Opinion Israel Has Nothing to Fear From China

Israeli Court Rules to Place Limit on Amount of Water Pumped From Dead Sea

Environmental group files petition against Dead Sea Works requesting the company obtain licences to promote more efficient and economical pumping technologies

Heated Argument Breaks Out in Haifa Council Meeting Over Gay Pride Flags

In response to Pride flags being brought into meeting, religious party representative returns with large Israeli flag and shirt reading 'honor thy father and mother'

Israeli Court Rejects Petition to Restore Gov't Funding to Controversial Arab Theater

Funds for the Al-Midan Theater were first suspended in 2015, the same year it put on a production of a play inspired by a convicted Palestinian terrorist

State Watchdog: Environmental Ministry Filed 'Misleading' Reports on Pollution Inspections

State comptroller claims ministry ordered numerous surprise inspections, didn’t carry all of them out and issued misleading reports; ministry denies charges

Israel to Deport Turkish Stowaway Suspected of Setting Ship on Fire

This is not the first time the suspect, who set fire to a cargo ship off the Haifa port after being discovered on board, is being returned to Turkey after attempting to enter Israel

Israel Arrests Stowaway Suspected of Arson on Ship en Route From Turkey

Forces storm cargo ship off northern coast, after clandestine passenger discovered

Ancient Fortress Discovered Off Israel's Northern Coast Solves a Seleucid Mystery

Dozens of meters wide, at least two stories high, 2,200 years after it was built, the Kingdom of Tryphon's first line of defense has been found underwater

Court Allows Forced Hospitalization of Man Despite No Mental Illness Diagnosis

The 18-year-old patient was admitted against his will after entering a psychotic state due to drug use. His two week hospitalization was extended to three months

Israeli Father Who Rescued Children From Burning Building in Serious Condition

12 others suffer burns and smoke inhalation from Haifa fire apparently caused by electric short circuit

Armed Forces Guarding Students: Israeli Army to Open Base in a University

The military will be permitted to install security and computer systems that will be accessible solely to it, in any building it so chooses, and screen employees - meaning it could distance Arab lecturers, cleaners or or maintenance workers

Analysis Ruling on Divisive 'McJesus' Sculpture Fulfills Israeli Culture Minister's Censorship Fantasies

Following years of attempts by Miri Regev to curb offensive artistic expression, this week a court in Haifa upheld the mayor's right to intervene in content at a municipal museum to 'maintain public order'

Haifa Strike Escalates as Teachers Union Joins In

Workers are demanding to preserve their existing conditions, to grant tenure to temporary workers after five years and to fill vacant positions

Police Officer Charged With Accepting Bribes and Sex in Deal With Local Brothels

Indictment claims intelligence officer provided information on police operations to two brothel owners in addition to impeding ongoing investigations

Editorial Haifa’s Mayor McCensor Delivers Miserable Decision on Freedom of Speech

Mayor’s attempt to have it both ways after ordering the removal of an artwork cannot be allowed to conceal

1,000 University of Haifa Students Pass English Despite Not Completing Courses, Thanks to Teacher's Strike

Students are being allowed to pass despite only receiving three or four English classes due to a six-week teacher's strike demanding job security and better working conditions

Haifa Catholic Church Leader Blasts 'McJesus' Sculpture: 'What's Suitable for Europe Isn't Suitable for Us'

Church officials agreed with museum management that a screen would be placed around the work, blocking it from general view

New Haifa Port Reform Paves the Way to Privatization

The historic agreement in principle, signed at the ministerial level, offers good terms to departing workers and protection for those remaining; the state will forgo any dividends on sale

In Controversial New Exhibit '1948,' Fusing Palestinian and Jewish Narratives

A Haifa art show presents work by both Jews and Palestinians depicting the ongoing trauma of the 1948 war

Rate of Asthma Cases in Haifa's Children More Than Double Israeli Average

Researchers suggest air pollution has led to higher rate ■ In vicinity of Sea of Galilee, it’s four times as high allegedly due to shortage of specialists, Health Ministry finds

Major Israeli Construction Firm Refuses to Sell to Arabs, Lawsuit Alleges

Sharbiv repeatedly offered homes to Jews while telling Arabs none were available

After Criticism Over 'Support of Terror,' Haifa's Would-be Deputy Mayor Withdraws

Netanyahu pressured the mayor to block Raja Zaatry's appointment, but she refused. Zaatry's no. 2, Shahira Shalabi, will serve as deputy mayor in his stead

Opinion Israeli Non-racists, First We Take Haifa!

Netanyahu is upset because, according to an agreement in Haifa, the new Jewish mayor must condemn all expressions of racism, even if it comes from the Knesset or the prime minister’s residence

Editorial Raja Zaatry Has a Right to Be Deputy Mayor of Haifa

Even if his views are unpalatable to Israeli Jews, the head of the Hadash party in the city council was elected democratically

Opinion Haifa Residents Can Die of Pollution, as Long as There’s No Arab Deputy Mayor

Never mind the frenetic development of the Oil Refineries and the petrochemical industries, for the government the worst thing happening in Israel right now is the appointment of Raja Zaatry as deputy mayor

Haifa Mayor Refuses Netanyahu's Request to Block Arab Deputy Over Alleged Terror Links

Netanyahu claims Raja Zaatry, a member of the mixed Arab-Jewish Hadash party, supports Hezbollah and Hamas. Zaatry denies, says his party supports peace and solidarity

Israel's Interior Minister Seeks to Block Arab Rep From Serving as Haifa Deputy

In 2015 as Joint List campaign leader Raja Zaatry said Hamas is not a terrorist organization and that ISIS draws inspiration from Zionism

Pilot, Poet, Scuba Diver, Lefty – the non-Orthodox Rabbi Bringing Unorthodox Views to City Hall

Meet Dov Haiyun, the Conservative rabbi making history by serving as deputy mayor of Haifa, where he hopes to put the famously secular city on the cultural map

Israel Gets Its First non-Orthodox Rabbi in City Government

Rabbi Dov Haiyun, of the Conservative movement, will be deputy mayor of Haifa