Israel is now witnessing a decline in the R number and daily COVID infections, as well as the sustained drop in serious illness

Twenty years since the Arab Peace Initiative was put forth in Beirut, the question of Palestine has all but disappeared from the diplomatic map

A senior advisor to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei says that the U.S. must drop Iran's Revolutionary Guards from its terror list, but the Biden administration says no decision on the issue has been made yet

Iran nuclear deal, energy and more on the agenda for foreign ministers from Morocco, UAE, Bahrain, Egypt and U.S. arriving for Israel summit ■ The leaders will meet for an intimate dinner

A month into's Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a Russian Defense Ministry statement said that the goals of the “first stage of the operation” had been “mainly accomplished,” with its focus shifting to the eastern Donbas

Police arrived at the scene after reports of gunshots heard in Tel Sheva in Israel's Negev desert

The summit in Israel's Negev will provide ample opportunities for photo-ops, lofty speeches and good ambience, but each dignitary brings with them a diversity of interests, with Iran presenting the biggest cleft

The 'Sde Boker Summit' shows off open partnerships between Israel and Arab states, but conflict with the Palestinians remain

In a major address delivered at Warsaw's Royal Castle, Biden evoked Poland's four decades behind the Iron Curtain in an effort to build a case that the world's democracies must urgently confront an autocratic Russia as a threat to global security and...

Last week Gantz's office released a statement saying his visit to India will be brought forward so as to begin just four days before Bennett's planned visit to the country, in a move that led to a friction between their offices

Russian generals' PR moves are divorced from reality, while on the ground a deadlock seems the only outcome of Putin's invasion of Ukraine

As omicron's BA.2 variant is fueling a spike in COVID-19 infections, the latest large-scale study by an Israeli HMO suggests that a fourth dose reduces both the risk of infection and severe illness

About 20,000 people have been murdered by the Nazis at the Drobitsky Yar ravine in World War II. 'The ones coming to denazify Ukraine are actually Nazis themselves,' Ukrainian Ambassador to Israel Kornichuk said

Top diplomats from Israel, the United States, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Morocco will be joined at a southern Israeli resort by Egypt’s top diplomat. Jordan likely won't be represented at the historic summit

'We only want them to be together with Russia and not be Nazis,' says one protester, decrying 'incorrect' media portrayal of Russia's actions in Ukraine

While the parliamentary elections were indefinitely postponed by President Abbas, a steady stream of voters was seen outside polling stations, in a second round of voting with more visible opposition to his Fatah party

The family's entry was approved after the Immigration Appeals Tribunal found their story to be credible. 'We are being treated like the worst criminals,' the father said

In Chernihiv, where the mayor says over 280,000 have fled since the Russian invasion, hospitals are no longer operating, and residents cook over open fires in the street because the power is out

The patrols largely targeted Bedouin women, who account for 70 percent of all Bedouin students at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. The university refused to clarify whether the offenders were expelled

Iran-aligned parliamentarians boycotted the vote, which would have threatened to exclude pro-Tehran factions from power for the first time in years if passed, under Moqtada al-Sadr's platform against Iranian influence

Yemen's Houthi rebels said the Saudi-led coalition hit oil facilities as it unleashed a barrage of airstrikes on Sanaa and a strategic Red Sea city in retaliation

The failure of efforts to restore the pact could carry the risk of a regional war, or lead to more harsh Western sanctions on Iran, analysts say

The historic summit will bring together Arab countries that have normalized ties with Israel on Sunday and Monday

The first professional Israeli analysis of the Russian-Ukrainian war finds that the Russian army learned little from Stalingrad and Afghanistan

The Ukrainian president calls on countries to increase their energy exports, while Qatar's emir says that anyone who criticizes Israeli policy is slurred as antisemitic

Two Palestinian teens were riding a motorbike in Nablus when a convoy of Border Police passed by. The officers first claimed the two shot at them, then said that they just pointed a gun, which was never found. It doesn't change the outcome: The offi...

