The officer was found in serious condition at the detention facility two weeks ago. A gag order has been issued on his identity and the offense or offenses he is charged with

Egyptian fruit bats are the latest among the social animals shown to hunker down and perch on their lonesome when ill, potentially reducing infection rates in their community

The gravestones for Yosef David Elhadad, 18, and his 12-year-old brother, Moshe, bear an abbreviation that stands for ‘may the Almighty avenge his blood’

A series of attacks on Israeli- and Iranian-owned cargo ships in which the two arch-enemies accused each other of responsibility have been reported since February

The end of the Netanyahu era? Negotiating teams are still trying to solve last-minute disputes

Majority think government failed in dealing with pandemic-related mental health issues, while 40% say dimensions of mental health problems caused by pandemic are still unclear

Herzog’s campaign headquarters predicts he will get a majority in the first round of voting, while Peretz’s team expects a second round

As Netanyahu mimics Trump in last days, fear of Capitol-style coup is rising

Lottery aims to provide more affordable housing for Jaffa's Arab residents by auctioning off apartments at below-market prices

Health Ministry says study shows likely link between vaccine and heart inflammation cases, with 95% of them classified as mild

It’s hard to imagine Netanyahu forcing a military action amid a political fight that might end with his defeat this time ■ Gantz heads to Washington, but it has nothing to do with Iran

Senators call on Biden's secretary of state to boost humanitarian funding and push for the lifting of 'harsh restrictions on freedom of movement' for Gazans

Rise mostly due to ammunition and armaments sales, but increase in exports to Europe also registered ■ Gulf states bought $800 million worth of Israeli defense technologies

Yesh Atid's Yair Lapid and Yamina's Naftalli Bennett hope to make a formal announcement hours before a Wednesday night deadline, to ensure speedy Knesset vote

Netanyahu's lawyer also claimed that Walla was asked to change ‘scores of negative stories’ by other politicians as well

Rumors of Hezbollah leader's worsening health began last week after he persistently coughed and appeared to have a hard time breathing on a televised speech

Naftali Bennett finds it 'important to fight fake news,' but a close examination of his campaign promises shows he has constantly produced false ones during the latest cycle of coalition talks

In a visit to southern Israel, the Republican lawmaker tells Fox & Friends aid money would be used 'to replenish the Iron Dome batteries that were used to defend Israel' ■ Defense Minister Gantz expected in Washington

'There’s no doubt that splitting the attorney general’s job will dramatically weaken Israel’s law enforcement system,' Supreme Court Justice Menachem Mazuz said

The two are suspected of running over police officers who responded with gunfire, which evidence suggests police killed Mohammed Kiwan, who was in the car

Mansour Abbas' United Arab List is focusing on finalizing talks with right-wing party Yamina

After quoting extensively from the Trump playbook in recent years, Prime Minister Netanyahu has now reached the final chapter on creating his own version of the January 6 storming of Capitol Hill

Lieberman, speaking at a Bar Association conference in Eilat while coalition talks are underway in central Israel, says 'with a little goodwill' a government without Netanyahu can be announced

Economy Minister Amir Peretz said he saw 'enormous economic potential' in strengthening Israeli-Emirati relations

The Nita Lowey Middle East Partnership for Peace Act provides $250 million over five years to expand Israeli-Palestinian grassroots programs. The recent fighting shows the importance of rolling it out , lawmakers and experts say

Israir said the six-hour nonstop flights would begin on July 19 and operate five times a week

Israel faces no bigger threat than 'Iran's attempts to arm itself with nuclear weapons,' Netanyahu says at ceremony for incoming Mossad chief ■ Gantz set to meet U.S. defense secretary, national security adviser in Washington

As the fighting raged between Israel and Hamas, Jewish and Muslim Americans trying to bring their communities closer through dialogue saw how the events in the Middle East hurt their joint efforts

In the first of two features on issues affecting Australia’s Jewish women, Haaretz looks at the battle taking place for gender equality within a community dominated by the Orthodox stream

If Bennett and Lapid do succeed in forming a coalition, these are some of the issues that may endanger their success

No one is allowed to visit this Israel Military Industries compound, which includes a vast and unparalleled natural treasure that is home to dozens of rare species of plants and trees. An intrepid Haaretz writer tried to get a peek at the big mystery...

