Herzog brings Israel’s embrace to Australian Jews as protests rage outside

FRONTLINES

War reshapes Israel-Diaspora ties: Global Jewish leaders assess challenges ahead

JERUSALEM REPORT
'We are one big family, and when one Jew is hurt, all Jews feel their pain.’ President Isaac Herzog used his trip to Australia to act as Israel’s comforter-in-chief for the stricken community after the Bondi Beach terrorist attack in December.
 People hold up placards during a protest against the visit of Israel's President Isaac Herzog on February 09, 2026 in Sydney, Australia.
Protestors march through Canberra city centre during a protest against the visit of Israel's President Isaac Herzog on February 09, 2026 in Canberra, Australia.

PA drafts constitution, omits Jewish ties to Jerusalem, calls for Sharia legal system

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the general Conference of Fatah Youth in Ramallah, with a backdrop including a portrait of Abbas and Yasser Arafat, November 27, 2025; illustrative.
United Nations Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese listens during a conference on "A Cartography of Genocide: Israel's Conduct in Gaza since October 2023", an investigative project on Israeli-Palestinian conflict, at the Roma Tre University, in Rome, Italy, October 6, 2025.

European countries slam Francesca Albanese, France demands resignation from UN Human Rights Council

US President Donald Trump meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, US, April 7, 2025.
OPINION

Through aircraft carriers, Trump speaks the language of power in high-stakes Iran talks

ByYAAKOV KATZ

Largest aircraft carrier in the world sent by US to Middle East as Iran talks continue

Israeli President Isaac Herzog meets with Chancellor of Germany Friedrich Merz at the President residence in Jerusalem, December 6, 2025

Herzog responds to Trump request for Netanyahu pardon: ‘I am president of Israel’

Farah Pahlavi, widow of Iran's former shah, poses during a photo session at her home in Paris on January 20, 2026.

Former Iranian empress shares message of support, hope for anti-regime protesters

A POLICE car is parked outside the North Charleston City Hall in North Charleston, South Carolina on April 8, 2015.

Two killed, one wounded, in shooting at South Carolina HBCU

Starlink logo is seen on a smartphone in front of displayed Persian flag (Illustrative).

US transported 6,000 Starlink terminals into Iran since January

REPORT
US President Donald Trump makes an announcement at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 12, 2026.

Trump says a deal with Iran could be struck over the next month

Right wing settlement activists cross the border with Lebanon on Thursday February 13, 2026.

Right-wing activists cross into Lebanon to call to renew settlement; IDF detains suspects

Why a global investor sees Israel as a resilient financial hub

Hartley Rogers, Executive Co-Chairman of Hamilton Lane

'I regret meeting him': Former PM Ehud Barak responds to Epstein Files recording in N12 interview

Israel's prison chief Kobi Yaakobi summoned for second hearing ahead of possible indictment

Illustrative image of Ehud Barak and Jeffrey Epstein

Netanyahu after Trump meeting: US conditions for Iran must include nuclear weapons, MidEast proxies

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the press ahead of his departure from the US on February 12, 2026.

No Israel–Azerbaijan rift after Armenia unveils Harop-like drone, experts say

IAI's HAROP Loitering Munitions

Bennett pledges security focus and cost of living cuts in comeback bid campaign

Law enforcement officials stand guard, in front of the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, during a protest more than a week after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US, January 17, 2026.

Minneapolis immigration operation to conclude, Trump administration says

REPORT
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a televised message in Tehran, Iran, February 9, 2026.

Iranian TV journalist signs off live broadcast saying 'death to Khamenei' in 'tongue-slip'

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei adjusts his eyeglasses during a press conference after casting his ballot for the parliamentary runoff elections in Tehran on May 10, 2024.

