Salman Zarka clarified that it was only his opinion, and that there is no route to actually do so in the Health Ministry or Israel's government

Sultan Hamidat was accused of throwing rocks at security forces 'in June 2019 or thereabouts,' even though he was in an Israeli prison until July 28

Police say that there is no connection between the activists' politics and the raids and searches of their home, while the tenants say they feel targeted

Last week, Li Hushi, 53, a foreign construction worker, was killed at an Electra construction site, but police have made no arrests

Tor Wennesland says parties must calm tensions, reduce violence across the Palestinian territories, avoid unilateral steps including new Israeli settlement building and solidify the May cease-fire

Replicating Netanyahu’s populist alarmism by claiming that the year is 1938 and Iran is Nazi Germany, won't help Israel convince its allies. Bennett should instead work quietly and discreetly with Biden on the Iranian issue

The U.S. drugmaker published data last week suggesting that the drug was significantly less effective than previously thought, but the medication is likely to become an important therapeutic tool

Cross-examination of former Netanyahu aide Nir Hefetz begins with him accusing investigators of 'totally disproportionate' treatment

Eduard Kachura is held over the suspected murder of 17-year-old Yael Melnik, who was once hospitalized at the institution he worked at

Neighborhood resistance committees called the protests, demanding full civilian authority, casting aside an agreement last week that reinstated civilian Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok

The plan was backed by several mayors of cities in which the marinas were planned to be built, but the National Planning and Building Council accepted the objections of several environmental groups

Government-backed benefit package meant to entice returning Israelis who have lived abroad between one and five years

Designer and activist Denis Weil's family has been donating to the museum for years. His father Ernst established the Swiss Friends of the Museum organization

Dan Sharoni started taking intimate photos of soldiers under his command without their knowledge as far back as 2010, military prosecutors say. IDF chief condemns 'shameful' behavior, backs women affected by it

An Israeli man looking for a bride 'orders' one from Ethiopia. In Israel, she has his children, and he abuses her, knowing she can't complain. Authorities found around a dozen similar cases, but there may be many more

The state comptroller's report lists Labor, Likud and Kahol Lavan as some of the parties that stood to gain from the sponsored campaigns

In a landmark ruling, a Frankfurt court found 29-year-old Iraqi guilty of involvement in the slaughter of more than 3,000 Yazidis and enslavement of 7,000 women and girls

UNRWA head Philippe Lazzarini told reporters in Jordan that the resumption of U.S. support for the agency this year was offset by a reduction in funding by other donors

Two decades after allegations surface against Rabbi Baruch Lanner, charging him with abusing teens in his charge for more than 30 years, four women take his case to the New Jersey superior court

Pro-Palestinian activists are lobbying the Arabofolies Festival to ban singer Neta Elkayam, who sings in Moroccan Arabic

For a thousand years the people on the Colorado Plateau maintained their diverse, mobile lifestyles, some foraging, some farming, some roaming around. Then disaster struck, and struck again

Lara Logan is under fire after comparing on Fox News the top U.S. public health official to the infamously cruel Nazi doctor, who performed experiments on prisoners in Auschwitz

Eric Zemmour has drawn comparisons in France to former U.S. President Donald Trump because of his rabble-rousing populism

The former prime minister, on trial for receiving gifts from billionaires, has been holding personal events and work meetings at duty-free magnate Simon Falic's Jerusalem home, the Walla news website reported

Miss Universe in Israel organizers don't identify contestant who contracted COVID, and it is unclear if she has the omicron strain

The two doctors infected with the new variant had received three doses of the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine, and so far have shown mild COVID-19 symptoms

For decades, Haredim in the Diaspora rejected the notion of immigrating to Israel. No more. Now, ultra-Orthodox American Jews see themselves as ‘the next great frontier in aliyah’ and are moving to Israel in increasing numbers

How Netta Engelhardt of MIT and colleagues found a way to reconcile the basic theories of physics, Quantum physics and Einstein’s theory of relativity. You’re about to discover what ‘unitarity’ is

'All discussions that took place in the six rounds are summarized and are subject to negotiations,' says Iran’s top nuclear negotiator

The Israeli government votes to advance a bill allowing security service to track COVID patients for up to 2 weeks at a time, which must now pass a Knesset vote

Graffiti in Pompeii could be usually emotionally charged: 'Cruel Lalagus, why do you not love me?' And guess what’s drawn next to the caution ‘Handle with care’

Egyptian actress Elham Shaheen’s decision to play a prostitute in a play by Sartre aroused harsh reactions and calls for censorship by members of parliament. So she brought up Simone de Beauvoir and the Koran

Rising COVID infection in Israel attributed to several factors, including low vaccination rates in children and waning immunity for those who haven’t received a third shot

Women are slowly beginning to speak up, but activists say that the #MeToo movement fails to address the unique concerns of Arab women

Transportation Minister Michaeli is still hoping to get backing from Prime Minister Bennett and his party for proposed regulations, but the odds are considered slim

Scholar Yitzhak Melamed's request to visit a synagogue was rejected because he 'devoted [his] life to the study of Spinoza’s banned works and the development of his ideas'

A century ago Zionist leaders strove to keep ‘weak people’ from immigrating. 'It is one of the most controversial disputes in the history of the Zionist movement'

In his latest best seller, French-Jewish journalist and far-right rising star Éric Zemmour aspires to be remembered alongside Napoleon and de Gaulle, and asks: 'Has anyone truly proved that Dreyfus wasn't guilty?'

