Serious COVID cases rise as Israel launches third jab campaign to curb delta variant

The door of an Israeli army jeep that had entered the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh for no apparent reason suddenly opened and a soldier shot 17-year-old Mohammed Tamimi, while his cousin looked on in shock

The incident comes amid attacks on Israeli- and Iranian-owned ships in recent months, which the countries attribute to each other

Non-Jews were and remain a disruption in Israel, whether they are Palestinians, children of labor migrants or offspring of immigrants from the former Soviet Union

Lipstadt rose to prominence in the 1990s after she was sued by author David Irving for accusing him of Holocaust denial; she won the case

Israel's young coalition has already sustained serious damage from the country's fourth COVID wave – as Netanyahu works manically to tighten his grip on Likud

The prime minister seems to have opted to risk more coronavirus cases without taking steps that would hinder Israelis’ lives ■ Why the current dilemma is reminiscent of the second intifada

The term ‘nuclear threshold’ is back, but Israel is unsure what it means exactly ■ The new commander of Iran’s Quds Force struggles to fill Qassem Soleimani’s big shoes

This week at the Tel Aviv airport: An East Jerusalem woman who as a kid thought war was normal, and a Russian who moved to Israel for her fiancé only to break up three months later

The results of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine trial were clear and dramatic. That's rare in medical research. Here's what often happens – and why it's so dangerous, according to an Israeli expert

Palestinian media reports that Hamas is threatening to escalate tensions if Israel did not allow the import of goods for commercial purposes

United Nations rights experts said last year that forcibly returning detainees to the largely lawless, war-torn Yemen could be a violation of international law.

The violence in Daraa, which claimed at least 16 lives in a single day, is one of the most serious challenges to a Russian-mediated 2018 tenuous deal between the two sides

At least one killed in Lebanon as giant blaze, described by state media as having spread over 4 miles by 1.2 miles, continues to run wild

He believes something is rotten in Islam (but don't call him an Islamophobe), advocates for consensual conversion therapy for gay people and warns against trying to achieve racial equality by 'sticking it to the whites.' A conversation with neoconser...

Since the beginning of 2021 alone, there have been 49 documented cases of severe violence against bus drivers

The former public security minister, Likud's Amir Ohana, said citizens also have the right to defend themselves when 'the state is unable to do so'

High temperatures forecast throughout Israel next week, with the discomfort index predicted to be moderate to extreme virtually everywhere in the country

Long a symbol of coexistence in the mixed Arab-Jewish city, Acre Theater is set to reopen its doors for its world-renowned fringe festival in September. But the tense events that took place earlier this year still cast a shadow

'Landslide,' 'I Alone Can Fix It' and 'Frankly, We Did Win this Election' all attempt to recreate the final year of the Trump presidency, and explain how he did almost everything to squander the second term he was on course to win

Israel's baseball team comes close to a shocking upset in its first-ever Olympic game, as South Korea ekes out 6-5 win in extra innings

British government says benefits of the location outweigh 'modest loss of open space,' rejecting campaigners' claims that it will remove valuable green space

'We’re four people here at the global top. That’s something special that hasn’t happened for a long time'

Ben & Jerry's is just the latest episode. Israel's governments consistently try and pressgang Diaspora Jews into its war over the legitimacy of settlements, often against their own political beliefs, and it's got to stop

Mohammed al-Jorf doesn’t have an official ID card of any kind. Hana Sha’aban is living in 'a big prison.' Hind al-Masri cannot sign a work contract. Life without status

Small-brained Homo erectus going east and wild dogs going west met in Dmanisi, which doesn’t mean they made friends

Model Gal Gvaram later managed to make the complaint against modeling agent Shai Avital, making her the 11th woman to accuse him of sexual offenses

Despite the reports, Hamas officials have told Haaretz they expect the funding, which would go to needy families, to be transferred next week since agreement in principle has already been reached

