In the Cretaceous, meanwhile, why did the T-rex have such short arms?

Netanyahu is cranking up the pressure on other right-wing lawmakers to 'do the right thing' and join his ranks, after Idit Silman's shock resignation from Israel's government

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy's office calls for new wave of sanctions against Russian 'war crimes' found in Bucha following retreat of Russian troops

Idit Silman, a lawmaker from Israeli PM Bennett's party, is switching sides after deal with opposition leader Netanyahu: She will run in his slate in the next election and promised the role of health minister

Israeli military officials say hermetically sealing up the fence would be a fool's errand – and that they neutralize security threats much more effectively by other means

The inquiries come from a Ukrainian delegation, which has been in Israel for about a week, although the government is unlikely to approve any such deals after it declined to provide military assistance to Kyiv

A study, which analyzed data from over one million people over 60 in Israel, echoes previous data showing a fourth dose cuts severe illness rates by three times versus the thrice-vaccinated

Shlomo Filber also tells court he had destroyed correspondence at the request of Nir Hefetz, Netanyahu’s former media adviser, who has also turned state’s evidence

Israel has avoided sales of advanced systems like the Arrow 3 to maintain a military advantage. If approved by Washington too, this would be the first time the system is sold outside the U.S. and Israel

The 'strange' admission, according to Supreme Court president, was made on a petition to disclose materials showing links with the Christian militias that carried out the massacres in the Palestinian refugee camps of Sabra and Chatila

A Tel Aviv court is set to hold the first hearing of its kind on the case, with both asylum seekers and immigration officials present

The Israeli Foreign Ministry says Ambassador Erdan’s schedule could contain sensitive information and would require considerable staff time to review – which hasn't happened at all

Olga Vasilevskaya-Smaglyuk, who represents the devastated city in Ukraine's parliament, adds that Ukrainians understand Israel's concerns about Russia's presence in Syria, 'but there is a human dimension as well'

Israeli officials don't believe claims Fida Kiwan was framed for drug smuggling, but Israel is working to reduce the prison sentence she is expected to serve

Gantz tells Palestinian President Abbas other restrictions may be lifted if calm persists after a wave of deadly attacks. Over the past two years, Palestinians' entry to the holy Jerusalem site has been restricted over COVID-related measures

Elena Bunina, who is Jewish, is stepping down from her role as CEO of Yandex LLC, 'Russia's Google,' amid the war in Ukraine. Sources confirm she is in Israel and has no intention of returning to Russia

Four suspects were arrested over the Imam Reza shrine attack in addition to the assailant, who is believed to be a foreign national, according to city prosecutor

'The images and testimony from Ukraine are horrific. Russian forces committed war crimes against a defenseless civilian population,' Israel's foreign minister says

Armed with advanced tools, Neanderthals may have been able to reconquer territory they had abandoned 1,500 years earlier – but not for long

'The terrorists' goal is to sow fear in the hearts of Israeli civilians. We must not let them win,' the prime minister says in a meeting with Israeli soldiers in the West Bank after attacks that claimed 11 lives

Many enlist because they don’t feel ready for college, according to a study in the journal Sociological Forum that challenges the notion that most 'lone soldiers' join Israel's military for ideological reasons

Mariuma Klein, who founded the Shanti House in 1984, was abandoned by her parents in her childhood and teen years and experienced sexual assault, violence and homelessness

Soldiers in 'cinemas, supermarkets, and people with weapons' is Ukraine's future, Zelenskyy tells reporters, as the country's leaders begin to imagine what a precariously post-war Ukraine might look like

Kuwait's prime minister has faced a combative legislature as the head of successive cabinets, with opposition MPs bent on questioning him over issues including perceived corruption

Putin could adopt increasingly brutal tactics in Ukraine and a military strike should be a 'last resort' against Iran, Israel's former Military Intelligence chief Amos Yadlin tells Haaretz

'I thought someone was trying to kill me,' said the 38-year-old Arab Israeli citizen, who was arrested by undercover officers, accused of forging a fake ID card and forced to walk home alone after being abandoned in a forest

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

Jordanian human rights lawyers and journalists were likely targeted by the Kingdom's authorities and perhaps another Arab state, even after Apple sued Israeli NSO, the spyware's creator. NSO refused to comment

Touting thaw in Turkey ties during a trilateral meeting with foreign ministers from Greece and Cyprus, Lapid says opportunities exist to 'strengthen regional stability'

