President Biden’s repeal of the ban brought a sigh of relief from citizens in the countries covered by the measure. But amid the celebrations are tales of broken dreams

Since late December, Israel has required those coming from the UAE to go into a two-week quarantine, but authorities say returnees created a chain of infections numbering more than 4,000 people

Hinting at the Trump administration, the United Nations' Guterres says 'we were completely locked down in a situation in which there was no progress visible'

Election Overdose podcast, episode 5: Will COVID clashes have a wider effect on Israel's election? Can newly elected Labor leader make something better out of the worst job in politics? Plus: some last-minute predictions

Unless its small parties unite, their wasted votes will reelect Netanyahu

It’s convenient for Netanyahu to have security officials disagree with the U.S., ostensibly with no political agenda. But officials describe the military chief’s Iran speech this week as an own goal, even as he insists he carried out his duty

A State Department spokesperson refutes claims by Republican lawmakers that administering aid would violate U.S. law that limits funding for the Palestinian Authority over its payments to people convicted of terrorism charges

Data from National Insurance Institute show that the grant plan forwarded by the prime minister and finance minister offers the lowest contribution to reducing poverty

Amendments to legislation aimed to publicize millions in tax revenue collected from natural gas companies may in fact delay the process, some lobby groups claim

Do Jews 1941=Uighurs 2021? Who decides, and according to what criteria, which atrocities and crimes against humanity ‘deserve’ a Never Again campaign?

Malley has long been a target of the right-wing for his alleged anti-Israel bias, and was forced to cut ties with Obama's 2008 presidential campaign after reports emerged that he had met with members of Hamas

Abdel Nasser Halawa, a deaf man with mental disabilities, died of his wounds four months after being shot at a checkpoint. His brother accuses a Jerusalem hospital of releasing him despite his dire condition

This week at the Tel Aviv airport: A young Israeli heads to Vienna to find herself, and two even younger Israelis who relocated to Mexico visit their homeland

New presidential decrees, which empower the PA president to appoint senior judges and allow arbitrary dismissal of judges, have sparked protest in the West Bank

Both U.S. and Israeli intelligence communities agree that Iran began to violate the nuclear agreement in a measurable manner only a year after Trump withdrew from it

More than 250 servers in the United States, Britain, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Israel and the West Bank have been breached, ClearSky Cyber Security says

Different colonies of naked mole rat speak different dialects, scientists discover, and suspect it’s because the little rodents despise each other

3,000-year-old textiles unearthed in the copper mines of Timna were dyed with purple extracted from seashells, said to have been used by biblical kings and priests

St. Joseph Hospital is easing the load on Israeli hospitals and taking on Jewish patients, too, but Israel’s Health Ministry has no plans to allot it more beds in the coming decades

In his three minute video address for International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Turkey's president didn’t even mention the word ‘Jew.’ And in his listing of genocides, one was notably missing

Ministry says first trimester is characterized by various complications, recommends avoiding jab to prevent suspicion of connection to vaccine

'No justification for false attacks based on ethnic, racial or religious identity,' Biden administration says

Avigdor Lieberman’s Yisrael Beiteinu and Likud are accused of collecting data on voters through the Elector app without their consent

Unlike its online outreach to the Gulf states, the Foreign Ministry's ‘Israel in the Iraqi Dialect’ Facebook page draws on Iraq’s rich Jewish history. Could it help secure the unlikeliest Arab accord of them all?

Why people prefer to believe the lie, according to an Israeli activist who exposes fake social media profiles that spread misinformation

Dozens hold a rally in support for the of the Hebrew Reali School's decision to allow B’Tselem director Hagai El-Ad to talk to students

Construction work at the first Israeli prime minister’s house in central Tel Aviv, now a museum, has revealed some strange odors

Normalization agreements are beyond 'point of no return,' Netanyahu says after Biden administration freezes F-35 Sale to UAE ■ U.S. Secretary of State Blinken says not uncommon for new admin to examine pending sales

