Jerusalem Report

Iran sees jihad, the West sees geopolitics - That gap is dangerous

Despite weeks of pressure, Tehran’s defiance exposed deeper failures in Western strategy, deterrence, and understanding of the conflict

|ByDANNY AYALON, MORAN ALALUF
The Islamic Republic uses its proxies, such as Hezbollah and Hamas to conduct jihad: a religious war aimed at imposing a radical interpretation of Sharia law worldwide.Premium
Gazans say they feel abandoned due to the ‘new’ war in Iran and because of other global events. Many feel they have been left to face their fate alone.PremiumPremium

Caught between wars: Gaza residents wait for someone to change their fate

Amid the war with Iran, Gazans find themselves waiting for a resolution to their own predicament and conflict

|ByDANA BEN-SHIMON
The ‘jihad of knowledge’ is a state doctrine, introduced by the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was assassinated by Israel and the US in the opening strike of the current war. PremiumPremium

Iran’s ‘jihad of knowledge’ was never about its people - opinion

How the Islamic Republic weaponized science, hollowed out its universities, and left its citizens to pay the price

|BySARA BAZOOBANDI
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth talks about the war in Iran as President Donald Trump hosts the swearing-in ceremony for US Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin (R) in the Oval Office at the White House on March 2. PremiumPremium

The 'final blow' doctrine: Why Trump is rewriting the rules of American power - analysis

How Hegseth, Rubio, and Waltz used the Iran conflict to rewrite America’s rules of war – and why Israel sits at the center of the new model

|BySAGIV STEINBERG

A fractured bond: France, Israel, and French Jews at a defining moment - analysis

History, identity, and antisemitism are colliding, forcing a long overdue reckoning

FEBRUARY 10, 2026ByROBERT EJNES
Aliyah from France, which was saw 1,500 to 2,000 people moving to Israel every year, increased in 2025 to 3,300.

Direct flights, Jerusalem embassy move mark historic turn in Argentina-Israel ties - opinion

The relationship between Argentina’s President Javier Milei, the Jewish community, and the State of Israel will be strengthened by key steps this year

FEBRUARY 10, 2026ByMAURO BERENSTEIN
Argentina's President Javier Milei walks to the podium ahead of addressing the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the U.N. headquarters in New York, US, September 24, 2025.

Two years after October 7, Jewish groups still grappling with identity crisis, generational divide

Jewish organizations face a genuine dilemma: Have we temporarily pivoted or permanently transformed? Are we making strategic decisions, or are we being captured by donor preferences?

FEBRUARY 10, 2026ByRINA EDELSTEIN
Jewish organizations pivoted after October 7 to help Israel, but emergency mode has now stretched beyond two years, and what began as a temporary pivot is hardening into something else entirely.

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

How discipline, concentration, and execution replaced speed and hype – signalling a more mature, resilient era for the Start-Up Nation

JANUARY 28, 2026ByAVI HASSON
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Israeli mathematician uses AI to decode human immune system

How an Israeli mathematician is using AI to decode the human immune system and transform patient treatment

JANUARY 28, 2026ByRUTH MARKS EGLASH
Noam Solomon, CEO of Immunai, is using AI technology to map a key part of the human physiology – the immune system – and help discover and develop therapeutics that will ultimately save lives.

Without trustworthy leadership, resilience alone cannot keep Israel whole

A society can endure war; but without faith in its leadership and a steady moral compass, resilience alone cannot keep Israel whole

JANUARY 28, 2026ByABIR GITLIN
Israeli anti-government protesters hold placards and flags during a demonstration against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv in November. Some 83% of the public say they are worried about Israel’s internal social tensions.

From Cyrus to today: Iranian resistance outlasted regime indoctrination - opinion

Despite years of indoctrination and incitement, the Iranian people have not fully succumbed to the coerced messaging of the regime

JANUARY 27, 2026ByRUTH WASSERMAN LANDE
A woman with tears of blood demonstrates in Paris on January 18 in support of the Iranian uprising against the Islamic Republic. Despite years of indoctrination, Iranians in the country and beyond are pushing back against the regime.

How media decides which deaths count and which events matter - analysis

How psychological warfare is waged not by lies but by deciding which events are allowed to matter.

JANUARY 27, 2026ByPAULA SLIER
View of an illustration depicting captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro in downtown Caracas.

Sudan's forgotten war deepens as aid cuts leave millions starving

Freed hostages, starving children, overwhelmed doctors – Sudan’s war deepens as funding dries up and help falls short

JANUARY 27, 2026ByBEN LYNFIELD
A displaced Sudanese woman from the Heglig area in western Sudan receives a blanket at the Abu al-Naga displacement camp, 420 km east of the capital, Khartoum, in December.

From Ukraine to Gaza, war's ecological toll sparks ecocide accountability push

As conflicts from Ukraine to Gaza ravage ecosystems, momentum is building to recognize environmental destruction as a war crime

JANUARY 27, 2026BySTEPHANIE L. FREID
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.