Iran MPs don IRGC uniforms, label European armies terrorist groups

Why the Rafah crossing reopening is a critical test for Gaza’s ceasefire

ANALYSIS
Iranian parliament members dressed in IRGC uniforms in session to protest against the EU's decision to designate the IRGC as a 'terrorist organization'. Feburary 1.

Gaza's Rafah crossing reopens for first time in a year to pedestrians only

The Rafah border crossing on the Egyptian side, in Rafah, Egypt, January 29, 2026.
Brig.-Gen. (res.) Gal Hirsch

Gal Hirsch: 'Hamas planned to hold Israeli hostages for 10 years'

INTERVIEW
 HAREDI YESHIVA students

State to High Court: Education data on haredi core studies incomplete, disputes A-G’s framing

IDF destroys over 100 m. long tunnel in Khan Yunis, discovers living quarters, dozens of weapons

Chief of Iranian Armed Forces, Mohammad Bagheri, welcomes Saudi Defence Minister, Prince Khalid bin Salman, in Tehran, Iran, April 17, 2025.

US inaction would ‘embolden’ Iran after denial of airspace access, Saudi defense minister warns

A protester holds a sign with an image depicting Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and German Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, in London, Britain, January 18, 2026.

Khamenei warns Trump: An American attack on Iran will lead to regional conflict

Dnipro, Ukraine in January 2026.

Dnipro chief rabbi: Joy in being Jewish restored post-Soviet Dnipro Jewry

ISRAELI AMBASSADOR to Australia Amir Maimon and others watch the beginning of a new Torah scroll at the Sydney Opera House during a ceremony on the National Day of Mourning.

For Australian IDF soldiers, Bondi shooting triggered memories of Oct. 7

FEATURE
(FROM L): RABBI Yakov Nagen; Rafi Nahra, patriarchal vicar for Israel, based in Nazareth; and Rabbi Sarel Rosenblatt at the Vatican.

Time for a Muslim Nostra Aetate: Reflections on 60 years of Catholic rapprochement toward Jews

Demonstrators carry placards on the day of a general strike to protest U.S. President Donald Trump's deployment of thousands of immigration enforcement officers on the streets of Minneapolis, Minnesota, US, January 23, 2026

Minnesota federal judge declines order to halt to Trump's immigration enforcement in Minneapolis

Own your flame

Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli presenting an award to Deputy Mayor of Rome Tobia Zevi, who received it on behalf of the Mayor of Rome Roberto Gualtieri, honored for his unwavering support, his commitment to Jewish education, and his role in strengthening Jewish life in Rome and beyond.

IDF observers forced to endure harassment, poor conditions

REPORT

Extreme right-wing activists block car of former Prime Minister Ehud Barak

A soldier from the IDF observers unit; illustrative.

Israel Police arrest brother of terrorist for driving stolen vehicle while wearing IDF uniform

Israel Police arrest Palestinian suspect for driving a stolen vehicle in IDF uniform, February 1, 2026.

Tens of thousands rally in Tel Aviv over violence in Arab society, call for government action

Thousands attend a protest against the violence in the Arab community, in Tel Aviv. January 31, 2026.

Police called to extract haredi soldier from Jerusalem anti-draft protest

ROOT & BRANCH volunteers rest after a long day of work harvesting olives together.

If our olives had eyes: Root & Branch brings Christians to connect with Israel

US Vice President JD Vance speaks at Royalston Square in Minneapolis, Minnesota, January 22, 2026.

Just say ‘Jew’: JD Vance’s Holocaust post shows why naming Jews and Nazis still matters

EDITORIAL
A MEDITERRANEAN view from the roof top bar of NYX Limassol.

How Cyprus quietly became Israel’s favorite island escape across the Mediterranean

An aerial view of the Kinneret. To the casual observer, the lake, also known as the Sea of Galilee, appears to be a rare environmental success story in an era of climate uncertainty.

Israel’s freshwater balancing act: The Kinneret under strain

JERUSALEM REPORT

Over half of Europeans believe antisemitism is a problem in their country

POLL

Qatar ties linked to anti-Western ideological shift at Georgetown, Middle East Forum reports

 FILE PHOTO: European flags fly outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium September 20, 2023.
REPORT

Former US Border Patrol commander mocks Orthodox Jewish attorney

Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino looks on as he and his convoy stop at a gas station, days after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, US, January 13, 2026.

