Daily COVID cases in Israel reach another four-month peak of 855, but Health Ministry data is showing signs that the increase in seriously ill patients is starting to steady

Senior U.S. military officials were actively trying to dissuade Donald Trump from striking Iran after he lost the 2020 election, The New Yorker reports

'I grieve for those who have lost their lives in this disaster,' Merkel said, expressing shock at the scope of the flooding which hit both Germany and Belgium

Israel's new prime minister proves he cannot comprehend the new coronavirus outbreak ■ Stripped of his power, Netanyahu continues to play dirty, and to court Benny Gantz

Bret Weinstein was a popular professor at Washington’s Evergreen State College. His life was turned upside down when he opposed a day free of white people on campus. Now his controversial remarks on COVID-19 could get him kicked off YouTube

This week at the Tel Aviv airport: A Swiss student who has recently experienced her first war in Israel, and an Israeli who shocked her family when she married a man 14 years her senior and became religious

The question marks revolve around Israel’s ground troops. Will it take the risk to deploy them, and is this still a relevant military maneuver?

Tehran’s growing use of drones reflects an old Iranian ethos of combining technological progress with self-reliance. Meanwhile, Israel is taking drone warfare one step further

Since the beginning of the month nine people were killed in work accidents, and 37 were killed since the beginning of the year, 20 of them were killed while working on construction sites

In a trial that rocked Israel, Roman Zadorov was convicted of murdering Tair Rada, 13, at the girl’s school in the Golan Heights in 2006

The strikes, which protest intolerably high workloads, will be suspended for 45 days in exchange for negotiations with top health and finance ministry officials

The May attack was aimed at rekindling rioting in mixed Arab-Jewish cities and was unique in that it was premeditated, Shin Bet source says

Haaretz reveals details of a series of deals carried out by Himanuta, a Jewish National Fund subsidiary, in the West Bank, one of which involved the Defense Ministry. The Bakri house in Hebron, for example, was bought for settlers who had squatted th...

Not only do the hyena kids have the same friends as Mom, but the higher in rank she is, the better the babies do in life

The plan, which calls for stricter enforcement, would allow Israelis who have been vaccinated against COVID-19, have recovered, or have tested negative to attend indoor events with more than 100 people

‘Personal reasons’ involving key witness Yeshua cited in request for yet another stay of proceedings

The trauma of the Temple's destruction, the foreboding, is always in our consciousness. But that doesn't mean we should worship at the Third Temple of hysteria about antisemitism

Spokesman for ruling party says willingness to boost ties comes after call between Turkish and Israeli presidents, but still early to say if envoys will be appointed

Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, currently the IDF’s top adviser on gender issues, has also headed the military prosecution’s legal advice department and served as deputy president of the Jaffa military court

Community Security Trust says 628 antisemitic incidents recorded within a month mark 'the most intense period of anti-Jewish hatred seen in the U.K. in recent years'

Tomas Zeron De Lucio is wanted in Mexico and hiding in Israel. But Mexico's support for Palestinians is keeping him here, NYT report: 'Why would we help Mexico?'

A new investigation reveals that Cellebrite sells its digital forensics tools to a Vietnamese ministry known for persecuting bloggers, journalists and religious and ethnic minorities

As strike by cleaning and administrative staff continues, negotiations with ministries have yet to begin, while hospitals report ‘rapid and dramatic deterioration’

In recent weeks, the Taliban have gained control of key border posts with neighbors Iran, Pakistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan

‘A nightmare in eight stages’ Parents Against Child Detention worked with prominent Israeli illustrators to depict the stages of detaining Palestinian minors in their beds at night, in a bid to make Israelis wake up to the phenomenon

Public criticism and government threats do little to ease the militias’ control of the underground economy, or the corruption

The hacking tool vendor, named Candiru, created and sold a software exploit that can penetrate Windows, said a report by Citizen Lab

Beitar Jerusalem owner Moshe Hogeg he could not bring himself to 'betray' his disputed city by accepting a Palestinian demand the exhibition game be held elsewhere