Iran’s anniversary spectacle, and the names of 200 dead students

COMMENT
A satellite image shows airstrike craters covered with dirt at the Natanz Enrichment Facility, following US airstrikes, in Natanz County, Iran, June 24, 2025

Iran rushes to protect Natanz, its most crucial nuclear site, from potential US strike

Jewish researchers say to try talking to anti-Zionist Jews

Netherlands: The threat of ambient antisemitism

 A PRO-PALESTINIAN Jewish protester participates in a demonstration calling for the release of Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil, in New York City.

US Homeland Security hires social media manager whose posts promoted ‘white-nationalist rhetoric’

FILE PHOTO: The US Department of Homeland Security seal is displayed at the FEMA National Response Coordination Center in Washington, DC, January 24, 2026.

CUNY Students for Justice in Palestine promotes event calling Gaza tunnels 'social organization'

 Pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrate outside the main campus of Columbia University during the commencement ceremony in Manhattan in New York City, May 21, 2025.

Araghchi slams US-Israeli Miriam Adelson, accusing her of dual loyalties in antisemitic trope

Trump to unveil multibillion-dollar Gaza reconstruction plan, stabilization force at BoP meeting

War split into two stages, or a mostly nuclear deal: What comes after Trump, PM meeting?

ANALYSIS
US President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before departing from the White House in Washington, DC, on February 6, 2026.

Trump, Netanyahu hold three-hour meeting, set redlines on Iran as Gaza talks continue

MEMORIAL CEREMONY for 12 young Druze residents from Majdal Shams, killed in a Hezbollah missile attack in July 2024. Shurat HaDin is representing families of the victims in a lawsuit against Hezbollah.

'Our lives were destroyed': Majdal Shams families who lost 12 children seek justice on Hezbollah

INTERVIEW
 Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani attends a press conference, in Doha, Qatar, October 24, 2024.

Qatar largest foreign source of gifts and contracts to US universities in 2025, over $1.1 billion

By removing 'massacre' from October 7 bill, Israel undermines its own memory

EDITORIAL

Israel Navy commandos, submarines train to protect Eilat from invasion

Despite the immense pain and suffering that was perpetrated on October 7, when 1,250 people were murdered or kidnapped, Israelis and Jews worldwide have rallied together.
COMMENT

Editor's Notes: Iran's threats to America: Why 'America First' must address the IRGC

 A 3D-printed miniature model of Donald Trump and the U.S. and Iran flags are seen in this illustration taken January 15, 2025.

Israel indicts reservist, civilian for betting on IDF actions on Polymarket

The logo of prediction market trading platform Polymarket is seen on a digital screen (illustrative)
OPINION

We backed Birthright. Now it’s time for more big ideas for a post-Oct. 7 world

ByCHARLES BRONFMAN/JTA, JEFFREY R. SOLOMON/JTA

No Israel–Azerbaijan rift after Armenia unveils Harop-like drone, experts say

An army of algorithms: How MAFAT is fighting Israel's wars with artificial intelligence

INTERVIEW
IAI's HAROP Loitering Munitions

After shooting down Iranian ballistic missile in June, David's Sling carries out new drills

Defense firm Elbit Systems announced new $100 million contracts with the Defense Ministry to develop advanced digitization capabilities for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). February 9.

Elbit announces new $100 million in contracts to develop IDF’s next generation digitalization array

VP and Director of the Aviation Division at IAI Yaakov Berkowitz, CEO of IAI Boaz Levy, US Ambassador to Israel, Defense Minister Israel Katz,  Vice President of Operations at Lockheed Martin Nick Drzyk, and others.

Israel Aerospace Industries delivers 350th fighter jet wing for F-35 to Lockheed Martin

Senior US health official Oz invited Epstein to Valentine's Day party, documents show

Sudan defense minister rejects claims aid convoy carried weapons in North Kordofan strike

Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Mehmet Oz speaks during an event sponsored by the Action for Progress Coalition, at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, US, February 2, 2026.

Top Goldman Sachs lawyer Ruemmler resigns after Epstein disclosures

The Goldman Sachs company logo is displayed at the New York Stock Exchange on October 14, 2025 in New York City.