Ukraine accused Russian forces of carrying out a 'massacre' in Bucha, saying 300 civilians were killed during the town's month-long occupation. Russian officials have said images of corpses were 'staged'

Russia used its own hypersonic missile in Ukraine – the first use of such a weapon in combat – but U.S. officials downplayed the importance of that strike

Fida Kiwan's family, which according to her brother was refused the right to visit her in detention in Dubai, is asking Israeli politicians and Amnesty International to intervene

A new UN climate report provides ready solutions for solving climate change, but is just as grim as its predecessors

In Israel, a cruel, corrupt religious ordeal awaits thousands of Ukrainian refugees from Russia’s invasion. It will have fateful consequences for their future and for the character of the Jewish state itself

Ukraine's president's office calls for new wave of sanctions against Russia as 'atrocities' and 'war crimes' found in Bucha following retreat of Russian troops

Israeli army's plans were updated in the wake of riots in mixed Jewish-Arab cities during fighting with Hamas in May 2021

While Hamas has been encouraging violence in the West Bank, it is showing total restraint from the Gaza Strip in a bid to avoid being drawn into a direct conflict with Israel

Class hours for Bible, civics, history and literature are set to shrink under matriculation shake-up; term papers will replace matriculation exams

A comprehensive report by a panel of UN scientists details a long list of effective and available steps to slow the crisis. 'As emissions rise, so do the risks. The measures taken thus far are too weak,' says one expert

Jordan, Egypt and the Palestinian Authority say Israel bears responsibility for the escalation in Jerusalem and calls on them to stop any measures barring Muslim worshipers from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound

Shlomo Filber, the ex-head of Communications Ministry, says he tried to move quickly to allow a merger of telecom giant Bezeq’s subsidiaries into a single company, which meant major financial savings for the company

U.S. President Joe Biden vows to impose additional sanctions against Russia, as evidence mounts of mass killings in the city of Bucha

Concerned about the large numbers of Jewish Ukrainians who are opting to settle in Germany, Israel's government plans to reach out personally to persuade them otherwise in a major new campaign

Israeli security forces killed three Palestinians in the West Bank on Saturday, apparently on their way to commit terror attacks in Israel

Israel needs to be thinking about new variants rather than more waves, says a leading health expert, after new data suggests the country’s daily infection rate is receding again

Israel's finance and energy ministries oppose legislation setting interim greenhouse gas emission targets, essentially rendering the climate law devoid of content

A study by the Israel Medical Association finds that even a prisoner missing a limb has been restrained, something that not only violates the person’s dignity but can impede the treatment itself

Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz visits Israeli-built field hospital ■ FM Lapid and Israel's envoy to Ukraine also denounced the killings in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha as a 'war crime'

After three terror attacks, two claimed by ISIS, a familiar, grisly ritual began: Israel's Arab leaders denounce the attacks, right-wingers accuse all Arabs of collective responsibility. Is there any way to break out of this dismal, racist cycle?

Police are not excluding the possibility that tensions such as those that sparked last year's Gaza war could repeat

Researchers recently claimed a groundbreaking find in biblical archaeology: the oldest Israelite inscription, dating from the 13th century B.C.E. In addition to doubts about whether it’s ‘kosher,’ the manner in which it was obtained in the West...

'America is responsible for the halt of these talks, a deal is very much within reach,' Iranian official states, while the U.S. says some issues are still outstanding

A well-known loophole exposes a rare stigma in Israel’s ultra-Orthodox community. Instead of fixing the issue – which is leading to expulsions from religious schools – Israel is ignoring it

Retired IDF General Amos Yadlin joins the podcast to discuss Putin's failure in Kyiv, the 'barbaric' Russian attack over the weekend, and what Iran, and also Israel, can learn from the dramatic events in Europe

Israel wants to collect the names, passport numbers and even credit cards of every person entering or leaving. ‘We cannot allow ourselves to become a dictatorship,’ experts warn

Wertheimer was considered a mainstay of the Israeli corporate scene and credited with selling his family-controlled business, Iscar, in one of the largest buyouts in the history of Israeli industry

Israel's COVID infection rate also continues to decline, suggesting that a surge in infection caused by the omicron variant BA.2 has been blunted

A work due to appear at a College exhibition includes the Islamic declaration of faith. Following protest, the curator called off the show instead of removing the piece. The artist: ‘The surrender to 'Im Tirtzu' is pathetic’

