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 ...

Lebanon, plagued with a deep financial crisis, is eager to resolve the border dispute with Israel, paving the way for potential lucrative oil and gas deals

Defense attorneys question Ilan Yeshua, who testified two weeks ago that he was pressured to slant news coverage in Netanyahu's favor in a bid to obtain regulatory concessions

Days after police barriers were removed from Damascus Gate, the police dispersed two Palestinian demonstrations in East Jerusalem

Israel officials claim there must be an evaluation of whether current policy on the use of force has run its course because of the strategic changes in the Middle East

At midnight Tuesday Netanyahu's mandate to form a government will expire ■ Netanyahu's offer was generous, but Bennett reminded him that he has no coalition ■ Lapid is eager to form a government, but is Bennett ready to lead?

The anticipated approval comes after the drugmakers said in March that the vaccine was found to be safe, effective and produced robust antibody responses in 12- to 15-year-olds in a clinical trial. Israel stands prepared

The Rafale jets will cost $4.5 billion, a defense ministry statement said, but Macron faces increased heat over Egypt's human rights record

Biden's U-turn comes just two weeks after his administration announced it would keep Trump's cap at the record low of 15,000

First this Viking’s grave was looted by farmers, then the remains and rich grave goods were recollected – and then mislaid. Moral of the story: Be careful what you write on boxes

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seems unlikely to meet the Tuesday midnight deadline for creating a coalition, after which Israel’s president can task any lawmaker with building a government

Sapir Berman officiated a soccer match for the first time since coming out as transgender, and the players are already using her pronouns correctly

Saudi Arabia will reopen its embassy in Damascus with the intention of restoring the diplomatic relations between the countries, according to the independent Rai Al-Youm newspaper

Israeli state comptroller Matanyahu Englman is due to arrive at Mount Meron on Tuesday, making it the first step in the investigation into the disaster

Methuselah the tree was grown from a 2,000-year-old seed found at Masada. Now more have been grown and genetic analysis finds a twist in the origin story of the ‘Judean date’

The police and religious establishment are trading accusations on who’s to blame for last week's stampede where 45 pilgrims died

A coalition of organizations from Amnesty to Human Rights Watch called the Israeli spy tech firm out for lack of compliance. Now NSO is promising a ‘new standard for transparency’

Palestinian news agency reported that the car used for the shooting was found ■ Five Palestinians suffered gunshot wounds during the army's pursuit overnight Sunday

On Monday evening, supporters of the far-right Religious Zionism party are expected to protest in front of Bennett's home, demanding he join a right-wing government

The 34-year-old's success has also drawn resentment from male colleagues — some tainted her polishing pads with acid to burn the paint of her cars, others tampered with her machines and tore up the costly pads

One case of new Chilean coronavirus variant found as well; all three cases in vaccinated Israelis who had recently returned from abroad

Yemen has received 360,000 doses from the global COVAX vaccine-sharing scheme, yet many Yemenis seem reluctant to get inoculated on religious grounds, due to distrust of the vaccine, or because of the dangers of war

The reported Cohen-Biden meeting capped a week-long visit to Washington by a senior Israeli delegation, relaying their concerns about a possible return to the 2015 nuclear deal

Blinken's visit to London, his first since being appointed by President Joe Biden, comes amid mounting speculation of a prisoner exchange deal with Iran

Police chief says he will 'not allow Israel Police to be anyone's scapegoat' for tragedy that left 45 dead at Lag Ba'omer celebration

Israel's Arab citizens, now courted even by right-wingers better known for demonizing them, will still face mistrust and alienation as long as Israeli society fears, rather than embraces, their identity, history, culture and language

The beautiful Old City gate has always played a central role in the lives of Palestinians in Jerusalem, but the closure of the plaza during Ramadan has turned it into the epicenter of impassioned demonstrations

Gilad Japhet, the founder of MyHeritage, says he’ll never leave the company that began as a hobby - and reveals why 95% of his veteran subscribers won't either

The trips come as the U.S. and Iran, through intermediaries in Vienna, discuss a return to Tehran’s tattered 2015 nuclear deal with world powers

Two of the protest leaders were arrested on suspicion of engaging in disorderly behavior, even though they never made it to the Jerusalem protest site

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

Apple TV+ updates Paul Theroux’s novel 'The Mosquito Coast,' but the seven-part series jettisons all of the things that made the original interesting – principally the rantings of 'Allie Fox News'

Israeli citizens aren't allowed to travel to Ukraine, Brazil, South Africa, and Ethiopia, fearing outbreak of new coronavirus strains

Local council chief, who suffered injuries from rubber-tipped bullet fired by Israeli forces in his village of Jaloud, says a group of settlers arrived at the village and smashed the windows of two car

With a day and a half left before Netanyahu's mandate expires, he says he might agree to let Benett serve first as PM in rotation deal, offers 'important positions' for members of his party

Taboola, which is going public, reveals in SEC filing it is under U.S. Department of Justice antitrust investigation for its hiring policies

Rabbi of Australian synagogue hosting the event warns that invitation to ex-spy Pollard as keynote speaker 'opens the door to accusations against us of untrustworthy loyalty'

Intel is investing $400 million to turn its Mobileye unit headquartered in Jerusalem into an R&D campus for developing self-driving car technologies

Six ultra-Orthodox residents of Beit Shemesh were among the 45 killed in last Friday's disaster in the Galilee, and many of the city’s residents quickly rallied around the families of the victims

Assad, who won 90 percent of the votes in the 2014 elections, is widely expected to win a fourth seven-year term

