Acre

Will the new project bring tourists back to Acre?

A new audiovisual project at the Crusader Fortress turns Old Acre into a night show – with video mapping, powerful sound, and a historical journey from antiquity to the present day.

The spectacle is fully accessible to people with disabilities
A portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 - 1821) as Emperor Napoleon 1 of France on 1 June 1815 in Paris, France. An engraving by Samuel Freeman from a painting by Paul Delaroche.

The general's covenant: Why Napoleon's lost talisman is destined for Israel - opinion

Guests enter the Baha’i Shrine and Gardens in Bahji, in the northern Israeli port city of Acre, February 26, 2026

Baha’i World Center celebrates the festival of Ayyam-i-Ha

Dairy farmers and their supporters protest against the milk reform led by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich at the HaGoma Junction near the city of Kiryat Shmona, northern Israel, January 6, 2026.

The education revolution in Acre: Three new schools to open in the upcoming school year


Looking to tour Israel? Here are 5 hidden gem day trips

When asked to recommend the most interesting, fun, educational, nature-filled or even politically laden day trips, I usually suggest something more unconventional or off the beaten track.

 ACRE HARBOR

Israel's annual Int'l Fringe Theater Festival is all a buzz

Israel's annual International Fringe Theater Festival in Acre was filled with people from all over the country.

 SHOWS INCLUDING ‘11:11 P.M.’ at the International Fringe Festival, in Acre.

Israel's Int'l Fringe Theater Fest returns for the 43rd year

Israel's premier unconventional theater festival is back next month with a bang in the northern port town of Akko on October 11-14.

 ‘AL HAGIVAH’ (On the Hill).

Shin Bet arrest five for 2021 lynching of Jewish man in Acre during riots

The five suspects join two Acre residents who were initially arrested and questioned as early as May 2021, with indictments already filed against them for their involvement in the attack.

 A car is set on fire during clashes between Arab and Jews in Acre, northern Israel, May 12, 2021

Israeli days-old baby abandoned in cardboard box, found alive

Police officers found the infant with the umbilical cord still attached to his stomach.

THE OLD city of Acre, a week after violent riots threatened to tear the city apart.

Meet the cunning man allegedly behind the murder of Sapir Nahum

Wahl Halayla will be charged on Monday with kidnapping and murdering Sapir Nahum. Here's what the investigation revealed.

 24-year-old Sapir Nahum, who went missing on June 2, 2022.

Body found near Bedouin village during search for missing Israeli

The body was discovered during the eleventh day of searches conducted by police in hopes of finding Sapir Nahum, a 24-year-old Acre resident who disappeared without a trace on June 2.

 Police officers and volunteers search for Sapir Nahum, 24, who disappeared on June 2, 2022.

Large police search underway for 24-year-old missing since Thursday

24-year-old Sapir Nahum, a single mother, disappeared on Thursday after entering her ex-partner's car. He has a criminal record and was recently sued for child support.

 Police officers and volunteers search for Sapir Nahum, 24, who disappeared on June 2, 2022.

Israeli threatens to commit terror attack after being refused entry to hospital

An Israeli woman claimed she was carrying an explosive device and threatened to commit an attack on the Mazor psychiatric hospital near Acre in Israel's north.

Overview of the psychiatric hospital for mental patients, in Kfar Shaul, Jerusalem

Antisemitism in Acre is reminiscent of darker times - opinion

These disturbing scenes are reminiscent of darker times in Jewish history, when we were powerless at the hands of our non-Jewish neighbors.

 A CAR is set on fire in Acre, May 2021. Arab radicals are violent, dangerous and waiting to strike again at the Jews.