As Friday dawned, firefighters surveyed the damage caused by massive wildfires that threatened Kibbutz Harel and almost wiped out Mevo Modi'im, in addition to many other blazes; unseasonably high temperatures reaching 48C maintain fear that more yet to come

UNRWA chief rejects call by US envoy Greenblatt for host countries to take over cash-strapped agency's services: 'Not up to one or two states to decide mission' of agency which aids Palestinian refugees and their descendants across the Middle East

Dozens of Arab Israelis rode a convoy from Wadi Ara to the Knesset to protest the uncontainable violence prevalent in the Arab sector; 'we must pressure the politicians to take action'

Assistance sought from Greece, Croatia, Cyprus ? Turkey will likely not be asked to help considering recent tensions; Hundreds of firefighters are battling 2 major conflagrations, as well as many smaller blazes, as scorching temperatures reach 48 degrees Celsius in some parts of southern Israel; at least 16 homes destroyed

Israel Prison Service releases data showing that security prisoners enjoy a variety of entertainment and leisure options, which include TVs in each cell and exercise equipment, drawing the ire of Zionist organizations

nter-party negotiations step-up as May 28 deadline nears; Yisrael Beytenu, PM still in dispute on Haredi draft law; United Torah Judaism rabbi to submit own version of controversial legislation

FBI says Jonathan Xie transferred money to Hamas-affiliated groups and posted on social media that he wanted to bomb the Israeli embassy and Trump Tower in New York; the 20-year-old could face 20 years in prison if convicted

Palestinian Authority makes the announcement just hours after Trump's Mideast envoy makes an impassioned speech at Security Council meeting, pleading with the Palestinians to attend the June 25-26 economic 'workshop'

According to Jewish tradition, the 33rd day of the Omer count, the anniversary of the death of Talmudic sage Rashbi, is to be celebrated at his gravesite with music, dancing and bonfires

Ashraf Jabari: 'No Israeli PM will ever meet Palestinian demands or vice versa, what have we gained from bloodshed and separation? Nothing, we can't keep waiting for a state, we have to think about this area as one entity'; he believes ordinary Palestinians would support his pragmatic approach to profit from their shared geography with Israel if it weren't for the PA's brainwashing, crackdown on dissent and adherence to a two-state doctrine

Attorney General's office says hearing will take place at start of the month; decision comes after prime minister's lawyers request extension on planned July date in order to read prosecution material in three cases likely to result in charges

Trade mission part of GOP campaign promise, bid to woo predominantly Democrat Jewish community; visit assumed to be largely symbolic; delegation plans to hold meeting at Jerusalem embassy but still lacks an agenda

In official statement, Abu Dhabi stresses so-called workshop will advance and support political solution for Israeli-Palestinian conflict; PA will not attend summit, says it was never consulted; meeting with not deal with fundamental issues such as Jerusalem, refugees

Unseasonably hot temperatures - predicted to stay above 40 degrees celsius in some parts of the country throughout the weekend - coincide with Jewish holiday of Lag B?Omer, prompting the authorities to advise the public to refrain from lighting traditional bonfires

Taxi union apologizes and promises to discipline driver who quoted double fare for a BBC reporter covering Eurovision in Tel Aviv; 'customer should always demand the meter'

After years of refusal, Israel allowed PA security forces access to 10 light armored vehicles upon request from US, even as PA refuses to accept any tax funds over terror payments withholding spat

PA rejects economic conference, part of Trump's 'deal of the century' peace plan, calling it 'financial blackmail;' Bahrain's Sheikh al-Khalifa says only goal is to support 'brotherly Palestinian people'

Miki Zohar says he decided to propose amendment, which would return lawmakers' automatic immunity from prosecution, as he believes PM is being unfairly targeted with corruption probes

Defense establishment says the expansion is intended to ease the humanitarian situation in the enclave as Hamas and Israel both deny reports of a short-term ceasefire - intended to stop all border violence - being reached

Partners of gay MKs to get same rights as heterosexual husbands and wives; director-general of Israeli parliament tells Ynet that the institution is 'mirror image of Israeli society' and is 'sending a message' to the country

Shin Bet says Zakaria Zubeidi and his accomplice Tarek Bargut were involved in a series of West Bank shooting attacks over the past three years that targeting civilians, transport and police; ex-member of Al-Aqsa Martyes' Brigades later employed by PA

