An unusual burial unearthed in El Rayo, Nicaragua drastically differs from the common method of burying the dead in cacao pots

Four of the phones have Israeli numbers, and their owners are East Jerusalem residents with Israeli identity cards. This is the first time that Pegasus software has been found on a cellphone with an Israeli number

Haaretz photographer Ohad Zwigenberg went to a ballroom party in Jerusalem designed to increases queer visibility

Tourists will be allowed into Israel if they received two doses of a COVID vaccine authorized by the WHO, even if six months have elapsed since their second shot

With Libyan presidential elections set for late December, Saddam Haftar touched down in Tel Aviv last week for a secret meeting. Could Israeli normalization with Libya be on the horizon?

The Air Force bombing of the high-rise, which housed offices of the Associated Press and Al Jazeera, represented a serious PR blow to Israel in the May flare-up with Gaza

Netanyahu's legal aid says the witness' weakness could be exploited by his presence in the courtroom

The ruling recognizes an Israeli woman without a partner as the mother of a child born via surrogacy abroad

In a live-streamed Torah lecture the Rabbi Meir Mazuz called out Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman following reforms planned by the government

Global human rights is a key pillar of Biden’s foreign policy, but it comes with many exemptions

Out of some 3,000 sexual assault cases last year, prosecutors closed 2,700 without issuing an indictment, mostly due to insufficient evidence

Former janitor at school where Ta’ir Rada was murdered tells court he saw blood coming from victim’s body hours after her death, countering Supreme Court justice’s claim in ordering retrial

Israel's Population Authority agrees to issue temporary residence visas to immigrants from Ethiopia’s Tigray region, where the country's civil war erupted

Most of the 61 Ethiopians who were brought to Israel on a secret operation had no Jewish roots, and their lives hadn’t exactly been in danger, either. Israel's population authority deemed the event a 'conspiracy'

Wasteful construction, a double road system, trips lengthened by checkpoints and asphalt at the expense of open spaces: Israel’s policy in the West Bank and Gaza has a green price tag

U.S. vice president tells ADL antisemitism summit that hate crime against American Jews is on the rise, but the Biden administration is ‘fully committed to fighting antisemitism’

The monthly clashes at the Kotel between Jewish feminists and ultra-Orthodox protesters are likely to become a major parliamentary issue – and it’s clear whose side Benjamin Netanyahu will be on

The military order builds on Defense Ministry Gantz's terror designation in Israel, and could permit the IDF to arrest the employees, raid the offices and confiscate equipment of the Palestinian groups

The neo-fascist, anti-immigrant, Nazi-founded Sweden Democrats is rising in the polls while continuing its mendacious efforts to rebrand as 'moderate' nationalists – and 'pro-Israel' to boot. This is what they really think, and how Israel's ambassa...

We overdraw on the planet’s resources every day but there are ways forward, if we have the vision to see them, and the courage to take them

As media personalities close to Netanyahu slam her Israel Hayom paper, long seen as a pro-Bibi bastion, for supposedly not attacking Bennett, Miriam Adelson and new PM will share a stage at ZOA gala next month

The theater apologized for 'unconscious bias' in naming Elon Musk-inspired character Hershel Fink

The protracted path of Lena and Vladimir Oliker's journey to Israel began with Soviet refusal, then met Israeli nitpicking over paperwork. The last obstacles were finally overcome following a report in Haaretz on their case

Senator Chris Coons, a Democrat representing Biden’s home state of Delaware, is often described in the U.S. media as Biden's closest friend in the Senate

Star quarterback Aaron Rodgers falsely cited an Israeli study to argue that recovered COVID patients shouldn't get vaccinated. Israeli experts stress in reply the importance of vaccinations, even after recovery from the virus

Prime Minister Bennett says experimental COVID pill can 'be another significant tool to manage the pandemic'

A murky oil-pipeline deal, some shady 'security-related' projects, the memory of Yitzhak Rabin and malicious cyberware all hovered over recent splashy nuptials in Marrakesh

The grandson of the movie star has steered clear of Egypt for a decade, but in his new memoir – and a Haaretz interview – the 37-year-old actor tells how even his classmates in Canada gave him grief over his sexual orientation

Internet services have been badly disrupted since the coup two weeks ago, and phone coverage remains patchy

The standoff between the government and the presidential council is likely to increase political tensions in the embattled country and complicate the long-awaited vote, scheduled for late December

The decree on personal status is the UAE's latest move to establish itself 'as one of the most attractive destinations for talent and skills,' state media says

The first ToHa Tower was the talk of the town and a social media star. ToHa 2, with an estimated cost of 3 billion shekels, is going to be just as illogical is its predecessor

For decades, A.Q. Khan charmed civil and military leaders with his lies, just as he did when I met him. But his profiteering off proliferation, and Islamabad's dubious denials of his nuclear shenanigans, will fade away if Pakistan needs him to justif...

