Files released after Freedom of Information Act request show Chief Rabbinate consults almost exclusively with rabbis from rigidly Orthodox groups in its vetting process

Demonstration over the defense ministry's mismanagement of disabled IDF veterans, in light of one former soldier's self-immolation last week

As part of the deal, Israel's Elbit Systems Ltd. will operate a training centre for the Greek air force under a contract worth about $1.65 billion, the ministry said

Israel's 'big challenge:' Ensuring masks are still worn indoors ■ Israel vaccine data: 54% fully immune ■ Schools fully reopen on Sunday for grades 1-12

Senior officials from both countries met in Baghdad earlier this month, with further talks slated after a positive meeting, Financial Times reports

Locals say 21-year-old Mareem Altakruri was returning home from prayers when she was caught in the crossfire of two feuding families

Netanyahu turns the heat up on New Hope leader as Smotrich maintains refusal to sit with United Arab List

Before the arrest, the Palestinian activists planned to say that the election should not be held if it didn’t include East Jerusalem and all its neighborhoods

The Damascus Gate plaza, a popular public area during the month of Ramadan, sees tens of thousands of people passing through it every evening. Police said barricades put there were meant to allow a better flow of pedestrians

The IAEA's statement comes amid talks in Vienna to salvage the 2015 nuclear deal, and EU official says Tehran's enrichment move 'is not making the negotiation easier'

Demonstrations in Jerusalem and across the country resume for the second week in a row after a three-week truce

Silver-medal winner Butbul was ranked first in his category, but lost the final after surrendering to a maneuver by his opponent after the match went into overtime

The Turkish president is pushing to build a canal leading to the Black Sea, which Moscow worries will give Western warships a new route during a conflict

Informal education, after-school classes and higher education continue operating with the existing COVID-19 limitations for the time being

Talk show host asked participants to sum up the plot of a movie or show in a counterintuitive way. The Foreign Ministry's official Twitter account gave it a go, but the joke didn't land

The liberal Jewish policy group is spearheading an attempt to keep Biden to his promise of restoring U.S. relations with the Palestinians, as the group's president calls for a confederation to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Tensions were high in the past week after Israel capped the number of worshippers at 10,000, citing 'high morbidity rates' from coronavirus in Palestinian Authority areas

The 'constructive' negotiations in Vienna are picking up pace, Chinese envoy to the negotiations says, despite Sunday's sabotage at an Iranian nuclear site

Identified as Reza Karimi, the suspect apparently fled Iran prior to the blast; State TV says efforts to capture and arrest him are underway

The little creatures have been found nowhere else in the world and show how their ancestors looked millions of years ago

The battle over the country’s democracy is likely to intensify as long as the Netanyahu trial lasts. His dependence on his anti-liberal partners who aim to stifle the judiciary will only increase

'A Hamas training facility, military post and concrete manufacturing site' were struck by Israeli jets, a military statement says

Health Ministry identifies 7 cases of new variant among unvaccinated Israelis who had recently returned from abroad

At least 30 people have been killed in mass shooting incidents around the country in the last month

The prime minister reaches out to Sa'ar after his routes to a coalition narrowed when far-right leader Smotrich reiterated his refusal to join forces with Mansour Abbas' Islamist party

The announcement marks a significant escalation after the sabotage that damaged centrifuges at Natanz, an attack this past weekend suspected to have been carried out by Israel

Clashes have broken out during the past three nights after police closed off steps by Damascus gate, a spot where Palestinians traditionally hang out on Ramadan nights

Nachman Ash says he hopes that a deal will be struck with Pfizer soon, but said that Israel does not currently have the supply for provide its citizens with a third jab

In a separate incident in Ramle, 69 people were detained after a family feud broke out and a police officer was shot in the leg

This week at the Tel Aviv airport: A Jewish Frenchman who is looking for a good life with like-minded people in the Jewish state, and an Israeli interior designer creating a fun spiritual experience at an Uman hotel

Saudi Arabia has $7.2 trillion worth of plans for grandiose projects between now and 2030, but it’s by no means certain it can pull them off

The greeting clip of Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla was only meant to glorify Netanyahu ■ Netanyahu hasn’t yet managed to find deserters from other parties to join his government and has lost control of his shock troops

Until the vaccines arrived, mismanagement and flawed planning dominated Israel's conduct ■ An unceremonious Independence Day ceremony

As the Israeli-Iranian tit-for-tat continues, the big question remains: What does the U.S seek?

