Police Commissioner Shabtai dismisses media reports, telling officers 'so far, no indication has been found' of police misuse of NSO spyware. Top Israeli officials allegedly targeted by police demand probe

Hussein Al-Sheikh and Rawhi Fattouh, nominated by the Western-backed Abbas and his Fatah Party, are not expected to promote any shift in policies over the handling of the conflict with Israel

Social media users pointed specifically to Gadot’s public praise of the Israeli army, which she also served in

After Tennessee school board decision, Spiegelman acknowledges that he has mixed feelings about his illustrated Holocaust memoir being used in middle schools as 'Auschwitz for beginners'

Israel's Truaa system can give people in quake-vulnerable areas precious seconds to save their lives before the destruction waves hit their city

With 43,852 new COVID cases confirmed in Israel, all major metrics remain relatively high but on a downward trend

Police misuse of NSO spyware must be probed, but it also exposes a much bigger problem

Latest reports on police misuse of NSO spyware paint a very dark picture for Israeli democracy, and raise new questions about Netanyahu's enigmatic choice of police chief

After a Texas synagogue was held hostage, U.S. intelligence fears copycat attacks by domestic and foreign extremist groups

Chief of Staff Kochavi rejects findings of external committee into incident that killed Maj. Ofek Aharon and Maj. Itamar Elharar, instead accepting findings of internal committee that absolved unit commander of responsibility

The shock of Prime Minister Bennett and other lawmakers are more disturbing in light of the fact that the tracking of the cellphones of politicians, activists and journalists, has existed for years in connection with Palestinians within and beyond Is...

Fearing the return of Bashir-era officials, thousands of Sudanese take to the streets as the nation enters its fourth month of military rule ■ Three BBC journalists were arrested while covering the protest

Ex-Attorney General Avichai Mendelblit limited police use of controversial NSO spyware to exceptional cases ■ Police official calls unit which used spyware 'a monster that operated without oversight or control'

On Sunday, Israel's National Security Adviser Dr. Eyal Hulata presented the government with the NSC’s annual assessment, warning that the U.S. may return to the nuclear deal and Israel must prepare for every possibility

Meretz and the United Arab List, who oppose the bill, left the parliament chamber during the vote to allow its passage

I’m trying to resist the appropriation of the Hebrew language by the Israeli authorities, who have ingrained Hebrew in the Palestinian consciousness as a language of violence and occupation ■ Post #44

Rep. Marie Newman is being investigated by the House ethics panel after allegations that she promised a Palestinian-American academic a job if he didn’t compete in her Democratic primary race. She denies all wrongdoing

According to the indictment, the 12-year-old reported the actions to her mother, but she ignored them and even helped 'deepen the defendant’s control of her daughter’s life' in exchange for financial support

A life worth living: In the 1920s, Ellen West was one of the first ever patients with an eating disorder to be documented. To this day nobody knows her real name

Israel's former prime minister urges Knesset members across party lines to investigate police misuse of Pegasus spyware, after revelations show several of Netanyahu's associates were targeted

The ministry says it only authorized NSO's Pegasus for wiretapping, not for the software’s other functions ■ Israel's state prosecutor suspects police failed to hand over all information

The prime minister says NSO's Pegasus remains useful in fighting terrorism and organized crime in the Arab community, on a day of new revelations about the police's use of spyware against Israeli citizens

The protagonist of Maya Arad's latest book is a stressed-out writer who yearns for a prestigious literary prize and falls in love with a woman. 'My husband told me, 'Maya, if the reader doesn’t think that you’ve left me for a woman, then you didn...

Israel's public security minister called for an investigation after a Haaretz report revealed that five individuals suffered head injuries within 10 days of police operations in Bedouin communities

Some 680 Israelis died from COVID last month, with unvaccinated and partially vaccinated people over 60 making up a highly disproportionate number of cases, despite being only 12% of the overall age cohort

NSO's Pegasus spyware was reportedly used without a court order and against Netanyahu's son and co-defendant in his criminal trial

In a separate incident, about 20 vehicles parked in the Israeli Arab town of Kafr Qasem had their tires slashed and were spray-painted with the hateful graffiti

16-year-old Abdullah Tarabin lost an eye ■ Bassem has three fractures in his jaw ■ Taleb's skull was smashed ■ Obeideh and Uday were injured in their faces ■ Israeli police loosened restrictions on the use of the hard sponge-tipped bullets. T...

