Israel sees a day with zero COVID deaths for the first time in nearly four months

Trump’s return would mean a constitutional crisis, a slide into authoritarianism and mob rule in the streets, endangering all of America’s minorities. So why do U.S. Jews seem so bizarrely unconcerned?

The officer told six women he holds a classified position with the police and proposed them to join the unit, under the condition that they had sex with him

At 2:00 A.M. Sunday morning, clocks will return to 1:00 A.M.

Twelve years after an Israeli shell hit his home and killed his daughters during Operation Cast Lead, Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish is taking his battle for a formal apology to the Supreme Court. He knows the odds are against him

With a 120-member delegation to COP26, is Israel finally waking up to the dangers posed by the climate crisis – including matters of national security? PLUS: Indiana Jones and the Lost Church?

The regime in Iran has already survived mass protests with scores of fatalities. But for Israel, taking the initiative trumps watching on the sidelines

The Israeli army is expanding its program to tend, using expert professionals, to soldiers' psychological needs. And a new generation of soldiers is much more ready to open up about their service

Attacking civilian targets won't increase public distrust in the Iranian regime, which is already at a low. Still, economic pressure may bring Tehran back to nuke talks

Kayed Fasfous has been on a hunger strike for over three months. He is hospitalized in critical condition, interrupting his detention without trial, but he refuses to give in until he’s released

This week at the Tel Aviv airport: Two Israelis embarking on new chapters of their lives

Interrogators in Israel are allowed to lie to suspects in order to extract confessions of guilt, an examination method forbidden in most democracies

I accompanied my parents on a trip to our homeland, Azerbaijan. No one prepared me for the moment when I would meet the other side of my family, which is stuck in an endless Borat movie

The Health Ministry's director of public health, Sharon Alroy-Preis, is at high-risk of being targeted for harm, Israel Police say

The European Union said it 'takes very seriously' Israel's labeling of six Palestinian rights and civil society groups as terror organizations, but adds that previous allegations were unsubstantiated

The 'blatant violence' and the failure to take testimony from witnesses in the police beating of two residents of East Jerusalem’s Isawiyah neighborhood in 2019 represents a major failing, the ombudsman says

Israel's PM is eager to capitalize on the UN climate conference, where 200 senior figures and leaders of countries will be in attendance

Some call the Israeli government plan ‘unprecedented,’ while others say it fails to address key problems such as food insecurity

Rep. Betty McCollum of Minnesota introduced a resolution condemning Israel's actions as 'a repressive act designed to criminalize and persecute important Palestinian human rights organizations'

She sold ‘Fauda’ to Netflix, and a series on autistic friends to Amazon Prime. But after 22 years at the helm, Danna Stern is stepping down from her executive position. She explains how she signed huge international deals, predicts the future of ...

Israel will allow entry to tourists vaccinated against COVID-19 from November 1, and the Health Ministry recommends years-long bans on entry for rule-breakers

The saga of Rabbi Eliezer Melamed exposes the fault-lines emerging in Jewish fundamentalism and religious ultra-nationalism over engaging with non-Orthodox Jews. They pose radical challenges – for both sides

Israel's prime minister asks Switzerland's president to use his country's seat on the UN nuclear watchdog's board of governors to combat Tehran's program during a meeting between the two in Jerusalem

The race will start at 6:00 A.M. Friday next to the Israel Museum and finish off at Sacher Park

Ziv Nevo Kulman said Israel does not and will not have ties to the far-right Sweden Democrats party, stating a 'moral position' and mentioning the party's 'roots in Nazism.' Not everyone in Stockholm agrees with him

And a lost opportunity for a symbolic gesture that would have cost Israel nothing

The statement comes after a harsh U.S. rebuke on Israel's plan to construct housing units in West Bank settlements

In order to avoid an unintentional slide into a war of folly between the United States and China, the Biden administration needs a more cohesive policy on Taiwan – even if its diplomatic and military options are limited

Arab citizens constituted 35 percent of those convicted in mixed Jewish-Arab cities, a rate 3.7 times their proportion of the general population

