of mummified child wrapped in a 6,000-year-old blanket

The apocalyptic and messianic visions in the Dead Sea Scrolls are clear even if who the Scrolls Sect members is anything but. The Essenes are no longer a consensus option

Israelis can fly home from all locations ■ Pandemic czar says vaccine 'probably' effective for more than six months

Israeli voters tell Haaretz why they will vote differently in next week's election

Only 20.5 percent consider the Israeli-Palestinian conflict an important electoral issue, poll shows

The Association for Civil Rights in Israel called this a 'severe violation of privacy'

Economists are divided about whether Israel coped successfully; GDP fell a modest amount but population growth is high, automatically boosting GDP

More than 3,000 people have signed a petition calling for more serious charges against Yarin Sherf, who was charged with consensual prohibited relations, assault and battery

Large populations were found in the shallow waters between Haifa and Netanya last summer; researchers say it is already affecting the food chain in the sea

Working from home at a time of great uncertainty and without the usual psychological supports caused burnout to grow

A government-funded initiative, which allocates 2M shekels to fight climate change, draws municipalities' attention amid challenges to realize them

Nitzan Horowitz says Meretz seeks to be a partner in a Lapid-led gov't, while the Yesh Atid leader avoids declaring he's vying for prime minister

No one seems to believe that Bennett has burned his bridges and won't find himself back in Netanyahu's coalition after the election

Two policemen used a stun gun against the man, who refused to identify himself after they attempted to fine him for violating coronavirus regulations, causing severe head injuries, the indictment said

Deal with fund Thoma Bravo would value combined entity at $10 billion

The police said they would open a formal investigation into Yehuda Meshi-Zahav, following accusations of sexual assault and exploitation of women, men, and children revealed in a Haaretz report on Thursday

Despite facing electoral oblivion after Benny Gantz's decision to join up with Netanyahu's government, Kahol Lavan has mustered up a motley coalition of tactical and ideological voters that might keep it in the Knesset

Since the outbreak of weekly protests almost a year ago, Haaretz has found that only nine indictments have been filed for attacks on anti-gov't demonstrators, even though dozens of incidents have been caught on video

Ten years after the Syrian civil war began and with their motherland lying in ruins, young Druze in the Golan Heights are increasingly shifting their focus, if not always their allegiance, to Israel

Qatar increased its purchase by 361 percent, while Saudi Arabia, the world's largest arms importer, increased by 61 percent

Despite both main sides of the conflict formally backing the UN-negotiated government, foreign mercenaries and forces remain in place and local armed groups hold sway over specific areas and state institutions

Assad may still be in power, propped up by Russia and Iran, but millions are being pushed deeper into poverty, and a majority of households can hardly scrape together enough to secure their next meal

Prime Minister Netanyahu is showing voters that no U.S. president will prevent him from promoting a quiet transfer in the West Bank or imposing an apartheid regime in the territories

Morocco has sought in recent years to recognize the Jewish role in its history, launching a program to restore synagogues, Jewish cemeteries and heritage sites, and reinstating the original names of some Jewish neighborhoods

Footage released by Armenian officials shows drone destroying Russian-made anti-air battery during war in which Israel was criticized for not suspending arms sales to Azerbaijan

Lahav 433 officer turns away Yehuda Meshi-Zahav, telling him that his version cannot be heard when he has not yet been summoned to an interrogation or to testify. Accusations surfaced following Haaretz investigation

Security forces killed three people they said were terrorists and arrested three more, state media reported

'White Eye' tackles Israel's 'blind' bias toward African migrants

Those sanctioned include the president's foreign minister and close advisers as country marks ten years of conflict

Female spy-warriors who worked in Israel's testosterone-fueled intelligence agency are exposed in new book 'The Mossad Amazons'

Two page decree, approved by Pope Francis, distinguished between the churchs welcoming and blessing of gay people, which it upheld, but not their unions

New Iranian systems 'capable of launching precision missiles from underground, and increasing the range and destruction power in operations'

'Israeli officials are aware how Iran defends itself,' Foreign Ministry spokesperson says

The Environmental Protection Ministry said that, according to the controversial Black Cube intelligence firm, the company that owns the suspect ship can be traced back to the Syrian Malah family

Cabinet removes some COVID restrictions to let citizens return to the country and vote, but keeps 3,000-person cap on daily arrivals

By using the Health Ministry's 'Back to Life' slogan in its election campaign, Likud is 'improperly using public assets,' and could harm the vaccination drive, Mendelblit tells Israel's election panel

Israel's Law of Return entrenches Jewish exceptionalism, suffocates democracy and empowers a grotesquely theocratic and discriminatory view of citizenship. American Jews should oppose it

What's Yair Lapid's plan, will Naftali Bennett really be kingmaker and can Netanyahu clinch it. WATCH this election briefing by Haaretz and Plus61J

Starting Tuesday, Israelis can fly home from all locations ■ Pandemic czar says vaccine 'probably' effective for more than six months ■ Israel to reopen nightclubs next week ■ Infection rate reaches 5-month low

First Digital Bank, started by auto-tech firm Mobileye's founder Amnon Shashua, is built around AI, not branches

Religious Zionism's Ben-Gvir will be made minister ahead of many others for one simple reason: He will be the 61st lawmaker Prime Minister Netanyahu needs for a Knesset majority

Police apparently won’t charge Arab driver who fatally ran over pedestrian while trying to escape attackers