Ritchie Torres challenger takes aim at Bronx 'Zionist millionaires' in campaign video

Congressional challenger Jose Vega, left, tells anti-Israel influencer Erik Warsaw that Rep. Ritchie Torres is controlled by "Zionist influencers and millionaires" living in Riverdale, a heavily Jewish Bronx neighborhood.

Yoram Hazony’s antisemitism speech sparks pushback from former aide, Jewish conservatives

IDF strikes Gaza, Palestinian reports say at least 30 people dead

Iranian official says work on framework for negotiations with US is progressing

Plumes of smoke rise after the IDF carried out house demolitions in the northern Gaza Strip in January. It is believed that between 80,000 and 200,000 tons of munitions were fired or dropped on Gaza over two years of war.

US special envoy for Iraq Mark Savaya no longer in the post, sources say

President Isaac Herzog visited the town of Sakhnin on Thursday, where he met with leaders from the Arab community in response to the recent rise in violence within Arab society in Israel.

‘Unacceptable situation': Herzog calls on leaders to tackle record high Arab-sector murder toll

An explosion occurred at Iran's southern port of Bandar Abbas on Saturday, Iranian media reported.

Six killed in two explosions across Iran, Israel denies involvement

From ‘hasbara’ to cognitive warfare: Why responsibility must be reframed

OPINION

How AI is bringing the dead back and what that means for the living

Demonstrators hold a banner in relation to group "Palestine Action" and flags in support of Palestinians during a national protest, ahead of the two year anniversary of the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel by Hamas from Gaza, in Dublin, Ireland, October 4 2025.
OPINION

US parades Maduro in New York as clear warning to global adversaries

Captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is escorted, as he heads towards the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse in Manhattan, earlier this month. The handling of Maduro’s transportation to New York was done without discretion to send a message, the writer says.
BySALEM ALKETBI
OPINION

Will Venezuela get the 'Gaza treatment' from the US?

VENEZUELA’S INTERIM President Delcy Rodriguez attends an event to receive the insignia of commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, on Wednesday. Rodriguez is a hostage to her own security apparatus; or she may simply be applying a delaying tactic to reorganize her bases while simulating cooperation.
ByNICOLE MISCHEL
FRONTLINES

YASAR heroes: The IDF unit that found and identified Ran Gvili

US approves $3.8 billion sale of advanced Apache helicopters to Israel

Former IDF officer says key to AI is still 'person behind the algorithm' at Cybertech conference

Members of the US Army perform maintenance on a Boeing AH-64 Apache attack helicopter, scheduled to be used in the US Army's 250th Birthday Celebration and Parade, following landing on the National Mall in Washington, DC, US, June 11, 2025.

Lockheed Martin to quadruple THAAD anti-missile interceptor production

A SpaceX Falcon Nine rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 39A carrying NASA’s Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US, August 1, 2025.

A wake-up call for Jerusalem: Space superiority is a security and economic imperative

OPINION
 An illustrative image of artificial intelligence.

Former CIA chief tech officer warns: ‘AI needs security now to avoid the Internet's fate’

Pakistan reports 108 terrorists, 11 civilians, 10 security personnel killed in Balochistan

Spain court probes alleged Hamas crypto financing tied to hair salon near Barcelona

Afghan citizens wait to register as they attempt to return to their country, with trucks loaded with their belongings seen in the background, after Pakistan closed border crossings for trade with Afghanistan following exchanges of fire between the two nations' forces, at the Chaman border crossing.

Judge orders release of 5-year-old, father detained in Minnesota ICE raid

A pair of protestors are detained during a protest at the South Texas Family Residential Center, where Adrian Conejo and his son Liam Conejo Ramos, who were detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Minnesota, were being held on January 28, 2026.

Indian PM Modi visited Israel at suggestion of Jeffrey Epstein, released files imply

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, meet in Jerusalem in 2017.

UK’s Starmer says ex-Prince Andrew should testify before Congress over Epstein ties

Britain's Prince Andrew, Duke of York arrives to attend a Requiem Mass, a Catholic funeral service, for the late Katharine, Duchess of Kent, at Westminster Cathedral in London on September 16, 2025.