Israel is worried world powers will accede to Iran's demands immediately even before Tehran commits to freeze its nuclear project

Residents have tried to prevent demolitions by proposing master plans, which include legalizing existing buildings. But after years of negotiations, the Jerusalem municipality hardened its stance

According to foreign reports, Morocco bought unmanned 'suicide' drones from Israel as part of the normalization deal between the two countries, though the defense contractor ‘declined comment on African sales’

The monument, erected near the Treblinka train station, is part of a trend by Polish authorities to distort history, Holocaust researcher says

Israel needs to muster the courage to propose a bold and creative move, beyond a return to the Iran nuclear deal or a one-and-done strike likely to fail

The pair, one U.S. citizen and another Israeli, allegedly discussed obtaining weapons and violently assaulting Arabs, as well as belief in far-right ideas

The contested deal would lead to a considerable increase in the number of oil tankers arriving in Eilat annually – from a handful of ships to dozens, capable of carrying up to 270,000 tons of oil each

Rabbi Eliezer Berland, leader of the Shuvu Banim ultra-Orthodox community, has also been arrested in the investigation of two unsolved murders in Jerusalem

Iran's stockpile of enriched uranium is rapidly approaching weapons-grade levels, concerned Israeli officials say

Suspected cases include several in people who were not recently abroad ■ 25,000 COVID tests taken at Israel's international airport on Sunday, yielding no suspected omicron cases

The agreement, which has received a tacit nod from Israel, defuses a potential standoff with Hamas

Suspects' homes set on fire ■Victim's death marks the 116th violent murder in Israel's Arab community this year, and the second this week

Iran's foreign minister cautioned that the nation's willingness to rejoin the nuclear pact 'is not a window that can remain open forever'

This was meant to be a time when grandparents and parents overseas would finally be reunited with their families in Israel. But then came the omicron COVID variant and a snap decision to keep foreigners out

The Supreme Court rejected a request by Eitan Biran's maternal grandfather to appeal the Israeli ruling, which ordered the boy to be sent back to his family in Italy

A close cousin of the classic potato pancakes - latkes - that Jews serve at Hanukkah, this traditional Swiss recipe includes butter and cheese, and will be a pleasant twist on your holiday table

In less than an hour, Israel approved the purchase of Lockheed Martin’s CH-53K choppers following a recommendation from the Defense Ministry and military

On his London visit, Lapid also revealed a new joint strategic plan between the U.K. and Israel spanning cyber, tech, trade, and defense

Many Israeli tech companies are trading at less than half of the peak values they hit in the midst of the pandemic

John Safran goes after Philip Morris International and its latest ‘shape-shifting gambit’ in his book ‘Puff Piece.’ He explains how Judaism has always informed his comedy

In 2011, Israel permitted his family to move to Bethlehem. Last month, after Israeli soldiers lying in ambush killed 14-year-old Amjad Abu Sultan, his laughter disappearance from the family home

Isaac Herzog is already eyeing his dream job, which is why he made the West Bank settlement of Hebron the first place he celebrated Hanukkah while serving as president

Nir Hefetz is wrapping up his testimony in the case against Netanyahu involving the Walla news website and moves on to testify in the two other cases against the former prime minister

Who says Hanukkah's favorite sweet - the sufganiya, or jelly donut - has to be round? We've got the recipe; all you need to add is your favorite cookie cutter

Israel's Lapid is making a round of diplomatic meetings in Europe to convince U.K.'s Johnson and France's Macron to not make concessions to the Iranians

Nides, who has years of experience on both Wall Street and Capitol Hill, will reside in Jerusalem

I explored the island where Leonard Cohen lived for years. A diary of a personal journey inspired by music

A new COVID variant was discovered in Israel last week, after previously spreading mostly in South Africa. Will vaccines work against omicron, and what about medications? Hear from top Israeli experts on our podcast

Five travelers from South Africa, who were already en route when Israel decided to close its borders due to the Omicron COVID variant, describe a disturbing ordeal at Ben-Gurion Airport after landing

Israel and Britain will also sign a 10-year agreement to work closely on areas such as cybersecurity, technology, trade and defense

Israeli sources assess that the round of talks will not lead to real progress with Iran in the immediate term

Tehran has clearly become highly skilled at the tactic of going to the brink – but not beyond it

After Israel has recently simulated the outbreak of a particularly virulent variant during a national drill, how will it contain the new COVID omicron variant?

Bennett may pay dearly for underestimating the man who could in the future be his 61st vote in the Knesset

Aaron Rabinowitz and Shira Elk win Israel Press Institute annual prize for excellence in journalism for investigation into Israel Prize winner’s decades of sexual abuse

Hezbollah is using rebel minister Kordahi as a pawn in its bid to influence elections, but new players on Lebanon's fast-changing political map threaten their plan

Lapid will meet several high-ranking British officials including Prime Minister Boris Johnson and French President Emmanuel Macron

Experts add that it will be two weeks before there is credible data on the omicron variant's vaccine resistance, while Health minister says Israel has been preparing for the arrival of a new variant for some time

When COVID first erupted, Israel decided to have the Shin Bet digitally track patients to locate people that might have been infected, however the agency asks the government to set up a civilian group for this purpose

Despite an appointments committee concluded that Perez lack the required qualifications, Attorney General Avichai Mendelblit enabled the cabinet vote on Peretz’s appointment

Peter Jackson’s wonderful three-part documentary on Disney+ captures the Fab Four at the end of their long and winding road

The airline company decides to postpone direct flights between the countries after Israel barred tourists from entering the country over the highly infectious omicron coronavirus variant

'The Jewish people's historical connection to Hebron is unquestionable,' President Herzog says at the ceremony amid calls for protest from Palestinians and left-wing groups against the Hanukkah event

An Israeli team of researchers has discovered a mechanism that leads to tiredness in the nervous system of the zebrafish, with supportive evidence for the existence of such a mechanism in mice. Remember the name: Parp1