With Tehran calling a temporary halt to nuclear talks with the U.S., it’s time for Israel to drop the bumper-sticker platitudes and start developing a clear strategy for what might come next

Speaking at a Zoom conference on the conflict, Foreign Minister Wang Yi reiterates support for a two-state solution

'It is clear that we will not be able to agree with the president,' Hariri said after a 20-minute meeting with President Aoun, likely plunging the country further into chaos

In America, fascism is rising. And all our talk about the Holocaust, that it would ward off bigotry, hatred, and totalitarianism, all our museums, memorials, movies and school curricula, hasn't stopped it

The appellant, who was a minor at the time, was convicted of involvement in the 2015 attack that killed three members of the Dawabsheh family in the West Bank village of Duma

Sixty-one Israeli Arabs have been murdered since the beginning of 2021, while only about 20 percent of the cases have been solved, Joint List head says

On many economic parameters they are better off than ever, but schools remain poor, roads are crowded and home prices are high

Arsen Avakov has been at odds with the president over the probe into the death of an investigative journalist in a car bombing in Kyiv in 2016

How a miniaturized set of sensors won Israeli scientists the Blavatnik prize for life sciences, and allows for the study of 'freely behaving animals'

Legislation introduced by Labor lawmaker Gilad Kariv that would have increased female representation on the religious court judicial appointments committee goes down in a tie vote

Violence has been rising in recent weeks between government and allied forces and insurgents on the edge of northwest Syria despite a truce brokered in March 2020

Chagall, Modigliani and Soutine were just a few of the Jewish artists to find liberation in the French capital. Two new Parisian exhibitions celebrate the École de Paris

Foreign Ministry creates special process for non-Israelis trying to see family – and several other categories, including students – who were being stymied by backlogs at Israeli embassies and consulates

Israel's serious COVID cases have slightly increased, but still remain low and currently stands at 54

Papers submitted to an arbitration procedure by mining magnate Dan Gertler reached investigation authorities in the U.K. and the U.S. ■ According to a recent ruling in Switzerland, the docs include an affidavit on Congo bribes totaling hundreds of ...

Remains of piglet from 2,700 years ago support the theory that ancient Israelites occasionally did eat pork, and the biblical taboo on this animal was only first observed in Second Temple era, Israeli archaeologists say

Army says suspects belong to a Hamas student cell at Ramallah's Birzeit University

While Bennett seems to have handled well the obstacles that Netanyahu left for him, he still has some hurdles to clear

'We were prepared to continue negotiating, but the Iranians requested more time to deal with their presidential transition,' a U.S. State Department spokesperson says

Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked aims to extend the life of a committee that approves construction in open areas, but is opposed by environmental protection chief Tamar Zandberg

In May, the Israeli military said that an Iron Dome interceptor missile struck an unmanned drone mid-air during fighting with Gaza

But both Israel and Hezbollah are preparing for the possibility of a limited incident that could lead to a wide-scale conflict ■ Israeli army believes that contrary to Gaza fighting, a war in Lebanon would require a ground offensive

The father did not present any evidence for his claim, and the court’s decisions were made without the woman's position being heard

U.S. plans to send charter flights later this month to start evacuating around 2,500 Afghans who worked as interpreters for the government as the Taliban continues to advance across the country

51 lawmakers from the opposition voted against the bill, which would mandate the preservation of DNA samples taken from victims of sex crimes for an unlimited time

Citing new evidence that 'has real potential to change the result' of the verdict, the prosecution said that it's in the interest of the public to conduct a retrial

Save me from the old slogan of a 'Jewish and democratic state.' In Israel, all citizens are equal before the law – unless they're Palestinian

The proposal is for 24 specialist technocrat ministers, in line with a French initiative that envisioned a government capable of enacting reforms that could unlock much needed foreign aid to rescue the nation

Current and former members of the Green Party of Canada say attacks aimed at Annamie Paul, including over her stance regarding Israel, expose antisemitism and racism within the party

