Half a million gold coins and other spectacular treasures are causing, among other things, a recast of the Fatimid epoch as much more than quakes and war

Blake Baileys 'Philip Roth,' a volume Roth had imagined in some form for more than 20 years, comes out April 6

Tens of thousands of Yemeni Jews left for Israel shortly after its establishment as a state in 1948, spurred by the wave of antisemitism across the Arab world that the founding had triggered

A vessel stuck in the Suez Canal disrupted the global supply chain. Israel has long talked about offering shippers a Red Sea-Mediterranean rail link, but neither the economics nor the politics look promising

Israel elections 2021: Netanyahu calls on right-wing rivals to 'return home' ■ Arab faction Balad says won't endorse any PM candidate ■ Rivlin calls for 'unconventional' political connections

Deal to purchase 36 million vaccines is an 'insurance policy,' Health Ministry director says ■ Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine safe, effective on adolescents in trial

'The tragedy of Munir Anabtawi and his family is an exact reprise of the deaths of Shirel Habura a year ago, and of Yehuda Biadga two years ago'

Likud hastened to release their attack dogs, but there is more statesmanship and integrity in Rivlin's pinky than in most members of Netanyahu's party

Barghouti's announcement is a declaration of a split in Fatah and a challenge to President Abbas from the movement's veterans

Israel has purchased another 17 million doses of vaccine that it hasn't used, from Moderna and AstraZeneca; why can't we just use these ones?

Shira Isakov was gravely wounded by her husband when her neighbor Adi Guzi came to her aid, saving her life. Ministers say the two 'became a symbol of Israeli sisterhood'

The administration is 'thoroughly reviewing sanctions' as 'we determine our next steps,' a State Department official tells Haaretz

Yesh Atid leader is willing to negotiate over who will ultimately head the 'pro-change' bloc following the election, but first wants Bennett to endorse him for prime minister

During a 'patronizing' visit in Ramallah, the head of Israel's internal security agency also threatened to withhold tax transfers from the PA over the ICC's war crime probe. According to the report, Abbas replied: 'I don't work for you'

President Rivlin wants to leave office in July without sullying the institution he's headed for seven years. He also wants to leave politics after Benjamin Netanyahu. But can he achieve both?

The man who pleaded guilty could face 20 years in jail after the U.S. indicted the two Israelis in 2019 for conspiracy to commit money laundering through their website, which served as a portal to the dark web

Yamina's Bennett has not yet explicitly stated whether he rules out joining a Netanyahu-led coalition

In Israel, unicorns are no longer that exceedingly rare creatures they once were, raising the question: Are Israeli cyber companies overvalued?

Ahead of fresh talks between the U.S. government and Iraq, militias drove down a major highway and passed near ministries as an exhibition of their power. They want to send a clear message

The center for networking chips has been operating for over a year and a half and Microsoft is now accelerating its operations

Menachem Rosensaft, who has visited Bergen-Belsen more than 25 times, wrestles in some of his 82 poems with what he calls 'ghosts of those who will not leave' places where they were killed

According to a non-published version of the intel report, members of the far-right group The Base traveled to Ukraine to fight with pro-Russian forces

Hassan Nasrallah, leader of Iran-backed Hezbollah, says there were 'serious, collective efforts' to ease a political standoff that has obstructed cabinet talks for months

Not only has Netanyahu reached the end of the road, but Mansour Abbas and the World Happiness Report show that things are looking up

Following the deaths of Ruth Dayan and Rachel Dayan, a 1935 marriage license was found that proves the defense minister had been married to a third woman

Separately, remnants of an abandoned synagogue in Istanbul caught fire in what police say may have been arson

New evidence bolsters theory that early humans were complex in behavior early in our evolution. Hoarding useless things is one such indication

Guatemalan authorities arrested Yaakov Weinstein of Lev Tahor on the first day of Passover, the Orthodox news site Yeshiva World News reported

Host Gillian Turner tried to regain control as the segment got heated, saying, 'Let's not do name-calling, OK guys? Let's keep it civil'

