Israel's 26th Knesset sworn in as Eisenkot's bloc moves to assert control

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The Knesset plenum is seen during the inaugural session of the 26th Knesset, in Jerusalem, November 10, 2026
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen during the inaugural session of the 26th Knesset, in Jerusalem, November 10, 2026
MKs Naftali Bennett, Yair Lapid, and Avigdor Liberman seen during the inaugural session of the 26th Knesset, in Jerusalem, November 10, 2026

Netanyahu, Bennett clash over calls for unity gov't, Eisenkot says PM unfit to remain in office

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Netanyahu: Israel will soon face pressure to accept nuclear Iran, must form unity gov't

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the Knesset following the swearing-in of the 26th Knesset, in Jerusalem, November 10, 2026
Yashar head Gadi Eisenkot speaks during a faction meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, November 10, 2026

Eisenkot says opposition bloc will ‘not surrender’ on conscription amid haredi coalition talks

Newly elected MK Liran Avishar Ben-Horin poses for her official portrait at the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, a day before the opening ceremony of the 26th Knesset, November 9, 2026.

New Knesset Finance Committee chair faces conflict-of-interest concern over husband's business ties

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Iranian Christian convert recounts being told she would be executed for apostasy

Incoming Yashar MK and former minister Matan Kahana arrives at the Knesset ahead of the swearing-in ceremony, November 10, 2026.

Eisenkot-led bloc taps Yashar's Kahana for Knesset speaker, Liberman to head key defense panel

Yashar head Gadi Eisenkot speaks during a faction meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, November 10, 2026

Netanyahu in 'panic' over possibility of Eisenkot becoming prime minister, former aide says

Chinese Ambassador to Israel Xiao Junzheng, at Israel's China and Indo-Pacific policy conference, November 5, 2026.

Chinese ambassador says Iran military aid claims 'baseless' after ex-Mossad, IDF allegations

Traffic moves on a rainy day in Tehran, November 8, 2026.

IDF prepares for surprise Iranian attack as US pursues diplomatic deal with Tehran

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth holds a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, US, November 10, 2026.

Hegseth claims reps. are punishing him with impeachment for 'lawful military action' in Iran

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Iran's Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi joins the EJA delegation to Auschwitz-Birkenau, November 10, 2026.

Reza Pahlavi receives EJA award, warns against Iran's global reach at Auschwitz memorial ceremony

Netanyahu confidant Eshel repeatedly inquired with Ra'am's Abbas about Eisenkot coalition

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Natan Eshel attends the Jerusalem Day celebration at the Mercaz HaRav yeshiva in Jerusalem, May 20, 2012.

Gadi Eisenkot talks like a tyrant: Form a coalition or give over the mandate

OPINION

Netanyahu to appoint FM Gideon Sa’ar as interior minister, ending 16-month vacancy

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar hold a press conference at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, September 8, 2026

Record number of female MKs to be sworn in at ceremony for Israel's 26th Knesset

Landscaping crews prepare for the swearing-in ceremony for Israel's 26th Knesset, November 9, 2026.
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Abbas for MBS: Eisenkot’s way out of the political impasse runs through a diplomatic initiative

Yashar party chairman Gadi Eisenkot alongside members of his party at the party’s election headquarters in Tel Aviv, following the closing of polling stations and the release of exit poll results on Israel’s general election night, October 28, 2026.
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Giving beyond the gift

Martin Bernholtz, National Board Chair of the Canadian Friends of Hebrew University.

Six injured after extremist Israeli settlers attack peace activist rabbis in West Bank

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Settlers near Kusra blocking a road with rocks.

Likud officials ‘hope for a miracle’ as haredi parties weigh joining Eisenkot government

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UNICEF says Israel blocks Gaza basin repairs, warns of flooding, disease

Palestinians are seen inside and near tents sheltering displaced families amid heavy rainfall and flooding in Gaza City, November 7, 2026.

Hariri crime gang members arrested on busy Tel Aviv street in daylight operation

Law enforcement arrests a member of the Hariri crime organization on suspicion of extortion, threats, and the planting of explosive devices.

Wolt risks being shut down as Road Safety Authority files police complaint over courier violations

US Sen. Jon Ossoff greets supporters at an election night watch party after his reelection was announced, Atlanta, Georgia, Nov. 3, 2026.

