Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz adds that Israel is on alert Sunday, the one-year anniversary of the assassination of Tehran's top general, Qassem Soleimani

Thousands joined the mock funeral procession on the highway leading to the Baghdad airport where the strike that killed Gen. Qassem Soleimani and senior Iraqi militia leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis took place last January

Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah called the Ted Cruz-led effort an 'ill-conceived endeavor' and added 'I could never have imagined seeing these things in the greatest democracy in the world. Has ambition so eclipsed principle?'

King, who was born in Brooklyn, New York to Orthodox Jewish parents, has had medical issues in recent decades, including heart attacks and diagnoses of diabetes and lung cancer

Palestinian Authority imposes new restrictions, including nighttime curfew as cases soar ■ Senior health official proposes delaying second vaccine shot in order to combat shortage ■ COVID cabinet to deliberate tightening restrictions

At the moment, the main assets of Benny Gantz's party are its significant funding and a bit of kindly sympathy for its battered leader

It is still unclear what role, if at all, the Iranians played in the attack. But as the anniversary of General Suleimani's death nears, the entire Middle East is riddled with warning signs

The Palestinian government imposes new restrictions, including nighttime curfew ■ Israel's coronavirus czar wants schools shut ■ 18 more cases of U.K. mutation identified as Israel marks millionth vaccination

787 West Bank Palestinians, including 155 minors, were wounded last year by either sponge-tipped or live bullets fired by soldiers and the Border Police. Bashar lost an eye, Yousef has skull fractures. Both will require long convalescences

Originally implemented in September 2019, the Day Care Supervision Law has only been partially implemented in light of the absence of the necessary regulations until now

Israel has faced a slew of cyberattacks in recent months. The man in charge of responding to them tells Haaretz about how his team does it

Coronavirus response chief calls to shut all schools as Israelis appear to be ignoring movement restrictions

Israeli troops fired at protesters who were supporting shepherds whose village had been demolished. After one protester was hit with a rubber bullet, soldiers tried to prevent him from getting treatment

14 detained as hundreds take to the streets as the investigation into Ahuvia Sandak's death continues ■ Police report damage to police car, seven officers wounded

Harun Abu Aram was shot in the neck by Israeli forces near Hebron, witnesses say, as he remains hospitalized and on life support ■ Forces seemed 'as though they were heading into a war'

The PA introduces a slew of restrictions in the West Bank, but face the challenge of convincing an indifferent public to abide by them

The Environmental Protection Ministry will provide preschools with funding to purchase a dishwasher, reusable utensils following protests from parents against single-use cutlery and plates

Anti-corruption demonstrations across the country continue into their 28th week, with two teens arrested for alleged attack in northern Israel

Iraq’s shortage of electricity has driven it to form alliances with several countries – and even Israeli natural gas is implicated in the ensuing tangle

Palestinian police need Israeli approval to enter Kafr Aqab, which is officially in Jerusalem but lies on the Palestinian side of Israel's West Bank wall. Locals say Israeli forces and authorities rarely police or even visit it

'Be careful,' Zarif says on Twitter, 'Any fireworks will backfire badly'

Blog posts accusing a famous Egyptian film director of sexual harassment and assault raise little hope for an investigation, but put the question of social punishment on the agenda

Al-Shabab takes responsibility for the attack outside Mogadishu, which comes amid Ankara's growing involvement in regional power struggles

Bylaw bars the use of dishes, glasses and straws made of plastic, aluminum, cardboard or paper on the beaches of the southern resort city

The move comes amid heightened tensions between Iran and the United States in the waning days of the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump

In Israel, we're taught to look down on Christianity. But we're more Christian than we'd like to believe

Why Avraham Burg, who has served as Knesset speaker, interim president and head of the Jewish Agency, is asking Israel to annul his registration as a Jew

Republicans override Trump veto for first time in his presidency, 20 days before his term ends

