Israel Police shut down northern Israel business where terrorist who killed two was employed

Iron Beam laser system rolled out across Israel, reshaping air defense

WATCH
Police apprehend terrorist who murdered two in combined terror attack, December 26, 2025.

Petah Tikva declared 'red city' for measles outbreak, six-month-old children to be vaccinated

Cases of the measles rise in Israel.
Screenchot of Sanam's TikTok over a backdrop of travelers at Ben-Gurion Airport.

British Muslim woman faces backlash after posting positive experience at Ben Gurion Airport

Prominent British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah, who was released from prison after Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi issued a presidential pardon for him, greets family and friends at their home in Giza, Egypt, September 23, 2025.

UK gov't welcomes Egyptian activist who supported killing Zionists, whites, called British 'dogs'

Data centers boom revives renewable energy stocks

Supporters of Yemen's Houthi terror group watch a speech by the movement's leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi displayed on a big screen in Sanaa, Yemen July 6, 2025

Houthis warn of possible attacks against 'any Israeli presence in Somaliland'

Two schoolgirls (front) wade through a street flooded by high tide in Muara Baru, Jakarta on December 6, 2025.

Central Indonesia cancels New Year fireworks, celebrations as nation mourns Sumatra flood victims

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ministers at a 40 signatures debate, at the plenum hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on December 8, 2025.

Netanyahu's proposal to open both ways of Rafah crossing is rejected by coalition members - N12

REPORT
US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a joint press conference in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, DC, US, September 29, 2025.

Netanyahu should fight ruthlessly for his agenda in Trump meeting

EDITORIAL
Far Right influencers Candace Owens (L) and Tucker Carlson (R); illustrative.

Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens dramatically increased Israel focus in recent months

STUDY
Tucker Carlson speaks during AmericaFest, the first Turning Point USA summit since the death of Charlie Kirk, in Phoenix, Arizona, US December 18, 2025.

Tucker Carlson claims Israel's influence made radical Islam be seen as main threat for Americans

Chatam: The Anglo community in Rehovot you’ve probably never heard of

Rabbi Ashenberg, together with participants at the Semichas Chaver Siyum in Jerusalem

Netanyahu to meet Trump in Florida, talks to center on Gaza, Iranian missiles, Lebanon

Trump, Netanyahu talks shaped as much by politics as by policy

ANALYSIS
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump share a warm moment in the Knesset in October 2025.
EXCLUSIVE

Trilateral work plan for military cooperation between Israel, Greece, Cyprus signed

 Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) speaks with Cabinet secretary Tzachi Braverman during the weekly government conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on June 17, 2018.

'Gatekeeper's fall': Handala releases photos, documents allegedly from Braverman's phone

Iranians hold banners of Benjamin Netanyahu during the annual al-Quds Day in Tehran, Iran, March 28, 2025

Iran-linked hack group Handala publishes vaguely threatening poem addressed to Netanyahu

High Court freezes government move to shutter Army Radio pending ruling

Court clears Beersheba assault suspect of link to Haymanut Kasau disappearance, extends detention

 View of the IDF's Army Radio station headquarters in Jaffa, November 12, 2025

High Court freezes Tel Aviv chief rabbi election, citing flawed consultation process

 SUPREME COURT President Isaac Amit presides over a hearing last Tuesday on petitions against the cabinet’s firing of Shin Bet head Ronen Bar.

Israel moves to crack down on prostitution and shut down brothels

A prostitute in Israel waiting for a client.

Katz alleges Army Radio workers misled High Court in bid to halt closure

French flag in France

France elected to lead International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance in 2027

Cholo Abdi Abdullah training as a pilot as part of an al-Shabaab plot to attack on US soil.

Justice Dept. sentences al-Shabaab terrorist for planning 9/11-inspired plane hijacking, crash plot

Nate Leipciger

Auschwitz survivor says he feels 'vulnerable' after mezuzah stolen from his Toronto senior home

New South Wales Premier Chris Minns speaks during a condolence motion following the shooting at a Hanukkah event at Sydney's Bondi Beach, in the Legislative Assembly at Parliament House in Sydney, Australia, December 22, 2025.

