A thought-provoking new book uncovers the power struggle between residents and the planning authorities that has raged for decades.
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Eco-logic / Avian upheaval
Eagles are one of the many bird populations in Israel that are under threat, according to a new study.
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Whose city is it anyway?
Hadassah Hospital is taking health care to new heights
Hadassah University Hospital's huge new tower brutally changes the West Jerusalem horizon.
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In election-season Iran, domestic politics trump fear of Israeli attack
Although sanctions talk is uniting politicians, personal enmities are never far from the surface.
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Israel's ultra-Orthodox fear leadership vacuum as top rabbi's health deteriorates
Concerns for the health of Lithuanian Haredi community leader Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv threaten to fracture the most important sector in the ultra-Orthodox world.
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Abbas and Obama should not expect a helping hand from Netanyahu
The Israeli prime minister is the only one who can boost the electoral chances of both Barack Obama and Mahmoud Abbas. Don't hold your breath.
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Demjanjuk trial lawyer: Germany lacks funds to go after Nazi criminals
Cornelius Nestler, who represented the families of Demjanjuk victims, says: If these kind of cases are not prosecuted in the next two to four years, they will never happen.
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IDF brigade leaves an impression in Hebron
Hebron's Palestinian residents report a spate of harassment since the Golani brigade moved into the city in December.
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War games on two fronts
Israel's plans to prevent a nuclear Iran remain opaque, but Syria's attacks on the rebel city of Homs have sent a clear message to the world.
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Lifta's imaginary future
Plans for a luxury development in an abandoned Arab village may have been scrapped - but dreams of restoring Lifta to its former glory are likely to remain just that.
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Eco logic / Fast-tracking comes at a price
It is unclear how soon-to-be-introduced reforms to the building and planning law will shorten bureaucratic procedures, but it clear that they will allow environmental concerns to be overlooked.
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This week in Haaretz / 1997 / Swiss banks establish Holocaust reparations
The affair soon broadened to include a debate about Switzerland's position in Europe during World War II.
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Israel's desire to build high comes with a price
An obsession with skyscrapers means that planning authorities are giving short shrift to the street level.
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A problem that keeps on growing
A dump site on prime real estate in Yavneh is getting bigger and uglier as bickering officials block each other's plans to remove it.
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Seeking refuge in fortress Lebanon
Across the border, the Free Syrian Army has set up logistics bases, a communications center and stations for smuggling weapons.
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Israel's Grand Canyon town struggles to shake off sand
Ten months ago, the town that overlooks Israel's Grand Canyon looked set to take off as a tourist destination. But so far nothing has shaken off the desert sand that seems to have kept Mitzpeh Ramon sleepy.
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Jews who are malicious to those who help us
Testimony from Yitzhak Navon and Ariel Sharon was not enough to prompt the state to give back the land it seized from an Arab man who helped Israel in 1948.
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Otherwise Occupied / For the sake of his dignity
After over 50 days of hunger strike against what he terms humiliating Shin Bet interrogation techniques, Khader Adnan's health is deteriorating.
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