Officials will back return to classrooms on September 1, reports say, and expect serious cases to drop to some 500 by mid-September

Citing 'cause for optimism,' finance minister says government must wait to see full impact of recently imposed regulations before deciding to tighten them

Holy site's management to bring back section dividers, limit entrance at a time when tens of thousands expected for Selichot services ahead of High Holidays

Neophyte PM vowed he'd do better than Netanyahu, notably in the fight against the virus. He even wrote a book about it. Then came reality, the Delta variant and a lockdown dilemma

Muhammad Kak says he asked man to mask up, but the latter, realizing he was Arab, started swearing at him, then attacked him mid-drive; police arrest 21-year-old suspect

From Monday, stores must once again limit customer numbers; from Wednesday, nearly all non-commerce businesses must apply Green Pass proof-of-vaccine requirements for visitors

Annual Jerusalem event at Liberty Bell Park will celebrate new cultural complex, and festival's 30th year

Participants argue that health pass now needed to enter cafes or travel on inter-city trains encroaches on civil liberties in country where individual freedom is highly prized

Any foreigners seeking to perform Umrah must be immunized with Riyadh-recognized vaccine and agree to undergo quarantine upon arrival, authorities say

Girls were eating their own kosher meals outside designated mealtime; Delta says they refused requests to stop; relatives say flight attendants were rude and impatient