Israel began providing booster shots over two weeks ago, despite WHO plea ■ This week, the country's top coronavirus expert and a leading health care provider said the booster shots seem to be working

Though Bennett’s White House invitation was expected, the public one from Egypt is unusual ■ Israel’s booster gamble seems to be paying off

The rumors are piling up that the new prime minister is sticking it to his ministers. Netanyahu, meanwhile, has found and old-new unvaccinated savior

Wildfires in Jerusalem used to break out once in 20 or 50 years, but suddenly occur every few years due to climate change

Ruling Afghanistan and gaining legitimacy will be more challenging than waging war

This new unsupervised axis through the Suez Canal will be perceived as a Hezbollah accomplishment testing both Israel and Egypt ■ The Israeli army’s love affair with psyops blurs ethical lines

This week at the Tel Aviv airport: An American biology student in Israel discovers the wonders of stem cells, and two Israelis explore their Ukrainian roots

A Syrian military source said in a statement 'the Israeli enemy carried out an air aggression this evening with bursts of missiles from southeast Beirut'

Report compiled by a Norwegian intelligence group says Taliban hunting individuals linked to previous administration, and alternatively, arresting their families, punishing them pursuant to 'own interpretation of Sharia law'

Ashraf Ghani fled to the United Arab Emirates. Not far from there, Qatar has been home to senior Taliban leaders. Despite their sharp political differences, the two Gulf Arab states have much in common

A leading environmental group warns the proposal would harm 'one of the most sensitive and rarest nature sites in Israel'

The spyware maker NSO Group has featured in media reports for years – but Israelis have consistently preferred to avoid a serious discussion of its actions

The blistering heat hasn't stopped Israel from abusing Palestinians living in the Jordan Valley and destroying their property and meager livelihoods. This week the authorities confiscated precious solar panels, decimated dirt roads and uprooted grove...

According to the Qatari statement, about 100,000 Palestinian families in Gaza will receive $100 in cash starting in early September

The president's statement, which accused unnamed parties of blocking coalition formation efforts, comes amid dwindling optimism that a deal could be struck to steer Lebanon out of its two-year financial crisis

France, Germany and the United Kingdom express 'grave concern' over UN watchdog report confirming Iran has accelerated enrichment of uranium to near weapons-grade

According to coalition agreements, the Birthright Israel program, which brings tens of thousands of Jews to Israel a year, was supposed to become the Diaspora Ministry's responsibility

Firefighters say that the blaze returned at Har Etan in the Judean Hills following increased wind speeds and dry conditions

The U.S.-based company, which currently has around 14,000 employees in Israel, is one of a number of corporations that have enacted reward schemes to encourage vaccination against COVID

'We can say COVID-19 vaccine booster shots are doing their job in the sense that they reduce infection rates,' Israeli Prof. Ran Balicer says

Riyadh is bald about extracting its oil to the last drop, even if it has to use it for plastics, but it’s actually just the tree that hides the forest of climate inaction

In his documentary, Zvi Landsman offers a frank look at Haredi men who try to change their sexual orientation – and the therapists behind them

As the latest wildfires amply demonstrate, the effects of climate change are now upon us. But the region is wholly unprepared to deal with them

The Taliban fired at crowds who took to several Afghan cities to wave national flags in protest against the militants. In some places, demonstrators also reportedly tore down white Taliban flags

In his thought-provoking new book ‘Haifa Republic,’ philosopher Omri Boehm reminds us that the binational state was a concept promoted by parts of the Israeli right as recently as the late 1970s

A candidate for the position of Jewish Agency chairman must be endorsed by nine of the 10 members of the nominations committee, but given the current makeup of the committee, the front-runner could be blocked from obtaining this majority

Israel's Health Ministry worked up to the last minute to arrange the rapid COVID testing required for children between 3 and 11 to enter public venues, but in the end, there were long waits and no clear information