Maya Sarfaty tells Haaretz how she pieced together the story of the affair between the SS officer and the young Jew in her new award-winning documentary

On Wednesday, Blinken reaffirmed Biden's policy that Tehran must resume complying with curbs on its nuclear activity under the deal before the United States rejoins the pact

Talks on nuclear deal with Biden administration couldn't come soon enough for the country beset by raging COVID-19 and sanctions, but a questionable pact with China could provide Iran an alternative route

U.S. ambassador to Lithuania slams Valdas Rakutis for distorting the memory of the Holocaust and 'shamefully' accusing Jews of being the perpetrators

The 20-percent enrichment of uranium reported by Tehran is just a short technical step away from weapons-grade 90-percent enrichment

What began as mass protests against corruption and economic hardship turned into what has been described as the world's biggest humanitarian crisis

Cabinet to debate extension on Sunday, hours before coronavirus lockdown expires ■ Health Ministry advises pregnant women to get vaccinated only after first trimester ■ Israel closes borders, Tel Aviv airport shut

Thousands were initially invited, but leaders of the Sanz and Toldos Aharon sects ordered to to scale the event down due to the nationwide coronavirus lockdown

New Zealand and Denmark took the top spots for the best reputation while Syria, Somalia and South Sudan scored worst in the ranking by the Berlin-based organization Transparency International

Issa Amro, founder of the Youth Against Settlements group, was convicted earlier this month of minor offenses from about a decade ago. At the same time, the Palestinian prosecution is accusing him of insulting senior officials and endangering public ...

The Pearl family was in 'complete shock,' lawyer says after the Supreme Court releases main suspect in high-profile 2002 kidnapping and murder

A Finance Ministry report found that parental education and financial security were key factors in entrepreneurial success, and that the exalted universe of Israeli startups is far from meritocratic

George Haswani denied any wrongdoing after Reuters reported that his company shared an address with the company responsible for ordering the chemicals that led to August's deadly explosion

After much deliberation, the museum will be located in the capital city to make it easier for the general public to visit

Israeli defense officials say upcoming election and new U.S. president make Kochavi’s comments on the 2015 nuclear deal and plans for military action ill-timed

Leifer, who is standing trial by video link following her extradition from Israel in January, was silent as the 74 charges against her were read out

Hoping to inquire into human-turtle relations in prehistory, a study finds spotty evidence of turtle consumption in the East Mediterranean – and it wasn’t because they were hard to catch

Call between Blinken and Ashkenazi is second high-level one between U.S. and Israeli officials in the week since Inauguration Day – while Netanyahu has yet to get a call from President Biden

In terms of encouraging people to move to Israel's northern and southern peripheries, the coronavirus has succeeded where decades of government policy have failed

Some 25,000 self-employed people and their family members fell into poverty in Israel in 2020, advocacy group reports

The airports authority says there shouldn’t be a problem with cargo flights and therefore shipping times shouldn’t be impacted, but shipping companies say some packages arrive on passenger flights

Israelis coming back from a Dubai vacation sometimes find themselves throwing chairs when learning about their country’s latest tool for tackling the coronavirus

Attorney General Mendelblit said new material convinced him to change his decision on Netanyahu's funding

Even those attacks that get reported to police have led to nothing, as Palestinians take the brunt of Israeli settlers' anger over the death of an Israeli teen

'This reality is the complete opposite of the public perception of prostitution,' activist says following disturbing report on the emotional pain suffered by women in prostitution

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said during his confirmation hearings last week that the Biden administration would 'take a hard look' at the UAE F-35 sale

Rift between the religious United Arab List and other member parties of the Joint List results in split, with final configuration of election slates still unclear

'The Holocaust was no accident of history,' Biden says, comparing the rhetoric heard during the rise of Nazism to that of the 2017 Charlottesville rally

Earlier this week, the president of the European Jewish Congress called on all countries in the EU to ensure that Holocaust survivors have access to coronavirus vaccines as quickly as possible

At confirmation hearing, Linda Thomas-Greenfield pledges to 'stand against the unfair targeting of Israel' at the UN, hopes to get support of states involved in recent normalization pacts

