Desalination has eased the water shortage, but continued drought, over-pumping and the needs of a growing population are playing havoc with the country’s ecology.

While Hillary Clinton is the devil the prime minister knows all too well, Trump’s isolationism may prove to be a two-sided coin.

Seth Klarman's foundation gave $200,000 to Camera in 2012 – the same year Times of Israel was launched. That donation was one of at least nine annual contributions to Camera, financial reports reveal.

Scientists at Bar-Ilan University are creating programmable nanobots: Doctors won’t have to know how they work, just what they need to do.

In 2011, High Court gave state five years to answer the public school shortage in East Jerusalem, yet only 237 classrooms have been added since.

A teddy bear accompanied Fred Lessing in his wanderings from one hiding place to another during World War II and became a symbol after being loaned to Yad Vashem. Now the subject of a children’s book, Lessing reveals how he was persuaded to let someone else tell his story.

Over the past six months, three serious accidents occurred at different Danya Cebus sites. Safety violations were discovered at other sites, one of which resulted in the launching of a criminal investigation against senior executives in the firm.

Rescue efforts continue; one of those still missing has been identified as Taleb Dawabsheh, a 29-year-old Palestinian from West Bank village of Duma.