Combining local products and a radical approach, Israeli ice cream makers are revolutionizing everyone’s favorite summer treat. And once you accept that ice cream doesn’t always have to be super-sweet, it’s really quite delicious

The German Federal Court of Justice said in a statement it had rejected her appeal against her conviction on 10 counts of murder. Moreover, there can be no further appeal

'I was certain I was coming to someone non-Ethiopian,' an Ethiopian dental hygienist recalls one of her patients telling her ■ Many of the women are met with prejudice, racism, discrimination and mistrust on the part of Israeli employers

In a world of remote work, neobanks and ecommerce, Weav helps small business get the credit they need

Iranian news agency says shipments were purchased by a group of Lebanese Shi'ite businessmen

Many countries, including Israel, prohibited men having sex with men from donating blood in the 1980s over fears that they might be carriers of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS

The victim, identified as Shmuel Silverberg, was shot in what does not appear to be a 'bias-motivated' incident according to police

Regulations drafted in 2014 have yet to be approved or funded, and firefighters don't have a long-term system for forecasting fires

Calls from patients soar, while violence – mostly but not only verbal – is also on the rise, doctors say ■ Aside from all their regular work, family doctors treat 98 percent of coronavirus patients

Judge had ordered that Roman Zadorov, convicted in 2010 for the murder of 13-year-old Tair Rada, be released to house arrest until his retrial is completed

Lawmakers urge secretary of state to press for full reopening of border crossings and work to get clear guidance on what goods and materials can be brought into Gaza

The body of alleged attacker Ahmad Erekat has been held by Israel for more than a year, despite a cabinet decision in force at the time of his death

Israel's National Security Council announces that the level of terrorism threats off the coast of the Sinai Peninsula and the resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh had dropped from level one – meaning high-risk – to level three

With infections and serious cases still on the rise, Israel is in a rather unique moment of epidemiological doubt. The prime minister is gambling his political future on the third vaccine shot being able to avert another lockdown

Bennett says Israel will expand COVID booster shot drive to those 40 and over ■ Decision on starting the year for elementary schools will be made Sunday

This will be the first meeting between the two leaders since Bennett took office in June

A British commando unit made up mostly of Jewish refugees helped tip the scales in favor of the Allies during World War II, even as they faced prejudice and antisemitism along the way. A new book tells the remarkable story of X Troop

The UAE says 'it has welcomed President Ashraf Ghani and his family into the country on humanitarian grounds,' after he fled Afghanistan when Taliban took over Kabul

Israel is considering giving the third COVID shot to people 40 and over, down from the current 50

Within a week and a half of schools reopening, the infection rate in the Haredi community more than doubled, to 12 percent of new coronavirus cases

There's no Arabic, Russian or Amharic, but it's said to be just a pre-translation ‘beta’ version

Gaza sources say protests will only begin Saturday in order to give indirect talks with Israel a chance ■ Egypt invites Bennett to first official Cairo visit

Tastewise uses big data to understand how and what people are eating. The firm is help corporations give us the food we really want

Some Israeli experts side with the World Health Organization and claim current policy is both morally and epidemiologically wrong

Since Israel kicked off its third COVID vaccine campaign two weeks ago, more than 1.1 million Israelis have received their third shot

A debate is raging over the remains of the ancient reptiles found in Israel. Some researchers want them analyzed and displayed in a museum, others believe that the real museum is nature itself

Although he had the opportunity to flee to the U.S., Zabulon Simantov will remain behind to look after Afghanistan’s last standing synagogue

Meanwhile, Afghans flock to Kabul airport as Western evacuation efforts continue

Haaretz photographers document what remains as more than 4,200 acres of land are consumed by fire

The process of setting up private schools for kids of Israeli COVID anti-vaxxers has so far gone largely unnoticed, with most of the activity taking place on the Telegram platform. 'These parents have lost faith in the system and have begun to take i...

