Turkish authorities say they are investigating whether the fires may have started as 'sabotage' by outlawed Kurdish militants, but experts mostly point to climate change

Good news for students from wealthy families: The Israeli Council for Higher Education is set to meet to discuss the private college's request for a status change, after last year it had received permission to launch PhD programs

Ahead of a key hearing regarded as East Jerusalem families’ last chance to prevent their eviction from Sheikh Jarrah, newly submitted documents indicate Jordan had taken substantive steps to formalize transfer of land ownership

Israel will face the Dominican Republic on Tuesday in hopes of advancing to the semi-final round

I asked to meet with the spokesperson of the Palestinian ministry that mediates between Palestinians and the institutions of the occupation, regarding family reunification. He refused because I’m an Israeli journalist and because ‘Now it’s righ...

If foreigners don’t agree to provide biometric data, a proposed bill would allow officials to use 'reasonable force' to collect it, if the person in question is suspected of being in Israel without permit

While tensions between Israel and Iran simmer, recent killing of Palestinians in the West Bank raises difficult questions for the Israeli defense establishments

Artem Dolgopyat is apparently the shiest and most modest athlete in the Israeli Olympic delegation, and perhaps that’s what turned him into an Olympic champion

Tunisian president, a week after firing the prime minister and other top officials, claims some countrymen with political motives are paying desperate youth to illegally immigrate

Some 200 marchers, protesting police handling of an assault case by an Eritrean suspect, shouted: 'Death to the Sudanese'

Ruth achieved unwelcome fame as the mother of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, who was kidnapped by Pakistani terrorists January 23, 2002, and executed nine agonizing days later

On its way to a gold medal in gymnastics, Israel defeated some of the world's sporting powerhouses, but will it be able to take this to the next level?

A visit to state-owned EAPC facilities in Ashkelon, one of the world’s 20 largest oil storage facilities, make the recent cabinet resolution promising a low-carbon future for the Israeli economy seem like science fiction

The woman and her friend were accused by officers of violating quarantine in the hospital where she was treated. Her friend was handed a $1,550 fine

The proposal calls for reducing the need for quarantine through rapid COVID testing and a serological survey of all pupils

Israel's move to increase the number of Palestinian workers by 15,000 stems from a shortage of construction workers and the argument that 'employing Palestinian has diplomatic and security benefits'

It seems as if Iran will return to negotiations in Vienna on its nuclear program, but armed Shi'ite groups in Iraq could threaten any potential agreement by launching anti-American attacks

The attack follows a revenge killing of a member of Lebanon's Hezbollah group the day before

'Previously we thought that fully vaccinated individuals are protected,' Dr. Sharon Alroy-Preis tells CBS' Face the Nation, adding the coronavirus delta variant is '50 percent more infectious'

By all means celebrate the triumph of gold medal-winning gymnast Artem Dolgopyat, but don’t forget the hurdles he and many other immigrants have had to overcome to be accepted in Israel

Israel was due to submit emission targets by last December, but owing to four back-to-back election cycles, the cabinet approved them just last week

Blinken said the attack was carried out using drones, 'a lethal capability [Iran] is increasingly employing throughout the region'

The intensified offensive comes after Assad's troops suffered a blow on Thursday when rebels mounted a counter-attack across the province, capturing dozens of soldiers

While Palestinians say the soldier gave the settler his rifle, the military claims he 'took the weapon from the soldier and shot in the air,' in the latest in a series of similar incidents in the West Bank in recent months

The veteran Democratic lawmaker from Michigan was lauded by colleagues – including his nephew, a Congressman from the same state – and Jewish and Israel-oriented groups for his decency, bipartisan alliances and support for peace and security for ...

Due to two years of political stalemate and four elections, Israel is using a pro-rated version of a state budget passed in 2018 ■ Health Ministry to get extra 2 billion shekels

Here's the recipe for Israel's favorite chicken dish - and the story of how a European classic took a distinctly Jewish and Middle Eastern turn

With her usual headscarf, skirt and long sleeves, Beatie Deutsch was featured in Adidas’ 'Impossible is Nothing' campaign, which hopes to unite people through sports and expand the limits of human possibilities

Iran's attack on the Israeli-operated ship, which left two foreign nationals dead, provides the perfect opportunity for Bennett and the defense establishment to ramp up their diplomatic campaign against Tehran

In a major backlash over the government's plan that would eliminate customs duties on produce, the farmers claim it would boost profits for big food retailers at their own expense

From the Libyan cuisine, a mixture of ground beef and spices is sandwiched inside a potato and cooked in tomato sauce

How to make Café Noir’s legendary and bestselling schnitzel, arguably the best in town, in the comfort of your own home

The recent antisemitic outbursts of 'Europe's last dictator' were no accident. Lukashenko has turned against Belarusian Jews with absurd conspiracy theories and intimidation and, ironically, Putin could be their savior

