Fewer criminal cases were opened in 2018 than in 2017, and the year saw fewer murders (103) than 2017 (135). Cybercrime, however, was up, with hacking being the most commonly reported offense.

Archaeologists and microbiologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority and four Israeli universities team up to study yeast colonies found in microscopic pores in pottery fragments. "It opens up a whole new field of the possibility that perhaps other microorganisms survived as well," opening a portal into tasting cultures of the past, says Aren Maeir of Bar-Ilan University.

"The situation in the Persian Gulf and the region, and the situation surrounding the Vienna nuclear agreement, is extremely serious," the German Foreign Ministry says as envoy dispatched to ease tensions with U.S.

Event in Israel celebrates Momentum’s 10-year anniversary.

Other countries have gone from a situation in which recognizing Jerusalem was unthinkable to one in which it’s being actively debated.