The responsibility for the Lag Ba'omer's disaster, in which 45 people died and some 150 others were injured, lies with politicians, former senior police officials say

Israel's vaccine data is impressive, but it will pay a hefty price for not vaccinating West Bank Palestinians – living under its control – against coronavirus

Israeli citizens will not be allowed to travel to Ukraine, Brazil, South Africa, and Ethiopia ■ New regulation will go into effect on May 3 and remain in place until May 16

In the run-up to the June presidential election, Tehran aims to improve relations with Riyadh in part by ending the war in Yemen, on top of a quick, new nuclear deal

So far, 32 of the 45 who were killed on Mount Meron during Lag Ba'omer festivities have been identified ■ Process of releasing bodies for burial frozen until after sabbath after instruction from Israel's chief rabbi

White House says U.S. working to confirm reports of American citizens killed or wounded in the incident

Following deadly disaster during Lag Ba'omer festivities in which at least 45 people died, Biden instructs team to offer assistance to Israel

There are places that are beyond the police’s jurisdiction and autonomies where the state doesn’t even try to assert its sovereignty

Israeli government approves prime minister's request to mark Sunday as day of national mourning after at least 45 people were crushed to death at the Lag Ba’omer celebrations

A 14-year-old Palestinian, standing at the entrance to the vegetable store where he worked in the heart of Hebron, took a sponge-tipped bullet in the eye. The soldiers didn’t bother to give him first aid, and it took 11 hours for him to reach an Ea...

In 2008 and again in 2011, the State Comptroller's office implicitly warned of a potential disaster on Mount Meron

The U.S., U.K., France, Germany, Italy, Austria, Ukraine, Bahrain, India, Turkey and the European Union express solidarity with Israel after 44 people were killed and over 150 injured at the annual Lag Ba'Omer celebration

At least 45 people were crushed to death at Lag Ba'Omer disaster overnight Thursday in northern Israel

The Palestinian started approaching the police officer while holding a broken glass bottle. He was shot after the officer asked him to stop and he refused to do so

However, Northern District police commander says he bears full responsibility

At least 44 killed, over 150 injured during the annual mass celebration of Lag Ba'Omer in northern Israel

What we know at the end of a week of intense coalition talks between party leaders

The organizational and technological changes the Israeli army has put in place in recent years will be the focus of the large-scale drill ■ Why laser interception may be making a comeback

The Israeli delegation to Washington seems to have achieved little in practice regarding the Iran deal. Still, sources say Israel will try to secure upgraded aerial capabilities as a kind of insurance policy

Israel removed the Jerusalem roadblocks and Hamas quelled the Gaza tensions. Even Abbas' move to postpone Palestinian election is unlikely to lead to a confrontation, but the calm may not last long

Mustatils, monumental stone structures from a time Arabia was green 8,500 years ago aren’t traps, pens or cairns – they’re early monumental ritual structures for a cattle cult, archaeologists believe

More than 150 sustained injuries ■ Police deflect blame for deadly stampede ■ Sunday declared day of national mourning

Imagine being paid to drink coffee or sip beer all day. Five people with 'dream jobs' say that there are downsides, too

The prince held several senior positions in Jordan's monarchy, including as personal representative to his nephew King Abdullah II

Israeli officials express 'deep concern' about Iran's nuclear activities in meeting, as intelligence minister warns 'bad deal' will lead to war

Festivities at Mount Meron, in Israel's north, draw tens of thousands of Jewish worshipers, but attendance still lower than normal

Iran's national federation forced Saeid Mollaei to throw a match rather than face an Israeli opponent. Since then, Mollaei had fled the country and competed in Tel Aviv

This week at the Tel Aviv airport: Two Jewish men, an American and an Israeli , with a special connection to their religion

Lebanese officials suspected of corruption or obstructing formation of government will be barred in latest French effort to pressure Lebanese leaders

Anti-Netanyahu parties remain divided on allocation of ministerial portfolios, issues of religion and state, and how to ensure an ideologically diverse prospective cabinet can function

Mouna Maroun’s trajectory as a neuroscientist extends from a Druze village to a postdoc in France and department head in Haifa. She is now developing a treatment to erase the negative emotions that accompany trauma – and also working to open the ...

