Israel also records a 41 percent increase in serious COVID cases over a week, as omicron drives infections at an unprecedented speed

U.S. bases in Iraq have been targeted recently as Iran and its allies mark the anniversary of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani's assassination

With restrictions becoming inefficient, the question of whether the highly contagious omicron will produce herd immunity raises again, experts however doubt it

Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz announced that homosexuals will have access to surrogacy in Israel, which was previously limited to heterosexual couples and single women with fertility issues

Analysis of cesspit in Judahite palace reveals even elites were afflicted by intestinal bugs – which may have been thanks to the Assyrian conquest, archaeologist suggests

Almost every U.S. Netflix subscriber has watched a foreign-language show in recent times. Here are four more ways to go global, from ‘Anna’ in Italy to ‘Anxious People’ in Sweden

Israeli authorities say fatal construction accidents in 2021 fell by 8 percent from 2020, but the data doesn't provide a full picture

Yedioth Ahronoth Books is negotiating with Netanyahu because he owes the publisher for cancelling a previous book, and never returning his $45,000 advance

A Jerusalem court ruled that the church must pay the Jewish National Fund $13 million over an unsigned agreement, which the Greek Orthodox Patriarch views as a kind of extortion

While the COVID tsunami is fast approaching, the question is what shape the hospitals and Bennett will be in when the omicron wave is over

The omicron variant has exposed the soft underbelly of the Education Ministry, which failed to adapt regulations to changing circumstances

From fully remote learning to allowing students to choose, higher educations centers are making different choices about how to proceed as omicron infections swell

Palestinian prisoner Hisham Abu Hawash's life is in 'immediate danger' after more than 4 months on a hunger strike, a medical report by Physicians for Human Rights has warned

A third crew member in moderate condition remains in hospital in northern Israel

Foreign minister says Israel is having influence on the powers negotiating nuke accord with Iran

Instead of getting a clear idea from the prime minister, the overall public impression is one of chaos as kilometer-long lines form outside testing centers and Israelis lose track of the changing guidelines

Officials predict that within weeks one in four Israelis will be infected with COVID

Tehran has urged the United Nations Security Council to hold the United States and Israel, which Tehran says was also involved in the killing, to account

The Baghdad-born Ben-Porat, who became a Knesset member and cabinet minister, left Iraq in 1945, only to return to organize the immigration to Israel – initially clandestinely and then openly – of 120,000 Iraqi Jews

A string of reports published two weeks ago reveal that at least three prominent Polish opposition figures had their phones hacked using NSO's Pegasus in recent years

Rabbis criticize planned change, which would allow owners of ‘kosher’ phones that can’ t go online to keep their number after switching to a smartphone

The launch was timed to coincide with the second anniversary of the death of Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani

Jordanian deputies traded punches during a debate last week on constitutional amendments that are meant to protect women's rights, but as one lawmaker admitted, offer little beyond 'linguistic equality'

The late Egyptian culture minister fought a lonely battle for cultural ties with the Jewish state

Islamabad announces deal to buy 25 Chinese J-10 fighters, thought to be based on a plane whose production Israel canceled over 30 years ago

The search for biblical treasures starting in the 19th century fundamentally changed the way Westerners, including Jews, saw Jerusalem. The consequences were enormous

Israel's move comes amid growing concerns by the Biden administration over China's increasing involvement in the Middle East

Settlers attacked a Palestinian shepherd and his family who came to his assistance, in the northern Jordan Valley. The Israel Defense Forces and police arrested those attacked

An unnamed Syrian official blamed Islamic State militants for the attack, which took place in a government-controlled area

In recent years scientists have worked to create materials that can repair themselves, in order to deal with the swift degradation of devices we use at home. A discovery by Dr. Yehonadav Bekenstein and his team at the Technion could pave the way ther...

The Saudi-led coalition fighting against the Iran-backed Houthis said the Rwabee, hijacked off the port of Hodeidah, was carrying equipment from a shuttered field hospital, but the rebels accuse it of 'hostile acts'

Egypt fears that Israel's new oil pipeline could hit their revenues from the Suez Canal, especially if Saudi Arabia starts using it too. And it’s not just the pipeline that has Egypt nervous

For a city recently designated the most expensive in the world, Tel Aviv can seem pretty shabby. But an influx of wealthy residents and rising prices are changing the face of many neighborhoods

Omicron drives an almost fourfold increase in infection rate in last week and a climb in serious COVID cases, as Israel is set to ease travel restrictions on tourists

Knesset efforts to widen travel criteria for both Israelis and foreign citizens, including ability to travel to ‘red’ countries for life-cycle events, still awaiting official approval despite being backed by lawmakers last week

'My heart goes out to the victims,' Rabbi David Lau says amid criticism over his visit to Chaim Walder's shivah despite the allegations of sexual abuse against him

Four leading rabbis threaten to revoke the kashrut authority of municipal rabbis who cooperate with a gov't plan that aims to take away the rabbinate's monopoly on kosher certification

Palestinian witnesses who spoke with Haaretz bolster police investigators’ suspicions that a car accident in which a Nablus resident was badly injured was caused by stone throwing

'We are close to you where you do not think about it,' the message from the hackers read

Witnesses said bombs were dropped by Russian Sukhoi jets on several towns near the city of Idlib, as well as on a water pumping station serving the area

Health Ministry to rely more on rapid antigen tests, in place of PCR swab tests, and consider amending testing requirements based on vaccines and symptoms as testing centers in Israel fall under heavy loads

