Court finds planners did not take into account potential ecological damage and says obligation to preserve nature for entire public trumps company's economic interests

Netanyahu hails decision as a 'celebration for all of Israel,' among efforts to ease housing crisis; in 2006, government nixed plans for town at site, citing environmental damage

Tech hubs will be established in the Negev and Galilee to boost local high-tech employment and entrepreneurship in areas of agriculture, food, energy and climate change solutions

Inspectors raid construction site where bulldozers flattened cave, find ossuaries; owner to be indicted for failing to report antiquity discovery

Still processing the loss of 45 lives during 2021 pilgrimage, family members of the deceased say the tragedy has only strengthened their devotion to the event

Riyadh failed to issue visas to residents of Kfar Kama, a Circassian Muslim town picked as global ‘tourist village’; Tourism Ministry accuses UN of failing to meet own standards

Sunday cabinet decision fails to clarify what ‘young settlement’ office's powers will be, and how it will overlap with various other settlement-related bodies

Kfar Kama, in lower Galilee, is one of only two Circassian communities in Israel; award ceremony set for February in Saudi Arabia

New funds, joint approach by municipality and government bodies set to boost housing, public spaces in city on the Sea of Galilee

Nature and Parks Authority faces opposition to planned wildlife corridor near Haifa, which environmentalists say is an important part of efforts to protect endangered animals