Though Lapid has the mandate to form government, Bennett can be acting PM, legal advisor confirms

The comedian and political commentator took aim at social media activity by celebrities such as model Bella Hadid accusing Israel of war crimes

security at nearly highest level for Bennett, Shaked as incitement spikes

Why were the potential dangers of the passageway where 45 people were crushed to death on April 30 not recognized in advance, where were the police, and why were they so slow to respond? These are some of the lingering questions following the worst c...

Amid twists and turns in coalition negotiations, Netanyahu's last speech marks a further decline into more pressure, and more lies

While unvaccinated are allowed to attend all actives without restriction or vaccination proof, Israel's travel ban is still in place amid fears over new coronavirus strains

Both Yesh Atid and Yamina don’t view any of their potential disputes as unresolvable

'The road from there to anarchy and chaos is short,' Esther Hayut says of comments by Knesset chairman and Religious Zionism chairman

Prime Minister Netanyahu eventually repaid the U.S. businessman, Spencer Partich, following reports he has been ignoring the requests

Judging by Biden’s statements during his election campaign, he has zero tolerance for the Turkish president

Netanyahu's attorney presented evidence of correspondence between the prosecution’s key witness, former Walla CEO, and a number of public figures, including Lieberman

Like Yamina Chairman Naftali Bennett, Ayelet Shaked has been assigned a security detail after the announcement that the party will work to join a coalition with Yair Lapid

The Kahol Lavan chairman calls for ‘public leaders to issue an unequivocal call against all violent threats’ and expresses hope that ‘we’re on the cusp of forming a new government’

Shin Bet orders police, Knesset Guard to tighten security for Bennett and Shaked

Britain, France and Germany have scrapped a U.S.-backed plan to criticize Iran for failing to fully explain the origin of the particles

Mansour Abbas raises a demand for one of his party members to be named deputy public security minister, while Shaked sharply opposes the idea

'We are forbidden from ascending there. The Arabs rule there,' Rabbi Shalom Cohen told the Emirati envoy

Rabbi Zsolt Balla will supervise pastoral care for the estimated 300 Jewish soldiers currently serving in Germany's military

Shas leader Arye Dery slams Bennett, calling his alliance with Lapid an 'unforgivable mistake'

The defendants attacked the family 'only out of a nationalist-ideological and racist motive,' the indictment says

Although the Arab parties would not be part of Bennett and Lapid’s coalition government, they would be in no hurry to foil such a government

Officials in Jerusalem are concerned by criticism of Israel coming from Democratic lawmakers who have been considered strong supporters for decades

The renowned British-Israeli architect/designer/artist – who turned 70 this year – talks about his new show in Tel Aviv, antisemitism, BDS and love

Yahya Sinwar’s statement comes in wake of Egyptian intelligence chief's meetings with Netanyahu and Hamas leadership in recent days ■ Deputy head of Hamas in Gaza says captives deal shouldn't be linked to Palestinian issues

It is the first tax treaty reached after Israel normalized relations with the UAE and Bahrain last year

The two candidates in Israel's presidential race couldn’t be more different: While Isaac Herzog is the scion of a dynasty who’s widely perceived as lacking the common touch, Miriam Peretz is a comparative outsider who has become the nation’s un...

If the Indian left wants to offer constructive solidarity with the Palestinian cause, why is it valorizing violent, extremist, illiberal groups like Hamas and its 'rockets of resistance'?

