The Sheba Medical Center administers the fourth coronavirus vaccine doses to 150 subjects – all medical staff – after an expert panel recommended that Israel become the first country to offer the second booster

Israeli customers and employees must present proof of COVID vaccination before entering stores larger than 1,000 square feet, both indoor and outdoor

Putin has once again established the fact that invading his neighbors is his prerogative. China and Iran's leaders have learned this lesson well. In 2021, they all showed us what a world without American-set rules looks like

CRISPR-based cures will soon help combat all kinds of disease, from UTIs to leukemia. But terrifying implications of gene editing are abound as well

Iran has steadily abandoned all of the 2015 nuclear deal's limits since the American withdrawal and is now enriching uranium to 60 percent purity

The prisoner's appeal against being kept in an isolated cell was rejected despite two psychiatric opinions saying the conditions could worsen his schizophrenia

Several complaints of serious violent behavior towards East Jerusalem Palestinians were lodged at the Justice Ministry. Only one indictment was filed against a single policeman

Veteran Likud lawmakers are pushing a bill to take money out of party politics, so long as Benjamin Netanyahu stays in charge

In clinical trials, Pfizer’s oral medicine Paxlovid for COVID due in Israel this week was almost 90 percent effective at preventing hospitalizations, serious illness and death among high-risk patients

Litzman, suspected of attempting to block the extradition to Australia of alleged sex abuser Malka Leifer, denies that his decision was related to the ongoing criminal case against him

Therapists, rabbinical court judges, rabbis and professionals described alleged cases of forced sexual relations and sexual harassment of women, girls and boys who had come to Walder for treatment

Iran bans entry of travelers from the U.K., France, Denmark and Norway and extends entry ban from South Africa and seven neighboring countries

Eliran Malul was convicted of the murder, with aggravating circumstance, in October. The judges found that Malul murdered his wife with particular cruelty, stabbing her numerous times in front of their daughter

While travel restrictions paralyze the airport, and gathering restrictions are enforced in malls, Israelis are partying at weddings and bar mitzvahs despite high risk of infection

Paxlovid, the first at-home treatment for the coronavirus, is expected to arrive in Israel in the next few days

Israel will construct thousands of new housing units, develop transportation infrastructure, upgrade the area's medical and education system and promote thousands of new jobs, according to the plan

Necropolis excavation in the Sambian Peninsula, Russia reveal not graves of the simple folk described by Tacitus, but sophisticated people – who played Roman games

Many an excavation in Israel and the world resumed in 2021 after the serial coronavirus lockdowns of the year before. Here are some of my favorite archaeology stories of the year.

'When Israel becomes a ‘red’ country, with thousands of local infections with omicron, there is no reason to fear a person leaving another ‘red’ country,' Prof. Ran Balicer said

The Western Wall is a holy site for all Jews everywhere. It should reflect the true diversity of Jewish practice around the world. But by suspending, again, an egalitarian prayer space at the Kotel, the Bennett government is bowing to Israel’s most...

Gadi Yevarkan, member of Netanyahu's Likud party, was ejected from the Knesset meeting after he said Bennett's COVID restrictions are 'like Austria…but without concentration camps'

25-year-old LGBTQ and women's rights defender, who hails from an influential family in Jordan, was arrested by Lebanese authorities before a flight to Australia, Amnesty International says. Amman denies the arrest

The amoral Roy family rose to even greater heights in 2021, while there was bad news for ‘Hummussolini’ in Israel. A look back at the year in television, and a look ahead to 2022

Bennett tests negative for COVID for the second time on Sunday. Despite the negative result, the prime minister will remain in isolation

Israel Police suspect the explosion in the mixed-city of Ramle was an assassination ■ The murder marks the 123rd crime-related death in the Arab community in 2021

A team of Israeli, Moroccan and French researchers on a rescue excavation at a ruined synagogue in Morocco found amulets, the last remnants of a bygone community. The project will soon be expanded to the entire region, under royal sponsorship

Lisa Eckhart has jokes about Jewish noses, Jewish money and Jewish sex offenders. While she says satire is supposed to hurt, her detractors say it invites the criticism she receives, including accusations of antisemitism

