Alfon served as editor of Haaretz in 2008-2011 and beforehand edited the paper’s culture section, the magazine, and reported from Israel and Paris

The songwriter had just finished a year of isolation when the pandemic struck. His new album explores a favorite theme of his: 'the bottomless loneliness of being inside yourself'

Lockdown decision was made under influence of shocking statistics about increase in infections ■ Some resources mobilized months ago still not utilized

President apologizes for leadership failure as cases break record ■ Three-week lockdown starts Friday ■ Israel active cases top 40,000, more than 10,000 in the West Bank ■ Al-Aqsa Mosque closes for three weeks

We know Arab states are under pressure to normalize Israel’s violent occupation. But they should refuse to be bullied by Israel and its backers in Washington into betraying Palestinian rights

Republican candidate David Richter said that the ads were antisemitic and called on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who is aligned with the super PAC, to apologize

With the U.S.-brokered peace agreement, the UAE and Israel are taking their quiet economic ties public for the first time