Religious leaders, seeing an end to their monopoly, warn of 'spiritual destruction' and the 'displacement of Judaism in Israel'

The mosaic panel at Hisham's Palace in the city of Jericho is one of the largest in the world

The Biden administration should be pushing back against Israel's interference in its policymaking on the Palestinians. But it’s doing the exact opposite

Israel's decision to prohibit a three-day festival in a Catholic Church in East Jerusalem is 'harsh and unjustifiable,' the Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries in the Holy Land said

The most recent cyberattack against Iran's gas stations illustrates Israel's new strategy in curbing Tehran's nuclear program: making the lives of Iran's middle class harder

While verbal blows between Arab lawmakers received most of the attention, what happened during the vote in the Israeli Knesset goes much deeper

I always thought I had no problem with my naked body. I’m not proud of it or ashamed of it. But would this theoretical feeling withstand the test of reality? Ultimately, the sign was given. In under a minute we were all naked

The consulate, which was closed in 2018 by then-President Donald Trump, had served Palestinians living in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza

A mapping company offers unprecedented high-resolution images of Israel and Palestinian territories. Here's what it looks like

Studying the evolution of the brain in the ant, of all things, may have, shed light on why our brains mysteriously contracted after the Stone Age

Jerusalem's mayor seeks to transform Palestinian Wadi Joz to 'Silicon Wadi,' but the geopolitics could spell an uphill battle

Bennett and Biden's first confrontation was a mild one, but another public feud between Israel and the United States has fanned the flames

The army's decision not to make an official complaint against the shooter comes because he is the son of a senior officer who was killed in a clash with militants

Lebanon has been shunned for years by Saudi Arabia over Hezbollah's strong influence in state affairs

Meretz's Esawi Freige accuses Joint List lawmakers of 'exploiting our pain for a few votes' after the coalition and Joint List of Arab parties fail to reach an agreement on the legislation

Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked is heard saying that Yair Lapid commits blunders every week that PM Bennett rescues him from, and that the rotation agreement for the premiership is still up in the air

Bennett is holding a discussion with senior health officials on vaccinating children aged five to 11, after an expert panel voted overwhelmingly to recommend the FDA authorize the COVID vaccine for this age group

The pride flag was raised this year at the building at the initiative of the director of the WIZO daycare, where about 30 percent of the children's parents belong to the LGBT community

The navigation app Waze has been experiencing algorithm problems on Israel's busy streets, redirecting its one million users to cities far away and causing widespread inconvenience

Commemorating America's deadliest antisemitic attack on Pittsburgh's Tree of Life Synagogue in 2018, Biden says 'silence is complicity'

A U.S. expert panel just recommended authorizing the coronavirus vaccine for 5-11-year-olds in America. When will the vaccine become available for Israeli kids and is it safe?

Iran's top nuclear negotiator says that the exact date for renewing nuclear talks would be announced over the course of the next week, following a 'very serious and constructive dialogue'

Depriving Blacks of the right to vote is the leading obsession of today's GOP, just as it was Booth's core reason to kill President Lincoln. And that's not the only chilling continuity between the Confederates of then and now

Blinken told Defense Minister Gantz that if Israel advances the settlements, it would be met with a severe response from America

Martin Davidovich was shot during a military training exercise in 1948 and buried in Prague, but will now be reinterred in Jerusalem at the request of his family

If you deny 'Israel’s right to exist,' you can expect to be accused of antisemitism. But denying Palestinians their statehood is still somehow OK. Why, exactly?

Lena and Vladimir Oliker first envisioned moving to Israel in the 1970s. The Soviet Union thwarted those plans, but now they charge that stone-faced Israeli clerks are the ones stopping them fulfilling their long-held dream

'Moses Staff', the group of hackers who are believed to be composed of Iranian nationals, claimed they have acquired 'troop deployment information' of the Israeli army

For Rep. David Price, being pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian have never been incompatible positions. Ahead of his 2022 retirement, he discusses the impact of J Street and why the two-state solution remains the only option

A relief fragment found in a shrine similar to Solomon’s Temple looks suspiciously like a Canaanite deity, suggesting the cult of images and multiple gods was alive and well in biblical Judah