Not one senior Israeli official was present when Volodymyr Zelenskiy was sworn in on Monday morning in Kiev; Ukrainian Israelis worry snubbing the new regime could harm bilateral relations in the future

Comment comes after White House announces June summit to unveil first stage of Mideast peace plan; PA says wasn't consulted about conference, which will not discuss final borders, Jerusalem, Palestinian refugees or Israeli security demands

Time running out for the prime minister, who has just eight days to cobble together his new government; PM says small parties are making exaggerated demands, facing growing criticism within his own party about planned immunity law

The Bahrain conference is expected to bring together government officials and business leaders from around the world in an attempt to boost investment in Palestinian territories and help jump-start economic portion of the so-called 'deal of the century'

With deadline looming, prime minister says he needs rationality to return so that he can 'form a strong and stable government for the State of Israel'; Likud rival Sa'ar slams plan to include immunity for PM in agreements

Horrific scenes from Yavneh site as worker who was killed in accident is left dangling in mid-air; only one third of 60 new government positions for safety inspectors have been filled, while building sites are inspected only once in two years.

Netanyahu's faces a May 29th deadline to present his new government but with only 10 left, no coalition deals have been signed with any of the potential partners.

'Everyone visited and then forgot we exist,' says son of 80-year-old woman critically hurt in rocket strike; children in Gaza border communities struggle to overcome their fear, while residents of kibbutz near Strip deal with realization of how vulnerable they really are

With 26 entrants fighting to win the crown, thousands of Israelis and tourists flock to the main show venue and the broadcast site at the city's beachfront; Madonna and Netta Barzilai to headline the live show at interval

State television quotes military source as saying that air defenses detected objects coming from direction of 'occupied territory' and brought down several; monitoring group says at least five blasts heard in capital

Netanyahu welcomes Bundestag decision, calls on other nations to enact similar legislation; Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions group slams move as anti-Palestinians; vote comes shortly after movement called for artists, fans and broadcasters to avoid Eurovision in Tel Aviv

Philadelphia's Muslim American Society took responsibility for a video showing children dancing to an Islamist anthem 'We will chop off their heads, we will liberate Al-Aqsa Mosque'

Knesset members say international support for imposing Israeli sovereignty over the West Bank is high and it is time to return to settlements evacuated as part of the 2005 disengagement

In an effort to save lives, the Ministry of Education is launching a program to advance swimming lessons in communities most often affected by drowning

The report finds there is a lack of data on gender related questions as no in-depth study on the question of gender representation in schoolbooks has been done since the early 2000's

PM might have to settle for bloc of just 60 MKs, without absolute majority, in light of disputes with Lieberman, other small parties he says are making 'impossible, contradictory demands'

Team including former justice Elyakim Rubinstein says they only want to enshrine element of equality, status of Arabic language, in controversial law passed by outgoing Knesset; Ohana: Equality is irrelevant to nationality

Foreign Affairs representative Mogherini confirms action to be taken following campaign by IMPACT-se, revealing increased incitement to hate, violence in new Palestinian textbooks; 'Incitement to violence is incompatible with promotion of two-state solution'

IDF bolsters troop presence in area, Gaza businesses shuttered as part of general strike to mourn Israel's creation; Hamas expected to rein in violent protests in bid to preserve fragile cease-fire after recent escalation

Prime Minister Morawiecki expresses shock over 'xenophobic act of aggression' - amid row over Holocaust restitution - while Polish FM summons Israeli ambassador over incident; perpetrator issues apology

Amid diplomatic crisis over Holocaust restitution, Marek Magierowski attacked in broad daylight near his embassy by someone shouting 'Polish' at him; assailant arrested shortly after incident

Security forces bolstered along border fence with Strip, anticipating violent clashes as tens of thousands of protesters expected in area; local communities take defensive measures and police prepare for demonstrations in Jerusalem, West Bank

As Palestinians mark their 'Nakba' or 'catastrophe', one Gaza fisherman - who said he was expelled with his family from Jafa 70 years ago - clings to a dream of returning to what he still regards his home, which he last visited in the 1970s

Analysis: Iran backing away from the nuclear deal, USA adding sanctions and sending warships to the region; UAE, Saudis say ships and oil infrastructure targeted by sabotage; these events have the potential to affect everything from the price of gas to the fate of nations

17 countries competing Tuesday night in first live stage of contest; second semi-final takes place on Thursday and Grand Final on Saturday; show to be screened at Eurovision Village on Tel Aviv beachfront

Riyadh refrains from attributing blame for attack on ships from various countries, but points finger at Tehran for similar, separate sabotage of its oil infrastructure by Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthi rebel group

Among a raft of controversial new bills set to be passed by the incoming right-wing coalition is a piece of legislation that would thwart any move to bring charges against the prime minister in the three corruption investigations currently open into his activities

Both Peace Now and settler advocates have released reports claiming that Trump's policies have laid the groundwork for a settlement boom in the near future.