Despite the cease-fire in Gaza, the militant group calls on Palestinians to hold mass marches on Friday and 'clash with settlers who are trying to set facts on the ground,' as group says it has made progress in prisoner talks

Iranian state broadcaster says the F-5 plane suffered a technical failure

Public Security Minister Amir Ohana's comments follow a call by a Lod councilman for Jews from across the country to protect the city's Jewish residents, rebuked by Arab politicians as incitement

Though Lapid has the mandate to form government, Bennett can be acting PM, legal advisor confirms

The comedian and political commentator took aim at social media activity by celebrities such as model Bella Hadid accusing Israel of war crimes

Security at nearly highest level for Bennett, Shaked as incitement spikes ■ Islamist party leader 'hopeful' talks could succeed

Why were the potential dangers of the passageway where 45 people were crushed to death on April 30 not recognized in advance, where were the police, and why were they so slow to respond? These are some of the lingering questions following the worst c...

Amid twists and turns in coalition negotiations, Netanyahu's last speech marks a further decline into more pressure, and more lies

While unvaccinated are allowed to attend all activities without restriction or vaccination proof, Israel's travel ban is still in place amid fears over new coronavirus strains

Both Yesh Atid and Yamina don’t view any of their potential disputes as unresolvable

'The road from there to anarchy and chaos is short,' Esther Hayut says of comments by Knesset chairman and Religious Zionism chairman

Prime Minister Netanyahu eventually repaid the U.S. businessman, Spencer Partich, following reports he has been ignoring the requests

Judging by Biden’s statements during his election campaign, he has zero tolerance for the Turkish president

Netanyahu's attorney presented evidence of correspondence between the prosecution’s key witness, former Walla CEO, and a number of public figures, including Lieberman

Like Yamina Chairman Naftali Bennett, Ayelet Shaked has been assigned a security detail after the announcement that the party will work to join a coalition with Yair Lapid

The Kahol Lavan chairman calls for ‘public leaders to issue an unequivocal call against all violent threats’ and expresses hope that ‘we’re on the cusp of forming a new government’

Shin Bet orders police, Knesset Guard to tighten security for Bennett and Shaked

Britain, France and Germany have scrapped a U.S.-backed plan to criticize Iran for failing to fully explain the origin of the particles

Mansour Abbas raises a demand for one of his party members to be named deputy public security minister, while Shaked sharply opposes the idea

'We are forbidden from ascending there. The Arabs rule there,' Rabbi Shalom Cohen told the Emirati envoy

Rabbi Zsolt Balla will supervise pastoral care for the estimated 300 Jewish soldiers currently serving in Germany's military

Shas leader Arye Dery slams Bennett, calling his alliance with Lapid an 'unforgivable mistake'

The defendants attacked the family 'only out of a nationalist-ideological and racist motive,' the indictment says

Although the Arab parties would not be part of Bennett and Lapid’s coalition government, they would be in no hurry to foil such a government

Officials in Jerusalem are concerned by criticism of Israel coming from Democratic lawmakers who have been considered strong supporters for decades

The renowned British-Israeli architect/designer/artist – who turned 70 this year – talks about his new show in Tel Aviv, antisemitism, BDS and love

Yahya Sinwar’s statement comes in wake of Egyptian intelligence chief's meetings with Netanyahu and Hamas leadership in recent days ■ Deputy head of Hamas in Gaza says captives deal shouldn't be linked to Palestinian issues

It is the first tax treaty reached after Israel normalized relations with the UAE and Bahrain last year

The two candidates in Israel's presidential race couldn’t be more different: While Isaac Herzog is the scion of a dynasty who’s widely perceived as lacking the common touch, Miriam Peretz is a comparative outsider who has become the nation’s un...

