Katz urges invasion of West Bank refugee camps as Trump calls for restraint

WATCH

Katz said expanded IDF control of West Bank camps reduced terror, despite US calls to curb military activity.

'West Bank-ification?' Police investigate Negev arson spree as Bedouin tensions intensify

(From L-R) IDF Central Command chief Maj.-Gen. Avi Bluth, Defense Minister Israel Katz, and IDF Deputy Chief of Staff Maj.-Gen. Tamir Yadai at a meeting discussing West Bank counterterror, December 31, 2025.

Major cities cancel NYE events over security concerns - what are they?

New Year’s Eve celebrations were canceled or restricted in several major cities amid terror threats, with authorities citing crowd risks and recent attack warnings.

The "family fireworks”, also known as the Country fireworks displayed three hours before midnight every year ahead of the main show at midnight, fill the sky over the Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge in Sydney on New Year's Eve on December 31, 2025 in Sydney, Australia.
A demonstrator holding an Israeli flag and an Iranian flag from the reign of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi takes part in a protest against the Iranian government outside the Federal Building in Los Angeles, California, US June 23, 2025.

Minister Gamliel: As protests spread, Iran regime’s weakness is becoming harder to hide

As unrest grows across Iran, the protests reveal a regime increasingly reliant on fear, and a population demanding dignity, freedom, and change.

OPINION
ByGILA GAMLIEL
A jackal is seen at Hayarkon Park in Tel Aviv, on September 03, 2022.

Israel sees record-breaking number of rabies cases in 2025

Israel strips planning powers for Tomb of Patriarchs from Hebron

Supreme Court President Isaac Amit arrives for a court hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, December 23, 2025

Levin calls for Supreme Court chief's resignation after all but one complaint dismissed

Minister of Justice Yariv Levin attends a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, November 19, 2025.

Levin demands cancellation of Supreme Court conference, warns of further steps

Supporters of the UAE-backed separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC) wave flags of the United Arab Emirates and of the STC, during a rally in Aden, Yemen, December 30, 2025.

How the UAE built its sphere of influence across the region, including role in Yemen

EXPLAINER
Damaged military vehicles, reportedly sent by the United Arab Emirates to support Southern Transitional Council (STC) separatist forces, following an air strike carried out by the Saudi-led coalition in the port of Mukalla, southern Yemen, on December 30, 2025.

Gulf alliance tested as Saudi Arabia pushes back against UAE role in Yemen

ANALYSIS
Police officer and security staff look on as protesters display banners before Maccabi Tel Aviv faces Aston Villa, in Birmingham, UK, November 6, 2025

West Midlands Police officially apologizes for claiming B'ham Jewish reps supported Maccabi TLV ban

Brig.-Gen. Amir Vahidi, the new IRGC deputy commander-in-chief.

Iran appoints US-sanctioned general wanted for role in AMIA bombing as new IRGC deputy

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

After decades of service to the state and people of Israel, Keren Hayesod has once again proven indispensable – fueling aid, resilience, and recovery efforts across Israel over the past two years

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

Reviewing wreckage, cabin size, Reuters estimates IDF explosive APCs held 1 to 3 tons of explosives

When Reuters visited in November, remains of at least one of the vehicles were strewn among large piles of rubble.

Secret IDF Unit 504 interrogated 3,100 terrorists, IDF attacked 20,900 targets in 2025

An armoured personnel carrier next to destroyed buildings after Israeli military operations in Gaza City, November 7, 2025.

Israel to suspend dozens of aid NGOs from Gaza operations after orgs. fail to renew registrations

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a joint press conference with US President Donald Trump (off frame) at Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, on December 29, 2025.

Netanyahu says Iran trying to rebuild nuclear, ballistic missile capabilities after June war

Palestinians who were wounded during protests at the Israel-Gaza border fence, wait to receive treatment outside a clinic run by Doctors Without Borders, in Gaza City September 17, 2018.

MSF faces possible ban from Gaza, Israel says it failed to comply with registration process

India to get Israeli SPICE missiles as part of $8.7 billion arms deal

India is the biggest customer of Israeli defense industries, accounting for about 34% of all exports between 2020 and 2024.

October 7 investigation: High Court freezes core State Comptroller audits, seeks clarification

Rafael's SPICE missile

Medical ties linked Israel and Somaliland years before formal recognition

AWO AND Sumaya from Somaliland with Israeli volunteer Ella in the middle.

Government to respond to High Court petition over NIS 1 billion transfer to haredi institutions

Haredi protesters block Highway 4 near Bnei Brak during a protest denouncing the IDF draft, December 28, 2025.

Defense Ministry director-general says Israel returned too quickly to pre-Oct. 7 budget approach

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Sexual assault (Illustrative)

'I was not treated': Survivors describe failures in sexual assault care at Knesset hearing

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

Iranian authorities tighten crackdown on fourth day of protests

Alpaslan Cakar, Turkish Banks Association head and Ziraat Bank CEO, speaks during the 66th General Assembly of Turkish Banks Association in Istanbul, August 17, 2023.

