The U.S. has sent a clear warning to NSO and its global peers: Stop facilitating malicious attacks on human rights. But to curb an advanced, invasive, uncontrolled global spyware industry, we need to do more

'So far, we have produced 25 kilograms of 60 percent uranium,' state media quoted the spokesman of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization as saying

More than 100 activists and supporters took part in the procession to protest regulations banning them from bringing Torah scrolls into the prayer plaza

One size doesn't fit all. Triumphal bombast may suit normalization with the UAE, but it won't work with Saudi Arabia, Djibouti or Iraq. With Sudan, Israel's hubris and complicity with the coup may well blow up in its face

Why Foreign Minister Lapid gave Finance Minister Lieberman a present ■ Is a presidential pardon still an option for Netanyahu

None of the sides want to see Netanyahu return to power ■ Israel may be called on to rein in its strikes against Iranian targets in Syria ■ Bennett has a long-term problem

Despite recent Israeli steps such as recognizing Bedouin towns and providing new employment opportunities, the crime, violence and estrangement from the state remains what some call 'a national strategic problem'

Lawmaker Gilad Kariv (Labor) was supposed to give a Torah scroll to Women of the Wall during Rosh Hodesh prayers Friday, and ultra-Orthodox violence, instigated by Haredi politicians, was expected in return

One Israeli with a penchant for invention and another who loves saving people

Marwan al-Husseini and his mother Raisa were traveling to see relatives when undercover police stopped their car and dragged them from it violently. The officers beat Marwan and strip-searched Raisa before releasing them. The police later lied about ...

Republicans delayed Deborah Lipstadt's confirmation hearing for Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism due to past tweets critical of Republican committee member Sen. Ron Johnson

Arab students say there is almost no interaction with Jewish students on campus: 'Academia should be an open place, but here Jews and Arabs study separately. The multicultural campus is only for the advertisements'

The ‘1967-for-1948’ deal was clinched in 1973

Four survivors who were kept in Soviet labor camps in Siberia and later moved to Israel petitioned the government, saying they are denied thousands of shekels' worth of benefits each month

A short story published after the Sinai Campaign described horrific violence committed by IDF soldiers on residents of Gaza. How far was the fiction from fact?

We don’t have much in common with the primeval sea sponge, which doesn’t even have tissues. But it has cells that do something weird

World leaders are updating their pledges at COP26 but is there room for hope, or is it too little, too late?

'Without witnesses, there are no cases,' says Amit Aisman, adding that the trust of the Arab public in the legal system is necessary to curb soaring crime rates

Even 20 years defending peace activists and Palestinians couldn’t fully prepare new Meretz lawmaker Gaby Lasky for the frustration she feels or the restraint she must show as a member of the strangest coalition in Israel’s history

Hassidic cult leader Eliezer Berland now adds a murder charge to his rap sheet of sexual assault and fraud. He's enjoyed years of impunity for the same reason that Israel's police force barely dares to disturb the autonomy of nearly one million ultra...

After a marathon session in the Knesset, the Bennett-Lapid government passed the first budget in Israel in over three years, significantly strengthening the coalition's stability

The minister's resignation would be a 'priority and the natural road map to get out of the crisis,' says Prime Minister Mikati, whose government – sworn in less than two months ago – is under threat over regional rift

Netanyahu, who in the past called for unity between denominations at the Jewish holy site, shared a tweet by Shas chairman Dery to pray that it would not be 'desecrated' by the Women of the Wall group

Route debuts in December for fifth airline from the Gulf to conduct regular flights between Israel and the UAE

In the late 1800s, Christians made up 20 percent of Turkey’s population. By the late 1920s, they were down to just 2 percent. New research reveals the scope of the genocide committed by three successive regimes

The West Bank is suffering a housing shortage and a dearth of money for salaries, but Israel isn’t really helping out despite its approval of new construction

Online discussion is streamed live on social media and Israel's Health Ministry website ■ A final decision to approve the COVID vaccine for children expected only next week

