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

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

ANALYSIS
The Rafah border crossing on the Egyptian side, in Rafah, Egypt, January 29, 2026.

Files containing Trump's name removed from second release of Epstein Files

REPORT
US DOJ site following removal of several files released as part of the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
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.

Iran designates EU armies as terror groups while MPs don IRGC uniforms

 An Iranian flag is seen on a computer's CPU (illustrative)

Islamic regime targeting dissidents, Israelis in new wave of advanced phishing attacks

Israel Police arrest 30-year-old for trying to light a child on fire on public transportation

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

IDF soldiers operate in the Khan Yunis area of the Gaza Strip, February 1, 2026.

IDF discovers living quarters, weapons inside 100-meter-long tunnel in Gaza's south

US President Donald Trump walks during the 56th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 22, 2026

Trump’s Maliki message underscores Iraq’s growing strategic risk, won't back him as PM

ANALYSIS
Brig.-Gen. (res.) Gal Hirsch

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

INTERVIEW
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky waits to welcome Cyprus' President Nikos Christodoulides, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine December 4, 2025.

Zelensky says a new round of trilateral talks between Ukraine, Russia to take place in Abu Dhabi

SDF leader Mazloum Abdi (L) and Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa (R) signing a deal to end the war between their two groups, March 2025.

New security accord between Syria, SDF points to structural realignment, implementation uncertain

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.

Northern Israeli moshav head decries 'performative' cabinet meeting in Kiryat Shmona

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

Residents of the northern city of Kiryat Shmona check missile attack damages at the city's Central Bus Station and Mall, Kiryat Shmona, Northern Israel on November 27, 2024.
ANALYSIS

From scale to substance: Israeli tech’s 2025 turning point

illustrative photo.

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

 HAREDI YESHIVA students

KLM resumes flights to Israel, UAE, Saudi Arabia after announcing it would avoid Middle East

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf looks on as parliament members chant in support of the IRGC while wearing military uniforms in Tehran, Iran, February 1, 2026.

IRGC makes statement to EU, IDF destroys Hamas tunnel in Gaza

LISTEN
Elbit System's Rook unmanned ground vehicle

The ground loyal wingman and the future of manned-unmanned combat

OPINION
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is seen speaking to suppporters. The Harris campaign’s suspicions of Shapiro’s loyalty is nothing new for Jewish Americans, the writer says.

Josh Shapiro: Return of America’s oldest antisemitic trope

OPINION
Dnipro, Ukraine in January 2026.

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

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

BLA attacks expose growing instability in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan region

ANALYSIS

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

A police officer and a person stand amid damages at a police station, following militant attacks, in Quetta, Pakistan, February 1, 2026.

Pakistan says hundreds killed in Balochistan attack, including 108 terrorists

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

People hold placards on Whitehall during a demonstration in support of the nationwide protests in Iran, in London, Britain, January 25, 2026.

Iran’s diplomatic scramble to gather allies against US

ANALYSIS

Vietnam looks to Israel’s hi-tech industry for opportunity as diplomatic ties at a high

INTERVIEW

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

, Israeli Ambassador Yaron Mayer, celebrating his first Vietnamese new year.
OPINION

Samer Sinijlawi’s vision for Gaza deserves serious skepticism

Palestinian childred are seen sheltering at a tent camp in Gaza City on Tuesday. The new Gaza plan, sadly, seems doomed to failure even before it gets off the ground, the writer says.
ByCOOKIE SCHWAEBER-ISSAN
FEATURE

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

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.
EDITORIAL

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

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’

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

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

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

Pakistan says hundreds killed in Balochistan attack, including 108 terrorists

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.

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.

NVIDIA announces investment in Israel's 'Space City' at Mitzpe Ramon along private, public funds

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

Israel from space 1

Wharton School hosts a new bid to rebuild trust in polarized societies

Irina Nevzlin and Bruno Roche Propose a New Vision in an Age of Polarization.

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

Moody's corporate HQ

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

Israel’s freshwater balancing act: The Kinneret under strain

JERUSALEM REPORT

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

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.
FEATURE

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

A man searches through piles of garbage in Gaza City.

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

FEATURE
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

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

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

MACCABIDENT’S DR. Doron Haim: Anxiety alters hormonal regulation, which can affect how and when teeth emerge.

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

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

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

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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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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   

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

‘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

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   

The Michael Greilsammer Trio.

The alchemist of the strings: Michael Greilsammer returns to Jerusalem

Jerusalang: Using language to create community in Jerusalem

Three artists, three questions: 3-D imagination - sculptures

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

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