Perhaps it isn’t actually Israel that has crossed the threshold

In a city filled with immigrants who fled socialism in Cuba, Nicaragua, Colombia and Venezuela, identifying Jews with menacing socialist, anti-American forces is a potent, and potentially dangerous, tactic

Military says some of the five boys aged 8-13 should not have been detained because it could be seen that some of them might be under 12, the age of criminal responsibility

Jacques Mosseri, a proud Egyptian and Zionist, would have wanted his collection to be in Israel, but his heirs will decide where it ends up

The Sudanese government is introducing a donor-funded scheme to provide a temporary $5 basic monthly income to millions of its citizens

What happens when LGBTQ communes take up residence in a city with large traditionalist and ultra-Orthodox communities? A visit to Israel's unlikely new queer mecca

'We have decided to postpone the election until the participation of our people in Jerusalem is guaranteed,' said Abbas in a speech on Palestinian TV

A doctor and humanitarian worker in the Gaza Strip tell of hospitals at breaking point, children collecting plastic from junkyards, and the feud between Hamas and Fatah hampering the distribution of COVID vaccines

The huge concentration of power held by Big Pharma, and the unequal distribution of coronavirus vaccines between rich and poor countries, has led to calls for vaccine patents to be suspended. But not everyone thinks this is a healthy solution

The combination of media and natural gas isn’t new in Israel; Tshuva owns about 20% of the company that operates Channel 12 television, while Azur controls The Jerusalem Post

Israel’s digitized post-pandemic job market will be inhospitable for people without education and computer skills

Despite the massive sums of money flowing into Israel, the number of new Israeli startups has been dropping since 2015

Diplomats had been trying to break a logjam in talks between rival Greek and Turkish Cypriots, which collapsed in acrimony in 2017

Israel reports dozens of Indian COVID strain cases. The variant is of concern because it consist of two mutations of its protein, which could make it more resistant to the vaccine

James Packer wasn't just another billionaire who developed relationships with Israel's elite. The Australian media and casino tycoon with the troubled psyche mingled with those in the most secret circles in the country. Benjamin Netanyahu exploited h...

Law Professor Neta Ziv will lead the department, which will work towards increasing the representation of marginalized groups among students, faculty and administration at the university

Responsibility for India's 200,000 COVID deaths (and rising) rests with Prime Minster Modi and his arrogant, hypocritical, incompetent government, which even now prioritizes subduing legitimate criticism over saving lives

A new agreement could unfreeze $100 billion in assets around the world, and moderates are striving for a deal now in case conservatives take over after the June presidential election

While the threat of a Palestinian hacking attack has waned in recent years, the possibility of an Iranian attack for Al-Quds Day has gained steam – but experts warn that the real threat is all year round

Rabbinate has no jurisdiction in determining eligibility under Law of Return, but recent court hearing indicates otherwise

For over a decade, Turkey’s President Erdogan has actively and consistently undermined U.S. interests. By recognizing the Armenian genocide, President Biden is telling Ankara that enough is enough

Negotiations between old foes were launched in October to try to resolve the dispute, which has held up hydrocarbon exploration in the potentially gas-rich area, yet the talks have since stalled

Israel closed the sea to fisherman on Monday in response to violence over the weekend, fishing zone reopened to 15 nautical miles

Prime Minister Netanyahu's wild flip-flop on appointing a justice minister is a further testament of his panic. Meanwhile, Naftali Bennet steps up his political game in meeting with Islamist leader

The legal adviser at the Prime Minister’s Office tried to get Netanyahu to follow comptroller's order, and after being ignored for months, decided to give up

Smart Shooter employs on rifles the same technology used in missiles

In an interview, Sir Ronald Cohen talks about how to make big business accountable for social and environmental goals, not just profits

'If Mendelblit leads a governmental revolution by force, the people will fight for their independence and sovereignty,' Bezalel Smotrich tweeted

This week’s Human Rights Watch report on Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians exhibits two glaring flaws, while its attempts to compare Israel and the old South African regime are flimsy and unfounded

