The Asian city-state, already one of Israel's major markets for arms, is looking to expand ties with both Israel and the Palestinians

Russia invades Ukraine: Russian troops have failed to capture any major Ukrainian city more than four weeks into their invasion, and increasingly are resorting to causing massive destruction to residential areas

Experts say that those who contracted the omicron variant are likely better protected against the new BA.2. variant, which already accounts for around 60-70 percent of cases in Israel, according to the Health Ministry

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas plans to use the visit to convey to the Biden administration the Palestinians' desire to initiate a diplomatic process with Israel, despite the view in D.C. that the peace process is 'on ice'

Many Ukrainian educators have turned to Israel for advice about how to cope in the classroom in wartime

Following a week in which the Russia made no advances on the ground, intelligence assessments assert Russian troops are preparing a second major offensive, including a renewed attempt to encircle Ukraine's capital

About 300 Palestinians are set to lose their homes in the village of Walaja, outside Jerusalem, drawing U.S. lawmakers' sharp protest against the planned Israeli action

Jewish refugees fleeing war-torn Ukraine would be allowed to fly to Israel before proving that they are eligible for immigration ■ Over 4,000 immigrants from Ukraine have arrived in Israel since Russian invasion began

Boris Romanchenko was one of thousands of elderly Jews who were unable to flee Ukraine and remained under Russian bombardment

The talks will focus on Iran, Syria and the war in Ukraine as part of an effort to forge a coalition with American backing among countries that in the past were considered adversaries of Israel – including Egypt, the Gulf states and Turkey

A second child died, then a third. Ambulances stopped picking up the wounded because people couldn’t call them without a signal, and they couldn’t navigate the bombed-out streets

U.S. Secretary of State Blinken says attacks against Rohingya were 'widespread, systematic' and evidence points to a clear intent to destroy the mainly Muslim minority

Among the oligarchs who were sanctioned over ties with Vladimir Putin following the war in Ukraine are a few billionaires who hold Israeli citizenship – or are eligible for it ■ If they now decide to make their home in Israel, they could change t...

Mossad chief’s supposed pay stub is the latest leak claimed by a group of Iranian hackers; experts say the leaks are more PR exercise than genuine attack on Israel

Joining the Haaretz Weekly podcast from Kyiv, Anshel Pfeffer gives an update on the war in Ukraine, analyzes the Ukrainian military's effective resistance, and explains why ending the war is proving so difficult

While Russia's economy collapses under sanctions and Putin's army bombs Ukraine, the U.S. is closely following China's response to the war, hoping it doesn't get involved, says Haaretz analyst Alon Pinkas

Rep. Adam Kinzinger says that while he 'deeply supports' the U.S.-Israel relationship, everyone must pick a side in the battle 'between Good and Evil'

Graphic designer Tamara Cycman wanted to do something to help the Ukrainian refugees forced to flee their homeland. Now her 'children’s corner' at Berlin’s main train station is keeping thousands entertained

Three decades after the Soviet empire's fall, as Putin’s vicious war continues, Israel once again faces an immigration spike from Ukraine, Belarus and Russia, as well as Ukrainian refugees. Does Israel's government have the political will and capac...

Tatiana Kumok, a fashion blogger who has lived in Melitopol for about a year after living in Israel for a decade, has in recent weeks reported on what is happening in the city under Russian occupation

Other Ukrainian refugees will be eligible for first aid and emergency medicine at private clinics paid for by the Israeli government

Zelenskyy, in his address to Israeli lawmakers, made a number of claims about Ukraine and the Holocaust — but some of them are not quite accurate

In the 1920s, composer-lyricist Cole Porter started inserting Jewish-sounding motifs into his songs. Was his invented Jewishness part of the array of disguises he assumed in order to escape his sexual identity?

Zelenskyy stated during a fiery live-stream to Israeli lawmakers on Sunday that Russia was using the 'language of the final solution'

'Tell me, am I crazy for thinking we should start planning our evacuation?' I asked my friend, a third generation Holocaust survivor living in Warsaw. In Poland, watching the Ukraine conflict so close to our borders, fear and old traumas are rising

There is no immediate confirmation of numbers of dead and injured, according to Chinese media, as firefighters work to tame a blaze ignited by the crash

There was a sense of relief in Ukraine's capital over the weekend, with the dread of an expected entrance of Russian armored columns now replaced by talk – premature, perhaps – of a shocking Ukrainian victory

The Iranian drones were shot down by American fighter jets while heading westward. Last month, an alleged Israeli attack caused heavy damage to the Iranian drone system

I was 37 when COVID broke out, but that was quite a few wrinkles ago. All around the world, people are complaining about feeling they have gotten older during COVID. Is that, too, part of the coronavirus’ little scheme?