Blinken, a longtime Biden confidant, lists COVID, climate change and fights for racial justice among the many challenges to tackle

The B-52 flew nonstop from Louisiana's Barksdale Air Force Base into the region earlier in the day

Three cases detected in random sampling of COVID tests show the more infectious variant has managed to break through Israel's testing and isolation screenings

By attacking the United States' still-unformulated Iran policy, IDF chief Aviv Kochavi is ingratiating himself with Netanyahu – and irritating the new White House

GOP signals unwillingness to part with Trump after riot

'To remember is an expression of humanity. To remember is a sign of civility. To remember is a condition for a better future of peace and fraternity,' said Francis

The 33-year-old Columbia University graduate, who has already racked up 110,000 followers, hopes to inspire users to 'create a connection between a person and a tree'

From telling Donald Trump about a terrorist attack that was actually a road accident to waging war on indoor smoking in Israel, these are the key moments in Erdan's political career

Alongside the benefits of digitization, the online arena poses a unique threat to the memory of the Shoah, from Holocaust distortion to denial, and even fake history

'Nobody would have predicted that I and Dr. Fauci would be so prominent in these really evil theories,' Gates said

On Tuesday, new CDC rules took effect requiring nearly all international air travelers aged 2 and older to present a negative coronavirus test

Enrique Tarrio, 36, is a high-profile figure who organizes and leads the right-wing Proud Boys in their confrontations with those they believe to be Antifa

Aviv Kochavi has said it would be a mistake for the United States to return to the Iran nuclear deal and that military action 'must be on the table'

The police have asked that the man be kept in custody, but the judge says testimony shows the patient never threatened to hurt Netanyahu

A Telegram bot claims to have the numbers of 533 million users from around the world as a result of a Facebook security vulnerability that was fixed in 2019. For $20 you can buy one

Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi has warned the new administration against returning to the Iranian nuclear deal, but he shouldn’t be lecturing Israel’s key ally

Kevin McCarthy is facing a renewed challenge with Marjorie Taylor Greene, while GOP Congressman Dan Newhouse is facing calls at home to resign for his vote to impeach Trump

Many Holocaust survivors in the United States, Israel and elsewhere find themselves in a state of previously unimaginable isolation due to the coronavirus

Pandemic lockdowns pushed Holocaust memorials to produce innovative, immersive and interactive ways to engage with a distanced audience, from Zoom testimonies to concentration camp tours on Instagram Live

With new polls showing 78 percent of center-left voters would prefer a coalition without ultra-Orthodox parties, Lapid is seeking to exploit his base's frustrations, yet will steer clear of running an anti-Haredi campaign

City preparing to vaccinate tens of thousands of asylum seekers from Tel Aviv and other cities in dedicated compound that is being set up

Modi’s relentless endorsement of Trump earned India few tangible benefits. And now he faces the mother of all political hangovers with a U.S. administration headed by the people his own media relentlessly trolled

Two cops were attacked when enforcing coronavirus restrictions on gatherings in Bnei Brak last week

The assessment grades 10 social media platforms according to their respective Holocaust denial and general hate speech policies, response rates and enforcement actions. Twitch ranked highest with a 'B' rating

The Health Ministry has flagged the higher level of contagion among the new variants and the public’s lower-level observance of COVID restrictions as the cause for high infection rates

Israel is the only country in the world to close its airport. Instead of a proportionate, thought-out COVID policy that could have brought about the same result with less damage, Israel chose again to go with a single dramatic, aggressive move

Bee-io is working on developing cultured honey via an artificial bee stomach that imitates the enzymes and conditions inside actual honeybees

A Tel Aviv District Court Judge ruled that Apple can indeed be sued in Israel, paving the way for other suits against other multinational tech companies as well

Lebanon and Israel are still in a formal state of war and have long contested their land and maritime borders

Mayors of nearby cities also oppose the plan to put up 36,000 apartments in space being vacated by Israeli Military Industries moving their plants to the south