The Constitutional Court ruled the indictment seeking to outlaw HDP and its members for alleged ties to Kurdish militants had procedural omissions

Rep. Elaine Luria of Virginia, a 20-year Navy veteran, calls Israel America's most important ally in the Middle East and isn't afraid to go against the party line on Iran

63 percent of Jewish respondents say that they had either witnessed or experienced antisemitism in the years since 2016, an increase from 54 percent last year

The life story of Izzet Pinto, the man who turned Turkish telenovelas into a global empire, could compete with any of the shows he sells

A fifth Israeli election cycle might seem like the most likely outcome, but there are still nearly three months before the deadline arrives and politicians promises are made to be broken. Here's how coalition talks could play out

Israel's planning authorities shun the single-family, detached homes, but young couples covet them: The search for a private, spacious property is pushing Israelis to far-flung towns, kibbutzim and settlements

Israeli officials and experts agree herd immunity can't be achieved without vaccinating under-16s. Clinical trials on Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine are still not completed, but that's far from being the trickiest part of it

Pfizer plans to seek FDA approval in weeks and Israeli health officials estimate that 12-year-olds and older will start receiving the vaccine in eight to 12 weeks

Rivlin calls for 'unconventional connections in forming gov't ■ Rivlin is due to hold meetings with party heads on Monday, after which he will decide whom should receive the mandate to try and form Israel's next government

Revered in Christian tradition as the site of Jesus's crucifixion and burial, Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre usually bustles with worshippers and clergy

The holiday we know today began as two distinct ones, one for nomadic herders and one for farmers. Neither involved Egypt.

The attack comes amid a national spike in anti-Asian hate crimes, and happened just weeks after a mass shooting in Atlanta that left eight people dead, six of them women of Asian descent

U.S. opponents of vaccine passports have implied that the policy is similar to the Nazis persecution Europes Jews, which culminated in genocide

Liddy was outspoken and controversial as a political operative under Nixon. He recommended assassinating political enemies, bombing a left-leaning think tank and kidnapping war protesters

Gaetz is accused of having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl and paying her to travel with him, and is reportedly under investigation to determine if he violated federal sex trafficking laws

There is a growing sense, however, in the Joint List and the United Arab List, that a fifth round of Israeli elections is the most likely outcome

U.S. broadcaster delays the release of the Israeli documentary Til Kingdom Come, after a report by a pro-Israel watchdog group

Israel elections 2021: Arab faction Balad says won't endorse any PM candidate ■ Rivlin calls for 'unconventional' political connections ■ Gantz and Lapid meet for coalition talks

Israeli COVID strain found, but vaccine effective against it ■ Sinai border crossing reopens after a year ■ Israel preparing to acquire 36 million additional vaccine doses

With a base of popular support that the Palestinian president can't ignore, Marwan Barghouti's potential election challenge has Fatah's leadership taking note

S&P's forecast remains cheery and they expected the economy to recover due to its successful COVID vaccine drive, but analysts raise concerns that persistent divisions could leave an impact on key macroeconomic indicators

A governmental committee set up after the killing of Eyad al-Hallaq issued a report the president said 'must be implemented quickly.' But that has stalled, with political stalemate and indecision on the division of responsibilities

Beijing imposes invasive tests, lengthy quarantine and complicated rules for arrivals

Documents released by right-wing Ad Kan organization, which aims to 'expose' groups it deems anti-Israel, have been determined to be forged or suspected as such by the Israeli police and court

The cop who fatally shot Munir Anabtawi in Haifa was reinstated just days after the incident, and as the Justice Ministry's investigation is ongoing

In 2018 Qassem Soleimani hatched a clever idea for circumventing the U.S. sanctions. That same day, the Israeli response was also born. Now, news reports, blabbing and ego battles threaten to end it

Several Western nations expressed concerns over the delays and access given to UN-led investigators in their report on the origins of COVID-19, which concluded the virus had likely been transmitted from bats to humans through another animal