Agreement would require airline to stop charging state for security and other personnel for next 10 years

With flights now allowed from anywhere in the world, and elections less than 10 days away, Israel faces dilemma between right to vote and curbing new COVID variants

While Lapid's Yesh Atid claims his latest campaign was meant to convince undecided voters, the smaller parties on the left fear they could find themselves outside the Knesset after Israel's election

'There never was any political connection between the Mossad director and the prime minister or the Likud party,' Yossi Cohen said following suggestions Netanyahu made in a TV interview

The arrival of the more contagious British variant made January the most deadly COVID month, followed by a steep decline in the death rate as Israel stepped up its vaccine campaign

The Channel 13 poll projects Religious Zionism to secure 6 seats, leaving the landscape of the left and right wing blocs unchanged

Some 60 Israeli active and reserve soldiers begin work in Equatorial Guinea after blasts at military complex kill over 100, with president blaming negligence

A field researcher for rights group B'Tselem was interrogated by Shin Bet apparently over an incident in which a soldier shot a Palestinian in the neck when he tried to stop the Israeli army from seizing a neighbor’s generator

Since the coronavirus R number dropped below 0.8, Israel's Health Minister said 'it's time to allow clubs to be opened too'

Israel tells High Court it will reopen skies to flights from all locations, while keeping the daily quota to 3,000 people and mandating self-isolation to limit spread of new coronavirus variants

Order was ultimately cancelled, journalist Ben Caspit reported, but came after Jordan stalled approval of Netanyahu's planned flight through Jordanian airspace to the UAE

The Israel Police announced Friday that they had opened a probe into the claims against Meshi-Zahav, and will be specifically investigating claims of rape, indecent acts, and soliciting prostitution

Aliyah, one of the cornerstones of Zionism, is increasingly being funded by an unlikely group of non-Jews - from Kansas to Korea. How did this absurd situation come about and does anyone care?

On Thursday, the Czech Republic opened a diplomatic office in Jerusalem in a move that drew condemnation from the Palestinians and Arab League

The pastor was filmed preaching and praying with his congregants, saying 'Massacre the Jews, God, hit them with your sword, for they have left God, they have left the nations'

‘Operation Varsity Blues’ examines the multimillion-dollar bribery affair that sent Felicity Huffman and others to prison, plus read reviews of ‘‘Til Kingdom Come’ and ‘Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry’

After Harvard denied his tenure review, Cornel West tells Haaretz that he finds reason for optimism in the evolution of pro-Palestinian activism over the past decades, and why he's especially bullish about the movement's future

Despite law, text messages show Likud gathered personal information on voters from the Truecaller app; Netanyahu’s party blasts ‘false allegation’

If Netanyahu succeeds in the upcoming Israeli election and forms the next government with an unholy alliance of far-right and religious extremists, democracy will suffer, and so will the country's ties with the United States

A growing number of women are speaking out in a country where the criminal code doesn’t define sexual harassment and lays out few repercussions for men who kill female relatives

Despite their differing approaches, California and Florida have experienced almost identical outcomes in COVID-19 case rates

In Gulf states, the COVID pandemic has accelerated the discrepancy in rights between citizens and second-class migrant workers. Kuwait is now paying the price of its xenophobic vaccine policy as infection rates spike to record highs

With Biden’s blessing and following a 10-year renovation, Tel Aviv’s Beit Hatfutsot reopens with a major face-lift and a brand new name: ANU

Schumer, the Senate majority leader and the most senior Jew in U.S. government, is the most prominent Democrat so far to call on New York Governor Cuomo to quit in the face of sexual harassment allegations

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's British-born wife could face extradition if formally charged

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday that everyone in Brazil should take the situation seriously, adding that neighboring countries could be affected

New Military Intelligence report shows Israel's R number – the number of people a person sick with COVID infects – has dropped to 0.78, the lowest since mid-October

Official tells Reuters that diplomatic outreach was made 'through several channels' since mid-February

A year later, the United State's largest metropolis — with a lifeblood based on round-the-clock hustle and bustle, push and pull — is adapting and showing new life

Wisconsin Senator Johnson is being called racist for saying he wasn’t worried about the predominantly white insurrections at the U.S. Capitol, but that he might have been if they had been BLM protesters

Vote kicks off an electoral marathon which features six state elections, culminating in the September 26 vote for a new national parliament

Jennifer Weisselberg, the former daughter-in-law of the Trump organization’s chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, recalled the incident to the New Yorker

Death toll hits 6,000 ■ Infection rate reaches 5-month low ■ Israel to begin allowing incoming flights from additional cities ahead of election ■ Palestinian Authority announces five-day COVID lockdown in the West Bank

The Israeli army was called to the scene by settlers, and soldiers detained the Palestinian boys for allegedly stealing parrots from a West Bank settlement. The missing birds were never mentioned in their interrogation

A guide to how Israel’s main players are handling the final laps of their election campaigns

A professor at McGill University, Chris Silver now possesses about 500 albums recorded by Moroccan, Algerian, and Tunisian Jewish vocalists and instrumentalists. It’s the first archive of its kind

Prosecution dropped rape charge because perpetrator 'believed' victim was 14

With solid feminist credentials, and policies to boot, Merav Michaeli attracts women from all sides of the political spectrum, taking away votes from left and right ahead of Israeli election

Black Shadow that hacked an Israeli insurance firm in December and leaked its data online now hits a financing company, which accused 'Iran and its proxies'