Israel

Miriam Naor, former Israeli chief Supreme Court justice, dies at 74

The court issued a number of significant rulings in favor of religious equity during the years when Naor presided over the judicial body.

Israel to plant 450,000 trees in cities in effort to counter effects of climate change

The goal of the plan is for 70% of Israeli city sidewalks to be shaded by trees.

Rabbi Simcha Krauss, ‘gentle giant’ who fought for women’s rights in Orthodoxy, dies at 85

In his later years, Krauss started a new rabbinical court in an effort to help agunot, women who could not remarry because their husbands refused to grant them a religious divorce.

Jewish settlers from West Bank outpost attack human rights activists

Israeli police evict Palestinian family from Sheikh Jarrah, neighborhood that sparked May 2021 conflict with Hamas

Netanyahu is considering a plea deal in his corruption cases that could bar him from politics for years, reports claim

‘English is not her first language’: Joss Whedon claims Gal Gadot’s accusations were a misunderstanding

Invasive species, protests and forest fires: How planting a tree in Israel became controversial

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