Unemployment Is Surging, NGOs Are Collapsing, So Israelis Volunteer to Turn the Tide

Some 165,000 have volunteered for the first time due to the coronavirus crisis, a bittersweet statistic revealing that the government should be doing more

Hamas Denies Report of Breakthrough in Prisoner Exchange Deal With Israel

Senior official Moussa Abu Marzouk says Egyptian delegation in Gaza presented outline for deal, but many obstacles remain, including legal challenges in Israel

Trump's 'Very Fine People' Comment Convinced Biden to Run Against Him, Former Congressman Says

Steve Israel, who is advising the Biden campaign on Middle East policy, tells Haaretz that Trump's defense of white supremacists in Charlottesville is what got Biden join the presidential race

Footprints Show Humans Reached Saudi Arabia Almost 120,000 Years Ago – or Did They?

The fossil evidence doesn't show any other Homo species around at the time but there's very little of that fossil evidence and Neanderthals were in Israel then

Opinion Israelis' Much-vaunted Solidarity, Honed by War, Has Failed in Time of Plague

Israelis are grimly reaping the result of decades of Netanyahu’s divide and rule and incitement: We can no longer come together to fight the COVID-19 pandemic

After Being Stuck for Days, Hasidic Jewish Pilgrims Retreat From Ukraine Border

About 2,000 ultra-Orthodox Jews traveled through Belarus in hope of celebrating Rosh Hashanah in the city of Uman, but couldn't reach their destination

All You Have to Do for a Permit to Move Freely During Israel's Lockdown as a Prayer Leader Is Ask

Haaretz reporter sets up fake synagogue at publication's headquarters, contacts Religious Services Ministry, and within hours receives permit. Now all that remains is for him to learn to blow the shofar

150 Jewish Tombstones Taken by Nazis in Polish Town to Be Restored

Mayor committed to preserving stones used for construction of the market square during Nazis’ WWII assault

Why Whistleblowers Betray Their Countries, According to an Israeli Expert

Clinical psychologist Ilan Diamant, who worked for Israel's defense establishment, talks about what turns people into double agents, and how the system tries to identify them before they can cross the lines

Opinion Arab States Need the Palestinians if They Want Real Peace With Israel

We know Arab states are under pressure to normalize Israel’s violent occupation. But they should challenge that bullying - and back Palestinian rights

Analysis Israel Welcomes the New Year With a Heavy Heart and a Patchwork Lockdown

Israel's battle against the coronavirus seems like a lethal mix of mismanagement, chaos, the leadership's bad example and insufficient public cooperation

Editorial Netanyahu, Step Down So That We May Have a Good Year

Analysis Nasrallah Still Wants Revenge, but Israel May Do the Job for Him

One can assume Nasrallah isn’t blind to how Israel mishandled the pandemic, sacrificing some of its most strategic resources: resilience, solidarity and public trust

Israeli Cops Thought the Palestinian Shepherd Stole a Car. So They Shot Him in the Head

In the dead of night, Border Police stopped a car carrying three young Palestinians and without a word shot one of them in the head, point blank. Now he may lose his eyesight

She Was Only Two Years Old. She Died All Alone in the Hospital

For decades, no one would tell me anything about the final days of my sister Ofra, who fell ill with polio in 1950 and was forcibly sent into isolation. The story of one of hundreds of victims of the epidemic that was hushed up in Israel – at a time when another frightening virus is plaguing the world

Analysis White House Peace Deals Are as Vacuous as Miss Universe Statements, and That's by Design

Israel's treaties with the UAE and Bahrain lack any explicit recognition of Israel as a Jewish state or endorsement of the two-state solution, but rather says parties will be 'guided in their relations' by UN resolutions and international law

30% of Israel's ultra-Orthodox Are Ready for Coed College Classes, Study Shows

Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs and Social Services study shows Haredim also willing to have lecturers of either gender and see little importance in gender segregation on university campuses

Why Syria Isn’t Firing Its S-300 Missiles at Israeli Jets

The incredible behind-the-scenes story of how Iran’s Soleimani eliminated Hezbollah’s top commander – who dared to say no

Israel Still Opposes F-35 Sale to UAE, Despite Normalization Deal, Senior Officials Say

Israel had pressured the U.S. to block the sale of the advanced fighter planes in the past, but Israeli sources fear that Netanyahu and his confidants may have made a secret agreement without consulting defense officials

What You Need to Know About Netanyahu’s Controversial New ‘Air Force One’

Long delayed and over budget, Israel's PM was about to receive a VIP-configured Boeing 767 to fly him around the world. Fearing criticism amid an economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the plane has now been grounded ■ Take an interactive tour