There is no international precedent for more than two people splitting the leadership of a country, but it was only one of many plans Netanyahu floated over the past few months

Haaretz reporters Ben Samuels and Allison Kaplan Sommer, and former Israeli diplomat Dani Dayan discuss Israel's political standing in Washington, moderated by Amir Tibon

Selahaddin Gulen's case is the latest in a series of forced repatriation of people affiliated with Fethullah Gulen’s movement, which the Turkish government blames for a failed coup attempt in 2016

Foreign Ministry says Israel expects that its good relations with Mexico extend to the diplomatic arena, following Mexico's vote in favor of probing alleged Israeli human rights violations

Israeli celebrities and influencers flocked to Instagram in order to go after American supermodel sisters Bella and Gigi Hadid, who criticized Israel's actions in Gaza. They failed miserably

Israel's military doctrine assumes periodic 'wars between the wars' in its confrontation with Iran and its proxies, Hezbollah and Hamas. But it's failing: with each round of fighting, Israel's strategic position erodes even further

Experts say Netanyahu’s suggestion to block social media is a danger to democracy. But fortunately, they’re currently impossible

The visit, which focused on cementing the cease-fire and Gaza Strip's rehabilitation, was the first by an Egyptian intelligence chief to the enclave since the early 2000s

Although Yamina and Yesh Atid have reached agreements on a number of key issues, some of the particulars – including how decisions will be made between their disparate but equal blocs – still have yet to be ironed out

The Israel Electric Corp. has repaired power lines into Gaza that were damaged in the recent fighting, but as of Monday morning, Gazans were still only getting 6 hours of power followed by 12 hours without

Bennett backs deal to oust Netanyahu; PM decries 'fraud'

Erected in the era of the reviled King Herod the Great, this grandiose nonreligious structure – minus some of its fine marble – is finally being rebuilt after some 1,800 years

Photographer Abdel-Afo Bassam was shot twice by police on that violent Friday on Temple Mount. This column opts to cover the routine, the unsensational, the repetitious

The man who introduced fraud and deception into Israel’s political lexicon accused Bennett of cheating his voters. The outgoing prime minister's speech illustrated how his continued rule has warped his psyche

The past several weeks has seen an unprecedented focus on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict within the Democratic Party, with rival blocs increasingly unafraid to nail their colors to the mast

Israel preventing entry of patients requiring chemotherapy that is unavailable in Gaza, in a move human rights group call decision 'extremely unreasonable'

Israel Police and the Shin Bet examining whether the stabbing was an attempted terror attack

Netanyahu supporters are converging into an increasingly rabid sect, which is detached from the rest of society and sees everyone who isn’t them as enemies

In recent weeks UAL party leader Mansour Abbas has reiterated that if any side managed to form a government, he would consider supporting it if it agrees to his demands

Links between Cyprus's anti-migrant nationalist party ELAM and Greece's extreme-right Golden Dawn have been well documented

Judge says there is no dispute about suspects' involvement in violent attack in the Tel Aviv suburb of Bat Yam, which was captured on video

India, one of the world hot spots for coronavirus infections, is one of nine countries that Israelis are currently prohibited from traveling to because of the high incidence of infection

Bennett demonstrated a rare ability – unprecedented in Israel’s political history. And Netanyahu didn't sound like someone who expects to visit the White House soon

Cheryl Lutts had worked for Philadelphia's Jewish Exponent as director of business for 18 years. The newspaper discovered the fraud only after she was fired for unsatisfactory performance

After years operating without zoning approval, the south Tel Aviv Tasso cemetery gets the nod from the local planning committee, a move that still requires the district planning committee’s consent

Since early May stores, malls and restaurants had to close by 9 P.M. after a rise in infections ■ Cairo mulls resuming regular flights to and from Israel

Prime minister launches attack on right-wing lawmaker after Bennett announces that he will work to form a coalition with Lapid

'We can stop the madness and take responsibility' and stop Israel from collapsing under the weight of its divisions, Bennett says

World leaders who have cracked down on social media and the press include authoritarian figures who have figured prominently in Netanyahu’s political campaigns in recent years

Indictment says the suspects decided to assault an Arab after participating in a right-wing march ■ Four Arabs arrested for allegedly attacking Jewish family in Israel's north amid unrest

The decision of five Yamina lawmakers to back leader Naftali Bennett’s likely decision to sit in an anti-Netanyahu government leaves the prime minister with precious few options of clinging to power

Israel may be dry but these natural springs will help you cope with the broiling-hot days ahead