Democrat Jon Ossoff's midterm success suggests new age of US-Israel relationship

Israel's Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter speaks during a meeting at the State Department in Washington, DC, US, June 26, 2026.

Israel's ambassador to US accuses NYT of spreading 'blood libel' over Gaza reporting

Puntland Maritime Police Forces patrol the Bosasso coastline in the Red Sea against ISIS in Bari Region, in the Gulf of Aden, Puntland region, Somalia January 30, 2025.

Italy says EU nations failed to commit to Red Sea security, despite calls from FM

Former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban holds a press conference in Budapest, Hungary, July 22, 2026.

Hungary detains Viktor Orban's brother in people-smuggling probe, PM says

Man sentenced to 66 months in prison over 2023 shooting at Montreal yeshiva

Police cars sit in front of Talmud Torah Elementary School as parents pick up their children in the Cote-des-Neiges neighborhood of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, November 9, 2023

Germany faces historic test over rise in antisemitism, Merz says in Kristallnacht speech

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man attacked on way to synagogue in Brooklyn, NYPD investigating

A New York City Police Department (NYPD) vehicle is seen outside the Israeli Consulate building in Manhattan, New York City, US, May 22, 2025; Illustrative.

Around 78% of Britons view Israel as a serious threat to world peace, survey finds

London university students gather outside King's College London before an 'Inter-University March' to mark what they describe as the 'second anniversary of the beginning of the genocide in Gaza' on 7th October 2025 in London, United Kingdom.

‘We Support Hamas’ sign seen in Amsterdam as 200,000 protest against Dutch Israel policy

Tensions flare between Hamas, Fatah less than a month after Palestinian unity talks

A man drives a tuk-tuk past portraits of late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat (C) and former Fatah security chief in Gaza Mohammed Dahlan (R) in Beirut's Burj al-Barajneh camp for Palestinian refugees on May 14, 2024; illustrative.

Trump: Saudi Arabia, Qatar want peaceful resolution to Iran war, US ready to strike if needed

Iran seals restaurants over allegations businesses ‘failed to observe Islamic norms’

US President Donald Trump speaks in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC, US, November 9, 2026.

Most Americans want new Democratic Congress to end Iran war, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds

Prime Minister of Iraq Ali al-Zaidi speaks during a bilateral meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House on July 14, 2026 in Washington, DC.

Between Iran, Iraq and a hard place: Iraq’s prime minister weighs next moves

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Diplomatic challenges from US, Europe, Iran, await Israel's next prime minister

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 US-ISRAEL-DIPLOMACY Israeli and US flags are seen on the table as US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Pentagon in Washington, DC on February 5, 2025; illustrative

Israel as the scapegoat for a Spanish train tragedy

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‘People think you just snap out of it’: Women describe rebuilding life after abuse

Audience members look on at a WIZO conference in Tel Aviv, 10 November 2026.
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Jewish Democrats must not abandon Israel after their midterm victory

Abdul El-Sayed, Michigan Democratic candidate for US Senate, addresses the state's Jewish Democratic caucus at its annual "Summer Simcha" event amid broader Jewish communal concerns about his campaign, Birmingham, Mich., Aug. 30, 2026.
ByGIL TROY

Jerusalem's L3 light rail line extended to Damascus Gate, stops added in downtown area

Satellite hacking poses growing global threat as cyber defenses weaken, Israeli official warns

Israel National Cyber Directorate Director of Guidance and Spectrum Defense Kobi Menashe.

Mer Group lands €46m. in West African intelligence, cyber contracts

Israeli defense giant IWI, Dutch defense company sign Netherlands-based arms production deal

Israel's AI Chief, Brig.-Gen. Erez Askal at Tel Aviv University's AI Week conference.

Israel risks losing control of electricity, water, healthcare to foreign AI firms, official warns

US President Donald Trump dances during a rally, in support of Republican US Senate candidate, former US Representative Mike Rogers, ahead of the midterm elections, at an entertainment complex in Port Huron, Michigan, US, October 25, 2026.

Trump administration announces new US strategy to combat rogue drones, strengthen aviation safety

Israel prosperous enough to buy US weapons without financial aid, Rubio claims

United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to the media after meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, in New York, US, September 23, 2026.