Turkey's Ziraat proposed launching banking ops in Syria, CEO says

Supporters of regime change in Iran rally with photos of exiled Iranian opposition leader Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi (L) outside the Wilshire Federal Building on June 23, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.

'National revolution': Reza Pahlavi calls for nationwide strike as Iran protests enter day four

IDF boosts readiness at southern bases amid tensions with criminal elements of Bedouin tribe

The Camp Defense Array of the Operations Directorate conducted a situational evaluation after a police operation in Givot Bar and incidents over the weekend.

Tear gas and arrests: Iranian regime continues crackdown on protesters amid economic unrest

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir tour at the Bedouin town of Tarabin al-Sana, in southern Israel, December 28, 2025.

Population in Gaza border region surpasses pre-Oct. 7 levels, data show

Smoke rises as displaced Palestinians take shelter at Al Shifa hospital, amid the ongoing conflict between Hamas and Israel, in Gaza City, November 8, 2023.

How Gazan medical professionals were complicit in hostage captivity, sexual assault

OPINION
Displaced Palestinians gather to receive food portions at a charity kitchen in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on December 20, 2025.

Israel dismisses international criticism over Gaza, accuses countries of failing to address Hamas

Sydney rings in 2026 New Year with heavy security after antisemitic Bondi Beach terror attack

Sydney welcomed 2026 with fireworks under heightened security, honoring victims of a deadly antisemitic attack as police deployed in force across the city.

Facebook lagging on removing posts celebrating Bondi Beach massacre, CST claims

Fireworks explode over Sydney Harbour Bridge at 9 p.m. during New Year's Eve celebrations, in Sydney, Australia, December 31, 2025.
STUDY

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

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

German CDU funneled €390,000 to anti-antisemitism group lacking track record

Police officers stand guard as demonstrators take part in a pro-Palestine protest, on the day of the celebrations to mark the 35th anniversary of Germany's Unification Day, in Saarbruecken, Germany, October 3, 2025.

Lech L'Tulsa program provides pathway for Jewish Canadians to escape surging antisemitism

Pahlavi addresses Iran, Lebanon seizes weapons - December 31, 2025

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Rep. Randy Fine’s incendiary comments on Muslims alarm many Jews, backed by pro-Israel right

Crown Prince of Iran Reza Pahlavi gestures as he addresses the media during a press conference on June 23, 2025 in Paris, France.

Tourism rebounds with 1.3 million visitors in 2025, led by US, France and UK

TRAVELERS COME and go at Ben-Gurion Airport last month
REPORT

Trump, top advisers asked Netanyahu to change West Bank policy during meeting

US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a press conference after meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, US, December 29, 2025.
STUDY

Israel’s population growth falls below 1% for first time as fertility rates decline

Modi’s West Asia tour marks India’s quiet reordering of regional security partnerships

OPINION

In a region where alliances are often fragile and rhetoric volatile, long-term strategic partnerships must be embedded in economic development, technological innovation, and political moderation

Israel’s Iron Beam laser set to change regional defense dynamics

ANALYSIS
Oman's Deputy Prime Minister for Defence Affairs Sayyid Shihab bin Tariq Al Said welcomes Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi upon his arrival in Muscat, Oman, December 17, 2025
WATCH

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

Satellite in Space.

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

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

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

Erdogan calls Israel's recognition of Somaliland 'illegal,' unveils plans for Somalia

Erdogan said Turkey plans offshore energy drilling off Somalia's coast in 2026 and will add two new drilling vessels.

IDF troops find Gaza tunnel after rain, flood-induced landslides reveal terror site, 'Post' learns

TURKISH PRESIDENT Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro. Turkey’s irredentist policies, from its actions in Cyprus to its growing involvement in Syria, highlight a policy of territorial expansion and ethnic dominance, the writer maintains.
ANALYSIS

Is Iran’s Tiananmen moment a sign bazaar protests will topple the regime?

(L) An Iranian protester sits on a road, blocking Iranian authorities during a mass protests in Tehran, (R) man standing in front of a convoy of tanks in the Avenue of Eternal Peace in Beijing, China, June 5, 1989.
WATCH

Protests erupt across Iran as collapsing rial sparks unrest, regime blames 'enemy' influence

An Iranian protester sits on a road, blocking Iranian authorities during a mass protests in Tehran, December 29, 2025

American Jews mark Qatar as second greatest threat to Israel, after Iran - JPPI survey reveals

A PERSON holds a flag of Qatar and money, as protesters march to Jerusalem during an anti-government demonstration on March 19, 2025.

In Collaboration

TAU and Google Israel launch three-year program to advance research in artificial intelligence

Left to right: Avinatan Hassidim, Prof. Tova Milo, Prof. Yossi Matias, Prof. Ariel Porat & Prof. Yishay Mansour

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

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

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

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

Fuel prices in Israel to drop below 7 shekels per liter for first time since 2023

Fuel prices will drop below 7 shekels per liter for the first time since 2023, with the new rate of 6.85 shekels taking effect on January 1, the energy ministry announced.