After a request from Haaretz last year, the university declared the application process was changed to make the question optional, but no such change has been made

Asked by his female co-host if he has any tattoos, Israel's leading weatherman Danny Roup pretended to unbuckle his pants and said, ‘I’ll show you'

The U.S. Commerce Department's addition of NSO to a list of entities acting against national interests will force the Israeli spyware company to reinvent itself, if it is even able to survive the blow

The document had already been presented to European diplomats to try to stop them from funding the organizations, but they were not convinced

On the eve of the 42nd anniversary of the embassy seizure, American officials revealed that Iran had seized a Vietnamese-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman last month

Yet the Mongols really were devotedly nomadic: Team mapping Mongol Empire capital of Karakorum discovers that it was ‘implanted,’ not a natural urban development

It turns out that pushing out spyware to any potential ally, regardless of its intended use, is bad for business and also bad for Israel’s global image

Israel's Environmental Protection Ministry says 'decided to adopt a policy of zero additional risk in the Gulf of Eilat' ■ Pipeline firm lodges complaint with attorney general

In New Jersey, incumbent Democrat Phil Murphy squeaked by Republican challenger Jack Ciattarelli, even though registered Democratic voters outnumber Republicans there by more than 1 million

After a long night at the Knesset, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett called the approval a 'day of celebration for Israel,' as parliament gears up to vote on the 2022 budget

The new envoy to Israel is confirmed after Republicans drop their objections to the nomination

Testimony published Wednesday said that Etai Pinkas-Arad had sex with two teenage boys over a decade ago without their consent and without a condom

The defendants were held in jail for months after confessing to the crime during a Shin Bet interrogation. A video showed they arrived at the scene after the assault

Some of the Sheikh Jarrah residents facing eviction wanted to accept the compromise to prevent their eviction, while others argued that paying rent would represent recognition of a Jewish ownership over their homes

The suspect confessed after he was instructed to by convicted sect leader Rabbi Eliezer Berland, who is himself suspected of involvement in the affair

According to the Israel Democracy Institute, which polled 752 people in Hebrew and Arabic last month, most Israelis believe that Israel has a better international reputation, or that it has remained the same, under Bennett

Iran is demanding that the United States give guarantees that it would not renege on the nuclear agreement in the future

According to an Israeli source, Jerusalem is working to comply with the United States' request to utilize its ties with the Sudanese military

For a group of evangelical Christians, being among the first tourists to visit Israel since it reopened its borders brought plenty of unexpected perks

Economy Minister Orna Barbivai and her Jordanian counterpart, Yousef Alshamali, sign an agreement to increase caps on Jordan exports to the Palestinian Authority

The Israeli government is taking a step forward on one of its major goals; the final vote on the budget will be held later this month

A right-wing campaign attempting to tie Mansour Abbas’ role in the government with funding for Hamas is about much more than trying to save Benjamin Netanyahu’s political career

So far, the hacking group Black Shadow have also released private data of Israeli radio listeners, a furniture company, and a LGBTQ dating site

The Turkish police have opened an investigation into 'baseless' social media posts questioning Erdogan's health

'We are not taking action against countries or governments where these entities are located,' State Dept. says after Israel-based NSO and Candiru were added to its Entity List for malicious cyber activities

In an interview marking the publication of his Prix Goncourt nominated hugely successful autobiography, French journalist Sorj Chalandon speaks about his mythomaniac father and the contentious subject that still enthralls the French

The hype is big but the companies are small: Israeli startups may have cutting-edge ideas, but they struggle to bring them to the market

Israel also records 663 new coronavirus patients as well as 201 in serious condition

Israeli NSO and Candiru developed and supplied spyware 'to maliciously target government officials, journalists, businesspeople, activists, academics, and embassy workers,' the U.S. Commerce Department said in a statement