The school is the only one in Israel that lacks a regular water supply, and the students wait every day for tankers to show up – which they often don’t, or come half empty

On human evolution: cooking before fire, storing perishables before electricity, counterfeiting before money, enigmatic footprints in Saudi Arabia, moon gods and shamans and so much more

These are the best photos of the year taken by Haaretz photographers, moments of history caught on camera

Israel may be the best-defended state in the world, but its people's existence is based on an ethos of constant fear

This week at the Tel Aviv airport: A woman volunteers on an extraordinary international mission, and a man heads to celebrate Christmas with his partner for the first time

The growth rate of classes in mainstream schools for students with autism is not keeping up with the number of children diagnosed

Military says 'violent riot' erupted during routine operation to deal with illegal construction, is investigating report of shooting

Solemaini's replacement as head of the Quds Force warns that from inside your own house, there may emerge someone who will retaliate'

Sold into prostitution in Hungary, Chile Ezra was smuggled into Israel and forced to be a sex worker; she was also brutally raped. After years, and against all odds, she managed to extricate herself. Today all she wants is to remain in Israel and to ...

According to the outgoing justice minister, Gantz floated the idea of running on a joint ticket with Yamina as the two former allies traded parting blows

In the absence of an agreement on an amendment, women who lost their jobs during the pandemic will be trapped in a limbo from next week, receiving no maternity allowances or unemployment benefits

Police say protesters threw stones and eggs at them at a protest against the death of Ahuvia Sandak, who was killed in a car chase with police in the West Bank

Carlos Telleldin, who was accused of supplying the van that exploded at the Jewish Center in Buenos Aires, tweeted that Jews want to give lessons of morality while killing Palestinians

It all comes down to how many doses arrive in January

For years, settlers and right-wing activists have been calling for the closure of the police section in charge of nationalist crime perpetrated by the so-called hilltop youth. This week, even defense officials joined in

Some have concluded that now is the time to enter politics and are stressing transparency, integrity, the principles of the Declaration of Independence and a clear voice for women

Enforcement, rehabilitation, prevention and education are needed for Israel to truly claim its place among the ranks of progressive countries fighting to end prostitution and human trafficking

The trend was not evident in the ultra-Orthodox community, where people learned to live with the crisis, according to a report by the Religious Affairs Ministry

The Settlement Affairs Ministry has allocated $6.2 million for West Bank regional councils to purchase electronic tracking devices to monitor building by Palestinians, who are seldom granted construction permits

In the 28th week of anti-Netanyahu protests across Israel, pro- and anti-Netanyahu demonstrators face off in Binyamina

A growing group of Israeli business owners discovered Mark Zuckerberg cut off their oxygen supply just when they needed it most. They now want to file suit - and hold Facebook accountable

Tal Dilian was a respected member of Israel's elite intel units. In recent years he’s set up shop overseas and has orchestrated a number of massive cyber deals | A profile

The charges allege that Shimi Marciano slapped and pushed a 12-year-old demonstrator to the ground who had tried to flee and pushed another protester who filmed officers at the protest

After two Christmas trees were set alight in Sakhnin, the tree outside the Catholic church was ignited again this week, with graffiti reading 'Only the Prophet Muhammad' scrawled on the building

Many of Israel’s biggest celebrities accuse Eshkolot, a company responsible for distributing royalty payments, of being secretive and skimming too much of the money it collects

The pandemic revealed the world's total dependence upon public financing and should finally explode the myth that the less a government 'interferes,' the better

The founders of Veev are applying lessons from their startup successes – and failures – to the world of modular home manufacture. But you won't be seeing their homes in Israel anytime soon

'Wake up to an ocean view, walk to the beach barefoot and play tennis in the backyard': Massive homes with few neighbors are turning Haifa's coastal communities into prime real estate

Moran Cerf, a French-Israeli neuroscientist and one of the first Israeli hackers, thinks human error enabled the recent spate of attacks targeting Israel. In an interview, he explains how to protect your privacy and security