Israeli prime minister promises COVID-19 surge can be quelled without lockdowns, appeals to public's personal responsibility in wearing masks, vaccinating and social distancing

According to the ADL’s Center on Extremism, antisemitic incidents in the United States 'more than doubled during the May 2021 military conflict' between Israel and Hamas in Gaza before returning to normal levels

The families of the victims, who were overwhelmingly ultra-Orthodox, say the vandals 'crossed a red line' and called on police to apprehend them immediately

Work performed by non-medical staff has ground to a halt, but facilities such as emergency rooms, oncology departments, dialysis, maternity and premature infant wards are functioning normally

Four Iranians alleged to be intelligence operatives are accused of surveilling Iranian-American journalist Masih Alinejad with the aim of abducting her to Iran

Calling Israel a settler colonial state is correct and helpful analytically, but it's a pointless slogan for pro-Palestinian activism. This is why

Committee to Protect Journalists find Botswana police using Israeli tech to sweep journalists’ phones: ‘They’re looking for people that are divulging information to the media’

The Palestinian, 47, was leading his herd near the perimeter fence of Yitzhar settlement when soldiers shot at him, wounding him in the leg

In Europe, raw pet food turned out to be laden with antibiotic-resistant bacteria; in Israel, such fripperies are banned outright

Faina Kirshenbaum and fellow Yisrael Beiteinu member Rami Cohen get handed severe sentences for helping people obtain government funding and receiving kickbacks in return

Hariri has Egypt's 'full support,' Sissi says, as Lebanese financial crisis deepens

Bipartisan group of lawmakers say campaign of delegitimization against Israel may have crossed the line into outright antisemitism, ahead of presidential election in which a communist of Palestinian descent is a front-runner

The stretch found in Jerusalem’s City of David ends the dispute about whether previously unearthed structures were part of the city wall, but doesn’t help elucidate who exactly built it or why

The Iran nuke deal capped the fissile purity at 3.67 percent uranium refinement, but the President Rohani claims they could reach 90 percent amid rumbling international negotiations to renew the agreement

For five years since the dramatic, bloody coup attempt, Erdogan has claimed traditional allies abandoned Turkey in its hour of need, justifying ongoing purges and his pivot towards Russia, China and Iran. This is what really happened – and why, as ...

High praise for the new official: not only a genius but pleasant to boot. Here's what Prime Minister Bennett expects to gain from appointing Eyal Hulata

The price of climate change: Israeli authorities were so focused on the coronavirus pandemic in the spring of 2020 that a link between the high death toll and the climate crisis wasn't even investigated. Government bodies are now seeing the light

The daily infections are still below the Israeli Health Ministry's forecast, though serious COVID cases are gradually increasing as the delta variant continues to snowball ■ Prof. Salman Zarka, director of Ziv hospital, named new coronavirus czar

'We made the impossible possible,' said President Herzog at the opening ceremony, which comes a month after the inauguration of its Israeli parallel in Abu Dhabi

Biden administration would like an Iran deal reached before Raisi's inauguration in August, but it's unlikely Khamenei will be convinced

The 36-year-old Palestinian was arrested and taken for questioning by the Shin Bet

Israel's new government has a chance to fix broken ties, but old understandings and the coalition's inability to deal with the Palestinian issue may cause some headaches

The war in May damaged a third of the pipes. Sewage collects in puddles near residential areas and penetrates the groundwater, and some flows into the sea

Union leaders say 13,000 staff at government facilities, including administrative and housekeeping workers, can’t cope with manpower shortage, overwork

The Israeli Social Affairs Ministry promises payments owed will be restored once state budget is passed

Former education minister ordered a hearing for Hebrew Reali School administration after some 300 students attended a Zoom talk, but ministry ruled there was ‘insufficient evidence’ of harm to the students

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid have demonstrated they have an alternative set of priorities to their predecessor when it comes to foreign policy – starting with the recent trip to Amman

‘I’m going to make sure they take all your assets from you,’ Lod Mayor Yair Revivo told Malek Hassouna, whose son was killed in May violence