German President Steinmeier is planning to hold a day of remembrance both for the Nazi pogrom of 1938 and the fall of the Berlin Wall on Tuesday

Harvard, MIT and... Al-Qasemi: According to remote-learning giant edX, Al-Qasemi Academic College from a small Arab-Israeli town boasts one the world’s 12 best digital courses

In letters sent to senior Biden officials, four Democratic lawmakers demanded more steps be taken against companies like Israel's NSO and Candiru, following their recent blacklisting by the Commerce Department

Speaking at the Republican Jewish Coalition, Haley slammed the AIPAC for working with politicians who support the Iran nuclear deal, arguing the pro-Israel lobby took bipartisanship too far

The future won't look like a Facebook boardroom, but like an Islamic caliphate

The United States and several other countries also began repatriating diplomats and citizens, as tensions between federal forces and Tigray rebels brew

State TV reports that navy, air force and ground forces were participating in a major drill east of the strategic Strait of Hormuz

Hussein al-Sheikh notes the Biden administration 'has announced repeatedly' it plans to reopen a consulate in Jerusalem that would serve the Palestinians, after the Israeli prime minister said 'there is no place' for it

The statistic is partial and includes only the killing of Palestinians during demonstrations or clashes in the West Bank. The military argues it hasn't changed its guidelines on using the Ruger rifle

Experts agree that the coronavirus will not disappear entirely, but instead wax and wane. As long as the pandemic rages around the world, Israel will still face a threat

It is not clear who is behind the attack, which injured seven of Mustafa al-Kadhimi's security guards in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone

Lower prices to attract ultra-Orthodox customers are not new, nor are they exclusive to Shufersal

The settlers broke the gate to the playground in Sussia, and one was filmed chasing off a Palestinian child with a dog

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 cyber surveillance industry, we need to do far more

'There is no place for an American consulate that serves the Palestinians in Jerusalem,' Prime Minister Naftali Bennett says at a joint press conference after the state budget passed, ensuring stability for the ruling coalition

Afaf al-Najar, who won a scholarship to study in Turkey, was denied exit from Gaza after Hamas ruled that unaccompanied women must get permission from a male guardian to leave the Strip

Normal planning processes to expand landfills are lengthy and complicated, and the Environmental Protection Ministry hopes to change that

Despite mediation efforts within Sudan and from the international community, negotiations to resolve the political crisis have stalled after the military refused a return to a democratic transition

'Capitalism is killing the planet,' banners read, as protesters marched through the Scottish city calling for bolder action on climate crisis

Just over a decade ago, ground was broken on Rawabi – which was billed as a game-changer in the West Bank. A visit to the hilltop city is a confusing experience, though, with a lively center contrasting with empty neighborhoods

Under the 2015 deal between Iran and world powers, Tehran curbed its uranium enrichment program in return for the lifting of sanctions

Medical teams have found the 38-year-old man 'lying unconscious' with multiple gunshot wounds and pronounced him dead at the scene

Washington has called on Israel and Egypt to persuade Sudan coup leader Abdel-Fattah Burhan to reinstate the government, even if cooperation with the army is vital. Russia and Turkey also seek to tighten their grip

Mohammad Daadas, 13, was shot in the stomach during clashes that erupted with the Israeli military in the West Bank

The activist was photographed shaking hands with an Israeli soldier after helping Palestinian harvesters. The officer later messaged him to 'stop the incitement'

Éric Zemmour is disrupting next year’s French presidential election with his hashtag provocations, his anti-immigrant rhetoric and his rewriting of French history

The best-selling Irish writer Sally Rooney has the right to criticize Israel, but she's not doing anyone a service by shunning Israeli readers

Haaretz has mapped out some of the more explosive issues post-budget coalition leaders are expected to deal with

In Virginia, Republicans won an important election by keeping a distance from Trump. In Israel, the right-wing opposition is looking at a long time out of power – unless it finds a way to show Netanyahu the door

Nir Hefetz, the Netanyahu family’s former spokesperson, to begin testifying this month, says he was subjected to inhumane physical conditions

The nuclear deal caps the purity to which Tehran can refine uranium at 3.67 percent, the level suitable for most civilian nuclear energy, far below the 90 percent suitable for a nuclear weapon

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

Israel's stipend policy for Holocaust survivors divides recipients into categories, which the director general of the Social Equality Ministry says has caused 'intolerable' disparities

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