Israeli government agencies say they do not actually intend to expropriate the contested area, which was the site of mass protests last year

The policy of nuclear deterrence is not a stable basis for long-term prosperity in a Muslim region

Russia invades Ukraine: Russia pressed its invasion of Ukraine to the outskirts of the capital after unleashing airstrikes on cities and military bases and sending in troops and tanks from three sides, prompting Western sanction on Russian banks and ...

Israel has offered to mediate between Russia and Ukraine, but doing that will require Israeli leaders to stop being so awed by Vladimir Putin, and recognize that they actually enjoy some leverage over Russia

Israeli forces entered the Jenin refugee camp to arrest a suspect – who turned himself in – but two others were killed in firefight

Roman Brodesky, who had been living in Ukraine for the past few years, was driving in a convoy of vehicles making its way to the border with Moldova

Party leaders agree to formation of a panel to work on a bill boosting pensions for career army personnel, a proposal with which the coalition's left plank took issue

Dan Gertler is suspected of bribing the former president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Joseph Kabila, and some other senior Congolese officials, in exchange for rights to mine resources in the country

Israel is allowing non-Jewish spouses and children of Ukrainians eligible for aliyah to immigrate – but only if they are Jewish according to religious law

Israel cancels most remaining COVID restrictions, including regular tests for schoolchildren

A tweet by the Board of Deputies of British Jews saying Bezalel Smotrich will be 'remembered as a disgrace forever' caused the Israeli lawmaker 'great discomfort,' President Issac Herzog says

The embargo, which targets the military capabilities of the entire Iran-backed group, would 'push toward stopping their escalation in Yemen,' UAE says

Officials believe businesspeople who have donated to Israeli endeavors will 'flood' Israelis with requests for help as sanctions continue to mount

Israel's ambassador backs Ukraine as the United Nations General Assembly holds an emergency meeting, with a resolution to be voted on later this week

Senior EU official says leaders may discuss the possibility in March, but 'it's important not to get ahead of ourselves'

At least 84 people have been killed in protests since October against the coup that ended a civilian-military power-sharing arrangement that was meant to lead to democratic elections

The Palestinian Red Crescent said 14 were wounded in confrontations near Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate, signalling mounting tensions ahead of Ramadan

Simon came to Israel during its War of Independence and went on to serve as the Air Force's chief of operations

While refraining from directly criticizing Russian President Vladimir Putin, the two billionaires, Mikhail Fridman and Oleg Deripaska, issued a call for peace in Ukraine and a cessation of violence

U.S. non-Orthodox leaders meet with an Israeli prime minister for the first time in five years, after Netanyahu angered them by backing out of the Kotel deal for an egalitarian prayer space

With Russia-Ukraine war in its fifth day, the billionaire and owner of the Chelsea football club accedes to a Ukrainian request to facilitate talks, his spokesman says

Olaf Scholz was meant to also visit Jordan and the West Bank, but has canceled those visits and will only be in the region for one day

A slim and chilling new book has ignited a public debate in France on the country's refusal to bring back hundreds of French children who were left in Kurdish camps in Syria

From the UAE, where Russian oligarchs stash their cash, to Moscow’s client Syria, and from Turkey to Israel and Iran, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is convulsing the Middle East. Ambivalence won't be an option for long

Ambassador Yevgen Korniychuk calls on Israel to take in non-Jewish Ukrainians as refugees instead of turning them away: ‘This is completely insane’

Referencing Israel's tempered response to Russian aggression in Ukraine, Lapid says the U.S. understands Israel's security considerations in Syria

The western Ukrainian city of Lviv has become a center of refuge for thousands of Ukrainians and a hive of activity for those preparing for a Russian incursion, in the most unlikely of settings

After 10 months of talks in Vienna, progress has been made toward the restoration of the pact to curb Tehran’s nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief

How close is Putin's army to conquering Kyiv, what kind of resistance can Ukraine put up against it, and why is Israel wrong to stay neutral? Special episode on the war in Europe and its consequences for the world order

Very early in the history of modern humans, a deep divergence emerged, a new study reveals. The groups would only encounter each other again over 100,000 years later

Prof. Love Dalén has survived flights in rickety old helicopters, encounters with polar bears and subfreezing temperatures – all to obtain rare findings on a remote island in Siberia that provide direct genetic evidence of life over a million year...