Psychological studies show how people process mistaken information and may prefer to believe ‘alternative facts’ and fake news. A talk with Dr. Ruth Mayo

The fatalist spirit that led to World War I holds a warning for leaders weighing a response to Russia's Ukraine war

One settler said there were already 'three bigger and fancier buildings' at the West Bank outpost, while Israeli security officials decried huge operations as ineffective and 'ridiculous'

A raging fire erupted at an oil depot in the Saudi city of Jiddah, the same area that the Houthis attacked days earlier

Young demonstrators demand authorities use legislation to cut greenhouse gas emissions and prepare for the worsening climate crisis

The Ukrainian kids at an educational center in Be’er Sheva have experienced the horrors of war. Although they're learning Hebrew, playing games and making art projects, many are still thinking about when they can go home

The most busy president abroad since Truman arrived in Brussels one month after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, knowing that Western unity and supporting allies is just as crucial in Asia at the moment as it is in Europe

The historic summit will bring together Arab countries that have normalized ties with Israel ■ Israel sends first military delegation to Morocco, signs memorandum of understanding

Israeli sources say that no visit has been planned for the time being

Netflix’s companion site Tudum says it will feature 'singles in the U.S. and Israel as they turn their dating life over to a top Jewish matchmaker'

32-year-old runner Valentina Verska recently moved to Poland from Ukraine following the outbreak of war

As large Palestinian cities gear up for voting, a Hamas member says Fatah is using force to promote candidates and Nablus expect turnout of no more than 30 percent

Israeli disinformation watchdog FakeReporter reveals the website at the heart of Russian efforts to spread disinformation on Ukraine war, and how China is helping Moscow on the fake news front

If you hold a goat in your coils and squeeze hard, can your lungs expand to breathe? Probably not. But the solution isn’t that the snake is holding its breath

Four weeks into Russia's invasion of Ukraine, President Putin shows no sign of backing off even as Russian troops have failed to take over major Ukrainian cities. More than 3.5 million people have fled Ukraine, and the latest civilian death toll stan...

Bennett's summit with Sissi and MBZ was quickly forgotten after the terror attack in Be'er Sheva ■ Netanyahu is using his playbook from the '90s in inciting against the government

Tensions in the Negev reached a boiling point last May with a lethal mix of nationalism and crime. But the latest attack may point more to an ISIS resurgence than an upcoming escalation ■ 20 years since Israel's Operation Defensive Shield, a former...

This week at the Tel Aviv airport: A serial entrepreneur who loves bringing French people to Israel, and a senior caregiver whose family is scattered around the world

Dozens of old buildings in south Tel Aviv are slated to be preserved and restored as part of a new City Hall project – a 19th-century real estate bonanza for the city

A senior Ukrainian intelligence officer tells Haaretz why he never expected Russia to invade, how he fears Ukraine could become the next Syria and why he doesn’t buy into the rumors about Putin’s mental state

The judge ruled that the decision to cuff the detainee – who stabbed a Jerusalem man last week – was unreasonable given his unconscious state

Four suspected attacks against Palestinians were reported following the murder in Israel's south, with graffiti declaring 'Be'er Sheva war'

Tom Dine says the pro-Israel lobby’s decision to endorse Republicans who denied Biden's election victory will prove an existential mistake, and Judy Maltz reports on the Ukrainian refugees opting for Berlin over Israel

Videos depict Israeli soldiers photographing activists in the South Hebron Hills, 'so they don’t let them into the airport the next time,' according to a settlement security guard

Forat will soon celebrate her eighth birthday. She will take one more step toward the late, clear-eyed stages of childhood – when she will learn to decipher the world and be exposed to its disappointments ■ Post #45

Announcement of winners will make it impossible to halt construction of homes in Givat Hamatos, a new neighborhood outside of Israel's pre-1967 borders

David Treatman’s ‘fake it till you make it’ ethos landed him a Tony Award at the age of 20. Now the 24-year-old producer tells Haaretz how he’s just like ‘investment bankers looking for startups’

'We are on the map. Israel is on the map. Our sport is on the map,' 22-year-old Ashram said after claiming gold in Tokyo last year

The killing of four Israelis by an ISIS sympathizer followed the creation of an armed Jewish group that the Arab community wants shut down

He was in the room at every critical, defense-related moment in the past decades. Now, Zohar Palti, who held senior Mossad and Defense Ministry posts, recalls what happened when Netanyahu and Barak ordered the army to prepare an Iran strike – withi...

Inscribed on a tablet of Aegean lead, the curse in proto-Canaanite script was a legal document, says team that deciphered it using high-tech scanners

Ethiopia, which has faced pressure to ease restrictions for aid to reach separatist Tigray region, calls on international donors to 'redouble their generous contributions'

Roads in Jerusalem on and near the route of the race will be closed to vehicular traffic, and will be gradually reopened by the end of the marathon Friday afternoon

Is there an equivalence between Putin's war on Ukraine and Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories? Is the West revealing double standards when it sanctions Russia and backs Ukraine's armed resistance?

