Israel's coronavirus cabinet is set to meet at 12.30 P.M., as serious COVID cases increase to their highest point in weeks amid a surge in the delta variant

Gantz's statement reflects Israel's concern that Iran will cast itself as Lebanon's savior. Israel is aware of a possibility, which currently seems remote, that Hezbollah could be tempted to seize power

As the delta variant spreads across Israel, and with other COVID mutations looming on the horizon, the smart move remains to cover your mouth and nose indoors

Herzog, a married father of three, was elected in early June, after winning a Knesset vote over Miriam Peretz, 87 votes to 26

Israel didn't have the authority to expel foreigners living in the country illegally to a third country, lawyer says, decrying an 'extraordinary and extremely serious measure'

The three ultra-Orthodox Yeshiva students were not given a reason for being detained, one officer, however, said that 'We are detaining everyone we think might pull something'

U.S. State Department spokesman said that Washington was not setting a deadline for the talks

Speaking at a Fourth of July event, Israeli prime minister says he will work with the Biden administration and Congress to strengthen the American-Israeli partnership

SafeSchool Analytics is helping schools help students. The company has raised nearly $ 1 million from the likes of Nir Zohar, Michael Eisenberg and others

Surrogacy in Israel is currently available to heterosexual couples as well as single women, in cases where the woman has medical issues that prevent her from becoming pregnant or carrying the pregnancy to term

According to the attorney general, for six years Bitan received benefits from a number of contractors and stakeholders at a sum of hundreds of thousands of shekels, and promoted their interests in return

At the moment of truth, what had been considered the coalition’s weakest links went out of their way to help the government – but a few rogue coalition members may hold them back

Three weeks since the new government was sworn in, the Netanyahu family is vacating the official residence days before the July 10 deadline; Bennett and his family intend to keep living in their private Ra'anana home

Although 30,000 quarantine orders were issued in the last two weeks, only a few dozen fines were handed out to quarantine violators

Officials have blamed the blackouts on surging demand for power, along with low rainfall cutting hydroelectric output and illegal cryptocurrency mining farms

Coronavirus cabinet meeting ends without any new decisions, as new cases spiked by 50 percent in 24 hours

Last week, Rivlin addressed Abbas at a UN event, calling on the Palestinians to put the past behind them in order to forge a peaceful future

The head of Poland's ruling party says 'We owe nothing to no one' after Lapid calls the World War II restitution law 'a disgrace'

Temporary legislation that bars Palestinians who marry Israelis from residency status expires, after a controversial vote that put Israel's new coalition to the test

Restrictions on Pride events and other curbs on free speech reflect the government's heavier hand on the LGBTI community

Israeli citizens who hoped to visit family this summer discover they can’t bring their kids into the country due to a decades-old law suddenly being enforced

Filmmaker Daniel Sivan follows his acclaimed John Demjanjuk series ‘The Devil Next Door’ with a film about the rise and fall of Israeli bridge player Lotan Fisher. In an interview with Haaretz, he explains why

Estranged Prince Hamza, half-brother of King Abdullah II and a former heir to the throne, was accused of liaising with disgruntled members of powerful tribes. He avoided punishment after pledging allegiance to the king

Coalition's failure on annual vote to deny Palestinian spouses official status was a coup for Netanyahu camp, but it also steers public debate in the right direction and rectifies years-long collective discrimination

Saudi Arabia and Gulf allies continue to pressure Iran over its nuclear program and its support for militant groups

Iran has offered few details on the attack, which it said targeted a sprawling nuclear center located about 40 kilometers from Tehran

From the start in 2016, Zeev Rothstein's time at the helm was fraught with conflict with the New York-based Hadassah Women’s Zionist Organization, which owns Hadassah, and with its employees

Monday night’s failure is a wake-up call for the new government ahead of the crucial budget vote in October, but will only harden right-wing coalition parties against the former prime minister

Efforts by the king to further democratize Jordan's unstable politics may be too little, too late

'No one today would dare to raise a voice and deny the Holocaust,' President Lukashenko says on Independence Day, while Belarus allows the memory of Nazi actions in their country to be played down

The offer from Defense Minister Benny Gantz comes as Lebanon's caretaker PM called on the international community to provide immediate aid

Forty-two percent of Israelis who caught COVID on Monday were vaccinated, spurring concerns over the efficacy of the vaccine against the highly contagious delta variant

Vulnerable and yet brave, do not miss Yudith Levin’s voice – as reflected in her show on display at Tel Aviv’s Dvir Gallery through this Saturday

Talks with foreign entities are aimed at selling Israeli scientific know-how – if they will finance COVID clinical trials

The revamped panel from the Oslo Accords era will aim to deliver 17,000 more work permits to Palestinian for construction and industry jobs in Israel, and will be headed by Meretz's Esawi Freige

Investigators say agent acted with ‘excessive motivation,’ and has already been dismissed by Shin Bet chief

When the lockdowns ended, secular Jewish men returned to work relatively quickly, while recovery for Haredi men and Arabs was slower

Israel to deliver 700,000 expiring doses of Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine to South Korea, which will send doses to Israel in late 2021, according to agreement

Investigations conducted by the Housing Ministry 'create mistrust between people living in poverty and their immediate environment,' says judge

Former Balad lawmaker Haneen Zoabi is among the 13 defendants who filed false campaign financial reports to the state comptroller in 2013

Some reports claim that the warehouse is a state-owned facility. The Iranian government has yet to officially respond

Law barring family unification between Palestinians married to Israeli citizens expires, despite coalition's compromise ■ Interior Minister Shaked warns of '15,000 citizenship applications,' says sight of Likud, far-right lawmakers cheering alongsi...