Spokesman for company says spyware penetrated phones via missed calls, attacks discovered in early May, targeted unknown number of users, likely in the dozens

Ahead of the anniversary of US Embassy opening in Jerusalem, which coincides with Eurovision in Tel Aviv and Nakba Day, the Americans warn their citizens currently in Israel to exercise extra caution

Pelosi: Trump should apologize to Michigan congresswoman for gross misrepresentation of her comments on Nazi genocide made in an interview over the weekend

US diplomats did not respond to allegations by Hanan Ashrawi, an executive committee member of the PLO who views it as retaliation for her criticism of the Trump administration, Israel

Nikolay Mladenov said now is the last chance to prevent an all-out conflict and the 'risk of war remains imminent,' a week after a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas ended the worst fighting since 2014

Internet users seeking information regarding boycotting the Eurovision in Tel Aviv got a surprise when their search took them to a website about how Beautiful, Diverse and Sensational Israel is

President Rivlin grants the prime minister's request in order to continue the coalition negotiations until May 29 with strategy over the Gaza Strip remaining a sticking point

Palestinian Authority asks World Bank to monitor Jewish state?s policy of withholding tax transfers over PA payments for attacks against Israelis

Mohammed al-Emadi will transfer some $30 million, meant for the impoverished population in the enclave, to Gaza officials; reports in Arabic-speaking media suggest the move is the first step in the implementation of the ceasefire deal reached after last week's deadly flare-up

Sunday's incident comes after the U.S. Maritime Administration, a division of the U.S. Transportation Department, warned Thursday that Iran could target commercial sea traffic.

Religious parties set to demand exclusive rights to new neighborhoods of existing cities that will be separate from the rest of the urban area, but will still enjoy all the municipal features of those locations

he unnamed young man, a minor during the 2015 arson attack that killed the Dawabsheh family, confessed to conspiring to commit a crime motivated by racism; prior confession to Shin Bet agents was disqualified as ruled extracted under duress

Thousands expected to pack out Charles Clore park on the beachfront; contest's village to hold events every evening, includes hundreds of stalls and attractions, will broadcast semi-finals and finals on massive screens

Existing village on Golan Heights to change its name; location picked in tribute to U.S. president's decision to end plateau's determination as occupied territory following its capture from Syria in 1967

Avichai Mandelblit expected to grant 10-day delay for scheduling a pre-indictment hearing for prime minister in string of corruption cases, casts doubt on defense lawyers' claim they do not have time to prepare

Jessica Meir, whose Iraqi-Israeli father fought in War of Independence, is only the fourth Jewish woman to take part in a Space Shuttle mission; among the 3 things astronauts allowed to take with them on a spacecraft, 41 year old picked an Israeli flag and menora-adorned socks

Yuval Steinitz tells Ynet that 'things are heating up' in the Gulf, warns Tehran could attack Jewish state using its proxies Hezbollah in Lebanon and Syria and Islamic Jihad in Gaza Strip

Israelis rush to the beaches as unseasonably hot temperatures are recorded across the country amid the summer season's first official heatwave

Closure lifted at both Erez and Kerem Shalom crossings, six days after end of flare-up that saw rockets fired from Hamas-run enclave claim the lives of four Israeli civilians

Jason D. Greenblat says the Trump administration's long-delayed proposal will not be unveiled after the holy month of Ramadan as was reported earlier but rather after the Jewish holiday of Shavuot on June 10

Tel Aviv's Eurovision village will open Sunday with musical performances and a food market launching, while special security precautions are in place; Israeli entrant Kobi Marimi says it is 'amazing' to be on stage on his home turf

Gaza's health ministry says 30 Palestinians were injured by IDF fire during the demonstration; Israel to expand the Gaza fishing zone to 12 nautical miles

Israelis flocked to parks and beaches on Thursday to celebrate Independence Day, enjoying barbeques and watching air force flyover