In Israel, you could hire a love consultant, a traffic psychologist or a datologist, even though none of these are recognized areas of expertise

A Palestinian couple driving home at night are stopped by soldiers, questioned and sent on their way – but then one soldier fires a bullet at the vehicle, and his comrades begin to shoot as well. The husband is killed. The army claims he tried to r...

Israel celebrates its independence this week, and the Palestinians mark Nakba Day next month: Two peoples’ histories are rooted in this one place, and neither nation is going anywhere

Ten women risked their lives to keep each other safe from Nazi ‘selections,’ endured three concentration camps together and held each other up during death marches. Writer Michal Govrin only discovered this amazing story after her mother died. It...

IDF fighter jets strike a Hamas weapons manufacturing site, a weapon smuggling tunnel and a military post

Innovation allows researchers to extract hominin genetic material from sediments, and reveals that Neanderthals may have come close to extinction twice before their disappearance

Ceremony was filmed on Sunday in Jerusalem amid controversy over education minister's successful request to withhold the Israel Prize for mathematics from Prof. Oded Goldreich over alleged support for BDS, which he denies

The legislation is unlikely to advance far, but is the latest and perhaps most significant example of growing criticism of Israeli policy within the Democratic Party

Masks still required indoors, Health Minister says ■ Pfizer CEO: Third booster dose of COVID vaccine will likely be needed within 12 months after being fully vaccinated

The fight against antisemitism used to be above politics. Now, however, any criticism of Israel can lead to one being marked with the scarlet letter 'A'

The settlement enterprise is in trouble, says a German-born architect who fell in love with Israel, converted to Judaism and now lives in the West Bank. But the problems are not related to politics

Incident comes a day after Israel's Memorial Day ■ Netanyahu, military chief of staff harshly condemn 'heinous' act

'The region looks different, the dynamics are different,' UAE envoy to Washington says, mentioning the U.S.-brokered deals that saw the UAE and Bahrain normalize ties with Israel

The westward expansion, tall towers, addiction to cars and damage to open spaces are additional ways the capital is being marred, the city’s former urban planning chief tells Haaretz

This year jets will fly over more cities and towns than usual and Israelis are once again allowed to gather and watch the flyby after most COVID restrictions have been lifted

Saudi-led coalition says debris from intercepting the four drones and five ballistic missiles started a limited fire at Jazan University

The $23 billion weapons sale, including F-35 jets, was given the green light by the president earlier in the week, but the Foreign Affairs Committee chairman raises concerns

The tiny inscribed pottery shard unearthed at Lachish dates to 3,500 years ago and is the oldest text from the Southern Levant to use alphabetic writing, rather than pictographic, archaeologists say

As the sirens sounded over Jerusalem, two IDF lieutenant-colonels saluted the graves of 24 Jewish soldiers buried in the British War Cemetery on Mount Scopus

Hundreds of Jewish women married Arab men in the Mandate period. They were branded enemies of Israel, and to this day their families find it hard to talk about them. No wonder, then, that these stories were buried in the archives and are only now com...

