Crisis

From war to renewal: The Jewish Agency responds to crisis and builds the future

“When Jews are attacked anywhere, it affects us everywhere. Our answer – now as then – is solidarity, responsibility, and the determination to build a stronger future together.”

JEWISH AGENCY EMBRACE: Jewish Agency Chairman Maj.-Gen. (res.) Doron Almog; Board of Governors Chair Mark Wilf; and Jewish Agency CEO Yehuda Setton  embrace the Horn brothers, two of whom were here held hostage for hundreds of days.
Iranian women perform a prayer for rainfall at the Saleh Shrine in Tehran on November 14, 2025, as the country suffers from severe water shortages. Authorities in Tehran warned last week of possible rolling cuts to water supplies in the capital amid what officials call the worst drought in decades.

Decades of mismanagement, corruption pushed Iran toward water collapse - analysis

The container building for students at Sapir College in Sderot.

How to solve the rental crisis for young people in 120 days

PEOPLE PRAY for rain amid a severe drought in Tehran earlier this month. Western states, Israel, and regional partners should offer technical assistance, but only with full public oversight, say the writers.

Letting a nation go thirsty: Iran’s water disaster is self-inflicted - opinion


We must get rid of all nuclear weapons before it's too late - opinion

The record of close calls over the decades shows just how near the world was to a nuclear catastrophe. The time to eliminate the man-made threat of nuclear weapons is now.

 A 23 -kiloton tower shot called BADGER, fired on April 18, 1953, at the Nevada Test Site, as part of the Operation Upshot–Knothole nuclear test series. (Photo courtesy of National Nuclear Security Administration/Nevada Site Office)

Lebanon sits on a knife's edge, hovering above disaster - opinion

Beset by venality, corruption and self-interest at every level – political, economic, and social – and with no obvious means of regeneration, Lebanon teeters on the brink of collapse into chaos.

 A UNIFIL VEHICLE drives near a picture showing Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, in Adaisseh village, near the Lebanese-Israeli border, last month.

Is Israel in danger of entering a constitutional crisis?

LEGAL AFFAIRS: It is necessary to explore these scenarios, the consequences of a constitutional crisis, and just how likely one is to erupt.

 A sign reading "Save Israel from Netanyahu" is seen at a protest against the government's judicial reform, in Jerusalem, on July 23, 2023.

Ben-Gvir vs Shabtai: Who will police obey in a constitutional crisis?

The police chief said that the police were only guided by the law and as long as he was in command, the only guiding principle would be the law, even in a constitutional crisis.

 NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER Itamar Ben-Gvir and Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai attend the opening of a new police station in the Negev.

Prisons in crisis with overcrowding, abject conditions - public defender

There are about 16,000 inmates incarcerated in Israel Prison Service facilities, around 1,500 more than the maximum occupancy capacity standard for 14,500 inmates. 

 View of the Shita prison, located next to Gilboa,and intended for 800 primarily security convicts.

'Major humanitarian crisis' as 14K Ukrainian refugees lose health services - report

About 14,000 Ukrainian refugees in Israel can no longer receive health services after the Finance Ministry failed to renew their insurance.

 Ukrainian Jewish refugees arriving at Ben-Gurion Airport, March 6, 2022.

Israel isn't suffering a constitutional crisis, but an identity crisis - opinion

As we stand in 2023, a clear, unified vision for Israel’s Jewish inhabitants has yet to emerge. Instead, the existing government has given rise to two sharply contrasting visions

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu stands in front of a portrait of first prime minister David Ben-Gurion.

11,000 trapped Jewish descendants in Ethiopia await rescue

The Foreign Ministry is working to help the Israelis and people eligible for aliyah currently trapped in Ethiopia's Gondar region.

 Photo of the Gondar Jewish community a few weeks ago.

Israel vs Judaism: Can these two identities coexist? - opinion

Our nation of Israel openly seems to declare that we have been split between two critical aspects of our identity – our Judaism and our “Israelism.”

 THE WRITER addresses the annual Tzohar conference, in Tel Aviv, last month.

Blinken urges world to tell Russia: Enough using Black Sea as blackmail

"Enough treating the world's most vulnerable people as leverage. Enough of this unjustified unconscionable war," Blinken stated.

 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in Bejing, China, June 18, 2023.