Over the decades since poet Haim Gouri alluded to it in 1948, the local flower known as Maccabee’s blood has become so associated with mourning the fallen that it is now cultivated to send to bereaved families

As settlers boast themselves as environmentally friendly, a quarter of Israel's transportation budget which is due to be invested in the West Bank will destroy the environment and make the lives of all residents miserable, especially Palestinians'

Netanyahu was scheduled to address the General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North America - the biggest gathering of North American Jewish leaders to be held in Israel in recent years

Former Israeli ambassadors and top U.S. officials condemned the appointment of May Golan, a Likud lawmaker who in the past defined herself as a 'proud racist'

Bus passengers coming from Jerusalem were greeted with empty streets in Nablus – but that’s how it always is when Jewish worshippers visit Joseph’s Tomb in the West Bank city, where the Israeli army forces Palestinians to put their lives on hold  

The historical Silk Road, stretching from Italy to China, has seen renewed interest in recent years. A new project aims to trace Jewish culture and history along the famous trade network, from Venice to Izmir and on to Uzbekistan, India and China

The big question for people in the travel industry today is how to reconcile the contradiction: How to maximize the advantages of travel, primarily for employment and the economy, without paying the environmental price

Armed with noisemakers and whistles, demonstrators drown out judicial overhaul proponent Simcha Rothman as he takes the stage at the Jewish Agency's board of governors conference