According to the Transportation Ministry, trains on the new line will be capable of speeds up to 250 kilometers per hour.

Israeli police detained a group of Jewish and Arab protesters in Haifa on Thursday, July 31, during a demonstration highlighting the growing hunger crisis in Gaza. Protesters gathered peacefully, ...

The Haifa Municipality estimates that there are 700 abandoned buildings in the city, and that they cost the municipality NIS 33 million annually in lost tax revenues. This is according to information ...

The post Man wounded in Haifa shooting dies of wounds appeared first on The Times of Israel. A 20-year-old man who was shot last night in Haifa succumbed to his wounds hours later, confirms Haifa’s ...

Haifa’s leftist, labor-oriented bent, under the influence of its dock workers and powerful unions, led to the city’s nickname as “Red Haifa.” For decades, Jews and Arabs joined together in ...

JERUSALEM, June 8 (Reuters) - Israel is looking to shut a major industrial zone in the coastal city of Haifa that health officials say has been hazardous for years and turn it into an ecofriendly ...

Like most of Haifa’s residents, Narjis Shafoot has no bomb shelter in her building. But unlike most of the 280,000 people living in Israel’s third-largest city, Shafoot’s entire neighborhood ...

With the loss, Haifa was knocked down to last place in Group H, losing a chance to continue international play in the Europa League. Benfica meanwhile achieved its best ever group-stage campaign ...

Return to Haifa Gut-wrenching production by Tel Aviv's Cameri Theater captures in equal measure the fears and heartache within opposing camps.

Haifa’s unusual mixed culture today is partly a function of its past. Nestled between the slopes of Mount Carmel and the Mediterranean Sea, it started out as a small port city in the Bronze Age.