Watching a film about racism in the Deep South, I wonder when I will have to tell the children why some members of my Jewish family oppose my relationship with Osama ■ Post #33

Among the unusual finds in this unexpected coastal farmstead at Ramat Hasharon is a bronze chandelier chain more typical of churches

'I want to thank the President of the Palestinian Authority, Mr. Mahmoud Abbas, for his initiative to send the firefighters who came to help Israel,' Israel's defense minister tweeted in Arabic

Israel's Justice Ministry believes Education Minister Shasha-Biton is not authorized to deny in-school vaccination of children whose parents agree to have them vaccinated during school hours

The soldier, whose father has filed a countercomplaint, clashed with Ahmad Tibi and other Joint List legislators after the soldier refused to let them reach the Tomb of the Patriarchs

Israeli Health ministry data: 5,075 Israelis tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, with 519 in serious condition, a slight drop from Saturday's figures

Besides delta, at least five other COVID variants are being followed closely by scientists in Israel and around the world, who say AY3 could be a game changer

Abu Ali Express has become one of Telegram’s most influential Hebrew-language channels on Arab affairs. On it, you can find exclusive stories and harsh criticism on mainstream media. Is the IDF behind the channel?

As COVID cases rise, stores, malls limit capacity to one person per seven meters squared ■ New gathering restrictions at large events

The directive is being prepared in conjunction with Israel's health minister, who wants to use it to circumvent the education minister's objection to vaccinating children at school

A Tel Aviv court orders to release the man, criticizing the psychiatric committee's decision to forcefully commit him

Explosions in Syrian village of Hader could be heard on videos circulated on social media

The move is the latest of many by Iran breaching the restrictions imposed by the 2015 nuclear deal

Cellebrite also says it will form an ethics committee to review potential clients – a decision that is probably prompted by the firm's plans to go public this year

Israel's Higher Education Council green lights the move, despite concerns expressed by the council's budget panel that this will exacerbate inequality between students

A Hitler salute leads to unlikely laughs in Amanda Peet’s new campus comedy ‘The Chair,’ which also makes a very good Korea choice with its subplot. Plus, Harlan Coben’s ‘Gone for Good’

Family members who have fought long legal battles to have their ownership of old properties recognized say the new legislation just confirms what they always suspected

Finally, the government admits Israel is decades behind Europe in meeting its climate crisis goals. But the government's stalemate on solar energy illustrates what a long way Israel still has to go

Several health professionals were in attendance at the gathering, which contravened Melbourne's strict COVID regulations

In an unusual move, Israel has not struck Hamas targets in Gaza following rocket fire ■ Cairo has reportedly opened direct lines of communications with Gaza and Jerusalem to calm the situation

The official IRNA news agency said Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appointed Adm. Shahram Irani as the new navy chief under the country's army

Older generations remember the Taliban’s merciless rule. And so, despite their more compromising tone and the absence of major reports of abuses or fighting in the capital of Kabul, many residents are staying home and remain fearful

Ben Cohen and Anuradha Mittal insist their move is not anti-Israeli and call out death threats, efforts by the Israeli government to get U.S. states to use anti-BDS laws against parent company Unilever

Israel's Supreme Court decided that a person is not legally bound to uncover their object of passion with their partners

Hearings of commission of inquiry into deadly crowd crush will be conducted in public and broadcast over the internet. Top state religious officials also summoned to testify

The historic American Colony in East Jerusalem is drawing scads of Israeli guests – and they don’t want to leave the hotel grounds

In a civil lawsuit filed late on Friday with the New York Supreme Court, the woman said Dylan sexually abused her at his New York apartment over a six-week period 'leaving her emotionally scarred and psychologically damaged to this day'

Settler attacks on Palestinian communities are growing bigger and more coordinated, and now also involve guns. Here's how they're getting away with it

And we can relax: The Earth’s magnetic field may be weakening now but it’s happened before, and it recovered