In his latest documentary, Syrian-Swedish director Hogir Hirori channels his personal history to document Yazidi sex slaves held in Iraq and Syria. ISIS justified enslaving them based on the claim they are daughters of an infidel, devil-worshiping re...

While officially, the amendment to the Citizenship Law restrictions is based on security concerns, senior officials admit it is a tool aimed at ensuring a Jewish majority in Israel

Iran is touting its high-accuracy 'Khaibar-buster' missile, named after a Jewish castle overrun by Muslim warriors in the early days of Islam

The U.S. Embassy issued a warning of 'reports of a possible missile or drone strike,' but later clarified this was not the case

Olmert made the request last month after the Netanyahu family sued him after he said the former prime minister, his wife Sara and son Yair were mentally ill and repeatedly refused to apologize

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...

At least 15 were briefly detained after refusing to leave 'Ma'aleh Paula,' which was set up by activists looking to pressure authorities on Bedouin construction in the Negev

One Syrian soldier was killed and five others wounded in Israel's counter-strike on Syrian weapon targets, Syria's official news agency says

Channel 13 News reported that during a meeting with the Shin Bet in 2016, two officers dressed in civilian clothing said that members of the Ethiopian protest movement and Justice Ministry director general Emi Palmor were being surveilled

Maj. Gen. Jamal Hakroosh, who headed the unit fighting crime in the Arab community in Israel, said he stayed at the scene of the murder – and the acting police commissioner accepted his version of events

Republicans had delayed Lipstadt's hearing due to past tweets critical of Republican lawmakers, to the disappointment of a broad array of U.S. Jewish organizations who supported her candidacy

The answers to all your questions regarding the latest NSO scandal, which has seen the company's Pegasus spyware turned on Israelis

Defense Minister Gantz accepts panel’s recommendation to expand criteria, after decades of struggle by Israeli navy veterans who dived in the Kishon River in the 1970s and ‘80s

Israel's president says the 'completely unnecessary' death of 78-year-old Omar As'ad must be investigated, but reiterates that IDF soldiers are the 'best of the best'

Prime minister orders further examination of Pegasus reports before deciding on a wider investigation. Bennett told police only managed to successfully hack one of the three phones

The damages follow her earlier legal victory challenging the Israel Prison Service’s policy of isolating or separating transgender prisoners

The infamous Pegasus spyware created by Israeli firm NSO can turn any infected smartphone into a remote microphone or camera. Here’s how to stay safe and know if you’ve been hacked

Men who undergo Orthodox conversions are entitled to a free circumcision. Now, the country's Reform and Conservative movements demand the same, and Israel's top court will hear arguments on the sensitive issue

In the weeks since the Colleyville attack, Jewish establishments and nearly 200 lawmakers have pushed to double funding for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program from $180 million to $360 million

Said Moussa, who is in stable condition, has suffered severe depression since he was severely beaten in Bat Yam in May, and has not fully cooperated with Israeli authorities to receive the benefits he is entitled to

While negotiations accelerated last month, many key issues remain unresolved, and most experts say that Iran's breakout time to enrich weapons-grade uranium is shorter than when the 2015 deal was struck

The Meretz lawmaker's chief of staff said that Freige is conscious and was able to communicate with his family

President Erdogan said his Israeli counterpart Isaac Herzog is likely to visit Turkey in mid-March to discuss energy cooperation, as the two countries take steps to mend relations

The defendants, including Palestinians and Syrians, were arrested in October in an operation by Turkey’s national intelligence agency, according to a pro-government newspaper

Over the last seven years, India-Israel relations have warmed up faster than the six preceding decades, thanks to a propitious mix of ideology, pragmatism and geopolitical realignments. How shockproof is the entente now?

The price of fruits and vegetables has skyrocketed, and gasoline, electricity and dairy products have also gone up substantially, but the Palestinian Authority has had a hard time providing solutions

As the country’s first woman attorney general takes over, allegations of illegal use of spyware by police would be one of Gali Baharav-Miara's first priorities

In the early 1930s, ex-Marine Smedley Butler helped foil a plot not unlike the march on the U.S. Capitol a year ago. The author of a new book about him, Jonathan M. Katz, tells Haaretz about this inspiring turnaround

Constantly fleeing death, they live in fear, desperation and chaos, with little protection or help: These are the stories of young Arab people whose lives were upended by violence. Can the cycle be broken?

Over 1 million immigrants from the former Soviet Union live in Israel, and many are concerned about another war breaking out between Russia and Ukraine. Loyalties, however, aren’t as straightforward as you might imagine

The free time during the pandemic has ramped up Israelis’ interest in websites and stores for secondhand goods, but the main motive appears to be savings, not sustainability

Mosquitoes are attracted to the CO2 we exhale, which stimulates them to check out your sartorial choices – bad news for goths

The Palestinian Health Ministry confirms three deaths, calling the Israeli operation 'an assassination'

Prosecutors were initially given a day to respond to a report that police used NSO's Pegasus spyware to hack the phones of associates of former Prime Minister Netanyahu and witnesses in his corruption trial

The next leader for the radicalizing far right Alternative for Germany is likely to be a Third Reich revisionist whom German intelligence considers a threat to national security. That’s good news for Germany

A first study of its kind in decades finds a staggering 75 percent of all dead green turtles and 57 percent of all loggerhead turtles retrieved from the shores of the emirate of Sharjah had eaten marine debris

A life worth living: Ellen West, born into a Jewish family in the U.S., was one of the first ever patients with anorexia to be documented. To this day nobody knows her real name

Police started investigating the case after the three children were reported absent from school for several days. The youngest child, who is 5 years old, was found with serious wounds and taken to hospital

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

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

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