NSW Premier doesn't rule out deploying army to protect Sydney’s Jewish community

2025 deadliest year on record for Arab society in Israel, Abraham Initiatives report finds

Terrorist who killed two in Israel's North discharged from hospital, brothers arrested

 Israel Police during operation in Israel's North to thwart murder attempts, April 27, 2025. (Ilustrative)

Hezbollah chief Qassem denounces Beirut's inaction following alleged kidnapping of Ahmad Shukr

The Safir satellite-carrier rocket, which was designed for Iran's Omid satellite, is seen before launch at Iran's space centre in Tehran in 2009

In show of defiance, Iran launches new satellites ahead of Netanyahu-Trump summit

A Jordanian flag flies over the capital city, Amman, Jordan August 17, 2025.

Jordan carries out airstrikes in Syria, signaling frustration over border security

ANALYSIS

Anti-Israel activists disrupt Boxing Day shopping in London, Toronto malls

Instead of tackling antisemitism, cities worldwide are placing Jews under house arrest

OPINION
Demonstrators from the "Palestine Coalition" gather in support for Palestinians, after a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza went into effect, in London, Britain, October 11, 2025.

Australian rabbis join calls urging Albanese to launch a royal commission on antisemitism

General view of the memorial at Bondi Pavilion on December 21, 2025 in Sydney, Australia.

Newest member of Mamdani's inaugural committee praised people tearing Israeli hostage posters

 NYC democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani against backdrop of pro-Palestinian protesters. (illustration)

Jewish actress Odessa A’zion pushes back after IDF T-shirt controversy: ‘Not a zio!’

The decisive battle for Israel isn’t in Gaza – it’s in the world’s imagination

OPINION

Israel’s recognition highlights Somaliland’s entrapment in world’s colonial past

ANALYSIS
An illustrative image of newspapers covering the Israel-Hamas War.
OPINION

US giving F-35s to Saudi Arabia is hardly a threat to Israel

A F-35 jet lands on the runway of the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) military exercises about 100 miles south of Oahu, Hawaii, US July 19, 2024.
ByYITZHAK SHICHOR
OPINION

Zionism didn’t start in Europe, and Ethiopian Jews can prove it

ETHIOPIAN JEWS take part in a prayer of the Sigd holiday on the Armon Hanatziv Promenade overlooking Jerusalem, in November 2025.
BySHMUEL LEGESSE
OPINION

Why Israel recognizing Somaliland matters – and why the US should follow suit

ByASHER LUBOTZKY

Israel launches national space lab to lower barriers for domestic satellite, space tech development

Israeli firm that detects divers and submarines considers listing on Tel Aviv exchange

Satellite in Space.
INTERVIEW

Israel’s defense-tech revolution: How MAFAT is shaping the evolution of Israel's warfare

 The Barak medium-range surface-to-air missile system.

Anti-Israel Colombia integrates IAI's Barak air defense system

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a ceremony for the 70th cohort of military combat officers, at an army base near Mitzpe Ramon, Israel, October 31, 2024

Netanyahu: Israel to spend $110 billion on independent arms industry

Three killed as Alawite protest in Syria’s Latakia turns violent

UN Security Council to hold emergency session on Israel's recognition of Somaliland

People from the Alawite sect protest as they demand federalism and an end to what they say is the killing and violations against Alawites, in Latakia, Syria, December 28, 2025

At least 13 dead, 98 injured after interoceanic train derails in Oaxaca, Mexico

Mexican Army soldiers and Civil Protection members rescue passengers from the Interoceanic train that derailed in the Asuncion Ixtaltepec area on the route to Oaxaca, Mexico, on December 28, 2025.

FBI says it uncovered $250 million fraud scheme tied to Minnesota aid programs

FBI Director Kash Patel speaks at the Justice Department, December 4, 2025; illustrative.

Zelensky to meet Trump in Florida amid Russian strikes on Ukraine

President Donald Trump welcomes Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the White House in Washington, DC, US, October 17, 2025.

