Galilee

Council for Higher Education approves Kiryat Shmona University in effort to rebuild northern Israel

"The decision to approve the Kiryat Shmona University of the Galilee is a central step in the process of restoring and strengthening Kiryat Shmona," said Education Minister Yoav Kisch.

Council for Higher Education approves the Kiryat Shmona University of the Galilee.
Antiquities robbers arrested after damaging Roman-period cave in Galilee. January 19.

Antiquities robbers caught digging in ancient Roman burial cave in Galilee

Snow in the northern Golan Heights

Israelis eye quick northern getaways as Hermon snow looms this weekend

BUILT ACROSS low, two-story stone structures, Ayala is embedded within its environment rather than standing apart from it.

Isrotel expands its presence in the North with Ayala Hotel in Upper Galilee


Upper Galilee leaders warn bureaucracy, neglect can determine the future of Israel’s north frontier

Almost two years of displacement have left scars not only on infrastructure but on the very social fabric of northern Israel, and the question is no longer only how to rebuild.

 Smoke billows over northern Israel after rockets were fired from Lebanon, amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, by Israel's border with Lebanon, May 17, 2024.

After countless delays – Recanati Winery finally opens its doors

After delays due to the security situation, Recanati Winery opens its new visitors’ center on Sept 12 in Dalton with unlimited wine, Galilean food, and music by Yehuda Keisar.

Recanati Winery Visitors’ Center

Invest in the Negev and Galilee rather than in railways to Tel Aviv - opinion

For years, Israel has spent millions of shekels building infrastructures to “bring the peripheries closer to center,” instead of dealing with the peripheral transportation infrastructures themselves.

TRANSPORTATION MINISTER Miri Regev gets on track with Israel Railways last month. The government must take action to support each regional and metropolitan hub, the writer argues.

Netanyahu meets with Galilee leaders, discusses rehabilitation, return to the North

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the Galilee to discuss regional recovery, development plans, and the return of students to school.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with local leaders in the Galilee, September 1, 2025.

Adva Growth invests in small and medium sized businesses in Northern and Southern Israel

Investment company Adva Growth will invest in SME's in the south and north of Israel with an enterprise value of up to 50 million shekels and will provide professional guidance.

Edward Misrahi, 'Adva Growth' founder, chairman and chief investment officer

One man rescued overnight in Dead Sea, another two found drowned in Caesarea and Lake Kinneret

After intensive searches of the beaches and sea, the missing man was located in the water, about 2 km south of the beach he was last seen.

A man was rescued by Police in the Dead Sea.

Israel's neglected North justifies pushing hard in Gaza - opinion

Old-timers recall the peaceful border from 1948 through the 1970s, when Israeli farmers worked lands inside Lebanon, and one-third of Western Galilee hospital’s ophthalmology patients were Lebanese.

 A huge 35 square meters Israeli national flag is raised on the eve of Yom Kippur to remember the fallen soldiers of the 1973 Kippur War in the Golan Heights, Tel Saki Memorial Site, Golan Heights, October 11, 2024.

Mosaic reveals the earliest Christian nursing home by the Sea of Galilee

Researchers from the University of Haifa say the late fourth or early fifth century CE inscription is the earliest physical proof of organized elder care in Byzantine Israel.

Cleaning a part of the mosaic showing birds drinking from a wine goblet.

Two men wounded in brawl at synagogue in northern Israel during Shabbat services

One of them was stabbed and the other sustained a head injury.

 Medical teams waiting for the arrival of injured people from the scene of a missile attack, at the Ziv Medical center in Tzfat, northern Israel, November 6, 2024.

First plague? Sea of Galilee turns blood red due to algae pigmentation

Authorities assured swimmers that the water is still safe to swim in.

Botryococcus braunii causes Sea of Galilee to turn red.