Nir Hasson

Yehoshua Hefetz, a 19-year-old soldier from Jerusalem, died yesterday morning after collapsing during a training exercise at the Combat Engineering Corps school in the Negev.

In his speech, Prime Minister focuses on Iran, calling it a threat to Israel and to world peace; ceremony marred by fatal accident at Mt. Herzl in preparation of Independence Day ceremony.

President Shimon Peres says Iran remains a threat to world peace; Netanyahu: lessons of the past must not be forgotten; ceremony marred by fatal accident at Mt. Herzl in preparation of Independence Day ceremony.

Sources involved in preparations for Independence Day ceremony at the site where structure collapsed say Mount Herzl winds almost caused similar accidents in past; Knesset Speaker Rivlin: Despite tragedy, Holocaust and Independence Day ceremonies will go ahead.

Holocaust Remembrance Day begins at 8 P.M. Wednesday night at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem.

Police are launching an investigation into the attack on 50-year-old Reli Margalit, after being criticized for failing to immediately investigate Beitar fans' attack last month on Arab workers.

In a recent visit to Agnon House in Jerusalem, Dorit Beinisch was presented with a letter she wrote the Nobel Prize laureate and one he wrote.

Israeli researcher finds 19th century painting that reveals details of 'Holy Fire' ceremony which has been taking place at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem for the past 1,200 years.

Coordinator of the Historical Dictionary of the Hebrew Language says humans, not computers are needed, since they can reach 'dark and complicated corners.'

According to a study by the Israel Democracy Institute, 67% of Jewish Israelis refuse to eat hametz on Passover.

Company for Location and Restitution of Holocaust Victims' Assets says lands in northern Jerusalem neighborhood, now worth tens of millions of shekels, purchased before World War II by European Jews.

Housing Ministry seeks to expand controversial neighborhood of Har Homa; critics on the left claim expansion of the neighborhood will harm chances of reaching a peace agreement.

Georgia's youthful new delegate to Israel aims to restore both good relations and a hold on an ancient Jerusalem monastery.

Israel Antiquities Authority says two thousand-years-old decorated wooden coffin lids were smuggled into Israel via Dubai and Europe.

About 200 new homes are being planned for the new neighborhood, known as Kidmat Zion, on a plot of land purchased by U.S. millionaire Irving Moskowitz.

Little else is known about the creator of this artistic masterpiece from 1,800 years ago, who worked neither quickly nor cheaply.

The Hebrew University, Tel Aviv University, Ben-Gurion University and the University of Haifa - join the petition along with 21 public academic colleges and the student union at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design.

Council approves three ultra-Orthodox schools, 10 preschools in Ramat Eshkol.

One Palestinian killed in clashes at Erez crossing on the Israel-Gaza border; at least 34 arrested in Jerusalem; IDF Spokesperson: This is only the start, Nakba and Naksa Day still ahead of us.

His trial went on for seven years, but collector extraordinaire Oded Golan, who was accused of faking antiquities, never changed his story − and was in the end acquitted.

The case of the Israeli antiquities collector accused of fraud.

Ronny Reich, who has spent years excavating the City of David in East Jerusalem, says politics and religion have never interested him, so what’s his connection with the right-wing Elad association, which operates the site?

Most experts and environmental groups support the policy, but Jerusalem-area residents used to a green landscape outside their windows, were not convinced.

Prof. Haim Cedar explains his field of genetic research by means of terms used by the Talmud researchers portrayed in the Academy Award-nominated film made by his son, Joseph Cedar: text and footnotes.

U.S. President Barack Obama directly appeals to the Iranian people in video message marking the Persian new year; rebukes Iranian government for creating 'electronic curtain' around its people.