Maduro still 'legitimate president' of Venezuela, acting leader Delcy Rodriguez tells NBC

Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodriguez looks on following a meeting with US Energy Secretary Chris Wright at Miraflores Palace, Caracas, Venezuela, February 11, 2026.

North Korea says South Korea should prevent 'sovereignty violation' after drone intrusion

This picture taken on February 2, 2026 and released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) via KNS on February 3, 2026 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivering a speech at the inauguration of the Samgwang Stockbreeding Farm in North Pyongan Province, North Korea.

Dr. Dan Marom: Shaping Israel’s Next Generation of Entrepreneurs

DR. DAN MAROM, academic director of the Asper Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Business School of the Hebrew University.

A grove of recognition in the Golan

Miriam Adelson

Growing global connections: How KKL-JNF trades knowledge with the world

First Lady of Kenya Rachel Ruto at the Eshtaol Nursery of Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael, together with Karin Bolton, KKL-JNF section head for international organizations, and nursery manager Rotem Atias.

Israel vs El Al: Israelis were robbed, but the state might keep all the money

OPINION

Food, beverages giant Prodalim seeks NIS 2-2.5b valuation in TASE IPO

El Al Israel Airlines Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner takes off from Los Angeles international Airport on November 11, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.

Pentagon pushing OpenAI, Anthropic, to put AI on the battlefield

pen AI and Anthropic logos are seen in this illustration created on September 12, 2025.

WhatsApp says Russia tried to fully block service to push state app

Teenagers pose for a photo while holding smartphones in front of a Whatsapp logo in this illustration taken September 11, 2025.

Google-Wiz acquisition receives final regulatory approval

Iran’s poorly maintained ‘dark fleet’ poses major risk for oil spill in Mideast

INPA releases Red Book for Butterflies detailing extinction, endangerment threats

 US military forces boarded the crude oil tanker Aquila II in the Indian Ocean after pursuing it from the Caribbean. The vessel was accused of breaching Washington's blockade on sanctioned vessels traveling to or from Venezuela. February 9, 2026.

Two women declared dead after suspected oxygen suit failures at Ashdod oil refinery

A LEMON tree sapling, illegally brought to Israel.

Infected lemon tree discovered at Ben-Gurion, could destroy citrus industry

FILE PHOTO:  Satellite view of Tropical Cyclone Zelia, a powerful Category 5 cyclone impacting the coast of Western Australia near Port Hedland, disrupting major iron ore exports. Imaged 13 February 2025.

Tropical Cyclone Mitchell intensifies as it nears northwest Australia

Hadassah opens new Netivot medical center to expand advanced care in Israel’s south

Psychologist shortage, war deepens Israeli-Arab mental health crisis

Coalition Chair MK Ofir Katz; Hadassah Director Prof. Yoram Weiss; Hadassa US pres. Carol Ann Schwartz, ; Chair of the Hadassah BoD Dalia Itzik; Health Minister Haim Katz; Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana; Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman; and Netivot Mayor Yehiel Zohar.

MDA expands Jerusalem emergency response with 22 new haredi female medics

Three hundred Israelis took own life in 2025, some 7,000 attempted suicide, Health Ministry reveals

Court bars Gazan child in West Bank from entering Israel for life-saving treatment

Emergence of a new Anglo demographic in Israel requires a change of priorities

OPINION

A people without a plan is a people without a land: Zionism, goal-setting go hand in hand

OPINION
 RABBI JOE and the JLIC TLV community members bring an ice cream truck to evacuees in Tel Aviv hotels.
EDITORIAL

People, not products: Ehud Barak’s 'quality control' aliyah comment is a moral failure

Ehud Barak and Jeffrey Epstein

New Epstein Files audio reveals Barak-Epstein conversation on Israel 'immigrant quality'

Former prime minister Ehud Barak attends a conference held by the Movement for Quality Government in Tel Aviv, January 28, 2026.

