The Latest News Update:

Losing our privacy: Has the line been crossed?
Shoshana Zuboff, a professor emeritus at the Harvard Business School and the author of “The

A little black blob in the sand
The first little black blob in the sand I saw was about the size of

Government set to express ‘regret,’ compensate for disappeared Yemenite children
The government on Monday was expected to approve a compensation plan for the families of

Palestinian COVID-19 vaccine plan faces large funding gap: World Bank
JERUSALEM: The Palestinians’ COVID-19 vaccination plan faces a $30 million funding shortfall, even after factoring

No safe harbor: What the press is saying about tragedies and mutinies
1. Pregnant pause: Israel’s attempt to dive headfirst into a nearly post-COVID reality for its

Western Wall gets own injections for its health in latest preservation work
Inspectors have carried out a biannual safety inspection and maintenance of the Western Wall, with

Israel will reportedly only allow 200 Israelis to enter country each day
Italian ambassador killed in Congo while in UN convoy The Italian ambassador to Congo and

UN chief: We must step up fight against resurgent neo-Nazism, white supremacy
GENEVA — UN chief Antonio Guterres on Monday said there needed to be more global

Lessons from inside the whale’s stomach
Yesterday, I attended a most unusual autopsy. It was conducted by Dr. Roni King, the

In unusual move, court slaps 7-day gag order on probe into oil spill disaster
In an extraordinary move Monday, a Haifa court slapped a seven-day gag order on the

130 former top defense officials call on Gantz to pull out of election
A collection of 130 former army commanders and senior officials in the defense establishment on

Settlers take on West Bank archaeology as ancient ‘Joshua’ wall tumbles down
On January 26, Shooki Levine witnessed the aftershocks of what he describes as a “terrorist

IDF says it uncovered ‘potential threat’ to navy ships off Gaza coast
The Israel Defense Forces uncovered a “potential threat” to naval ships off the Gaza coast

Likud sought Palestinian support for Netanyahu in March election — report
A deputy minister from the Likud party held contacts with members of the Palestine Liberation

Environment minister joins other lawmakers in pitching for animal lovers’ votes
Lawmakers from seven political parties and a candidate for an eighth faced an online audience

Erez Drigues, ‘Rehearsals’ co-creator and co-star, accused of sexual harassment
Erez Drigues, the lead actor and co-creator of the Kan public broadcaster’s dramedy “Rehearsals,” has

Health Minister: No escape from nighttime curfew on Purim holiday
Health Minister Yuli Edelstein said Tuesday that his ministry will push for restrictions over the

Suspected burglar, 17, indicted for rape of 10-year-old girl
Prosecutors filed an indictment Sunday against a 17-year-old suspected of raping a 10-year-old girl during

Oil spill leads Israel to close beaches as it faces 'severe ecological disaster'
Blobs of sticky tar started washing up on the country’s Mediterranean shores last week. Images

Notorious mobster Zeev Rosenstein freed from prison after 17 years
Notorious mobster Zeev Rosenstein, at one time Israel’s most wanted criminal, was released from prison

Hamas says won’t nominate presidential candidate for Palestinian elections
Hamas will not nominate a presidential candidate in the scheduled Palestinian elections, a senior official

FAA orders United to inspect Boeing 777s after engine explodes over Denver
Federal aviation regulators are ordering United Airlines to step up inspections of all Boeing 777s

Tarred and shuttered: Anatomy of the oil disaster that’s closed Israel’s beaches
An oil spill in the Mediterranean which has dumped tons of tar almost all the

Poll shows Blue and White failing to enter Knesset, Yamina still power broker
A poll published Sunday evening indicated that Defense Minister Benny Gantz’s Blue and White party

Death of mother, fetus highlights sharp rise in COVID infections among pregnant
The death of a pregnant woman and her fetus from COVID-19 over the weekend highlighted

Tough Sanctions, Then a Mysterious Last-Minute Turnabout
Advertisement Continue reading the main story Supported by Continue reading the main story Tough Sanctions,

Woman who entered Syria said to tell investigators she was ‘seeking adventure’
An Israeli woman who crossed into Syria two weeks ago, and was returned under a