Intel's two subsidiaries in Israel – the auto-tech company Mobileye and the AI company Habana Labs – will also be doing their own hiring ■ Intel CEO to visit Israel next week

The Gaza-based group calls on the Palestinian Authority to hold the vote – the Palestinians' first in 15 years – in Jerusalem even without Israel's consent

While the final itinerary was unclear, there were tentative plans for the team to visit Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Jordan

Investigators executed warrants at Giuliani’s home on Madison Avenue and his office on Park Avenue and seized electronic devices, according to sources

'We must go back to the foundations, by which the government serves the citizens, rather than the citizens serving the government,' President Rivlin cautions amid deepening political crisis

Excluding Jesus and other biblical figures, Wiesel will be the first Jewish figure to be so honored

The African-American group first came to Israel in the late 1960s, but now about 100 of them may have to return to the United States. 'It’s no secret that those most opposed to us being here are the ultra-Orthodox,' a community leader tells Haaretz

This is the first time Israeli creators are in the pilot seat on a Netflix original project. Actor-writer Lior Raz plays the main character, a former Shin Bet hitman whose wife, a dancer, is killed in a hit-and-run accident in Tel Aviv

'We have no other job. We depend on the sea as a means of livelihood,' says a Palestinian fisherman affected by the Israeli decision

Well-known musician Samir Sfeir has sung about Lebanese President Michel Aoun and is close to his ruling party

'I decided to resign over the ruling, which at first I couldn’t believe,' Judge Jack Broda said after Halimi's killer was deemed unfit to stand trial

Students have repeatedly lobbied YU's administration to formally recognize a Gay-Straight Alliance club, to no avail. Faculty of YU's Cardozo School of Law have condemned the university's refusal, calling it 'unlawful'

The death of a doctor confronted by neighbors for having a male visitor has sparked an outpouring of anguish from women who say living independently in the conservative, Muslim-majority country is a daily struggle

A new disinformation campaign linked to a suspected Iranian group on Telegram has begun spreading photos and lies about Gantz; watchdog warns of extensive fake network on social media

PA to decide this week whether to defer parliamentary elections – the first in 14 years – officially because Israel has not consented to voting in East Jerusalem, but unofficially, because Fatah might lose, some sources say

Commando troops were 'leaving no stone unturned' while destroying suspected PKK shelters, caves, weapons, ammunition, handmade explosives and mines, according to a defense ministry statement

At one shul, online attendance is often two to three times larger than when services were in person, while one critic fears it could create an ‘atomized hive of like-minded individuals, not a community’

How much weight should the UAE's anger over the Jerusalem violence hold should the nation own one-fifth of Israel’s main energy source?

Netanyahu's U-turn marks his truly important goal: Preparing for new elections

In any vaccine there are factors that can disrupt menstruation, but the way the medical establishment has been responding to reports of this possible coronavirus vaccine side effect reflects a broader problem

As the anti-Netanyahu bloc inches toward a coalition, sources say that there are still 'significant ideological differences to bridge'

As Biden strides towards a nuclear deal, an anxious, diminished and increasingly isolated Saudi kingdom faces a grim outlook – and negotiation with the Iranian enemy, through gritted teeth, appears the only way out

In footage broadcast Tuesday night after a stormy legal battle, Netanyahu's late media adviser tells investigators that the premier arranged for Arnon Milchan purchase a stake in Channel 10 television, and more

Israel's top court freezes appointment of Netanyahu loyalist to justice minister post, after attorney general rules cabinet vote 'illegal' ■ After court's rebuke, Netanyahu agrees to appoint Gantz

Releasing the statement on his Instagram account, Iran's top diplomat stopped short of apologizing for his remarks directly, but expressed regret that the leak caused 'internal conflict'

After winning Project Nimbus tender to operate Israel’s official state cloud, Google Cloud announces local project, valued at billions of shekels

The drone is operated by remote control and can drop between six and 12 canisters from the air, proving to be 'very effective,' according to Israeli police

Nides, whose emergence was first reported by the Washington Post, previously served as a deputy secretary of state