Since the fading of an imminent nuclear deal, there's been plenty of ink spilt opining, wrongly, that Israel has no military option. If Israel finds itself facing Iran alone, it will strike – and this is how Tehran's retaliation will play out

Hamas' confidence rhetoric is reminiscent of its approach leading up to the May conflict ■ Israel knows its impact on the Iran nuke talks is limited

The carrier is a Gaza resident who was infected within the coastal territory, ministry official Majdi Dhair told a news conference

The Saudi-led coalition has warned of further attacks against the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, and plans to reveal information allegedly linking Lebanon's Hezbollah to the fighting in Yemen

For three years Hadas Hakimi has been informing parents about abusive preschool and day care staff around the country. 'Out of every 10 day cares tested, eight come back improper'

Three quarters of the serious COVID cases in Israel are among the unvaccinated, Health Ministry data shows

Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu wrote an exclusive article for Haaretz in 2014, in which he called for a global boycott of Israel and urged Israelis and Palestinians to look beyond their leaders for a sustainable solution to the crisis in the Holy L...

Tutu was one of the most eminent figures in the struggle to dismantle South Africa's apartheid system

According to defense officials, Israeli plans to up work permits and imports are designed to head off an immediate economic deterioration in the Gaza Strip without strengthening Hamas

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz are weighing bringing a few restrictions on unvaccinated to the cabinet, as omicron drives a fifth wave in Israel

Palestinians in Burqa were protesting against an event organized by settlers in Homesh, as tensions remain high after the death of a yeshiva student in a shooting attack. At least nine Palestinians were wounded by live fire

The infection rate in Israel keeps rising, hitting a five-month high, while no major spike in serious cases is recorded, possibly reflecting preliminary data from studies on omicron variant

While still stalling on refugee status, Israel will grant six-months residence to most Sudanese from Darfur, the Nuba Mountains and the Blue Nile who applied for asylum before June 2017

Tenth day of major demonstrations as protesters demand that military have no role in government during transition to free elections

While in 2021 the Palestinian city saw some domestic visitors compared with the year before, when there were tighter restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic, foreign tourism was virtually nonexistent this year

James Webb Space Telescope begins journey to its destination 1 million miles away, where it will search for light from the universe's first stars and galaxies

Iran's Atomic Energy Organization head tells Russian state news that even if Iran does not return to the 2015 nuclear deal, it will not continue enriching uranium beyond 60 percent, below the 90 percent needed to produce nuclear arms

Is someone in a suicidal state? Are two partners compatible? Psychologist Michael Gilead is trying to predict human behavior by means of a combination of psychological theories and statistical models

Leisure culture is a new concept in Bedouin society – only recently have cafés and restaurants opened in the Negev city of Rahat. Local women want to acquaint the Jewish public with the city that Prime Minister Bennett didn’t dare enter

Prosecutors seek 24 years in jail for Odeh Kuthair, whose crime organization operates mostly in the northern city of Umm al-Fahm and in central Israel, according to police

The protests over the imminent eviction of the Salem family in the East Jerusalem neighborhood were peaceful, but Israel Police responded with stun grenades and force amid what they described as 'disturbances'

A revolutionary theory by Dr. Shir Atzil could have far-reaching implications with regard to parenting

Libya's parliament, on the other hand, says it would no longer recognize the interim government installed by a UN-backed peace agreement after December 24

Israel's prime minister and Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz have hotly disputed whether the skies should be closed or a fourth COVID vaccine dose immediately provided

Iran fired ballistic missiles and cruise missiles this week and simulated an attack on Israel's nuclear facilities

The municipality of Tel Aviv counts 1,300 known homeless, but the true number is believed to be much greater. Winter brings new difficulties for the already-vulnerable population

The U.S. froze $130 million from the annual aid grant it gives Egypt, upping international pressure on Sissi to free activist 'Mohamed Oxygen,' who was sentenced to five years in prison for spreading fake news

Despite the increase in COVID cases and new restrictions on malls, seriously ill patients are on the decline in Israel

Border Police forces say at least six structures were erected in Homesh over the past week after Palestinian gunmen shot and killed a settler near the outpost a week ago

