Judean hills

At least two dead, several injured after fatal truck, minibus crash in Judean Foothills

The two people killed were identified by Magen David Adom as a 15-year-old boy and a 20-year-old woman.

The aftermath of a crash in the Judean Foothills, May 21, 2026.
Newly sprouted plants stand out in the soil, reaching for light, as the sun shines down in a garden setting during the spring season.

Israeli study finds plants absorb nutrients from airborne dust, challenging root-only theory

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and the author.

An open letter to PM Benjamin Netanyahu: Make this Israel's last war with Iran - opinion

Rare Byzantine-era gold coins discovered at the Hyrcania archaeological site in the northern Judean Desert.

Byzantine-era coins, ring discovered in Judean Desert point to Christian presence in region


IN PICTURES: Flames threaten Jerusalem forest

Hikers have been barred from the area.

Wildfires in the Jerusalem Hills

Tomb raiders vandalize mysterious Judean Desert ‘skull cave’

“The seven Hasmonean fortresses in the desert are under daily attack by antiquities robbers."

The damaged skeletons.

Exclusive: Israel to reopen case of American hiker's death after Jpost exposés

State attorney orders police to inspect new evidence revealed by Jpost in Ariel Newman’s death.

Mark and Ellen Newman with Ariel at his high-school graduation, a few months before his death

PAYING IT FORWARD

A retreat for widows hosted by the Koby Mandell Foundation provides a magical fix of fun.

Women share their experiences at the retreat organized by the Koby Mandell Foundation on Moshav Yishi

Opération manuscrits

Les archéologues sont engagés dans une course contre la montre pour récupérer les trésors des grottes de la mer Morte avant les pillards

Une vue de la grotte de Qumran

Wine Talk: In the footsteps of the prophets

In biblical times this region was a center of wine production. In those days, people drank far more wine than today because it was safe, whereas water was a carrier of disease.

The Judean Hills team: The four musketeers (from left), Eran Pick MW (Tzora), Eli Ben Zaken (Castel), Doron Rav Hon (Sphera), Gilad Flam (Flam)

Analysis: Finally an end to the settlement tightrope walk?

Israel sometimes lives in West Bank world and sometimes in Judea and Samaria world.

A competitor walks on tightrope

‘Our answer to a UNSC resolution must be annexation of settlements”

“The UNSC council resolution, should be a trigger to put this plan into action,” said Bennet.

Education Minister Naftali Bennett

There Are No Palestinian Lands

The Jerusalem Post

Chickens first commercialized in Israel 2,300 years ago, researchers say

Poultry farms did not reach Europe until 200 years later.

Cooking pot with chicken wings bones.