'It would be appropriate to appoint a woman to this position for the first time in the history of the country,' Israel's Justice minister says

Israel's newly ordered commission of inquiry could damage a lot of high-profile careers and foreign relations, and the man with all of the answers is ex-police chief Roni Alsheich

Only about 30 percent of Israeli students required to perform COVID antigen tests have reported their results to the Education Ministry, data shows

How is it possible, wonder Islamic scholars, that a court would interfere in the rulings of religious law?

The Israeli-made Pegasus spyware is suspected of infecting over 450 phones targeted by clients of NSO, who range from Saudi Arabia to Mexican drug lords. Here’s a list of the confirmed Pegasus victims

'In Kenya, I bought you. You will do what I want.' Riyadh formally abolished slavery in 1962, but migrant workers, especially women, offer shocking testimony about what it’s like to be one of Saudi Arabia’s African 'slaves'

One of Israel's top foreign policy experts, who was recently elected to the Knesset, joins the podcast to discuss Jerusalem's view on Iran, the conflict in Ukraine and the country's warming ties with India

Ukraine envoy summoned to Israel's Foreign Ministry after writing he was 'deeply appalled' by Foreign Minister Lapid's comments on the Ukraine-Russia crisis

Israel Police used NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware without a court order to hack into the phones of Netanyahu's son, lawmakers, businesspeople and activists, report says

The latest instance of Israel seemingly bowing to U.S. pressure saw two Chinese firms lose a bid to build new light rail lines in Tel Aviv, leading to speculation that Beijing could retaliate

According to Calcalist, Israeli police also used NSO's Pegasus to spy on businesspeople, Netanyahu's son and advisers - all without a court order ■ 'This is an earthquake,' says top minister

'It’s very difficult to instill an understanding in the commanders and soldiers that their job is to protect the safety of both sides,' a senior security source said, 'Eventually, this violence will blow up in our faces'

When cases pertain to violence against Palestinians, investigators often ignore evidence, fail to question witnesses, or simply close case

'If you want to know how to torture a Jew, make them say this out loud,' a Tennessee teacher tells students, referring to a Hebrew name for God

Naomi Perlman was wounded by fragments of a rocket fired from Gaza, while her caregiver, an Indian national, was killed on the spot

An examination is still underway as to the scope and nature of the spyware used by Israel Police to obtain information from Shlomo Filber's phone in Netanyahu's corruption trial

A series of reports into how the Israeli police spied on their own citizens has finally grabbed everyone’s attention – and nowhere more so than among Benjamin Netanyahu’s loyal followers

Although Erdogan had announced last month that the Israeli president would be visiting Ankara, this is the first time that Herzog's office confirmed the news

The two leaders discuss ongoing Iranian aggression, Bennett congratulates Biden on 'courageous' assassination of ISIS leader

The police chief will also appoint an Israel Police representative in the United Arab Emirates, who will be based in the Israeli Embassy in Abu Dhabi and oversee police activities in the UAE, Africa and the Middle East

U.S. General Frank McKenzie arrives in Abu Dhabi to underscore security commitment to the Gulf state in the wake of Houthi missile attacks on the United Arab Emirates

Apple TV+’s ‘Suspicion’ embiggens ‘False Flag’ in a silly remake, while Amazon Prime beefs up with ‘Reacher’

Ibrahim Abu Yaqoub was killed by Israeli soldiers when he was out for a walk. A soldier's testimony exposes the contrast between how the army treated his death and how it reacted to the death of a Palestinian-American

Following a Channel 12 expose on the former Chelsea Football Club coach, FIFA says that it will investigate the allegations ■ 'I have tried very hard to treat women with respect and friendship,' Grant said in response

Talk show host Irit Linur said Reform Jews don’t belong in Israel and compared them to the ultra-Orthodox Lev Tahor cult. Israel’s liberal Jewish movements are calling on her to apologize or be dismissed