The Meteorological Service recorded heat waves in almost every part of the past year, and found that the number of days with rainfall dropped – hurting Israel’s water reserves significantly

Abdalla Hamdok was reinstated six weeks ago as part of an agreement with the military following a coup in October

Rosemary Perez sued Israel's Population and Immigration Authority over the decision to deport them straight from the detention facility, without allowing them to go home first and collect their belongings

Twitter has permanently banned the personal account of the congresswoman, who previously likened mask mandates and vaccination efforts to the treatment of Jews in Nazi Germany

The Egyptian efforts come a day after militants launched rockets into the sea off Tel Aviv, prompting Israel to carry out airstrikes on militant positions in Gaza

Prime Minister Bennett says fourth COVID shot will be administered to Israelis aged 60 and over as well as medical workers ■ Meanwhile, the prime minister eases quarantine requirements for vaccinated individuals

This brings to 56 the death toll in protests since the coup in October, the Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors says

Gebran Bassil, head of the Free Patriotic Movement, signals an unprecedented level of frustration with Hezbollah, suggests the alliance credited with helping maintain peace in Lebanon is in jeopardy

As Israelis report long lines at testing centers, some having to wait hours, Prime Minister Bennett calls to cap and tighten the criteria for tests ■ Meanwhile, a second antiviral pill against COVID is set to arrive in Israel

It is difficult to remember when a strategic discussion similar to the one involved in developing the plan was conducted on Arab education in Israel

A guide to the new COVID regulations that took effect on December 30 in light of the omicron wave in Israel

Atlanta-born Stuart Eizenstat, the recently appointed special adviser on Holocaust affairs at the State Department, discusses his ongoing fight for survivors’ welfare and reparations

Not long ago, no one could have dreamed that Tel Aviv would be dubbed the priciest city in the world. Should anything be done to strip the city of its newfound status?

Migration is not a crisis unless we are willing to call most of human history a crisis, from Abraham onwards. Casting migration in a hostile light is still one of the most effective propaganda instruments of extremists on the far right

Lebanon is home to 1.5 millions Syrian refugees, with the UN estimating that 90 percent of them live in extreme poverty

The two men are suspected of raping the 22-year-old woman, who is on the autism spectrum, in an apartment near the central bus station in south Tel Aviv

Under present legislation in Israel, free legal representation is only available from when the criminal legal proceedings begin, and it is limited to specific crimes

Head of Israeli army's COVID task force: 'We will reach tens of thousands of infected people a day. People will not be able to be hospitalized'

Hezbollah are turning an old military base south of Damascus into a drone training and operations center to protect from Israeli strikes, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights

Damari, whose Yemenite roots were part of her appeal, touched the American dream, but preferred the Israeli one. Two men who spent four years making the documentary film ‘Queen Shoshana’ discuss what they did – and didn’t – include

Hungary's Orban refuses to accept Muslims can be Europeans. His bigotry, and his collusion with Serbian nationalists, are provoking another war, while the backlash from fellow EU states is barely audible

A British study shows older people are three times less likely to be hospitalized with omicron than with delta. But as new infections are spiking at an unprecedented rate, Israel shifts to focusing on at-risk populations

Thousands of Afghan refugees live on temporary visas in neighboring countries, but for many, the document’s expiration date reads like a death sentence. Marina, a journalist and interpreter, shares her story

On the two most major challenges Israel faces, the Palestinians and Iran, 'continuing the status quo' is a euphemism for avoiding decisions, which can be good for politicians, but doesn't make for good policy

Adviser to COVID cabinet warns that Israel's testing infrastructure will 'collapse' under the pressure of the omicron wave, and that the country could soon lose track of new infections

Shifting priorities of students and parents within the school system reflect changes in Israel's labor market and the country's aspiration to compete in the global marketplace, experts say

Hamas told Egypt earlier on Saturday that a disproportionate response would lead to escalation

Hamas and Islamic Jihad are trying, each for its own reasons, to pressure Israel into easing restrictions, even at the risk of renewed hostilities in the Gaza Strip

Kalansua residents in a government-approved project say they will press for fully legalizing their homes, built on land zoned for a high-voltage power line that was only built two years ago

Gertrude Pressburger, who lost her family in Auschwitz, became famous in Austria during the 2016 presidential campaign with a video warning about hate and exclusion

The Sistan-Baluchistan province, near the Pakistani and Afghan borders, has long been plagued by unrest from both drug smuggling gangs and Sunni Islamist militants fighting Iran's Shi'ite authorities

Hebrew University researchers predict the rapid spread of omicron would lead to as many as 20,000 new cases a day next week

Palestinian groups call for the release of Hisham Abu Hawash, who has refused food to protest his detention without trial for 139 days

Prof. Gideon Greif denies that he minimized the death toll of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre in which around 8,000 Bosnian Muslims were murdered by Serb nationalist forces

The killing of Gen. Qassim Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis at Baghdad’s airport pushed Iran and the U.S. perilously close to all-out conflict and sparked outrage in Iraq

Nir Hefetz's comment that 'neither I nor Netanyahu had any awareness of anything criminal' helps, but an 'accumulation of incidents' conviction against a former top cop augurs badly for Bibi regarding his ties to the media

Hamas warns that disproportionate response by Israel would lead to escalation

In its eagerness to sell tickets, the Tel Aviv Museum sinned to Yayoi Kusama, her work, and the public that crowded cheek-to-jowl at the exhibit

Bird flu has ravaged Israel, with over half a million chickens culled as a precautionary measure

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 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