A growing number of mechinot are accepting young Diaspora Jews, offering an ‘ultimate Israel immersion experience’ and many are jumping at the opportunity

A bill tabled by Joint List lawmakers calls on Israel to officially recognize the 1956 Kafr Qasem massacre, in which 48 Arabs were killed by the Israeli army

It was the worst antisemitic attack in American history, but the 2018 massacre also showed the strength and resilience of a city, a neighborhood, and a diverse Jewish community

Governments and big business have proven woefully unable to translate calls for action into action. It’s up to us

Israel's military prosecution convicted Palestinian Muhammad Maruh Kabha for the 2020 murder of Esther Horgen, who lived in a West Bank settlement, after he confessed to the killing

Here is why Israel shouldn’t make light of the arrest of 15 Turks and Palestinians suspected of working for the Mossad in Turkey

The investigation comes after demands from India's opposition to examine the use of Israeli company NSO's spyware, known as Pegasus. Modi 'unequivocally' denies the allegations

In mid-October, Benjamin Goldschmidt was fired from his job as assistant rabbi of the well-to-do New York synagogue, after rising tensions with senior rabbi Arthur Schneier. The community is split over who takes the mantle

From eating dormice in southern Italy to cooking animals on the fire, some of our culinary habits go back to the dimmest reaches of our history

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett was considering postponing the entry of tourists vaccinated with Russia's Sputnik V vaccine to December 1, prior to his meeting with President Vladimir Putin in Sochi this past weekend

The announcement comes following discussions between President Biden and Prime Minister Bennett, and other senior officials regarding Israel's inclusion in the Visa Waiver Program since August

Israel's State Comptroller deals harsh criticism on the government's apathy to its commitments that will lead to severe environmental and economic damage

In contrast to other bloody stains in the history of Zionism, which remain fertile ground for ideological disputes between the left and right, no one disputes that Kafr Qasem was a shameful crime

A former Communications Ministry director general said he was told to be 'positive' toward Bezeq telecommunications company, and to 'to hurry up and finish handling the Bezeq-Yes deal'

The Israeli watchdog's conclusions are clear-cut: the government has met almost none of its targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. However, by not placing blame on any individuals, it misses the elephant in the room

Envoy’s remarks are gratifying, but American threat of military force against Tehran still distant

Prosecutions will happen at a special court of MPs and judges while the blast investigator Tarek Bitar will continue with the cases of lower-level officials, following deadly protests

After securing an overwhelming majority in a vote of experts, Pfizer's COVID vaccine could be rolled out as early as next week in the U.S.

Michelle Bachelet says Israel's designation of six Palestinian organizations as terror groups 'based on extremely vague or unsubstantiated reasons'

The U.S. State Department expresses 'deep concern' over plans to build 3,100 new units in the West Bank and opening bids up for over 1,300 further units

Three Red Cross employees required medical attention after the settler attack in the West Bank, a day after a settler pepper sprayed a member of Rabbis for Human Rights

This follows a string of complaints against Police Commissioner Yaakov Shabtai, which include injuring another senior officer with a knife last year

The Kafr Qasem massacre took place 65 years ago this week. Now, a bill to formally recognize it and teach it in schools could potentially create some very unlikely bedfellows in the Knesset

The move by the Public Security Minister seems to indicate continuity with his predecessors, who prevented almost all Palestinian cultural events in East Jerusalem from taking place under the same pretext

Visitors to the Israeli pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai are greeted by an enormous sculpture made up of letters written in Aravrit, a mash-up of the two Semitic languages, and bearing a hopeful message

A tour of Nazi death camps had long been a rite of passage for 12th-grade students in Israel, but was halted when the pandemic struck. Now some parents are pushing to renew them as COVID cases go down

FDA experts are scheduled to decide on Tuesday whether to approve COVID vaccines for children aged 5 to 11, and experts in Israel are considering whether active steps are needed to encourage parents

The Foreign Ministry refused to publish the draft agreement to join the EU's 95-billion-euro Horizon Europe program, which forbids investing funds outside Israel's pre-1967 borders, until the signing in December