If the Indian left wants to offer constructive solidarity with the Palestinian cause, why is it valorizing violent, extremist, illiberal groups like Hamas and its 'rockets of resistance'?

There is no international precedent for more than two people splitting the leadership of a country, but it was only one of many plans Netanyahu floated over the past few months

Haaretz reporters Ben Samuels and Allison Kaplan Sommer, and former Israeli diplomat Dani Dayan discuss Israel's political standing in Washington, moderated by Amir Tibon

Selahaddin Gulen's case is the latest in a series of forced repatriation of people affiliated with Fethullah Gulen’s movement, which the Turkish government blames for a failed coup attempt in 2016

Foreign Ministry says Israel expects that its good relations with Mexico extend to the diplomatic arena, following Mexico's vote in favor of probing alleged Israeli human rights violations

Israeli celebrities and influencers flocked to Instagram in order to go after American supermodel sisters Bella and Gigi Hadid, who criticized Israel's actions in Gaza. They failed miserably

Israel's military doctrine assumes periodic 'wars between the wars' in its confrontation with Iran and its proxies, Hezbollah and Hamas. But it's failing: with each round of fighting, Israel's strategic position erodes even further

Experts say Netanyahu’s suggestion to block social media is a danger to democracy. But fortunately, they’re currently impossible

The visit, which focused on cementing the cease-fire and Gaza Strip's rehabilitation, was the first by an Egyptian intelligence chief to the enclave since the early 2000s

Although Yamina and Yesh Atid have reached agreements on a number of key issues, some of the particulars – including how decisions will be made between their disparate but equal blocs – still have yet to be ironed out

The Israel Electric Corp. has repaired power lines into Gaza that were damaged in the recent fighting, but as of Monday morning, Gazans were still only getting 6 hours of power followed by 12 hours without

Bennett backs deal to oust Netanyahu; PM decries 'fraud'

Erected in the era of the reviled King Herod the Great, this grandiose nonreligious structure – minus some of its fine marble – is finally being rebuilt after some 1,800 years

Photographer Abdel-Afo Bassam was shot twice by police on that violent Friday on Temple Mount. This column opts to cover the routine, the unsensational, the repetitious

The man who introduced fraud and deception into Israel’s political lexicon accused Bennett of cheating his voters. The outgoing prime minister's speech illustrated how his continued rule has warped his psyche

The past several weeks has seen an unprecedented focus on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict within the Democratic Party, with rival blocs increasingly unafraid to nail their colors to the mast

Israel preventing entry of patients requiring chemotherapy that is unavailable in Gaza, in a move human rights group call decision 'extremely unreasonable'

Israel Police and the Shin Bet examining whether the stabbing was an attempted terror attack

Netanyahu supporters are converging into an increasingly rabid sect, which is detached from the rest of society and sees everyone who isn’t them as enemies

In recent weeks UAL party leader Mansour Abbas has reiterated that if any side managed to form a government, he would consider supporting it if it agrees to his demands

Links between Cyprus's anti-migrant nationalist party ELAM and Greece's extreme-right Golden Dawn have been well documented

Judge says there is no dispute about suspects' involvement in violent attack in the Tel Aviv suburb of Bat Yam, which was captured on video

India, one of the world hot spots for coronavirus infections, is one of nine countries that Israelis are currently prohibited from traveling to because of the high incidence of infection

Bennett demonstrated a rare ability – unprecedented in Israel’s political history. And Netanyahu didn't sound like someone who expects to visit the White House soon

Cheryl Lutts had worked for Philadelphia's Jewish Exponent as director of business for 18 years. The newspaper discovered the fraud only after she was fired for unsatisfactory performance

After years operating without zoning approval, the south Tel Aviv Tasso cemetery gets the nod from the local planning committee, a move that still requires the district planning committee’s consent

Since early May stores, malls and restaurants had to close by 9 P.M. after a rise in infections ■ Cairo mulls resuming regular flights to and from Israel

Prime minister launches attack on right-wing lawmaker after Bennett announces that he will work to form a coalition with Lapid