Sanctioned Russian jet carrying military intel. chief lands in Israel after departing Moscow base

Next likely US House speaker Hakeem Jeffries to face challenges amid support for Israel

 House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D- NY, speaks during a news conference on March 24, 2025, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC.

Trump says further military action against Iran 'doesn’t seem necessary,’ reveals Tehran is talking

US President Donald Trump speaks to the media before boarding Air Force One en route to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, at President Donald J. Trump International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida, US, November 8, 2026.
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US refueling aircraft evacuated from UK's RAF Mildenhall base due to Iran threat

An F15 fighter plane comes in to land at RAF Lakenheath at sunset on January 07, 2026 in Mildenhall, England.

Mathematician Perspective of Society: I AM not ROBOT

Dr. Gail Gilboa Freedman, Dean of the Faculty of Technology at Sapir Academic College.

What literature can teach us about the climate crisis

Ben-Gurion University Prof. Itay Marienberg-Milikowsky supports research in climate and literature at the Goldman Sonnenfeldt School of Sustainability and Climate Change.

Jeremy Leibler: Australian Jewry’s future must be about more than fighting antisemitism

A week after Oct. 7, 2023 (from L): Australian Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Zionist Federation of Australia (ZFA) president Jeremy Leibler; Mark Leibler, Jeremy’s father

France accuses Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps of cyberattack on supermarket fridges

Iranian hackers, illustration.

US energy giant Murphy enters Israeli gas exploration market in partnership with Ratio Energies

Google.org awards Clalit $2 million to develop AI system for patient access

Clalit health center in Ramla, central Israel. June 10, 2026; Illustrative.
OPINION

The impossible standard we're setting for artificial intelligence

The Physical AI Conference in Tel Aviv, September 8, 2026.
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Russia's Lavrov says US diesel deal working, prices coming down

First snow of winter falls on Mount Hermon after weekend of heavy rain, flooding across Israel

Snow on the peaks of Mount Hermon, November 9, 2026.

Kinneret water level rises one cm. after weekend rains, remains 39 cm. below last year's height

UN report: 2026 on track to be among four hottest years on record as El Niño drives warming

Turkish and United Nations flags flutter at the entrance to the Antalya Expo Center on November 8, 2026, ahead of the opening of the UN climate conference. Turkey will host the COP31 climate talks from November 9 to 20 in the Mediterranean resort city of Antalya.

Leaders urge rapid climate action at COP31 as record heat, global crises threaten progress

Rain causes flooding across Israel, November 7, 2026.

Water Authority has no flooding plan, no budget, no organization, climate resilience expert says

Sheba hospital director Yitshak Kreiss to temporarily serve as Health Ministry director-general

Yitshak Kreiss, Director of the Sheba Medical Center speaks during a cornerstone laying ceremony at the Safra Children Hospital, in Ramat Gan, February 6, 2023.

Israeli-American AEYE Health wins Prix Galien Award for new AI technology helping prevent blindness

How a shortage of factory-bred flies left the US exposed to the flesh-eating screwworm

Biden says cancer treatment is slowing him down, plans fewer appearances for upcoming memoir

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Israelis in emotional distress are turning to ChatGPT for help, study finds

Emotional Selma Blair reflects on Jewish education, says her dream is to make aliyah to Israel

Selma Blair on stage during the 3rd Jewish Media Awards at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center on November 05, 2026 in New York City.

Lone soldiers, b'not sherut find a true home at the Michael Levin Base

Legendary 1969 Eurovision winner Lenny Kuhr makes aliyah with husband

LENNY KUHR performs in the 1969 Eurovision Song Contest.
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English-language book clubs across Israel keep Anglo women on the same page

WOMEN AT a meeting of the Jerusalem Barnard Book Club.

ANU marks Aliyah Day with a tribute to Jewish dining, memories, traditions

Visitors at the ANU Museum of the Jewish People, in Tel Aviv, on January 19, 2025.

Where Jerusalem meets luxury

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Selichot above Jerusalem: An evening of music, reflection and connection

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In the middle of the triangle

The New Talpiot project.