As Russian troops engage in heavy fighting with Ukrainian forces in Ukraine's second-largest city, its residents are caught in the middle

Israel is taking a much more restrained line than Europe when it comes to Ukraine. Even its public condemnations are bland compared to European and American rhetoric

Head of police intelligence division says that entire files containing classified intelligence had been deleted from Israel Prison Service’s internal systems

Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked will extend the stay permits of tourists from Ukraine by two months

The cabinet is expected to discuss offering additional humanitarian aid to Ukraine and efforts to rescue Israelis from the country

'Yad Vashem condemns this trivialization and distortion of the historical facts of the Holocaust,' chairman Dani Dayan says

Yaakov Hagoel, the head of the selection committee, will continue serving as acting chairman

Israel has two unique interests that differentiate it from other countries, and because of those interests it's not taking sides in the conflict. But justice and morality, as well as utilitarianism, must dictate the way to go

The global success of series such as ‘Line of Duty’ and ‘Broadchurch’ turned British TV into one giant crime scene – and it’s all grown a little stale

The heads of the Reform and Conservative movements voice optimism that a proper prayer space can still be implemented: ‘This is the government and this is the prime minister that can make it happen’

While the Turkish President dares to criticize Russia, Iran is accusing the U.S. and the West of causing the 'problem' in Ukraine

Scripture is conflicting about the hometown of Peter the Apostle, but historian R. Steven Notley believes he has uncovered key clues that point in only one direction

A renewed schism in Christianity: Ukraine is fighting for its independence from Russia in the churches as well as in the streets. And Kyiv has a surprising model for its struggle for sovereignty and religious identity

From claiming there’s a Nazi regime in Kyiv, to hiding the number of Russian fatalities and media censorship – Moscow is channeling the rabid ‘Protocols of the Elders of Zion’ in its propaganda blitz, and refuses to use the word ‘war’

Russia confirms Israeli offer to mediate, after Ukraine reportedly asked Jerusalem to host talks between Moscow and Kyiv last week

The FBI, NSA and U.K. cyber authorities warn of Iranian government-sponsored hackers ‘conducting cyber espionage’ against targets across the world

According to a report, organizations in Israel supported by the Russian oligarch have lobbied the U.S. against imposing sanctions on Roman Abramovich over Putin's Ukraine invasion

More than 5,000 Ukrainian Jews had already put in calls to the special Jewish Agency hotline and about half of the callers expressed interest in immigrating to Israel immediately

Israel’s largest union wants to enter high-tech - and its using the sale of an Israeli giant to Intel to make headway

'We’ll help anyone who we can help to get to the border,' Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman says, as the country is evacuating thousands from Ukraine amidst the ongoing Russian invasion

'No restriction on time can prevent the continuation of the talks for a good agreement,' an Iranian newspaper wrote as Ali Bagheri Kani returns to Vienna to resolve remaining disputes

After withdrawing its ambassador two years ago, Foreign Minister Lapid announces Israeli envoy to Poland will head to Warsaw 'to assist Israelis crossing the border from Ukraine'

The war is still in its infancy, but the Russian president’s claims that Ukraine is an artificial entity have been upended by Ukrainians fighting fiercely to save their homeland

NSO claims the daily's reporting was foreign to 'professional, responsible, and impartial journalism'

Finding historical treasures everywhere from safes to trash: But no, he wouldn’t auction off Eichmann’s matchbox, no matter how ‘super-rare’

Eyad al-Hallaq, a 32-year-old Palestinian, was shot and killed by an Israeli officer in Jerusalem's Old City while on his way to his special needs school in May 2020

I am an academic at a Kharkiv university, an officer in the reserves and a historian of the Holocaust. And facing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Putin's attack on my home, I’m learning what patriotism really means

Russia invades Ukraine: Russia pressed its invasion of Ukraine to the outskirts of the capital after unleashing airstrikes on cities and military bases and sending in troops and tanks from three sides, prompting Western sanction on Russian banks and ...