Israel launches NIS 15 million initiative to bring Druze, Circassians into tech industry

View of the southern Israeli town of Beer Sheva. March 31, 2025.

Pentagon announces $8.6 billion Boeing contract for Israel's F-15IA Program

An F-15 jet releases a flare as it flies over Gaza, July 20, 2025

Nvidia in advanced talks to acquire Israeli AI startup AI21 Labs for up to $3 billion

NVIDIA

Israelis report outages across country, television, internet, mobile data disruptions

Turkey averaged six earthquakes an hour in 2025, one of its most seismically active years on record

Of these earthquakes, most were harmless, but several were strong enough to deal structural damage to buildings or other property.

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

A DRONE view shows the site of a building that collapsed after an earthquake in Sindirgi in the western Balikesir province, Turkey, August 11, 2025.

Scientists warn great white sharks in danger of disappearing from Meditteranean

Israeli firefighters at the scene where a kid in a critical condition after a fire broke at an apartment in Ramot, Jerusalem, December 3, 2025.

Firefighters respond to flooding at special-needs school in Jerusalem amid severe weather

Authorities conduct searches for an individual swept away by currents in Meitar River, near the Dead Sea, December 29, 2025.

Police, volunteers conducting searches following fears Israeli swept away in river flooding

MDA deploys an ambulance every 22 seconds through 2025, with more than 1 million calls

According to their 2025 statistics report, MDA emergency vehicles were dispatched 1,383,026 times.

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

Magen David Adom vehicles.

Health index 2025: 39% of IDF soldiers report urgent need for mental health care

IDF to recognize civilian suicides within two years of service as fallen soldiers, in major reform

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

Aliyah Ministry closes 2025 with 21,900 new immigrants, growth from France and UK

One third of this year’s olim were ages 18–35, the Aliyah and Integration Ministry and the Jewish Agency said, as interest surged and fairs drew tens of thousands worldwide.

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

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Aliyah Ministry closes 2025 with 21,900 new immigrants, growth from France and UK AI

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

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)

It’s all about the timing

Why now is the perfect window of opportunity for property acquisition.

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

Louis Marshall 2-4 Tel Aviv.

Festive tenders: Thousands of apartments on the way - Ma'ale Adumim in focus

Urban Renewal.

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

Construction Site.

Construction starts surge, transactions stall: More declines ahead?

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'Biggest issue in Israeli society': First Lady Michal Herzog at 'Post' Trauma Conference

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

Podcasts   

Many Chinese dress in historic attire when visiting national monuments.

Jews of China special (part 1)

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

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

US Politics   

Iran's Hadid 110 suicide drone

US issues sanctions related to Iran and Venezuela weapons trade

Neither Gaza nor Iran: Netanyahu's only focus in Trump meeting was pressuring Herzog for his pardon

Tatiana Schlossberg, 35, granddaughter of JFK, dies following leukemia diagnosis

Diaspora   

Illustrative image of violemt acts perpetrated against Russian schoolboy over Israeli flag in his profile picture

Russian schoolboy beaten by classmate, eye socket fractured, over Israeli flag in profile picture

In honor: 13 influential Jewish New Yorkers who passed away in 2025

France elected to lead International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance in 2027

Judaism   

SERENA KALISH (pictured) gave birth to her fourth child during a weekend filled with missile-warning sirens and uncertainty. The night of her delivery, sirens rang through the halls of the Shaare Zedek Medical Center as Iranian missiles were intercepted overhead.

2025’s ‘Persons of the Year’: Israeli mothers

Recognized by rabbinate, Orthodox converts trapped in Israeli legal limbo

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

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   

People walk along Bourbon street days after a U.S. Army veteran drove his truck into the crowded French Quarter on New Year's Day in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. January 6, 2025.

Archaeologists find clues to 1700s fires under New Orleans street

4,000-year-old evidence of psychoactive betel nut chewing found in Southeast Asia

Israel uncovers Second Temple-period mikveh beneath Western Wall

Science   

A 3D immunofluorescent image of melanoma cells (magenta) infected with bacteria (turquoise); cell nuclei are blue

Breakthrough Tel Aviv University study uncovers how skin cancer outsmarts immune system

Russia plans a nuclear power plant on Moon within a decade

A newly discovered species complicates the human origin story

Culture   

The newly added lettering for US President Donald Trump's name is displayed at the facade of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, US, December 19, 2025

Veteran Jazz ensemble cancel New Year’s show over Trump Kennedy Center renaming

Former Gaza hostages Matan Zangauker, Ilana Gritzwesky announce engagement

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

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   

Beyonce attends the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 02, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.

Beyoncé claims billionaire crown after record-breaking concert tour

Mentally ill man steals car with infant in back seat at Hadera hospital, baby returned unharmed

New Rome metro stations showcase ancient treasures after years of delays

Consumerism   

MSC Cruises’ Private Island in the Bahamas.

This is what your cruise will look like in 2026: Six trends changing the tourism world

Nutritious shakes in new flavors

Finally: Google secretly launches feature that will allow you to change your Gmail address

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Horoscope.

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