For decades, some of France’s leading Jewish figures followed the Israeli line on the Armenian genocide of 1915. Now, Jewish and Armenian historians agree, that approach is itself being consigned to history

The loggerheads over allowing Palestinians a route to citizenship through marrying an Israeli almost toppled the coalition in July, but the gov't batted away appeals to send the bill for a vote in the Knesset this week

Omer Avital and Yoav Aderet turned a damp Brooklyn cellar into a warm home for Israeli musicians – and a few American stars who swing by, even though the place doesn't charge admission

'So They Remember' teases out an untold chapter of the Holocaust through the author's grandfather, and comes amid waning interest in the genocide among Romanians today

Gali Baharav-Miara, who worked for 30 years in the civil division of the Israel's State Prosecutor's Office, received Justice Minister Gideon Sa'ar's recommendation last week ■ Cabinet set to vote Monday

The killing takes the death toll from infighting among Ramle's Jarushi clan to seven, and represents the ninth death since the start of another bloody year for Israel's Arab community

Israel recorded an all-time high of 1,263 seriously ill COVID patients on Sunday, but new infections and spread continue to drop

The economic sanctions are biting hard, and pressure at home may speed up the negotiations for a new nuclear agreement

In Israel or in Djibouti, in the U.S. or in the EU, the reports about NSO fail to reveal the real problem with the notorious spyware

A once-seminal event in Palestinian politics, the calls to boycott have intensified following accusations that Abbas is levying the meeting to advance his inner circle and continues to block radical proposals against Israel

One Arab social activist criticized the decision by Jatt's mayor as 'oppression, silencing, burying the voices of the murdered women,' which comes in light of the attempted femicide in Lod on Friday

Some cybersecurity execs refuse to hire ex-NSO workers, who they claim lack a moral backbone and could expose their clients to risks. Are they a minority?

'I.M,' an electronic dance song with Middle Eastern twist, will represent Israel in the Eurovision song contest, which will take place in May in Turin, Italy

U.S. sources estimate that the 100,000 Russian troops amassed at the border are 70 percent of the level needed for full Ukraine invasion

The new star turns of the people who are supposed to keep the country safe are becoming reminiscent of Berlusconi's Italy – and harming public trust in them ■ Israel is about to face Denmark's COVID dilemma

State’s witness and former director general of the Communications Ministry Shlomo Filber is expected to testify in the Bezeq-Walla case

The Palestinians of Beita have demonstrated every week since the establishment of Evyatar last year, losing eight people. With Mendelblit's final action in office, he has given the protests a new lease of life

Netanyahu rode Pegasus all the way to the Abraham Accords, his most important contribution to Israeli foreign policy. Now he believes that the NSO software cost him his power

Despite the peak in serious illness, Israel continues to see a sustained drop in COVID infections

'The State of Israel needs to fight the foolish attempts to boycott it,' said Gideon Sa'ar, 'which are part of a broader process of delegitimizing the Jewish state'

The British star responded to the criticism over the decision to allow a non-Jewish actress to play the role of ex-Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir in a Hollywood biopic

5-year-old Rayan was retrieved on Saturday evening, but he was later declared dead

Shin Bet stresses that the disagreements concern security alone, and are unrelated to diplomatic relations between Israel and the UAE

Erdogan and his wife have 'mild symptoms,' according to the Turkish president, who said he will continue to work from home

At the African Union meeting on Saturday, Palestinian PM Shtayyeh called for Israel's observer status to be revoked, a move supported by Nigeria, Algeria, South Africa and others

With the West Bank seeing a surge in cases, the Palestinian health minister announces closure of schools but says full lockdown not being considered

David Newstat, a Jewish student at the University of Central Florida, says he was spat on, punched, kicked and pepper-sprayed after confronting a neo-Nazi demonstration in Orange County, Florida

Macron's planned visit next week, and Scholz's the following, come as China has supported Russian demands that Ukraine will not join NATO

The Trump Administration had rescinded the waiver in 2020 which allowed companies to carry out non-proliferation work at Iranian nuclear sites, however a Washington official said this does not mean the U.S. will rejoin the agreement