Aviem Sella introduced Jonathan Pollard to his Mossad recruiter in the early 1980s while he was studying in New York, but never faced trial in the U.S. because Israel refused to extradite him

The man, Riad Youssef Rashad, was returning from work in Israel when he was shot, eyewitnesses say

As Lebanon sinks deeper into poverty, more and more people are blaming Iran-backed Hezbollah for the devastating, multiple crises plaguing the country

Over 2 million children and more than 200,000 teaching staff begin the new school year on Wednesday under strict COVID-19 measures. Haaretz explains how they affect school life

Report criticizes decision-making by Netanyahu that bypassed coronavirus cabinet, haphazard planning and failure to create a special body to deal with the pandemic

In era of climate crisis, activists decry ban on planting trees and shrubs as dictated by Jewish law

Shasha-Biton’s big test will be to formulate a new vision for Israel's education system. The coronavirus crisis is an opportunity unlikely to repeat itself

After a two year delay and a High Court ruling, Israel's Interior Ministry resumes examining thousands of asylum requests, some of which have been pending for eight years or longer

Israeli officials also expanded entry permits for Gazan business people and the renewed the entry of badly needed building materials, despite the launch of incendiary balloons and the killing of a Border Policeman

The outcry following Barel Hadaria Shmueli's death at the hands of a Hamas gunman may push the government to take steps that don't line up with its Gaza policy, even if some of the claims seem baseless

The secret channel is the main tool with which Israel and the United States will deal with Iran's nuclear program

Year after year Israeli courts approve almost 100 percent of the police’s surveillance requests and the number of requests is continuously spiking - with little oversight

Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll is the driving force behind a new project to normalize the idea of seeing Orthodox women in everyday life. ‘The Orthodox world erases us and the secular world fetishizes us,’ she says

President Joe Biden withdrawing U.S. troops from Afghanistan and focusing on China and domestic problems isn’t a ‘doctrine,’ it’s just common sense

Much of today's traditions originated with Babylonian worship, and you have to read this to believe how a calf's head morphed into gefilte fish.

The humanitarian reasons for Israel to offer shelter, now, to Afghans fleeing Taliban rule are compelling. And it would be a powerful retort to decades of racist fearmongering against desperate non-Jewish refugees

According to the FBI, overall hate crimes reached a 12-year peak in 2019

Instead of running in the open with a chaperone, female fitness groups in Israel are increasingly meeting to exercise and run on the outskirts of villages

2.5 million students are expected to return to classrooms across the country, though some 150,000 eighth- to 12th-graders in cities with high COVID rates will study from home

Want to cook a big holiday meal with as little stress as possible? Vered Guttman draws on her catering prowess to create this day-by-day prep schedule — plus two fancy but easy appetizer recipes

This much-loved Jewish cookie is ubiquitous in Israel nowadays, where varieties range from average pastry at neighborhood grocery stores to gourmet delicacies at the country's best bakeries. This recipe takes the treat up a notch

Today, as decades ago, ATA creates clothes with an all-Israeli look, aided by workers in the Strip. The brand’s chief designer talks about fashion and flare-ups

As an occupying power, Israel has an obligation to provide suitable health services to the Palestinians, says Physicians for Human Rights

A young generation of activists have had enough of older generations' failure to address the climate crisis. Hundreds of them meet on Fridays, skipping school if necessary, to demand action

Alexander Kahn, who flew hundreds of refugees to the U.S., says his father was liberated from Buchenwald and arrived in U.S. 'not much differently'

Warning: Israelis wear their gas masks while grating horseradish to make gefilte fish with chrein

The Yehi Ratzon blessings, which have their roots in the Babylonian Talmud, have been rising in popularity in modern Israel. Here are the foods that will add meaning to your holiday meal.

'We are looking forward to what will no doubt be a very productive tenure, advancing relations between our two countries,' Israeli Foreign Ministry chief said ahead of the ambassador's arrival

More than 78 percent of Israelis eligible for COVID-19 vaccination have been inoculated. As delta variant spreads, booster shot campaign is under way

The preconceived notion of the Taliban's primitive use of technology doesn't hold up looking at their prolific social media machine

57-year-old Mohammed Fayez is the 78th murder victim in the Arab community this year. No suspects have been apprehended

As school year is set to open, nearly 115,000 people got their third COVID vaccine shot. Number of new cases approaches 11,000, a record, but other statistics suggest boosters are having a positive effect

After two decades of fighting against an insurgency, U.S. ends its longest war as last plane departs Kabul ■ Taliban: 'The world should have learned their lesson'

The High Court ruled the practice illegal when used against asylum seekers crossing over from Egypt. Advocates say it violates international law and puts their lives at risk

The Palestinian journalists were handcuffed and interrogated after covering a protest at a closed military zone. According to the Israeli military's own regulations, journalists are allowed in such areas

Some protesters were wounded by Israeli military fire, Palestinian reports say. Meanwhile, the Israeli officer who died from gunshot wounds during Gaza border clashes last week was laid to rest

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid are happy to let their defense minister meet with the Palestinian president. It may even give him a sense of purpose, but it won’t revive any peace talks

Prior to the pandemic, tens of thousands of people attended services at Jerusalem's Western Wall every night from before Rosh Hashanah through Yom Kippur, but now the crowd is restricted to 8,000 people

The EU has no unified COVID-19 tourism policy and states have the authority to decide whether they keep their borders open to Israeli and American tourists

Israel Weiser was a colorblind photographer, Raisa Zeitlin studied Hebrew to her last day, and Yossi Barkai flew rescue missions in war

