The Health Ministry's director of public health, Sharon Alroy-Preis, is at high-risk of being targeted for harm, Israel Police say

The European Union said it 'takes very seriously' Israel's labeling of six Palestinian rights and civil society groups as terror organizations, but adds that previous allegations were unsubstantiated The European Union said it 'takes very seriously' Israel's labeling of six Palestinian rights and civil society groups as terror organizations, but adds that previous allegations were unsubstantiated

The statement comes after a harsh U.S. rebuke on Israel's plan to construct housing units in West Bank settlements

The saga of Rabbi Eliezer Melamed exposes the fault-lines emerging in Jewish fundamentalism and religious ultra-nationalism over engaging with non-Orthodox Jews. They pose radical challenges – for both sides

From eating dormice in southern Italy to cooking animals on the fire, some of our culinary habits go back to the dimmest reaches of our history