For decades, the island nation's Jewish community, numbering between 500 and 1,000, has come together in small makeshift spaces for services and social events but has lacked a large central meeting place

Israeli judo delegation will most likely come home from Olympics without any medals

Among those released after state fails to meet High Court deadline for resolving overcrowding are 10 sex offenders and the reputed head of organized crime in south

As U.S. troops withdraw from Afghanistan, the Biden administration is under heavy pressure to quickly evacuate Afghanis who helped U.S. forces during the two-decade war and now face risk of retribution by the Taliban

French authorities had recently mulled buying NSO software, and 'panicked' following the recent scandal, according to French newspaper Le Canard Enchaine

Satmar Hasidim were once known as a particularly monastic community. But life in Brooklyn has an impact

'Call your parents and grandparents now and make sure they get the third shot,' Israel's prime minister told a televised press briefing, announcing President Herzog will get his COVID vaccine booster shot on Friday

This hot foodie trend started in Israel before variations spread worldwide. We show you how to make the original whole roasted cauliflower, using the celebrity chef's own instructions

Israeli forces clashed with Palestinian mourners and protesters at Mohammed al-Alami's funeral in the West Bank. 'They took my heart from me, they snatched it from me,' boy's father says

There's a simple message Israel's new government should send to Modi, Orban, Gulf monarchies and other illiberal, bigoted but pro-Israel governments: Thank you for your support. We can be partners - but not allies

Despite the storm, NSO’s stakeholders aren’t going to crack down on it or its peers. If anything, the scandal has been a big marketing boost

Join Haaretz for a special Zoom briefing on Tuesday, August 3, at 8 P.M. Israel time, 1 P.M. EST, to hear from one of the top medical experts in Israel on the unforeseen problems with vaccines

Billionaire and two-time ex-premier Najib Mikati was named prime minister-designate, but his links to the old order of corrupt elites leaves Lebanon little to feel good about

The legal opinion was issued following a Haaretz report on the matter published earlier this week

As antisemitic incidents rise while minority advocacy groups resist seeing Jews as victims, a new exhibition in Amsterdam examines the question of so-called Jewish privilege and provokes an outcry in the process

Thanks to deft political pandering by Giorgia Meloni, leader of the fascist-friendly Brothers of Italy, anti-vaxxers now have a powerful political patron in the country that suffered Europe's second highest COVID death toll

Kushner keen on opening an office in Israel to pursue regional investments to connect Israel's economy and India, North Africa and the Gulf, said sources familiar with the plan

An investigative report reveals that hundreds of Gazans, including families of suspected Fatah terrorists, and young men not suspected of anything were jailed in detention camps in 1971 for almost a year

Two first place finishes and one third weren't enough for the Israeli to make up the gap between her and the top three competitors

Green Pass will be required in gatherings of over 100 people Delta spreads steadily, experts urge 3rd shot for elderly

While the law states that officials in charge of community service must make good efforts to find places where disabled convicts can serve their sentence, in reality they're being discriminated against compared to physically and mentally fit people

When it comes to fraud, police officials say that 'people are afraid of dealing with politicians'

Israel's Agriculture Ministry says it funds groups that provide volunteers for farm work in West Bank outposts. The groups received some $1.17 million for the outposts

Instead of being grateful, Israeli anti-vaxxers have subject us to a loud protest, an unwillingness to accept any sanctions against them, even if it means endangering others

The right-wing group's contract to run the Davidson Archaeological Park near the Western Wall will not be renewed and Israel will resume control of the site

The ice cream maker's Jewish founders wrote in a New York Times op-ed that they 'reject the notion that it is antisemitic to question the policies of the State of Israel'

As the coronavirus delta variant continues to spread across Israel, more restrictions on gatherings are restored

Most experts on the committee argue for a COVID booster shot for Israelis 60 and above as the delta variant spreads

In 2019, Haaretz revealed that Netanyahu had received $300,000 from Milikowsky for his legal defense, without obtaining the necessary approval