The U.S. secretary of state will also stop by Morocco, where he will meet with the United Arab Emirates' crown prince

Sources with knowledge of the Kremlin's communications with Russian Jewish leaders said Jewish institutions were threatened with retribution if they refused to speak out in favor of the 'operation' in Ukraine

Ukraine is working to acquire Israel's Iron Dome system, the head of Zelenskyy's office said, and confirmed reports that it was also trying to acquire NSO's notorious Pegasus software

A central Israeli city wants to buy an artificial intelligence system to help identify citizens who don’t clean up after their dogs or drive recklessly

'The manager told me if she had to hug and console every girl who endured rape or violence, they wouldn’t be able to work.' After years of visiting strip clubs and interviewing young women and girls working there, a criminologist dares to reveal th...

In his recent address on Russian TV about Ukraine, where he red-flagged "fifth columnists" who are "traitors to the nation," Putin did not explicitly say the words "Jews," "Zionists" or "cosmopolitans." He didn't need to

ISIS prisoners are moved into Fatah wings in an attempt to integrate them into secular Palestinian society. But Mohammed Abu al-Kiyan, who killed four Israelis on Tuesday, also spent time in Hamas blocks

As sanctions following the Ukraine war start to bite, Russian oligarchs are looking for homes to rent for $30,000 to $50,000 a month, usually in the Tel Aviv area

Modi’s mob revels in the ritual public humiliation of Muslim girls and women after a school hijab ban, another step in the Hindutva plan to criminalize what India’s largest minority wears, eats, where they work and whom they love

Pop star Alla Pugacheva's departure for Israel with her TV host husband Maxim Galkin reveals the breakdown at the top of Russia's entertainment industry since the invasion of Ukraine

Government offers HMOs a financial incentive for each over-60s they give a fourth shot daily COVID infections hit five figures for the fourth day in a row

Grain and fodder prioritized at Israeli airports; domestic agriculture to be strengthened, Transportation Minister Michaeli says

Europe needs alternatives to Russian gas, and pumping more of it isn’t really going to hasten climate change. But Israel isn’t quite in a position to fully exploit the opportunity

At 2 A.M. Friday – that is, two hours after midnight Thursday – clocks move forward one hour, to 3 A.M, but despite the economic advantages, a year-round summer clock likely won't be adopted

Greece's consul general in Mariupol, who arrived home after escaping the siege, describes the southern Ukrainian city as standing alongside Guernica, Leningrad and Russia's previous targets Grozny and Aleppo

The outgoing UN Special Rapporteur's findings follows similar reports from Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, as concerns in Israel grow over an 'unprecedented' campaign in 2022 to push the apartheid label

Four weeks into Russia's invasion of Ukraine, President Putin shows no sign of backing off even as Russian troops have failed to take over major Ukrainian cities. More than 3.5 million people have fled from Ukraine, and the latest civilian death toll...

Top officials and groups from Jerusalem to Washington mourn the late Secretary of State Madeleine Albright for being a 'champion for democracy' and a 'lifelong ally' of Israel and the Jewish community

The Russian-Israeli oligarch Roman Abramovich accepted a Ukrainian request to help negotiate an end to the conflict last month, according to his spokeswoman

Belarus’ contribution to the war effort could be as many as 15,000 troops, giving Russia another opportunity to capture Kyiv ■ A senior security source says Belarusian commanders are deeply opposed to joining the invasion

The Blue Wolf system is used by the IDF to tag and monitor the entire Palestinian population, even those about whom there is no intelligence

Archaeologists recreate stately home in Pompeii destroyed by Vesuvius and see, using virtual reality, how its owner used art, lighting and architecture to impress visitors and enhance his prestige

'We live here together with our Jewish neighbors, work with them, they buy from us, and we have good relations. We won’t let anything destroy that,' says a resident of Hura where the terrorist Muhammad Abu al-Kiyan was from

Police are investigating the shooting, in which residents and witnesses say more than one gunman opened fire on the three men in Fureidis

Israeli health officials said they will extend indoor mask mandate and launch new vaccine drive for high-risk groups, as Prime Minister Bennett and Health Minister Horowitz meet to discuss growing coronavirus infections

The 64th Secretary of State and the first woman to hold the position, Albright had advocated for a stronger stance against the Serbs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and became a feminist icon in her later years

A NATO official says 30,000 to 40,000 Russian soldiers are estimated to have been killed or wounded, but Russia has released very little information on its casualties