A 19-year-old said she was assaulted by three men who saw her reading a book about Jews and hurled anti-Jewish insults at her, but police told her the attack could not be classified as antisemitic because she was not a Jew

Qatar was among several regional states that backed rebels in Syria's decade-old civil war, and it's foreign minister now says 'We see nothing on the horizon for a political solution acceptable to the Syrian people'

Head of Egyptian intelligence visits Jerusalem as Israeli foreign minister meets Egyptian counterpart in Cairo

Foreign Ministry says Manila's vote in favor of probe to examine alleged human rights violations in Gaza, the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Israel was 'unacceptable'

Studying fruit bats in a tunnel, Nachum Ulanovsky and the Weizmann team hone the Nobel-winning theory of how we (and bats) navigate in the vast real world, not a box in the lab

The move was not pursued following opposition from Attorney General Mendelblit and the Shin Bet security service, according to a source familiar with the matter

When does Lapid's mandate to form a government expire? What's the other election happening next week all about? A guide to a turbulent week

The app is meant to help soldiers fill out their attendance forms. But it’s not an official army app, and could therefore result in a massive leak in soldiers’ personal information

Weary negotiators appear increasingly unlikely to revive the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers before the Islamic Republic’s June presidential election

Naftali Bennett would be prime minister initially, Yair Lapid foreign minister and Avigdor Lieberman finance minister

Israel's 11-day campaign against Hamas has left the Gaza Strip in ruins - but, as Hamas claims victory, Palestinians are encouraged by global solidarity protests.

Besides the seriously wounded 16-year-old, six were hurt as police used sponge-tipped bullets and stun grenades, despite witnesses saying officers weren't under attack

The path to a Lapid-Bennett government is long and hard, but Netanyahu has shown why he mustn't stay in power

The chief prosecutor of the city of Verbania, Olimpia Bossi, confirmed the judge's ruling in comments made to Italian television

Jerusalem, the most diverse city between the Jordan River and the sea, is also the most segregated city in Israel. In the wake of rekindled tensions, one Al Quds professor says, 'I’m optimistic, even if there’s a long way to go'

Too often, the progressive left has failed to see Jews as a marginalized community, one that does face violence and adversity.

'I don't trust the police to protect us, and we call on armed people to come and help us,' Amichai Langfeld says ■ Police arrest Arab suspect in firebombing of Jewish home

Ayelet Shaked has yet to give her backing, which would be decisive for effort to form a coalition, source says

Gabi Ashkenazi makes first trip to Egypt by an Israeli foreign minister since 2008 to discuss Gaza reconstructions and efforts to plan a joint summit involving Palestinian officials

His most famous works include 'Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem,' a relief mural installed in the Knesset chamber in 1965

Hamas’ strength is a result of several factors – including a misguided policy on Gaza that has run its course. Stumbling from war to war isn’t a policy option, it’s a policy failure.

Archaeologists suggest ancient battles in Sudan featured some truly horrific weapons – multipoint arrows and spears, purposely designed to cause maximal laceration and bleeding

When the Aramean king laid siege to biblical Gath 2,800 years ago, the defenders resorted to desperate measures, including, it seems, making flimsy arrowheads out of bone

A day after the university’s Students for Justice in Palestine group slams original statement, chancellor promises to be 'much more sensitive and balanced'

'We must all stand together to silence these terrible and terrifying echoes of the worst chapters in world history, and pledge to give hate no safe harbor,' the president says in an extensive statement

In the wake of this month's Jewish-Arab violence, the police have raided a woman’s home while she was sleeping and pulled a man out of the hospital for an interrogation. Rights groups say they're 'crossing every possible red line'

Election win delivers Assad seven more years in power and lengthens his family's rule to nearly six decades

The film adaptation of J.T. Rogers’ drama about the secret talks between Israel and the Palestinians in 1993 comes at yet another fraught moment, while ‘200 Meters’ is a powerful Palestinian drama

28-year-old Zakaria Hamayel was shot in the chest during a demonstration against Israeli settlements near Nablus, media reports and health officials say