A controversial new film called ‘Huda’s Salon’ reveals the Palestinian narrative from a unique perspective: the double occupation of women

Israel's serious COVID cases, however, remain stable

Russia invades Ukraine: In third week of fighting, none of Putin's key objectives have been reached, despite thousands of people killed and more than two million made refugees

Bennett's government views Netanyahu's 2015 speech as a strategic failure, and therefore sees no reason to repeat the mistake ■ An attack on Iranian drones last week and increased coordination with Gulf states reveal Israel's new strategy

The choice of 98-year-old Rabbi Gershon Edelstein, who symbolizes the classical Lithuanian leadership style, signals a shift in the ultra-Orthodox community

Most common incidents involve illegal discrimination in providing a service, hiring and employment in general followed by racist expressions, racist speech or stereotypical advertising made in the public sphere

The deceased rabbi represented an ideal of religious life, but he didn't actually leave an imprint on Haredi society

Although the lawyer for the government said the petition should be thrown out because the quota has not been reached, the court still pressed to know why the quota was necessary

The shooting is the latest in a series of violent incidents that have occurred since Shalom Domrani was released from prison in October following a six-year term

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy, who is addressing parliaments around the world, was speaking over the heads of Israeli lawmakers to global public opinion

Secretary of State Blinken is set to announce the decision at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, which features an exhibit on the plight of the Rohingya. The decision should bolster efforts to hold Myanmar's leaders accountable

The full transcript of Zelenskyy's address to Israeli lawmakers and the public about the ongoing Russian invasion in Ukraine

Some Israeli lawmakers and ministers call to continue supporting Ukraine, despite the Ukrainian president's use of terms like 'final solution'

Israel plans to absorb tens of thousands of immigrants due to the Ukraine war. However, it is unlikely to spark the same economic boom as the massive aliyah wave that arrived after the fall of the Soviet Union

'We can ask why we can’t receive weapons from you, why Israel hasn't imposed sanctions on Russia, but you must then live with your answer,' Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenksyy says in address

Over the past two years COVID has only enhanced the trend of streaming TV shows. We spoke to seven Israelis aged between 9 and 73 about how their viewing habits have changed

Clearly people living around the Dead Sea in biblical times had displeased the deity – just look at the place. Thus modern research into the Jordan Valley began

The attack is the second stabbing in the last day, when an Israeli jogger was wounded following an attack by a Palestinian resident of the city who was shot by officers at the scene

What do politicians and pundits really mean when they say things like ‘de-escalate,’ ‘hybrid war’ and ‘miscalculation’ to describe the situation in Ukraine? Our lexicon guides you through the fog of war clichés

Twenty petitioners complained to Rahat's local council about the gender-segregated Umm Kulthum cover concert, a decision which some local leaders defended as part of Bedouin tradition that ought to be respected

Henry Hershkovitz, athlete and clockmaker, carried the flag at the opening of the Olympic Games. He survived the massacre of 11 teammates, but their deaths weighed on him – until his own clock stopped ticking, at age 95

Although the Joint List, a coalition of Arab-majority parties, has not taken an official stance on the Ukrainian president's speech, two Israeli lawmakers say they will not be watching

According to Israeli researchers, who conducted experiments in the U.S. and Israel, people tend to overestimate the presence of minorities around them – regardless of political views

After 25 days of fighting, it looks increasingly likely that Russia's armored columns won’t be driving victoriously down Kyiv’s broad boulevards. But that doesn’t mean Ukraine will avoid even greater suffering

The famed Judean dates began as one variant 2,400 years ago, by the Common Era had become something else and today, are different again

One Western country has the unique experience and capacity to help Ukraine protect civilian lives from Putin's bombardment: Israel. Unfortunately, despite repeated requests from Kyiv, it has chosen not to do