The judges wrote that the boys were harmed in a 'harsh manner by severe things that cannot be written down,' and that even now these 'grave acts are continuing'

Although Biden’s opponents keep labeling him Sleepy Joe, his meeting with the Israeli prime minister – even as the president was dealing with the Kabul attack – proved otherwise

Qatar’s role in the evacuations reflects its position as host of the Middle East’s biggest U.S. military base, but also its decision years ago to host the Taliban’s political leadership in exile

The justice minister is advancing the legislation in coordination with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Sa’ar also intends to introduce similar legislation instituting term limits for mayors

Shapiro has advocated for improved U.S.-Israel cooperation on Iran's nuclear program

Though the leak only caused limited soil pollution, environmental officials say the event demonstrates environmental risk posed by transporting fuel by pipeline

Israel's defense minister, who met with the Palestinian president in first for a cabinet member in over a decade, also said they agreed on residency rights for thousands of people living in the West Bank with no legal status

Israeli Border Police officer Barel Hadaria Shmueli, 21, was shot on Gaza border 9 days ago during clashes

A leading Israeli credit card service used a single smartphone to communicate with clients. The phone had all their details on it. Then someone stole it

The beloved actor and activist incorporated Judaism in his many roles: 'I was raised to believe that giving back to your community is the good and right way above all'

Right-wing politicians and activists in Israel and the U.S. spread a false claim that the U.S. president fell asleep in his meeting with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett last week. Here’s what actually happened

Netanyahu has not denied allegations of meeting with billionaire Larry Ellison, a key witness in his ongoing trial, while staying on Hawaiian island of Lanai, almost wholly owned by Ellison

The conviction of 20-year-old Lahav Nagauker in the May 12 assault of Said Moussa in Bat Yam came as part of a plea agreement, sentencing is to follow

Israeli swimmers have claimed six medals so far in Tokyo, setting three world records, as country easily surpasses medal haul from Rio five years ago

Palestinian factions say Abbas turned back on Palestinian people by meeting 'Zionist enemy'

When Haaretz published a story on narcissistic parenting, hundreds of people shared their own, often horrific, experiences of being raised by toxic parents – indicating how commonplace yet underreported this phenomenon is

Dadaon, who has already won one bronze medal, set a new world record in the men's 200m freestyle race at the Tokyo Paralympics

Israel recorded on Sunday its highest positive coronavirus test rate since February, with 7.81 percent of tests returning positive

The testimony recorded from Albaraa Jaber offers a treasure trove of information for understanding the ease with which Israel’s military establishment robs Palestinians of their time

Biden tells commanders to 'do whatever is necessary' in Afghanistan withdrawal. Earlier today U.S. forces intercepted 5 rockets fired at Kabul's airport

Emissions in Israel increased by 14 percent in 2020 compared with the previous year and stem partly from the increased production capacity of several factories

Gantz says that Israel is right to take steps to strengthen the Palestinian economy in the first meeting between a senior Israeli government official and Abbas since 2010

Eleven of the victims were women, and 61 of the killings were committed with a firearm

16 years to the day since Hurricane Katrina, Lousiana governor warns Ida could be state's worst direct hurricane hit since 1850s

Former PM Netanyahu and his wife are in possession of 42 presents that must be returned by law, according to the Prime Minister's Office ■ The couple denies they failed to return the gifts

Police should have the powers that the Shin Bet has, like ordering administrative detentions, senior officer says

An ISIS suicide bombing last week killed scores of Afghans and 13 American troops who were guarding Kabul's airport amid an airlift that has evacuated about 114,400 people

As Israeli authorities shirk their duties, parole boards warn that without proper treatment, recidivism among these prisoners will rise

When he returns to the Knesset this week, PM Bennett will have Biden's blessing behind him but a whole raft of problems ahead of him

Thousands marched down Washington’s National Mall on Saturday, with Rabbi Jonah Pesner telling protesters they're walking in the footsteps of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel and Jewish activists of the civil rights movement

At least 65 have been reportedly wounded in one of the deadliest attacks in Yemen's civil war in recent years

Israel also announces that those who have received their third COVID shot will be exempt from quarantine upon return from international travel

This is the second strike carried out by U.S. forces since an ISIS suicide bomber killed 13 U.S. troops and scores of Afghans trying to flee the country

Tagged 'the pandemic's wrongest man,' Alex Berenson has attacked Israel's COVID vaccination rollout, in an attempt to deny the vaccine's efficacy. Now Twitter has made it harder for him to do so

Activists demand the release of Anhar al-Deek, who is charged with attempted stabbing, and plan to rally in front of the prison where she is detained, as the Prison Service says it is prepared for the infant's intake

The career of the U.S.-born journalist, who died at 50 in Tel Aviv, spanned decades of professional 'shoe-leather reporting' on Israel and the Mideast for a host of top-flight media outlets

Defense counsel are expected to oppose the move to summon former news site editor, in the latest development in the ongoing Bezek-Walla corruption case against former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

A demo site built to test a new appointment-setting system left the database of a massive Israeli medical center exposed; ‘a human error that has been fixed’

Confirmed by parliament last week, Hossein Amirabdollahian is believed to have close ties with Tehran's elite Revolutionary Guards and Iranian proxies in the Middle East

President Joe Biden has said he will stick by his deadline to withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Tuesday, as just over 1,000 civilians at Kabul airport wait to be flown out

Israeli politicians who worked closely with the outgoing German chancellor, including former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, say she always had Israel’s back, even when she was critical of some of its policies

The pandemic shows no sign of disappearing, but what about fictional films and series about it? So far, they’re playing it for laughs and leaving the heavy lifting to documentaries