Galilee

'The detector went crazy': Hoard found in Byzantine Christian center near Sea of Galilee

Dr. Michael Eisenberg said this is one of Israel’s main Byzantine treasures, unique for its mix of jewelry and gold coins from various emperors.

A Byzantine Christian center near Sea of Galilee.
The obverse of a gold coin showing the portrait of Emperor Heraclius (610–613 CE).

Gold hoard unearthed in Galilee offers glimpse of Byzantine politics, wealth

Nahal Rakat and its banks before the rehabilitation works

NIS 3 million will revive Nahal Rakat, connecting Tiberias to the Sea of Galilee

Copper coins dating back more than 1,600, discovered in northern Israel.

Galilee cave yields 4th-century coin hoard tied to Jewish resistance under Rome


New Garin Tzabar Lone Soldier home opens in Galilee

First facility to house lone soldiers alongside Israeli peers inaugurated at Hannaton Educational Center.

 Hannaton Garin participants at the inauguration ceremony of the new Lone Soldiers’ House.

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.