Israel rejects U.S. request to back Security Council move to condemn Moscow, but is expected to vote yes in the General Assembly

The Religious Services Ministry says that this initiative is designed 'to change the status of Shabbat in Israeli society,' and that it will be implemented in all segments of society

The excuses Putin uses to justify his wars, his toolbox of threats, coercive diplomacy, deception and Russian military force, are far too reminiscent of Hitler’s tactics and rhetoric. Ukraine is the latest, but most extreme, example

Abramovich, an ally of Vladimir Putin, has handed 'stewardship' of the Chelsea soccer club to its trustees amid pressure to sanction him over Russia's invasion of Ukraine

In two days, 100,000 new refugees fled from Ukraine through the Medyka crossing point. A few made the reverse trip

The Jewish Agency will open six document-processing stations at Ukrainian border crossing points with Poland, Moldova, Romania and Hungary

U.S. lawmakers Marjorie Taylor Greene and Paul Gosar attended and spoke at a conference organized by Nick Fuentes who has been deemed a 'white supremacist' by the Justice Department

U.S. says negotiators made significant progress in the past week or so on reviving the nuclear deal but very tough issues remain

The embassy removed the post calling to volunteer after Ukrainian Ambassador Yevgen Korniychuk told Haaretz that Kyiv is particularly interested in combat medics

Protesters took to the streets across major cities around the world, demanding an end to the Russian assault of Ukraine after its third day

Moscow says coordination with Jerusalem over Syria is 'useful and will continue to work,' after Israel condemns Russia's invasion of Ukraine

Russia invades Ukraine: Russia pressed its invasion of Ukraine to the outskirts of the capital after unleashing airstrikes on cities and military bases and sending in troops and tanks from three sides, prompting Western sanction on Russian banks and ...

'We do believe that Israel is the only democratic state in the world that has great relations with both Ukraine and Russia,' Ukrainian envoy to Israel tells The New York Times

How do charismatic leaders and big corporations use language to exploit people who long to belong? In ‘Cultish,’ author Amanda Montell offers fascinating insight into this linguistic and social phenomenon

Turning Israeli army pensions into a divisive political issue could even lead to a new social protest ■ Who's in charge of stopping violent settlers, the army or the police?

Life in 2022 is a case of long COVID. The pandemic won't go away, and neither will Trumpism, Brexit or Princess Diana

This comes after Bennett offered humanitarian aid to Ukraine and Lapid condemned the Russian attack on the country

The 2015 nuclear deal restricts the purity to which Iran can enrich uranium to 3.67%, far below the roughly 90% that is weapons-grade or the 20% Iran reached before the deal

If confirmed by the senate, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will become the first Black woman, and the sixth woman overall, to serve on The Supreme Court

Despite the lack of a formal ban in Afghanistan, girls grade seven and up have effectively been barred from going to school in most of the country since the Taliban's takeover six months ago

The Russian president is fighting a rearguard battle, but it’s still bloody and depraved. Any incursion or destabilization attempts against the Baltic NATO members will inevitably lead to a major escalation in Europe

Israel also announced $3 million in aid to Ukraine's Jewish community amid Russian invasion

Putin sees the region as a zero-sum game against the United States and can respond with sanctions of his own, having created a Mideast presence while America slept

'Syria stands with the Russian Federation, based on its conviction of the correctness of its position,' statement from Syrian presidency says

As missiles pound Ukraine's cities, resident begin fleeing internally and into neighboring countries, with tens of thousands already gone

Some come with the grandkids, some with tractors: Every day an archaeological site in Israel is looted. How Hillel Silberklang and the Israel Antiquities Authority try to foil the rampant thievery

Defense officials are concerned that the aftermath of Russia's invasion of Ukraine may disrupt Israel's efforts to fend off Iranian entrenchment in Syria and the region

Despite the massive (and repeated) rise in pay, Israelis are leaving their hi-tech jobs at a record level