Israel's PM also decided that vaccinated individuals who are exposed to COVID carriers must isolate until they obtain a negative test, and will be forbidden from meeting vulnerable people for 10 days

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention added that asymptomatic people should wear a mask for five days when around others after finishing isolation, as omicron becomes the dominant variant in the U.S.

'Iran is negotiating with a very weak hand. But unfortunately the world is acting like Iran is at a strong point,' Bennett told Israel's Army Radio

Only a few people in the Israeli health care system seem to be aware of the existence and importance of a crucial decision made by the US Department of Education

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

The English derived half their DNA from French migrants who descended from early Turkish farmers. Not so the Scots

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

Before the change was introduced, children who passed the screening test administered in second grade were automatically allowed to continue in gifted programs into junior high and high school

A news report showed officers descending from a helicopter as the police commissioner looked on – omitting the fact that police had already found nothing in a raid hours earlier

According to reports in Syria, Israeli fighter jets attacked the container complex at the port with missiles, in the second attack on the vital facility this month

The bill, submitted by a member of Likud, is seen as a way of hindering Nir Barkat, who is planning on running against Netanyahu during the party's internal elections

Jerusalem's neighborhoods have a long and somber history with many stories to tell. Here are three that show what it means to lose a home

A parliamentary committee on the elections said that if problems were not addressed then it would be impossible to hold an election on January 24

Mendelblit tells High Court that education minister's decision not to award Israel Prize to professor over his views is unfounded

The former Knesset had granted Haim Katz immunity, but that expired upon its dissolution

'It is true that defending the nation requires cooperation between the army, the people and the resistance, but the main responsibility is the state's,' President Aoun says in a televised speech

The Israeli police have shown no desire to tackle even the most serious crimes in the ultra-Orthodox community, where sexual abuse is taboo

As the omicron variant rapidly spreads through Israel, health officials warn of an impending rise in severe cases

The prime minister, who was in quarantine after his daughter tested positive for coronavirus, was forced to show up in person after the required 40 lawmakers signed a demand for his appearance

Opposition leader Netanyahu, who made a habit of bashing opponents for any political activity in English, released a series of videos calling the current government 'a threat to democracy'

Rights groups accuse Iran’s security agencies of using foreign detainees as bargaining chips for money or influence in negotiations with the West

As of Thursday, the list of 'red' countries with high coronavirus infections rates will shrink from 70 to 15, with Mexico to be added to it. Meanwhile, Israel mulls amending quarantine rules

Who walked upright in Crete 6 million years ago? What on earth was that hominin in Tanzania doing 3.6 million years ago, a coupé jeté? And who are we, really – the epitome of evolution or hybrids?

Over 5,000 migratory cranes die of virus, authorities warn of egg shortage as hundreds of thousands of infected hens are killed

Joe Biden’s first year in the White House saw a war between Israel and Hamas, a political fight over Iron Dome funding, and a dispute about America's consulate in Jerusalem. A look back at the year's top stories

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

From Berlin 1936 to Beijing 2022: History, the Holocaust and humanity requires a refusal to send diplomats to the Games, in solidarity with the Uyghurs against an oppressive China. But will Israel remain indifferent?

'Santa isn't coming to Lebanon': The country’s most dire economic crisis has hit hotels hard this holiday season while families are forced to buy second-hand tombstones

Stirring controversy two weeks ago, Minister Omer Bar-Lev told a U.S. envoy that Israel is working to put an end to settler violence

With acclaimed movie 'Dune' being filmed in the deserts of Abu Dhabi, and supermodel Naomi Campbell hosting a Saudi film festival, Arab states – and especially the Gulf – are heading toward a cultural change that regimes aren’t so opposed to

Nir Hefetz, a key witness in Netanyahu's trial, tells court that despite visiting the prime minister’s official residence 'hundreds of times,' he 'had no knowledge of the cigars' from businessman Arnon Milchan

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'

Manual laborers working in Israel earn more than someone with a graduate degree in chemistry in the occupied territories. A reform to improve Palestinian workers’ lot has failed

According to a Haaretz investigation in November, Chaim Walder allegedly sexually exploited women, girls and boys for years

India’s tiny Christian minority now joins its Muslims as the target of the majoritarian mob baying for a theocratic Hindu state, with Modi as its high priest. Only the burial rites of the Constitution, which promises equality to all citizens, have ...

The Byzantines and the Crusaders both did well this year, but let’s not forget that plan to make the Apocalypse a great day out

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

Health Ministry says decision on vaccine boosters is based on a 'steep rise' in infections, as the omicron variant spreads

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

Two psychiatric opinions say solitary confinement could worsen the prisoner's 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

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

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

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