A Gantz-Netanyahu Twitter feud may provide the answer

Marwan Barghouti, who is serving five life sentences in Israel for involvement in second intifada attacks, will submit a list for Palestinian parliamentary elections, in a possible prelude to a presidential run

European Union envoys are expected to agree to impose travel bans and asset freezes on the individuals whose names will be published next week, diplomats say

The COVID strain found in Israel has low prevalence and lacks any epidemiological significance, according to the Health Ministry

An Israeli company working on a major aviation project signed a deal with a Chinese state-owned corporation blacklisted by the U.S. Defense officials voiced concerns it could harm ties with Washington

UN ambassador Thomas-Greenfield urges international community to allow unhindered humanitarian access to all Syrians, including through cross-border aid

'My candidacy has shown that we need strong structures in all parties, politics and society to confront structural racism,' says Tareq Alaows, who planned to run for the Greens in Germany's September election

The 25-year, $400-billion deal between Iran and China is a further sign that Trump and Netanyahu's strategy toward Tehran was a dismal failure

The Jewish State Theater in Bucharest reacted to death threats its director received by inviting spectators to a free online show directed by a Jewish Holocaust survivor from France

As workers at an Alabama warehouse await the results of a ballot over whether to unionize, Stuart Appelbaum explains why this fight is different from all other fights

The French defense ministry reaffirms that the strike targeted what it termed armed terrorists, adding it had several reservations about the methodology used in compiling the UN report

Israel's Foreign Ministry says that a team from Bahrain would arrive in the country in coming weeks to make the necessary arrangements for the Bahraini embassy

How can you get started buying and selling stocks, and how much will it cost you? Haaretz explains

Orit Raviv Swery, whose firm caters to very wealthy investors, suggests how small-time players can put together their own portfolios

Fifty startups in Israel now exceed $1 billion in value, with half of the total crossing the threshold since 2020. Who are the entrepreneurs behind the companies and to what can their success be attributed?

Rumors and speculation have inflated the deal China and Iran signed last week into something much, much bigger than it is

The legislature will be expanded to 90 seats, and only 20 will be elected by the public as part of a a two-phase effort to rein in political protest and opposition in Hong Kong

A wave of assassinations have hit urban centers since peace talks began between the Taliban and the Afghan government last year, many of them targeting professional women

Pre-Viking fighters of Valsgarde, Sweden, were buried in boats with their weapons and armor, cooking gear, animals - and down bedding, just like in Sutton Hoo. But what was a headless owl doing there?

A new book explores the innovative work of the Jewish Americans who went against public opinion before World War I and laid the groundwork for future close ties between the United States and Israel

The surge in bitcoin value has led many people to try to access their forgotten digital wallets. Brute Brothers want to be their crypto-locksmiths

Israel elections 2021: Gantz backs Lapid, Religious Zionism rallies behind Netanyahu ■ Rivlin says will start coalition talks next week ■ Arab party set to present demands in coalition talks with Lapid

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres calls Syria a 'living nightmare,' says 60 percent of Syrians are at risk of going hungry

Statement comes after Politico reports that Washington would offer a new proposal to jump-start talks

Israeli COVID strain found, but vaccine effective against it ■ Sinai border crossing reopens after a year ■ Health Ministry, emergency services dispute leaves thousands of East Jerusalem Palestinian unvaccinated

For the first time, an Arab party can be kingmaker, and crown a prime minister; Mansour Abbas' demands carry some heft, but he understands this and relishes it

Magen David Adom played key role in vaccinating East Jerusalem residents in recent months, but Israel's Health Ministry has stopped working with organization over financial dispute

Energy, manufacturing, water, space, health care, agri-tech likely to be prime targets

Israel election 2021: Netanyahu challenger Sa'ar is already in 'serious talks' with ultra-Orthodox parties, but all those involved in coalition talks still see a fifth election as a likely scenario

Israeli officials fear Tehran still wants to avenge the killing of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh

New courses violate strategy of focusing on higher-skilled professions