Argentinian oleh celebrates his Bar Mitzvah, conversion to Judaism 20 years after making aliyah

An Argentine oleh (new immigrant to Israel) who made aliyah 20 years ago celebrated his Bar Mitzvah in Eilat after a long period of conversion.

Four buildings, one home: A new way to live in north Tel Aviv

The grand advantage: High-end within reach

Jabotinsky 137-7 project. Tel Aviv

The luxury of the current decade is not seen – It is felt

Bemuna to replace 18 apartments with 20–22 new units in Rehavia.

In Jerusalem’s most expensive area: 18 apartments instead of 40

The French Hill – a project by Terra Real Estate and Rotshtein.

French Hill renewed: 1,300 apartments to be built by Terra Real Estate & Rotshtein

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

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US Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) attends a Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, February 12, 2026.

US Senate blocks Homeland Security funding, raising likelihood of shutdown

Jeffrey Epstein and the system that protected him

US citizenship to be required for midterm voters, according to new bill

Diaspora   

ISRAEL'S PRESIDENT Isaac Herzog speaks during his state visit to Australia following a deadly mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach on December 14, 2025, in Melbourne, Australia, February 12, 2026.

In Australia, Herzog tells anti-Israel demonstrators to protest Iran instead

EU appoints first ever haredi to National Team of Higher Education Reform Experts

Jewish leaders call for prayers for Nancy Guthrie after FBI releases man from interrogation

Judaism   

Rabbi Kalman Ber attends the second round in the elections of for the new Chief Ashkenazi rabbi, at the Chief Rabbinate headquarters in Jerusalem, October 31, 2024.

Chief Rabbinate opens certification exams to women after High Court ruling

Israel might be on verge of burial crisis with cemeteries struggling for burial space

From far corners of the Jewish world, the women of Chabad gather in freezing Brooklyn

Christian World   

 Church of the Holy Sepulchre

Jerusalem Orthodox churches don’t represent all Christians

Israel turns to Christian pilgrims, diaspora ties, AI to reboot post-war tourism

Jesus gets a makeover as Sistine Chapel artwork undergoes restoration

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PHD STUDENT Yulia Melnik-Kesler.

Early warning system for undrinkable wine glows in the dark

Iconic Eucalyptus and chef Moshe Basson to serve final meals in Jerusalem

Fedrik: Modi'in's upscale restaurant becomes kosher

Archaeology   

An 8th century stone seal believed to have belong to a high-ranking official of the biblical Kingdom of Judah. The inscription reads: “Belonging to Makhach (son of) Amihai." Picture released on February 12, 2026.

Stone seal from biblical Kingdom of Judea discovered during construction in northern Israel

Archaeologists discover Anglo-Saxon child buried with shield, spear in medieval cemetery in Kent

Researchers discover world’s oldest sewn hide, dated to Ice Age, in Oregon caves

Science   

Technion–Israel Institute of Technology

Cell-based implant offers new hope for diabetes management, Technion study shows

Weizmann Institue, NASA discover Jupiter is smaller and flatter than previously believed

War trauma can hinder development of children's teeth, study finds

Culture   

 Sandra Bernhard performs during The Golden Probes Awards Gala at Sony Hall on November 03, 2025 in New York City.

Sandra Bernhard joins cast of 'The White Lotus' for upcoming season

Dawson's Creek star James Van Der Beek dies at 48 after battle with cancer

Finding his stride: Anthony Lamb emerging as key piece in Hapoel Jerusalem’s title hopes

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

OMG   

Israeli television sketch comedy Eretz Nehederet portrays US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu amidst tensions with Iran.

'War Trump' vs 'Peace Trump': the Eretz Nehederet skit that captured Israel’s Trump anxiety

New claims allege Kurt Cobain’s death may have been homicide, Seattle Police reaffirm stance

Chappell Roan drops representation over Epstein connections

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Digital Marketing.

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

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

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Daily Horoscope for December 15, 2025 – all Zodiac signs

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