Why was Gal Gadot Chosen to be the 2026 Laureate of the $1 Million Genesis Prize?

STAN POLOVETS, Co-Founder and Chairman of The Genesis Prize Foundation / Gal Gadot

Ester Ben David’s Zionist blueprint for building a stronger state

Ester Ben David and her team: “They are my rock.”

A legacy reinforced: Keren Hayesod shows its impact in Israel’s challenging times

Keren Hayesod World Chairman Sam Grundwerg, CEO & Dir Gen Edna Weinstock-Gabay, Dr. Tzachi Slutsky, Soroka Deputy Hospital Manager, visiting ruins from an Iranian missile at Soroka Hospital, Beersheba

New Israeli airline recruiting pilots as commercial operations set to start in 2026

Your Taxes: Leaving Israel? Leave your pension here

A Tus Airways Airbus A320-200 is seen landing at Ben-Gurion Airport, in Israel, July 12, 2021

Smotrich threatens to double tax on Israeli banks if consumer benefits canceled

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich arrives to a conference of the Israeli newspaper Makor Rishon in Jerusalem, December 25, 2025

Delta launches service that will change the flying experience once and for all – Israel included

Delta Flight Wi-Fi.

Your Investments: The cost of investor overconfidence

Rain, snow hit Israel as powerful winter system sparks flood warnings, road rescues

Religiosity among Israelis determines what they're willing to do about climate crisis

STUDY
Snow seen on Mount Hermon on December 28, 2025.b

Winter weather in US Northeast leads to thousands of flight delays, cancellations

Coastal cliffs collapse between Hefer Valley and Netanya, December 28, 2025.

Coastal cliffs between Hefer Valley, Netanya collapse due to heavy rainfall from Storm Byron

FILLING A stainless-steel bottle in the corridor’s dispenser at Hilton Paris Opera.

Refill era here to stay? Luxury hotels ditching bottled water

Israeli health officials call for sanctions on anti-vaxxers as flu morbidity rate rises

Carrying babies in cloth treated with insecticide reduces malaria cases

STUDY
A patient at a Maccabi Health Center in Jerusalem receives a vaccination against the 'H1N1' swine flu. Israeli health authorities has started vaccinating the population against swine flu. December 20, 2009.
STUDY

Babies begin forming expectations of their parents as early as their first year

Why spending time with grandchildren can ease war trauma for Israel's seniors

Pharmacies report localized shortages as weight-loss injection Mounjaro arrives in Israel

From visiting to belonging: Micol Radzik's path to aliyah

Israel expected to advance aliyah emergency aid plan for new immigrants

Micol Radzik on the Tayelet in Tel Aviv, 2019.

'Come home!': FM Gideon Sa’ar urges Diaspora Jews to make aliyah to Israel

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar at the Knesset, December 2, 2025; illustrative.

Israel advancing emergency aliyah plans in wake of Bondi Beach massacre

Ofir Sofer (middle), Rabbi Eli Schlanger (Far right)
POLL

'Eyeing the exits': Nearly half of British Jews don't feel welcome in UK, don't see future

 Demonstrators hold Israeli and British flags outside the Law Courts, during a march against antisemitism, after an increase in the UK, during a temporary truce between the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas and Israel, in London, Britain November 26, 2023.

It’s all about the timing

The dream persists: New survey shows Israelis’ confidence in the housing market

Louis Marshall 2-4 Tel Aviv.

Nice presentations, less reality: Supervision in urban renewal under criticism

Construction Site.

Construction starts surge, transactions stall: More declines ahead?

The Command Compound – Heart of the Old City.

Beersheba’s southern command to be vacated and transformed into a residential and leisure complex

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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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2025 recap: A year of triumph, resilience, and shifting tides

'I’m not religious but I started praying': Bondi survivor Arsen Ostrovsky speaks

Professor Michael Edelstein: Measles outbreak and the trust gap in vaccines

US Politics   

An illustration of oil rigs over a background of a Venezuelan flag.