After a contentious election, President-elect Boric states he will be ‘the president of all Chileans.’ We, Chilean Jews and the Jewish world more broadly, should embrace this moment

Even if omicron leads to lighter illness, the infection rate can still spell trouble for Israel's health system

The crisis over the bill to connect unrecognized Arab homes to the electricity grid won't break up the coalition, but it signals a weakening of Mansour Abbas' standing

He was the eighth casualty in recent months from the village of Beita

Newly declassified Israeli Foreign Ministry documents show that Jerusalem has aided and abetted brutal leaders and military forces in Uganda for years

An initial analysis presented to Israel’s coronavirus expert panel shows that people over 60 are three times more likely to get infected four months after getting their booster shot

Two Palestinian cousins also ordered to pay 1.5 million shekels in compensation to 19-year-old Dvir Sorek's family

'If we’ve managed to get a state-owned company to fear for its future and monitor us, we can certainly get the EAPC agreement canceled immediately,' says activist protesting Israel's UAE pipeline deal

'Israel was born a Jewish state and will remain so,' said United Arab List head Mansour Abbas. And then the hyperbole, from all sides, began. So how significant were his remarks?

The original declaration, which was signed by numerous church groups, states, 'In the Jewish tradition, too, the sanctification of the woman-man relationship by marriage is the foundation of human dignity'

The Free Patriotic Movement is considering ending a 16-year political partnership with Lebanon's biggest Shiite movement for actions taken against the party

If the two-state solution is no longer viable or sustainable, as some say, what are the alternatives for Israel and the Palestinians? A primer on knowing your unitary state from your federal state, and more

The Ethiopian government's announcement that its soldiers will not pursue the rebels into their home region follows a declaration by the leader of the Tigray forces that fighters have been ordered to withdraw

The right-wing Jerusalem council member who owns the rights to the house hopes to delay the Salem family's evacuation to a vague time frame in order to ensure its 'success.' The Palestinian family have lived there since 1951

Sanaa Seif, who hails from a renowned family of Egyptian activists, had been behind bars since June 2020. Her brother, a key figure in the 2011 revolt, was sentenced to five years for spreading false news

As Turkey suffers economic decline, concerns linger over the government's anti-dollarization policy, which could continue to increase inflation

The report comes days after Iran's Revolutionary Guards hold war games in the Gulf firing ballistic and cruise missiles, amid heightened tensions over Israeli threats to target Iranian nuclear sites

Several people who spoke to Haaretz describe Israel’s COVID tracking system as dysfunctional, while the authorities avoid disclosing detailed information about the country’s first line of defense

'We are ready to improve our cooperation,' Turkey's President Erdogan says, while stressing 'differences of opinion on Palestine'

Five key points from this year’s immigration data, where aliyah was either 24 percent up on last year or 25 percent down on 2019 depending on how you choose to look at it

Trump’s obscenities and antisemitic tropes don’t bother his Jewish fans. But a recent quote has stunned his pro-Israel base, evangelicals and Jews, to the core – and could complicate his chances for a second term

Men of marriageable age are already contending with the fact their female peers are better educated and pickier. Now, demographic trends are going to make finding a partner even harder

An American programmer who immigrated to Israel because he felt it's where he belongs as a Jew, and an Israeli-Belgian dancer living between two worlds

In the West Bank city of Jenin, armed residents were called to assist Palestinians residing in the nearby village of Burqa who were reportedly assaulted by settlers

The Taliban's new weapons are refugees, radicalized Islamists, opium and chaos. With Afghanistan facing economic catastrophe, Kabul's rulers are sending the world an ultimatum: Engage with us or die with us

Dery will admit tax offenses and will resign from the Knesset, but he will not be barred from running for political office in future elections

Former head of the IDF’s Intelligence Department is the latest senior official to join the club. When it comes to good PR and ego boosts, they wave a magic wand: Information that was top secret a minute ago ceases to be such

The European Union's foreign service said the meeting would be attended by representatives of China, France, Germany, Russia, Britain and Iran

The ultra-Orthodox don’t reject science and technology outright. If there are no lockdowns hampering the teaching of their religion, they do the right thing