Air show, which began in Tiberias in north and ended in Eilat in south, is longstanding tradition on Yom Ha?atzmaut; thousands pack out Tel Aviv beaches to watch display

Beaches of Tel Aviv will be overwhelmed with the sound of 'matkot' - considered by Israelis to be the unofficial national sport - at the start of the annual celebrations

IN PHOTOS: Celebration begins with annual Torch-Lighting Ceremony at Mt Herzl; SpaceIL's Morris Kahn and mothers of 3 kidnapped boys among torch lighters

It took 71 years, but the country that was founded with just over 800,000 people has reached a new record, and Israel's 100th birthday will be marked by more than 15 million people; 88.9% of Israelis say they have a happy life

Speaking at a memorial service Prime Minister Netanyahu reiterating his governments' long-held Israeli position

Leader of the terror groups says the latest cross-border flare-up, which claimed the lives of 4 Israeli civilians, is warm up ahead of a wide-scale military conflict in the Hamas-ruled enclave

More than 1.5 million people expected to visit the more than 50 military cemeteries, other memorial sites across the country to remember the 23,741 soldiers, 3,150 terror victims; country falls silent as two-minute siren sounds throughout the state

Following a minute-long siren at 8pm, the central Memorial Day event began at Jerusalem's Western Wall; Rivlin: 'we will not be still until every last soldier returns from the battlefield'; 56 soldiers, 13 terror victims added over past year; protest outside joint Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day ceremony in Tel Aviv

Jewish Agency Chair Isaac Herzog and Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan join thousands of Diaspora Jews at a special event in Latrun to honor Israsel's fallen soldiers and terror victims

PM and president attend Yad LeBanim memorial service; sirens will wail at 8pm across the country as Israel remembers its fallen soldiers and terror victims; moment of silent reflection marks start of 24 hours of mourning, visits to gravesites of loved ones

The suspects allegedly set up a site used to purchase weapons, drugs and stolen credit cards through Bitcoin; arrests were made during a joint investigation with FBI and Israel's cyber crime unit

Israelis will stand in silence as a one-minute siren wails across the country at 8pm in memory of some 23,741 fallen IDF stroops and 3,150 civilians killed in terror attacks - 4 of whom have died this week alone from rockets fired from Gaza

The oil-rich Gulf state vows to invest some $300 million in health and education in the Palestinian Authority, with an additional $180 million going to various UN humanitarian initiatives

Residents feel ignored, that Eurovision set the agenda and government agreed to truce because it did not want rockets raining down during Independence Day holiday

PM: IDF struck more than 350 targets during latest round of fighting; defense source says Hamas and Islamic Jihad sought ceasefire after they understood 'the rules of the game had changed'

Iris Eden, who lost her first husband in an infamous military helicopter crash 22 years ago, lost her partner of 17 years on Sunday when his vehicle was hit by a Hamas anti-tank missile; 'The two loves of my life went up in flames,' she says

Benny Gantz warns agreement gave terror groups what they wanted and will only lead to further violence, while Likud challenger Gideon Sa'ar says deal gives Israel nothing

Army lifts all restrictions on communities bordering Hamas-ruled enclave following days of heavy fire that saw more than 700 rockets launched at southern, central Israel; 23 Palestinians also killed; mobilized IDF troops still deployed along border

The State Department's special envoy for monitoring, combating anti-Semitism Elan Carr said this U.S. position could spell reviews of ties with foreign governments or leaders

While rockets from Gaza continued to rain down on southern cities, Moshe Agadi was buried in a hurried funeral; friends described him as a quiet, always with a smile

Major barrage fired at southern Israel Sunday evening; army says more than 600 rockets fired since Saturday morning; military preparing for attacks reaching even deeper into Israel; IDF thwarts attempts to use drones to harm troops along Gaza-Israel border

Visiting rocket-battered south, the president meets with community leaders and military commanders to express his support for both army and civilian resilience, urges local residents to follow IDF instructions

Israeli military say the Hamas commander, Hamed al-Khoudary, owned Gaza's main money exchange business, which served as unofficial Iranian headquarters in the enclave, and helped transfer funds to terror groups in the Strip

Ashkelon hospital also sustains direct hit; IDF deploys Armored Corps brigade 'preparing for escalation'; IAF striking homes of mid-level Hamas, Jihad commanders; IDF denies killing woman and baby, says deaths caused by Gaza rocket; some 450 rockets fired at Israeli communities since Saturday morning