White House orders US forces to focus on 'quarantine' of Venezuelan oil for next two months

Discovery of a million more potential Epstein documents delays further releases

Trump 'shares love of young girls,' Epstein wrote in card purportedly sent to Nassar

Diaspora   

PRESIDENT ISAAC Herzog and his wife Michal attend a ceremony marking one week since the mass shooting attack in Sydney. His recent appearance at the American Zionist Movement (AZM) Biennial National Assembly should be understood not as a courtesy call, but as a meaningful marker of shared destiny, t

Why President Herzog reaffirms the shared destiny of Israel and the Jewish world

Mezuzahs torn from Toronto seniors’ apartment building in second incident in month

Actors, leaders, Holocaust survivors among 18 notable Jews who died in 2025

Judaism   

DESPITE BEING fully recognized by the Chief Rabbinate, many Orthodox converts are living in legal and social limbo, denied citizenship, as they face systemic bureaucracy and discrimination at the Interior Ministry. Here, women pray at the Western Wall.

Recognized by rabbinate, Orthodox converts trapped in Israeli legal limbo

When brothers reunite: Ezekiel’s prophecy and Israel’s deepest divide

Parashat Vayigash: A shoulder of tears

Christian World   

Tour Guide Ofek Ron Carmel leads Israeli tourists from all backgrounds through the cobblestone streets of Mi’ilya. They wear Santa hats to be festive and keep their ears warm.

A look at Israel's winter wonderland in the Galilee, where Christmas comes to life

Christian communities grow slowly as share of population falls in Middle East, North Africa

Christmas passes peacefully in the Middle East

Food   

RAZIEL WINES.

Mamilla Hotel hosts wine weekend, attracting Israelis from all over the country

Cocktail party: Raising a glass to 2026 with the stories behind your favorite drinks

Carlton hotel in Tel Aviv: Where breakfast is a meal to be savored

Archaeology   

Rare Byzantine-era gold coins discovered at the Hyrcania archaeological site in the northern Judean Desert.

Byzantine-era coins, ring discovered in Judean Desert point to Christian presence in region

Archaeologists find 2,000-year-old labyrinth that reveals India’s role in ancient global trade

Oldest evidence of transport technology uncovered in White Sands, New Mexico

Science   

An AI generated illustrative image of a nuclear power plant on the surface of the Moon, with the Earth seen in the background.

Russia plans a nuclear power plant on Moon within a decade

A newly discovered species complicates the human origin story

The world is pushing for nuclear fusion energy. Israel has the keys to crack it

Culture   

Pictures of former actress Brigitte Bardot are displayed during a media preview of an exhibition in Boulogne-Billancourt, western Paris September 25, 2009. The exhibition devoted to the French star will run from September 29, 2009 to January 31, 2010.

French actress, icon, advocate: Brigitte Bardot passes away at 91

State Cup weekend sees Beitar comeback and dominant displays by top clubs

Surging Maccabi Tel Aviv continues Euroleague push

History   

The entrance of the former German Nazi concentration camp in Dachau near Munich, Germany.

From Auschwitz to Dachau: How a pharmacist became central to Nazi camp medical crimes

This week in Jewish history: Yearning for Zion

Inside the Jewish Brigade’s untold Holocaust survivor rescue operations

OMG   

eople look at the artifacts found during the construction of the new metro line at the Colosseum metro station which promise to dazzle locals and tourists with museum-like displays of archaeological discoveries, in Rome, Italy December 16, 2025.

New Rome metro stations showcase ancient treasures after years of delays

Trump tells children, 'US military is tracking Santa' at NORAD's Christmas calls event

Amanda Seyfried learns about Shaker founder for film ‘The Testament of Ann Lee’

Consumerism   

Airwallex Team.

Investors eye growth: Airwallex raises $330M in successful funding round

Narin Ammara turns adversity into ambition with the upcoming launch of Narins Beauty

Wood, bamboo, and warm light: Celebrate Hanukkah with green and unique design

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Daily Horoscope for December 15, 2025 – all Zodiac signs

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

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