‘New Talpiot’: A global community in one of Jerusalem’s most sought-after locations

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The Jerusalem Post Diplomatic Conference returns to Jerusalem

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Australia's business leaders to join global voices at Jerusalem Post Sydney Summit

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Chevron’s GM for Corporate Affairs and Joint Ventures at Jpost Diplomatic Conference

“Let's tell the incredible story of this place”

Mekorot’s Shira Singer on the future of water infrastructure

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 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

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Iranian Christian convert recounts being told she would be executed for apostasy

Crusader castles, ancient alleys, and avant-garde art: Inside the annual Akko festival

New Knesset, new political battle: Opposition backs Kahana as Netanyahu faces pressure

US Politics   

US Sen. Jon Ossoff greets supporters at an election night watch party after his reelection was announced, Atlanta, Georgia, Nov. 3, 2026.

Democrat Jon Ossoff's midterm success suggests new age of US-Israel relationship

Trump says ‘a great dislike’ for Israel was factor in Republican midterm losses

GOP Rep. Thomas Massie moves to impeach US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth

Diaspora   

Israel's Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter speaks during a meeting at the State Department in Washington, DC, US, June 26, 2026.

Israel's ambassador to US accuses NYT of spreading 'blood libel' over Gaza reporting

Limmud LA returns with Jewish learning festival spanning politics, comedy and culture

Man arrested after bringing unregistered firearm, pocket knives to Washington synagogue

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WhatsApp, illustration.

Tzohar launches 'You Have a Rabbi' WhatsApp hotline as Israeli public's interest in Judaism grows

'My First Tanakh Stories': Bible stories for young kids and their grandparents

Dvar Haftarah: When a father’s silence becomes his son’s downfall

Christian World   

Passengers at the Ben Gurion International airport near Tel Aviv, July 16, 2026.

500 Black Christian leaders arrive in Israel for 'Unfinished Business' pilgrimage

Pope Leo had lobe of lung removed as doctors found cancer, Vatican says

Friends of Zion says October 7 broadcast reached 250 million in 176 countries

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A dish from Furman's in Netanya.

Furman's in Netanya: Much more than a pizza bar

In the kitchen with Henny: Short Friday shortcuts for Shabbat preparation

Turkish delight: A top-notch Israeli meal at Tel Aviv's Turkish Grill

Archaeology   

Researcher Gino Caspari with a wild cannabis plant growing in the Altai Mountains in Siberia, Russia in this handout image released on November 5, 2026.

Ancient Scythian burial site from Siberia reveals earliest known use of cannabis as an intoxicant

Preserving an ancient mosaic: Israeli specialists gather to conserve 1,500-year-old synagogue floor

Welsh researchers solve 400-year-old combination lock recovered from Ann Francis’ shipwreck

Science   

 A view of Earth, partially hidden by the Moon, photographed through the Orion spacecraft window at 6:40 p.m. EDT (22:40 GMT) April 6, 2026

NASA announces $10b. contract for lunar cargo lander in push toward eventual long-term moon base

NASA observatory falls out of orbit, burns in atmosphere after 22 years of studying the cosmos

Is AI killing art? No, but the human creative process still matters, Israeli study argues

Culture   

GOLAZIN ARDESTANI attends the Haifa festival this week.

Iranian singer Gola brings message of hope to Haifa International Film Festival

Israeli director Erez Tadmor takes ‘Matchmaking 3’ to New York - and reveals its unlikely secret

Not sheepish: Israel Museum reveals a different side of Menashe Kadishman’s art

History   

AVRAHAM SAIDE’S passport, issued on November 3, 1926, defines him as a British protected Palestinian citizen.

Avraham Saide: The 100th anniversary of British-Palestinian passport No. 1

Ben-Gurion wished Gaza would ‘sink into the sea,’ newly revealed documents from 1956 show

The enigma of Robert Oppenheimer: New biography revisits the man behind the atomic bomb

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US singer Britney Spears arrives for the premiere of Sony Pictures' "Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood" at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California on July 22, 2019.

'Just bored and reading Hebrew': Britney Spears shares Jewish prayer books in Instagram post

Actor Selma Blair arrested, accused of abusing flight attendants

Former England soccer star Wayne Rooney says grandma was Polish Jew during Auschwitz visit

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Budapest, Hungary.

Hanukkah 2026: The new top Israeli destinations

From sandwiches to student bars: A guide to Beersheba's iconic commercial centers

The magic of Ein Hod: A European escape just around the corner

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Israel’s hidden strength: Institutional capital pools

Israel can no longer afford the privileges of adolescent behavior

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