The demographic fuses are burning too quickly for Israel’s government to pussyfoot over forcing the ultra-Orthodox into the job market

An epidemiological institute's preliminary figures suggest this might be the case, though the percentages could be skewed because of heavy testing in hot spots

While Israel considers asylum seekers as 'foreigners who can’t be deported,' it still does not provide them with any social benefits

Water worries in the past have sent angry demonstrators into the streets in Iran; the country has faced rolling blackouts for weeks now, in part over what authorities describe as a severe drought

Sunday saw highest number of serious COVID cases in Israel since mid-May

Remains of piglet from 2,700 years ago support the theory that ancient Israelites occasionally did eat pork, and the biblical taboo on this animal was only first observed in Second Temple era, Israeli archaeologists say

Monday’s meeting in the White House will see King Abdullah pushing for Jordan’s Mideast prominence to be restored in Washington, after being downgraded during the Trump years

'This Eid al-Adha, the Taliban should lay down their weapons for good and show the world their commitment to the peace process' representatives say. The statement was supported by a variety of countries