The deadly stampede 'could have been prevented,' says state comptroller, whose office warned in 2008 and again in 2011 that the tomb site in Israel's north could not accommodate mass gatherings

Before disaster: Photographer Yehoshua Shuka Glotman documented the joyous scenes at the Rashbi’s tomb for almost 40 years, captivated by the atmosphere there. A new book showcases his images from the annual events, prior to last week’s tragedy

The cabinet was slated to convene Sunday to approve the ministerial appointment, however the meeting was canceled after a national day of mourning was declared in wake of the Mount Meron disaster

Yesh Atid, Labor and Meretz say the only obstacle is currently Bennett himself

Haredi media put the blame on police alone, while downplaying the role of elected officials in the neglect that led to the death of 45 pilgrims, and ignoring the fact they've been in government for years

Emergency responders found 52-year-old Svetlana Belkin dead in her Haifa home. The son's lawyer denies she died as a result of violence

Salaries for AI experts at tech giants are 40% higher than at other companies, a study by the Machine and Deep Learning Israel Facebook community finds

Two incidents on Sunday – a drive-by shooting and attempted stabbing of soldiers – came at a particularly sensitive time in the territories, during the holy month of Ramadan and following unrest in Jerusalem

Politicians, former police figures and grieving family members also call for official, independent investigation into the causes of the stampede that left 45 dead during holiday celebrations last week

An expert on mass-casualty events is convinced Israel's Mount Meron disaster could have been prevented

After large-scale disasters during the Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia took action and invested in the safety of its holy sites. It's time for Israel to do the same

Unnamed Iranian official says British-Iranian national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe would be released once the U.K. had paid off a debt on military equipment owed to Tehran, according to state tv

Israel's worst-ever civilian accident could be a catalyst for change, but too many people have too much invested in the status quo and safeguaridng the ultra-Orthodox autonomy

For the prime minister, the buck has always stopped anywhere but where he is – but Thursday night’s disaster at Mount Meron may have sealed his political fate

Manhunt underway for suspects in the shooting of three 19-year-olds: one in very serious condition, one lightly wounded ■ Hamas, Islamic Jihad 'welcome' the attack ■ Netanyahu: 'we will strike our enemies forcefully'

J Street should be consolidating the Democratic mainstream towards two states and an end to the occupation. So why is it backing a dangerous, outlier attempt from the left to threaten U.S. military aid to Israel?

Families say Beata Szydlo's government had a policy of exclusion, making her nomination inappropriate

Hundreds of Israelis have been killed over the years in various disasters. In most cases, Israel refused to see the writing on the wall

Decades before the U.S. president formally recognized the horrors of 1915, Israel's Foreign Ministry sought to foil an academic conference on the subject, fearing reprisal from Turkey. 'We continue to act to reduce and diminish the Armenian issue to ...

Questions raised over accountability for the stampede that killed 45 at Mount Meron event that drew some 100,000

At least four Israeli companies, one NGO may have been targeted by what experts say could be a new attack by the Iranian group that was behind previous hacks

The far-right Jewish extremists rampaging violently against Palestinians are backed by a complex network of funding sources in both Israel and the United States. It's our moral duty to defund them

The Israeli politicians who are behind planning the event have no interest in creating an investigative body with extensive powers

More than 100 firefighters arrived to the scene in Qom, with authorities warning locals of potential health risks due to the materials burnt in the fire

Officials have said they hope to reach a deal by May 21, when an agreement on continued monitoring of some Iranian nuclear activities is due to expire

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

Jubilation to tragedy: Photos show the exit route that became a death trap for dozens of Israeli worshippers

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

A senior official at Israel's religious sites authority augured the 'suffocation' of children, as the blame game intensifies over the death of 45 in the Lag Ba'omer stampede

45 people were killed and 150 injured in the stampede at Mount Meron, with many funerals taking place Friday afternoon and Saturday evening

The alleged assailant was shot and later died after being evacuated to a Jerusalem hospital

The AstraZeneca vaccines were delivered through the enclave's only border crossing, as the Assad regime's inoculation campaign takes place separately

In an effort to quell criticism of the decision to delay the Palestinian election, associates of Abbas say he will work to form a unity government with all other factions – including Hamas, if it agrees

Parliamentary elections are bad for the president and the unelected officials who run the Palestinian Authority, who sanctify the fake status quo to control the West Bank's enclaves

Coalition talks between party leaders came to a halt over the weekend as Israel mourned the loss of 45 people who were killed in the Mount Meron disaster

Police officials say the disaster was unforeseeable and unexpected. But every year for several years now, there are people who warn that the annual Lag Ba’omer celebration on Mount Meron will end in disaster

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu briefed Yossi Cohen before the meeting, as Israeli officials in Washington attempt to deter their U.S. counterparts from returning to the Iran nuclear deal

Senior Israel Police figures also said they have no plans to resign following the stampede at Mount Meron on Lag Ba'omer, which left at least 45 people dead, as probe set to commence

Based on agreements so far, the U.S. would drop sanctions on Iran's energy sector, including oil and gas, as well as on automotive industry, financial, banking, according to the negotiators. The U.S. had no immediate comment

Only in a system led by a corrupt leader busy with his own affairs can tragedies like the stampede that killed 45 people on Thursday occur

After last year's ceremony was restricted due to COVID, jubilant worshippers gathered for one of the most colourful spectacles of the Orthodox Easter season

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

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

The burial process took a hiatus for Shabbat after instruction from Israel's chief rabbi