The 58-year-old father of four, Moshe Agadi, died from shrapnel wounds to his stomach and chest after a rocket landed next to his home; this is the first Israeli civilian casualty from rocket fire since 2014; IDF continues airstrikes and tank shelling, hitting some 220 targets since Friday

Hamas, Islamic Jihad apparently make good on threat to expand range of attacks if IDF does not halt air strikes; 250 rockets fired at Israel during the day; mother and baby said killed in IAF strike;

80-year-old woman among the wounded as violence spirals; 2 reported dead in IDF strikes in Gaza; multiple Israeli communities open bomb shelters; UN envoy, Egypt seeking Israel-Gaza truce

Dozens of sirens heard in southern cities, border communities; IDF strikes Hamas targets; city of Ashkelon orders to open public shelters

Ahead of elections, PM Netanyahu vowed to annex settlements; Arab officials believe the plan is likely to be decidedly pro-Israel since the Trump administration has taken a tough line toward Palestinians, cutting off aid and shuttering the PLO's office in Washington

Following IDF's publication of photo of terror commander al-Atta, Gaza commander Ziad Nahala warned that the Resistance will respond forcefully

Marking Holocaust Remembrance Day, ceremonies were to be held in honor of the six million murdered during the Nazi genocide; the names of those perished read aloud in the Knesset throughout the day

IDF hits several Hamas military targets in the Strip's north following the launching of several firebombs and one long-range rocket from Gaza throughout the week; Gaza's militarist groups strike back, launch two rockets into Israel in early hours of the morning

Israel marking the victims and heroes of the Holocaust with a ceremony at Yad Vashem; President Rivlin warned of rising European anti-Semitism from the Right and the Left, rebukes relationship with far-Right governments; Netanyahu: extreme Right, extreme Left, radical Islam agree on 'one thing: their hatred of Jews'

Investigation into California attack reveals the teenage gunman intended to kill many more worshippers but was unable to reload presumably due to a malfunction; 19-year-old pleads not guilty to murder in the shooting that killed 60-year-old Lori Kaye

The president called on MKs to put political strategy behind and 'clean the dirt' after elections season; with traditional ceremonies, 120 Knesset members declared their commitment to the State of Israel

Teenage gunman charged with murder and hate crime as special circumstance; meanwhile, rabbi who was saved by Lori Gilbert Kaye presides over her memorial service held at the synagogue where the shooting took place

Despite wide-spread condemnation after an anti-Semitic cartoon was published Thursday in the international edition, a second cartoon raises questions.

Asharq al-Awsat newspaper reports in exchange for freeing the Syrian prisoners, the remains of other fallen IDF soldiers, recovered in the war-battered country by Russian troops, will be repatriated to Israel

After a relatively quiet few weeks, residents of the South were shaken by the loud noise caused by a long-range rocket launch

The southern US state is edging closer to passing a bill intended to allow government agencies to reject a low bid from a vendor or scrap a contract with a company participating in boycott of the Jewish state

Tip sent to FBI's website, phone number included link to threatening social media post only minutes before the rampage; military veteran Oscar Stewart charged and frightened the shooter who stopped firing and fled

Aside from Gantz, Ashkenazi and Gabbay, more than 40 new Knesset members gathered for orientation, including a tour of the refurbished premises, ahead of Tuesday's opening session; Adelstein: 'keep in mind why you're here'

Eight-year-old Noya Dahan, who suffered shrapnel wounds when a gunman opened fire in California synagogue, recalls fearing her parents had died in the shooting as she faced the teenage attacker

Palestinian authorities refuse to cover medical costs for those seeking treatment in Israeli hospitals, in response to Israel cutting funds PA allocated for terrorists' salaries, leaving those in need of urgent medical care locked in the middle of a political dispute

Talk of the demarcation of a maritime border gathered steam with the visit to Beirut last month by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo

White House confirms the president expressed condolences on behalf of American people; Rabbi Goldstein says he was face-to-face with the teenage attacker when his gun 'miraculously jammed'

Witnesses say that Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein continued his sermon even after being shot in the hand; Poway considered very safe city, residents shocked at attack; president, governor, mayor offer sympathies

The State Comptroller issued a report finding multiple irregularities in the Culture Ministry's planning and ticket distribution to the 70th Independence Day Torch-lighting Ceremony