Last month, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich launched a campaign outlining his plan to Judaize Arab-majority areas in Israel's periphery, accusing Arab citizens of 'occupying' parts of the northern Galilee and southern Negev

'NAZA,' Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor's documentary on 'the systems behind Israel's calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza,' won the Venice Film Festival's third-place award. Its premiere received a record 25-minute standing ovation

According to the OECD's 2025 international PISA report, non-religious schoolgirls in Israel lagged two years behind their ultra-Orthodox counterparts in reading. A smaller gap in mathematics also favored the Haredi students

When did our ability to communicate advance beyond grunting and gesturing? Clues to the genesis of our linguistic abilities may lie in extraordinary choices by ordinary hominins

Saudi Arabia closed the pipeline following a drone attack launched from Iraq. It has served as the main route for global supplies of Middle East ⁠oil for the past six months, while the Strait of Hormuz has been largely shut by war

The separation of powers was designed to prevent governments from accumulating unchecked power. But in the 21st century, corporations, banks and algorithms increasingly wield powers that democracies struggle to restrain

Police opened an investigation, saying the motive was likely criminal. A police source said the men were suspected of being murdered before the vehicle was set on fire • Israel's 2026 homicide toll now at 205