This cholent uses porcini to add flavor and depth to a vegetarian version of the famous shabbat stew

The falafel is the quintessential food of many Middle Eastern countries, but Israelis have their own style of serving, eating and enjoying. You can try this at home

Drama series in Israel generally prefer to use real-life events as a springboard rather than a template, but new shows about fraudster Eti Alon and teenage drug dealers in Be’er Sheva could change all that

NSO, Candiru and others invited to emergency conference in Tel Aviv today in wake of Project Pegasus findings into misuse of Israeli-made spyware

The jump in the number of Israel's COVID infections as well as Health Ministry data showing a decline in the effectiveness of the vaccination led experts to recommend the move

Haniyeh, the group's leader since 2017, has controlled its political activities throughout several armed confrontations with Israel – including an 11-day conflict in May

Ministry urges Israelis to stay indoors, hydrate and to pay extra attention to the elderly as temperatures are expected to reach well over 35 degrees (95 F)

The biblical city of Azekah, destroyed by the Assyrians more than 2,700 years ago. Here are some recent finds

Levin, Michigan's only Jewish senator, targeted tax shelters, supported manufacturing jobs and pushed for military funding

Artem Dolgopyat's routine was the highest level of difficulty, guarantying Israel's first medal in the Tokyo Olympics that is not bronze

Israeli PM Bennett says 'we have our own way of relaying our message to Iran'

The rate of positive tests – which currently stands at 3.13 – is the highest since the delta variant of COVID-19 started spreading across Israel

After losing to South Korea and the United States last week, Israeli team wins by seven runs

Israeli authorities oppose the move that would apply to structures in the Negev and East Jerusalem, with officials telling Haaretz that the minister is not authorized to stop the demolitions, but only possibly delay them

Photographs of Jerusalem Pride Parade attack victim Shira Banki were also strewn outside the Bnei Brak synagogues

This comes after FM Lapid held talks with his British and Romanian counterparts after the alleged drone attack, which left two foreign nationals dead

The altercation was apparently linked to a Supreme Court decision last week to overrule former Interior Minister Arye Dery's dismissal of the Yarka's mayor, Wahib Habish

The Environmental Protection Ministry director-general says that 'to avoid the hell expected for us,' Israel has to work on reducing greenhouse gases

'Germany must always be aware of its historical responsibility for Poland's freedom and independence,' said Armin Laschet at Warsaw Uprising observances in Poland

Rate of positive COVID tests also highest in months, with 2,435 new cases on Friday. With a booster vaccine shot campaign underway, top official urges Israelis over 60 to get the jab

When officers criticized lenient sentencing by courts during a meeting with Justice Isaac Amit, he said he prefers objective evidence to an officer's version of events

Temperatures across Israel are predicted to linger above 30 degrees Celsius in the coming week

American and European sources said on Iran was their leading suspect for the strike that killed two crew members

Amid deadly heat waves, flooding and wildfires around the world, calls intensify for urgent action to cut the greenhouse gases heating the planet

The move against Judge Bechir Akremi came after President Kais Saied pledged to lead a campaign against corruption in all sectors

Israeli judokas Timna Nelson-Levy, Ori Sasson, Li Kochman, Gili Sharir, Tohar Butbul, Peter Paltchik, Sagi Muki, and Raz Hershko gave an impressive performance and snatched Israel's 11th Olympic medal overall

Taekwondo fighter wins first Tokyo 2020 medal for Israel ■ Israeli swimmer finishes in eighth place in 100m final in Tokyo

Israeli official's comments come after an Israeli-linked oil tanker came under attack off the coast of Oman in the Arabian Sea, killing two on board

The State Department gave the go-ahead for the package which will include engines, navigation systems, weaponry, and more, but no contract has yet been signed

UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan said that at least one security guard was killed by 'anti-government elements'

After a strong start Israel loses to U.S. baseball team, but still has a chance at a medal

Avichai Mendelblit, who is stepping down in February, is also expected to keep Arnon Mozes out of prison if the newspaper publisher confesses to bribery in one of the Netanyahu cases

The Tunisian president's decision this week to fire the prime minister and suspend parliament marks a new age in the country's politics – or the end of its relative calm

Yifat Shasha-Biton argued that inoculating kids against COVID in schools would create 'social pressure,' but others in her ministry believe she is fanning anti-vaxxers' fears

The Israeli company's Pegasus spyware has been found on a senior France 24 journalist's phone, in the first external and official corroboration of the massive investigation into NSO's targets

In recent polls for the upcoming contest in Ohio's 11th Congressional District, centrist Shontel Brown is closing the gap with progressive Nina Turner. The race represents a larger battle for the party's direction

The COVID delta variant is also more infectious and highly transmittable, even more so than viruses such as SARS and Ebola, a CDC internal document obtained by The New York Times says

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 attack, which left two foreign nationals dead, was a retaliation against an Israeli strike on a Syrian airport last week, a source tells Iranian media

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...