'When interest rates are low and money is available, even startups with the business model of a pretzel cart are in demand'

Normalization triggered a wave of new partnerships between Israeli and Gulf firms, but more than a few Emirati economic leaders have Israel ties that predate the deal

‘The Slaughterman’s Daughter’ by Yaniv Iczkovits and ‘The Lost Shtetl’ by Max Gross both brim with humor, even as they suggest that life can be cruel and unforgiving to Jews and antisemites alike

Share prices of companies disrupting their markets, such as Beyond Meat and Israel’s Else Nutrition and SavorEat, are soaring, while startups in the industry are going public

Available, light and nonpolluting, hydrogen could be an ideal source of energy and due to recent technological developments, an increasingly feasible one

By 2065 Israel is slated to be the second-most crowded nation on earth. Can it continue to grow like Nigeria while maintaining a standard of living like the Netherlands?

Izhar Shay and Ram Shefa follow justice and foreign ministers as well as two other lawmakers

Yemen's internationally recognized government said the Iran-backed Houthi rebels had fired four ballistic missiles, killing 25 people

Israel embarks on its fourth election in two years. This time you won’t have to face it alone: Join Anshel Pfeffer and Dahlia Scheindlin for a new weekly podcast

Some 3,440 survivors who are entitled to thousands of shekels a year are not receiving aid either because they are unable to submit the required forms or are unaware that they qualify

Officers are particularly critical of the fact that Public Security Minister Ohana visited family of Ahuvia Sandak as officers involved in his death were facing threats from Jewish extremists. Netanyahu also reached out to the family

Spared four more years with Trump, liberal American Jewry could fight to preserve their cherished liberal values in Israel as well

Interior Minister Arye Dery orders halt to processing requests to recognize other civil marriages performed remotely until decision is reached on the matter

Government Press Office photographers were conspicuously missing from the spy Jonathan Pollard's reception in Israel. Who does it benefit to leave the event out of the official record?

How one man’s quest, half a century ago, for the right to define his own family’s identity unwittingly set up a momentous clash between Israel’s secular and religious power centers, changed the Law of Return and still fuels conflict over who is...

Jared's family real estate company is weighing a bond issue on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange

Peace by decree works for Gulf autocracies, but it is no model for Pakistan’s raucous democracy. Normalization faces formidable obstacles – but from Muslim scholars to Twitter to TV, the essential public debate is starting

Since there’s no requirement to receive the second shot in the same place, Baka al-Garbiyeh has become a vaccine attraction for people driving by

Group within United Torah Judaism party expected to rebel against leadership and challenge its chairman of 20 years

Ten years have passed since the West got excited over what it hoped would be the imminent democratization of the Arab world. But just as revolutions aren’t created in a day – they don’t end overnight, either

Paper attached to social policy center report says Education Ministry failed to prepare for a crisis that closed schools, urges change in strategy

Social Equality Ministry allocates funds for local governments to assist LGBTQ community ■ Budget cut by millions of shekels because state budget wasn't passed

The task of prioritizing who would receive the coronavirus vaccine when was done in an entirely professional way. What followed was something else

Gantz learned the hard way that there is truly nothing Netanyahu won’t do to hold on to power, even things Biden's team might find truly unbelievable

TV footage showed dozens of people leaving the airplane and heavy gunfire from armored vehicles with plumes of white and black smoke rising from the scene

Plaintiffs' lawyer claims that because Modi’in Ilit is a settlement in the West Bank, Israeli health regulations don’t automatically apply there

Just four percent of respondents believe Benny Gantz is suitable to be prime minister, as Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai enters the fray with 8-9 projected Knesset seats

Sources say Kushner is looking to raise $100 million in bonds on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange

Israeli security sources say police are not responding forcefully enough to violent settler protests – and that could lead to an escalation in the West Bank

A new fund approved by Congress will give his administration the ability to invest tens of millions of dollars in peacebuilding efforts on the ground