Dead Sea

VERT Hotels launches summer family programs across Israel for 2026

The summer programs will include children’s shows, foam parties, water inflatables, gaming areas, creative workshops, wellness activities and family attractions at hotels across the country.

A kids activity room at one of VERT's hotels.
Israelis enjoy the beach as a heatwave hits Israel, in Herzliya, April 17, 2026

As Dead Sea plans languish, gov't probe finds Israel still unprepared for climate change

A restorer works on a fragment of the Dead Sea Scrolls in a laboratory at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem

Thoughts on viewing the Great Isaiah Scroll - opinion

Police Commissioner Danny Levy meets LGBTQ+ representatives ahead of Pride Month.

Israel Police chief meets with members of LGBTQ+ community ahead of Pride Month


Are Israelis throwing their lives away with their plastic utensils?

ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS: The environmental impact of abolishing the single-use plastic tax could have Israelis paying with their lives.

 A WOMAN shops for disposable plastic tableware at an Osher Ad Supermarket branch in the Givat Shaul neighborhood of Jerusalem.

Written records of biblical King David discovered by researchers

The stele was discovered in fragments in 1868 roughly 15 miles east of the Dead Sea and currently resides in the Louvre museum in Paris.

 Detail of a portion of lines 12–16, reconstructed from the squeeze. The middle line (14) reads "Take Nabau against Israel."

The winter edition of the Red Sea Jazz Festival returns

As expected, there is a wide range of musical fare in the three-day pipeline.

 JAZZMEIA HORN

Jerusalem highlights December 23-29

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

 ‘THE SEARCHERS’ was filmed at Monument Valley, on the Utah-Arizona state line.

Israel's Dead Sea filled with microplastics, garbage - study

University of Haifa: Huge amounts of waste have been found at the mouth of the Kidron Stream leading to the Dead Sea.

 Plastic garbage is seen cluttering the shores of Israel's Dead Sea.

A green-white vacation at the Vert Dead Sea Hotel

The Vert Dead Sea is situated in the best settings around – right on the Ein Bokek beach.

 THE CONTRAST of white salt ‘mushrooms’ against the turquoise background of the Dead Sea creates an apocalyptic landscape.

Ma’aleh Adumim – an emerging travel and entertainment destination

The proximity to tourist attractions and natural sites in the area and the Dead Sea completes the experience and allows one to spend a full vacation there.

 THE DCITY PIAZZA

Sinkholes: How are they formed and can we fix them? - explainer

A number of sinkholes opened up throughout Israel over the past year. These have been damaging and have even resulted in deaths. So how do they happen and how can we fix them?

 Sinkhole opens up on Tel Aviv highway

What is a Rock Hyrax, and why do they sing? -study

Keeping to a beat is linked to reproductive success in male rock hyraxes according to Bar-Ilan University researchers.

 A male rock hyrax singing in Ein Gedi Nature Reserve.

This week in Jerusalem: The night train

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

 STARTING SEPTEMBER 17, trains headed in each direction from the capital to the airport will run once an hour between Saturday and Wednesday nights.