A luxury Passover escape by the sea

Pesach at the Carlton Tel Aviv

Israel’s real estate map is changing

BAT YAM, the mini-Tel Aviv that hasn’t quite caught up with itself.

How a Ben-Gurion University scientist is filling climate science’s biggest blank spots

The implications go beyond farming efficiency: Prof. Ilya Gelfand's research in Hatzeva.

Moody’s upgrades Israel’s credit outlook from 'negative' to 'stable'

Your Taxes: AI dos and don’ts

Moody's corporate HQ

Nvidia CEO Huang denies he is unhappy with OpenAI, says 'huge' investment planned

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang holds a switch for the Nvidia Vera Rubin NVL72 AI supercomputer during a Nvidia keynote address at CES 2026, an annual consumer electronics trade show, in Las Vegas, Nevada, US January 5, 2026.

Apple buys secretive Israeli AI company Q.ai for $1.6 billion in biggest acquisition of its history

 A women uses an iPhone mobile device as she passes a lighted Apple logo at the Apple store at Grand Central Terminal in New York City, US, April 14, 2023. Uploaded on 31/5/2024

Your Investments: Ran Gvili, the Exodus from Egypt, Tu Bishvat and your money

The land still burns: Israel’s damaged forests face long road to recovery after war

FEATURE

Seeing sinkholes: How the Dead Sea’s collapse became a tourist draw

JERUSALEM REPORT
An employee of Israel’s Nature and Parks Authority inspects a burnt tree following a rocket attack from bordering Lebanon, at the Tel Dan nature reserve in northern Israel in November 2024.
FEATURE

Gaza’s rubble problem: How 60 million tons of war debris threaten an environmental collapse

Former president Shimon Peres challenged the writer (pictured left) to power the Arava using 100% solar energy.

Israel’s untapped power: Sun, water, and true energy security - opinion

OPINION
Israel's Health Ministry.

Israel braces for high air pollution as dust from North Africa impacts air quality

Anchored in the Earth: The theraputic farm helping Israel's combat veterans

More than half of Israelis take dietary supplements and vitamins, new survey reveals

STUDY
IDF VETERANS work the fields as part of Kaima’s Anchored in the Earth therapeutic farming program.

Teva Israel, Health Ministry issue recall for Nutrilon Phase 1, Nutrilon AR baby formula

Low risk of deadly Nipah virus spreading from India, World Health Organization reassures

History in Israel: Rabin Medical performs countries 1,000th lung transplant

Any solution but the obvious: Israel can't rely on aliyah to fill IDF manpower shortage

OPINION

IDF unveils ‘Olim Al Bet’ program for fast-track immigrant reserve enlistment

AN IDF reserve soldier reports for a military drill along the border with Lebanon and Syria.

Aliyah from Denver to Jerusalem: ‘One picture wasn’t enough’

Sample of Tami Ellison’s figure-ground visual illusion photography.

Aliyah to Israel: A wedding postponed, a dream fulfilled

 Shira Sedek Ben-Zekhariah arrives at Ben-Gurion Airport, June 26, 2025.
OPINION

Homeward bound: Why South African Jews are making aliyah now

South African Jews, aged 60 and over, recently arrived via a Jewish Agency aliyah project, meet at Telfed - South African Zionist Federation in Raanana.
ByBRENDA KATTEN

Yamim ha’Tzeira. Your home by the sea, in Netanya

Contrary to reports: "Cancellation wave of less than half a percent"

 Yamim ha’Tzeira residential complex.

Luxury with roots and a vision for the future

Urban renewal under the “Evacuation and Reconstruction” framework in Kiryat Eliezer, Haifa.

Massive urban renewal plan approved in Kiryat Eliezer, Haifa under “evacuation & reconstruction”

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Want to choose a lawyer for an urban renewal project? Here are 5 tips you must read

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MDA Heroes   

 Michaela Berku: "Doing good is the best therapy."

Michaela Berku on volunteering, MDA, and saving lives through service

MDA Women's Circle launches new year with "Adopt a Paramedic" initiative

'I’ll keep showing up': MDA paramedic who saved dozens on Oct 7 recounts 600 days

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The Jerusalem Dispatch with Ruth Marks Eglash and Calev Ben David.