There are no suspicions of a terror motive at this stage ■ 'What should have been a great party turned into a tragedy,' the Belgian interior minister said

Mircea Geoana says the ratio of losses is three on the Russian side for every one on the Ukrainian side: 'The speed of the Russian invasion has basically slowed down. The morale of the Russian troops is plummeting'

'To do this to a peaceful city, what the occupiers did, is a terror that will be remembered for centuries to come,' Ukrainian President Zelenskyy said on Russia's siege on the port city of Mariupol

Five years in development, Intuition Robotics launches ElliQ - a robot intended to help senior citizens fight loneliness. It’s now on sale in southern Florida

Herzog and his wife will participate in a ceremony commemorating the terror attack on a Jewish school in Toulouse, which claimed the lives of three children and one Rabbi

The number of daily COVID cases in Israel increases for fourth consecutive day

The kothon of Motya in southern Sicily had first been assumed to be an artificial harbor. It wasn’t, archaeologist Lorenzo Nigro of Sapienza proves

The two men from northern Israel were asked to establish a sleeper cell, smuggle weapons and abduct Israelis, according to the Shin Bet

Indian Prime Minister Modi invited Bennett for his first official visit to India when they met at the UN Climate Change Conference in October

Russia invades Ukraine: In third week of fighting, none of Putin's key objectives have been reached, despite thousands of people killed and more than two million made refugees

'These are already survivors of severe trauma, and now with this war, they are experiencing that trauma all over again'

Israel largely scrapped its coronavirus curbs, most notably its hallmark vaccination certificate system, following the country's fifth COVID wave dominated by omicron infections

Chaim Kanievsky, who died on Friday, had been elevated to the status of community leader because there was no one else who could be mythologized as he had been. But he failed to come to grips with his own rapidly changing community and world

Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, the leader of the Lithuanian ultra-Orthodox community in Israel, is laid to rest in his city of Bnei Brak

Five tombs unearthed earlier this month date back more than four millennia, and were used for senior officials in ancient Egypt

The Biden administration may have hoped the removal of Iran's Revolutionary Guards terror designation would fly under the radar, but Israel's Bennett and Lapid prefer a noisy PR blitz, harnessing the concerns of Tehran's other regional foes as talks ...

Leaked documents are the latest part of Iran's revenge hack in response to an airstrike last month, Israeli officials believe

The crackdown on Russian businessmen and financial institutions has given rise to uncertainty among Jewish charities that have increasingly come to rely on them for funding in recent years

The attacker, a resident of East Jerusalem, stabbed a man who was exercising, police say

The pro-Israeli lobby was heavily criticized for endorsing 37 Republicans who voted against certifying Biden's 2020 victory. Now even a senior Republican is attacking it

Liberationist nationalism has returned to the streets, this time as democracy’s grand ally

The visit sends the clearest signal yet that the Arab world is willing to re-engage with Syria’s once widely shunned president

One-third of shoppers in ultra-Orthodox supermarkets are secular – and not by chance

Soldiers pump Sudki Adwani's car with bullets, seriously wounding the innocent driver. They leave him wounded and half-naked in the rain, only later calling for an Palestinian ambulance. The final blow: the revocation of his father's Israeli work per...

Osteoarchaeologist Efthymia Nikita, recipient of a 2022 Dan David Prize, is studying the lives of ‘the everyday people who comprised the vast majority of our ancestors’

Civilians in Ukraine's capital are prepared to make huge sacrifices to prevent another defeat like the loss of Crimea to Russia in 2014, and they see Israel as a good example to follow

When jaws began to evolve over 400 million years ago, fish found the perfect balance between power and speed, new study demonstrates

Ahead of a Sunday hearing, the state argues that the court does not have jurisdiction over Israeli foreign policy, which includes the country's increasingly divisive policy on Ukrainian refugees

Many Jews escaping Putin's invasion of Ukraine see Israel as another conflict zone, and are finding a more welcoming approach in Germany

Despite its frustration with Israel's reluctance to impose sanctions on Russia and help Ukraine militarily, President Zelenskyy has thanked Israel several times for its mediation efforts

Known as the 'minister of Torah' in the ultra-Orthodox community, Kanievsky was seen as a unique and very different leader from his predecessors in the Lithuanian community. He will be interred on Sunday