Health Ministry says COVID vaccine at 64 percent effectiveness in preventing infections, but experts differ ■ Ministry notes vaccine is still 93 percent effective in preventing hospitalizations and severe symptoms

A new film by director Michal Weitz, which serves as reckoning with her family history, should once again remind Israeli society to deal with its past

The Central Elections Committee barred Heba Yazbak from a 2020 run, citing alleged support for terrorism and the denial of Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish and democratic state, but the Supreme Court overturned the ban

Apparently Neanderthals were the only homo species in Germany 51,000 years ago, but by then they had mixed with Homo sapiens, so the muse behind this early art remains enigmatic

The U.S. has previously accused Iran of attacks on the Ain al-Asad air base, which was also targeted by a drone last month

Figures obtained by Haaretz also show increased interest in immigration to Israel from U.S. and Britain

The Oslo-based company cites risk of complicity in human rights abuses as the reasoning behind the move

Don’t make fun of Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef’s disparaging remarks about schooling until you’ve looked at how poorly Israel ranks on skills and education

Knesset set to vote to extend law preventing Palestinians who married Israeli citizens from residing in the country

In their first phone conversation since Israel's new prime minister assumed office, Bennett thanked President Vladimir Putin for Russia's efforts in maintaining stability in the Middle East

The new Bennett-Lapid government needs to concentrate on working with Washington to expand the Iran deal so it covers nonnuclear issues; it must also start preparing for the next agreement

The Taliban took over six key districts in northern Afghanistan, following which hundreds of Afghan forces fled across the border with Tajikistan's permission

Archaeology finds solid remains people leave behind, but now a new analysis reveals that a Mayan city arose 650 years earlier than thought, and other new facts

This attack follows U.S. strikes on sites used by Iran-backed militias near the Iraq-Syria border

The Nazareth resident's legal team points to a history of mental illness in a bid to overturn the administrative detention, which was issued after he threatened to carry out a terrorist attack

The 19-year-old who recently set a new Israeli record for the 200-meter backstroke will join the team despite falling short of meeting the Olympic qualifying time

Framing Israel as a 'settler colonial state' is now routine in academia and the U.S. media, a disheartening signal of the primacy of political activism over critical inquiry – and inconvenient facts

10 Israeli beaches to visit this summer, all within walking distance from a parking lot

The theory about a satanic cabal based on one of the world's oldest, most lethal antisemitic libels is localizing itself to make inroads into the Orthodox Jewish community in the U.S. – and now, increasingly, in Israel

Medals were given to former fighters at a special inauguration ceremony for a monument commemorating the South Lebanon Army soldiers who fell in combat fighting alongside the IDF

Rescuers will resume searching for victims ■ 121 people believed to still be trapped under the fallen wing of the Champlain Towers South in Surfside that collapsed June 24

The delta variant now accounts for 90 percent of COVID cases in Israel; two weeks ago, it was just 60 percent ■ Israel seeing a record number of travelers departing despite official warnings

Legislators still struggle to find a compromise with coalition members Meretz and United Arab List in an effort to extend the law which prevents family unification between Israeli Arabs and Palestinians

The landmark arrival from Morocco is for an Israeli exercise involving a number of countries

Israel is intensifying its efforts to influence the next 'longer and stronger' nuclear agreement the United States wants in place in nine years; as one source said: 'Israel today has nothing to threaten the Americans with'

Even if the protests - which began after the death of a political activist – seem to be abating, Palestinian sources warn the slowdown is only temporary

According to soldiers who were present, the security coordinator opened fire at knife-wielding Palestinian contrary to commanding officer's decision

Exposure to these chemicals can damage immune system, harm fetal development, increase risk of cancer

Health Ministry study shows concentration is 10 percent less than recommended, probably due to use of desalinated water

An Egyptian man has been charged for the assault that took place outside a Jewish center and day school

After Netanyahu family files suit over being called mentally ill, former prime minister says he will demand Netanyahu, his wife, and his son waive confidentiality on their mental health

The outgoing president served as a necessary reminder to Israelis that no matter what Benjamin Netanyahu said or did as prime minister, there was a better type of public discourse they could aspire to

The need for a third vaccination is a subject of dispute, and Pfizer’s protocol does not make such a recommendation for any specific class of people

Some 300,000 Israelis flew abroad in June, double the month before, in spite of prime minister's request to delay nonessential travel amid spread of delta variant

The Jerusalem court decision is the latest setback for emerging Jewish communities. In a related ruling, non-Orthodox converts from Brazil told they’re not eligible for aliyah

Netanyahu prosecutors ask for another six days to provide evidence to defense, saying they are still combing through key witness's phone

Elite anti-terrorism unit storms Kyiv synagogue in exercise simulating attack, part of a series organized by the security service and the Israeli embassy

Still, experts are optimistic despite the country's Achilles' heel: a porous Ben-Gurion International Airport

Yasmine Jaber admits to traveling to Beirut to meet with Hezbollah agents in 2015 and 2016, staying in contact with terror group for several years

Israeli prime minister has held several talks with Albert Bourla in the past few days, his office says, amid talks to offload expiring vaccine doses

President Rivlin 'sadly slipped into dictator Lukashenko’s blood-filled hands,' argues Belarusian-Israeli who was beaten at an anti-government protest

After being detained at an Israeli checkpoint, Farid al-Atrash was briefly hospitalized in Jerusalem for an unknown reason, activist says

The Supreme Court orders attorney general to draw up a new national plan for enforcement, years after ruling that Beit Shemesh had to remove all signs telling women how to dress