Lieberman says he 'foremost supports Israel's interests' ■ Ukraine envoy to Israel invites Lieberman to 'see the bodies and meet the women who were tied up and raped'

Haim Revivo and singer Eyal Golan were summoned by police in connection to the 9-year-old case ■ Revivo denies all accusation

Israel is refraining from steps that might inflame the Palestinian street and hopes the PA leadership does its part too ■ Israeli security forces are focusing their efforts on intelligence and preemptive arrests

Israeli officials believe that videos posted on social media from the scene of recent attacks are a driver of copycat attacks, and have already issued orders restricting movement for six Israeli Arabs, with several more pending

With their country in dire straits, a whole industry has sprung up to recruit Syrians to fight the war in Ukraine. This is not the first time Syrians have fought for Russia, and there are plenty of other precedents to emulate

An officer was lightly wounded, a statement from Israel Police says, as clashes erupt for second day in a row

The prime minister said that Israel is entering a period of 'alert routine' and that stopping the current terror wave requires 'not a single operation but hundreds of continuous operations'

The suspect entered Israel without a permit before being arrested near the town of Kafr Qasem, just inside the Green Line

With 90% of votes counted, results showed Orban's Fidesz controlling 135 seats in the 199-member parliament, while the united opposition alliance had 56 seats

Though Israel has walked a tightrope throughout the Russian offensive on Ukraine, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid says 'it's impossible to remain silent' on Bucha killings

After eight children are diagnosed with polio – Israeli Health Ministry official warns 'hundreds' could be carrying the virus

According to the petition, a right-wing NGO has raised almost $100,000 to reestablish two illegal outposts that were demolished by Israeli security personnel two weeks ago

Israel's health minister instructs hospitals to allow patients to eat leavened bread on Passover. In response, outraged Idit Silman invokes Jewish observance during the Holocaust

Russian Iskander missiles can reach almost all of Western Europe and there is no missile shield in place to protect against this threat, says Germany's defense chief Eberhard Zorn

Hamzah bin Hussein posted a letter on Twitter saying that his values 'are not in line with the approaches, trends and modern methods of our institutions'

Jordan's king also requests that Israel will allow the entrance of worshipers to Al-Aqsa Mosque as Jerusalem mulls Ramadan restrictions amid a spate of deadly terror attacks

Ukraine's president's office calls for new wave of sanctions against Russia as 'atrocities' and 'war crimes' found in Bucha following retreat of Russian troops

Based on the wars in Chechnya, Georgia and Syria, it was widely assumed that Russia committed war crimes in Ukraine. The shocking footage from Kyiv is unlikely to alter Western policy, but makes a cease-fire less likely

Lt. Col. (ret.) Alexander Vindman, the whistleblower from Trump's first impeachment trial, told Haaretz how U.S divisions encouraged Putin to attack Ukraine, and why Israel should adopt a tougher stance on Moscow

As Russian forces withdraw from Bucha, reports describe bodies lying in the streets, with the mayor saying that some 300 Ukrainian civilians were killed ■ Israel's Foreign Ministry spokesman says in response that the tweet 'didn't blame Russia'

Justice Uzi Vogelman refused the presidency as he would have served for less than a year before turning 70, the age at which Israel's Supreme Court justices must retire

We have a moral obligation to extend a hand to those fleeing war. Unfortunately, shameful obstacles are being put before the few who are knocking at our gates, but were not born into the right religion

In recent surveys, Israelis and Palestinians hold sweepingly different attitudes towards Russia’s war on Ukraine, exposing how far their own conflict filters how they see the world, all the way to Kyiv and Moscow

Some Palestinians believe Israel is responsible for escalating tensions during the holy month. Others are concerned about something more basic

Hundreds of African asylum seekers who are over 60 and live in Israel have no social or other benefits and live in limbo. Meanwhile, they watch as Israel plans to provide coverage to refugees from Ukraine

The Islamist group hopes its crackdown on drugs will rouse international recognition, while opium production in Afghanistan has spiked amid dire economic circumstances

Ukraine-Russia negotiations are set to resume on Monday, but Moscow says no draft deal ready to present to leaders Putin and Zelenskyy

The Islamic State isn't going to establish a foothold in Israel or the Palestinian territories any time soon, but attacks outside of a clear organizational framework pose a new kind of challenge for security services