Health and environmental ministers agree that Israel will recognize PA COVID vaccine certificates and relax restrictions on Palestinian patients and medical staff

In a first in Germany, vestiges of Jewish communities in three cities are recognized by the United Nations agency

Traces of the Israeli software surveillance Pegasus were found on the phones of former French ministers and lawmakers that aligned with Moroccan interests, according to Le Monde

Defense Minister Gantz tells French counterpart Israel is looking into the allegations made against the spytech firm with 'utmost seriousness'

These issues, including if and when to authorize a third COVID booster jab, will soon be shared by other countries. For now, though, Israel is largely dealing with them alone

Rabbi Shlomo Amar has described Reform Jews as 'evil people who commit every injustice in the world against the Torah,' and Jerusalem's annual Pride parade as 'a march of abomination'

The Mimivirus genome is more like that of eukaryotes than bacteria or archaea, says study from Institute of Technology Bombay

It’s true that the Italian artist was proud of his Jewishness, but Tel Aviv Museum of Art’s efforts to paint him as an upstanding citizen gloss over his darker side and ignore one of the main impacts of his work

‘Advocate,’ directed by Rachel Leah Jones and Philippe Bellaïche, is a candidate in the Best Documentary and Outstanding Politics and Government Documentary categories. The winner will be announced September 28

A State Department spokeswoman told reporters the swastika had been discovered on Monday and that Secretary of State Antony Blinken had addressed the incident with department staff

Sky News obtained five top secret reports by Iranian Revolutionary Guards intel unit potentially revealing plans by Iran to use possible cyberattacks to target ships. However, sources say it may be more defensive than offensive

As if no global pandemic threatens the tourism industry, Israeli entrepreneurs are promoting projects that will create hundreds of new hotel rooms. Will this also reduce vacation prices?

Contrary to conventional wisdom, the problem Israel may be facing in the long run is arguably not from ultra-liberal groups supporting Democrats, but from the Trumpist base in the Republican Party

Confronted by Deputy Knesset Speaker Ahmad Tibi over his choice of words, UTJ lawmaker Moshe Gafni retracted his use of the word murderer but insisted that PM is 'to blame for those who are dying of COVID now'

The rapid coronavirus tests aren't permitted for overseas travel, but are reliable enough for use at venues where the Green Pass applies within Israel

'Westerners do not help us, they hit wherever they can,' Iran's supreme leader says, days before Iran's hard-line president-elect will be sworn in

Idit Harel Segal was spurred by memories of her late grandfather, a Holocaust survivor, who told her to live meaningfully, and by Jewish tradition, which holds that there’s no higher duty than saving a life

While Bennett says Israel is 'very close' to obtaining third COVID vaccine doses, experts disagree over whether a third dose is safe or necessary

After failing to reach a consensus, Israeli health officials advising Bennett are set to reconvene on the third COVID vaccine. The doubts are less about safety and more about efficacy

MK Gafni, who later retracted his statement, blamed Bennett for causing COVID deaths by ignoring the pandemic

The Palestinian boy was sitting in a car when the incident occurred, eyewitnesses said ■ On Tuesday, a 41-year-old Palestinian was shot dead by IDF fire near the town of Beita

Law stipulates when and how Yair Lapid would replace Naftali Bennett as prime minister; opposition members leave the chamber in protest

Military sources criticize brigade commander in the Jordan Valley who let it happen, fearing it will create more friction; the Israeli army says settlers had permit to hike and stay there, but not to establish an outpost

Secretary of State Blinken says the incident is a reminder that antisemitism isn't a thing of the past and will be investigated

News outlet tied to president of Belarus implies Jewish groups in the country are paid by foreign agents and backing anti-government protests

The head of Ben & Jerry’s parent company reaffirms Unilever's opposition to boycotting Israel. While Jewish groups welcomed the letters, they also said the response doesn't go far enough