The main official ceremonies marking 73 years of Israeli independence were held Wednesday evening on Jerusalem’s Mount Herzl

Agency doesn't comment on n the extent of the damage at Natanz caused by what Iran says was an act of sabotage by Israel

The Eshkol Forest provides a bird’s-eye view of the Jordan Valley and Lake Kinneret

Madoff died at the Federal Medical Center in Butner, North Carolina, apparently from natural causes, AP source says ■ Madoff admitted swindling thousands of clients out of billions of dollars in investments over decades

Israel is descending into quasi-authoritarianism, led by a prime minister who is facing a corruption trial and spewing incendiary rhetoric. But not all is bleak

Biden, who also met with the family privately, said William Evans was 'defined by his dignity, his decency, his loyalty and his courage,' and he spoke of his own experience losing two children

The education minister's decision opposing giving the prestigious Israel Prize to Prof. Oded Goldreich over his alleged support for BDS is only the latest in a string of controversies that marred the festive award ceremony

Emerald Fennell and Carey Mulligan sat down recently over Zoom to discuss their film, the gratifying recognition they’ve gotten, and that harrowing ending

'Iran's dangerous recent communication is contrary to the constructive spirit and good faith of these discussions,' say Britain, France and Germany after Tehran decides to enrich uranium to 60 percent in wake of Natanz attack

More than 32,000 migrants, mainly Ethiopians, remain stranded across Yemen in dire circumstances, UN says

Israel seems to be suffering a total breakdown of responsibility among its security chiefs, whether they seek to create a sense of emergency or for self-aggrandizement

Mitsotakis said Athens aimed to reset relations with Libya, which were soured by the Tripoli government's signing a maritime boundary accord in 2019 with Turkey, Greece's regional rival

There are three types of Pseudopus legless lizards, not two, and the Levantine one is the biggest – and the oldest, says new zoological study

President Joe Biden is expected to announce a complete U.S. withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan by September 11

The tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, wedged between India and China, has vaccinated nearly 93% of its adult population since March 27

Itzik Saidian, 26, is in critical condition with extensive burns, after he self-immolated in front of the Defense Ministry's Rehabilitation Department

Days after his successor at the Anti-Defamation League said he would not honor Rupert Murdoch today in the wake of Tucker Carlson's latest controversy, Abraham Foxman said he stands by the award

In Sderot, near the Gaza border, 'We all suffer from post-traumatic stress,' said Mordechai Yosepov's son. 'My children grew up with the Qassam rockets'

Last month Turkey said it had resumed diplomatic contacts with Egypt and wanted further cooperation, halted since the Egyptian army toppled a Muslim Brotherhood president close to Ankara

Israeli startup Ukko is redesigning wheat so it doesn’t hurt celiac patients, and may even be able to solve ‘the holy grail’ of allergies - peanuts

If there is no change, says Prof. Alon Tal of Tel Aviv University’s public policy department, a decade from now Israel will be facing an overwhelming reality: 'Only South Korea and the Netherlands are more crowded now and by then, they won’t be'

The main road in and out of Isawiyah has been shut since the second intifada, and residents say that keeping it closed is a daily hardship. A High Court petition argues Israeli police still refuse to open it without justification

Japanese company iSpace, founded in 2010, aims to provide commercial transportation to the moon with a wider mission to ultimately incorporate the moon into the earth's economy

This year, in contrast to last year's coronavirus restrictions, bereaved families are permitted to visit military cemeteries ■ Protesters call for better treatment of disabled army veterans

Leibler had a key role in exposing a scandal within the World Jewish Congress involving the conduct of its former secretary-general, Israel Singer, who quit in 2007

The Iranian president's remarks come after Foreign Minister Zarif said Israel was behind the attack on the nuclear facility, calling it a 'very bad gamble' amid talks with world powers

Study finds women left with trauma after service in combat and combat-support roles are hestitant to seek help, and that they are seldom asked about their experiences

Netanyahu confident, and at times even arrogant, public statement may be misleading. But the risk of a clash with Iran is growing more and more likely

CEO of the latest Israeli business in the field to go public says environmental issues, consumer tastes ensure a bright future for meat substitutes

Washington to go ahead with sale, which includes advanced F-35 aircraft and armed drones, after freezing them for review

Partnership aims to get first fully automated delivery vehicles on U.S. roads by 2023

Israeli Manufacturers Association says cost to economy is approaching 1 billion shekels as shortages develop for raw materials, food goes to waste in port