US-Iran tensions escalate: What’s next for Israel and the Middle East?

The final hostage returns to Israel: Can healing begin?

Dr. Micha Breakstone: Entrepreneur who sold his AI company for $575m turns to decoding human cells

US Politics   

A PERSON walks past a sign at a currency exchange, as the value of the Iranian Rial drops, in Tehran, Iran, December 30, 2025.

US issues sanctions on six Iranian officials for crackdown on protesters as rial hits record low

Thousands demonstrate in Minnesota and across US to protest ICE

US government starts likely brief shutdown as House fails to approve deal

Diaspora   

THE KHONGSAI family in front of their sukkah, one of the families in Kibbutz Maoz Tzur. The kibbutz is home to more than 100 people across 21 families and is largely self-sustaining through basic farming, with residents maintaining Jewish traditions while awaiting their journey to Israel.

Israel launches gov't initiative to bring home, reunite Bnei Menashe community

Jewish seniors rally behind their caregivers as 350,000 Haitians are set to lose legal status

Josh Shapiro’s new memoir puts his Jewish identity at the center of his political vision

Judaism   

RED HEIFER

What honoring our parents teaches us about faith, logic, and Judaism

Parashat Beshalach's lessons on unity, shared risk, and IDF service

Parashat Beshalach: The joy of ‘mitzvot’

Christian World   

People attend the funeral of the security forces who were killed in the protests that erupted over the collapse of the currency's value in Tehran, Iran, January 14, 2026.

‘Freedom is God’s idea,’ pastor says, casting Iran showdown as a moral mandate

Pope Leo asks God for 'a world with no more antisemitism' on Holocaust Remembrance Day

Patriarchs’ statement on Christian Zionism lacked pastoral care

Food   

The Pauker Red made in memory of winemaker Gideon Pauker, murdered on Oct. 7, 2023.

Wine Talk: Wine on the edge

Qumran: The magic of Moishik in Tel Aviv

In the kitchen with Henny: Lemon recipes to brighten winter

Archaeology   

The two tombs date from the time of Rome's Republic and were found near that city's northeast Via Pietralata.

Ancient Roman tombs, shrine to Hercules discovered in Rome suburb dig

Italy discovers basilica design by ancient Roman architect Vitruvius, 'father of architecture'

Digital scans unveil new love notes and sketches on ancient Pompeii wall

Science   

Gaps in Israel’s grid capacity, public transport systems, waste treatment facilities, and regulatory frameworks mean that many innovations to improve the environment cannot be deployed at a meaningful scale.

Israel’s environmental gaps: When innovation outruns infrastructure

How I use AI for writing

Triennial report: Israeli science at the precipice

Culture   

Some of the Jewish and Israeli 2026 Winter Olympians, from left: Noa Szollos, Quinn Hughes, A.J. Edelman, Attila Mihály Kertész and Mariia Seniuk.

Jewish and Israeli athletes to watch in the 2026 Winter Olympics

From Lorenz Hart to Mel Brooks: Two Jewish lives now available on Israeli screens

Israel’s basketball powerhouse: Deni Avdija’s meteoric rise to NBA stardom

History   

Kai Höss at the Holocaust memorial in Berlin. January 27, 2026.

Grandson of Auschwitz commandant: 'My grandfather was greatest mass murderer in history'

'It is impossible to believe, but it happened': Holocaust survivor recalls childhood in Nazi camps

Holocaust education: Why telling Lithuania’s Jewish story matters more than ever

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Serbian police seize five tons of marijuana, assault rifles, rocket launcher

Minnesota man accused of posing as FBI agent to free Luigi Mangione from Brooklyn jail

Trump’s 'No. 1 fan,' Nicki Minaj pledges up to $300,000 towards new investment accounts

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Digital Marketing.

Rainmaker: An AI marketing agency responding to global and Middle Eastern market shifts

Why AI alone won’t cut it in healthcare

Can you predict a pitchers' duel before betting odds shift?

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Horoscope.

Daily Horoscope for December 15, 2025 – all Zodiac signs

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“We know what needs to be done”: Eric Fingerhut enters JPost DC Conference with hopefulness

Chen G. Schimmel and the demands for truth: A new generation bearing witness

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