The Beta Israel steadfastly kept a pure form of Biblical Judaism in Ethiopia for generations. In Israel, their unique Sigd fast is now a folklore festival starring politicians studiously avoiding any mention of racism and police violence

Objects amassed by Wilfrid Israel form the core of a new show

The auction of the item, supposedly used to brand inmates in the Nazi death camp, is 'morally unacceptable,' says chairman of Israel's Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial center

A new report by the Israel Innovation Authority and PLANETech investigates the climate-friendliness of Israel’s startups

Israeli commandos and U.S. marines participate in a two-week joint multi-force training in Eilat as Iran nuclear talks stall

Three months ago, with a high approval rating and a big win in the Senate, Biden was in a strong position to restore America’s global leadership. Now, stalemate in D.C. and tough losses elsewhere have hurt his credibility

Harvard, MIT and... Al-Qasemi: According to remote-learning giant edX, Al-Qasemi Academic College boasts one the world’s 12 best digital courses. All it does is teach you how to think

The new system will 'constitute a significant component in strengthening the protection' of Israel's borders, the Defense Ministry said in a statement

'Clueless' airline staff, systems not recognizing mix-and-match vaccines, last-minute changes – would-be tourists are reporting chaos in trying to enter a newly reopened Israel

Though Israel passed a resolution to legalize three Bedouin villages, as part of the coalition deal with United Arab List, welfare groups argue that terms set by right-wing cabinet members block recognition from taking place

Talks are scheduled to resume this month after a delay caused by Iran's presidential election, however 'if the current status quo continues, the result of negotiations is clear,' a senior Iranian official warns

While reports did not say when the incident had taken place, they relate to a confrontation between speedboats of Iran's Revolutionary Guards and an American ship which left the scene

Protesters demand that the Israeli government raise the benefits and bring them in one line with the minimum wage

A new documentary, ‘Women of Valor,’ spotlights the pioneering efforts of Esty Bitton Shushan to get Haredi parties to include women on their Knesset slates and improve their status in society

Selling the device, which will likely go for over $30,000, rather than donating it to a museum is 'morally unacceptable,' the Israel's Holocaust memorial says

Israeli Environment Minister Zandberg opposes the import of crude oil from the UAE through the port of Eilat. She has ordered officials to break off contact with the pipeline company, but the company is fighting back

Israel's five-day National Home Front Exercise is meant to simulate a flare-up on multiple fronts

The attack early Wednesday came from northern Israel and targeted a military post in the town of Zakia, in the western Damascus countryside, a Syrian military statement said

Tom Nides, U.S. President Joe Biden's nominee for U.S. ambassador to Israel has been denied confirmation after Republican objection

A 2014 spill near Eliat was not an isolated incident, with indictment of Europe Asia Pipeline Co., Israeli government must force the company to operate safely

As architects of the budget argue for reforms meant to 'aid weaker segments of society', right-wing lawmakers accuse the prime minister of forming 'the first Palestinian government in history'

On Friday the Food and Drug Administration authorized the vaccine in 5-11 year olds to, inoculations are due to start as early as next week

The Black Shadow hacker group carried out ‘one of the most serious attacks ever on privacy in Israel,’ potentially exposing sensitive information like users' HIV status

There is no real point to trying to destabilize the Iranian government by attacking civil society, since such humiliation invariably has a boomerang effect. Fueling the cyber quarrel is not in Israel’s interest

Bar-Ilan University requires that mentors speak Hebrew as their mother tongue

The state-owned Europe Asia Pipeline Co. and executives have been charged in what prosecutors call ‘one of biggest cases of environmental destruction ever in the country’

The Biden administration unveils plan on methane from oil and gas industry, but major powers fail to agree on rapid reductions in the use of fossil fuels

Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib says in an interview there had been no meetings on any level between Beirut and Riyadh since a new cabinet was formed nearly two months ago

Over his decades-long career, Fakhri has become one of the Arab world’s most famous tenors and one of its exceptionally charismatic entertainers