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


Amid economic, political crises, Pakistan must choose next army chief

Factions strive over who will command the world’s seventh nuclear power.

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin meets with Pakistani Chief of Army Staff in Washington DC on October 4, 2022.

L’Oréal Paris, Tel Aviv launch local campaign to stop sexual harassment

The campaign calls on women and men who witness sexual harassment in the public to intervene and stop it with the help of five simple tools that can be learned in an interactive lesson.

L’Oréal

Living in the dark in Lebanon - analysis

Most people struggle to live and work in a country with less than two hours a day of electricity provided by the government.

Beirut resident Em Rafi, 77, heats water for a bathing in her dark kitchen; she only receives a couple hours of electricity from the national utility company each day.

UK's Liz Truss meets with committee that can oust her amid political chaos

'Odds are against' UK's Liz Truss surviving the day as PM, a Conservative lawmaker from the 1922 Committee said on Thursday.

 British Prime Minister Liz Truss leaves Number 10 Downing Street for the Houses of Parliament, in London, Britain, October 19, 2022

Amudim Israel: Counseling gap-year students in crisis

Amudim Israel is partnering with the Wurzweiler School of Social Work to launch a mental health clinic for gap-year students ineligible for most of Israel's mental health services.

 Yosi Golberstein, director of Amudim Israel, at a child safety workshop

Medical crisis: Israel can't replace doctors, is it too late to fix?

Desperation is one of the four elements of creativity, and desperation finds a way. Perhaps creativity will help mitigate Israel's doctor shortage.

 Surgeons perform surgery on a patient at Assuta Medical Center in Tel Aviv.

$18b deposited in Lebanese banks by Iraqi politicians, gov’t agencies has ‘evaporated’

The funds mostly come from corrupt politicians and those seeking to avoid US sanctions.

A view shows the exterior of Lebanon's Central Bank building in Beirut, Lebanon June 29, 2022.

3 Lebanese banks held up by people demanding access to their own money

The country's banks have locked most depositors out of their savings since an economic crisis took hold three years ago, leaving much of the population unable to pay for basics.

 Members of police stand guard outside an LGB Bank branch which was held up by a depositor seeking access to his own savings, according to a bank employee, in Ramlet al-Bayda area in Beirut, Lebanon September 16, 2022.

Anti-Israel delegitimization effort is a national security issue - opinion

The driving principle is clear – if Israel’s international legitimacy is a national security issue it needs to be treated as such by the Israeli government.

 THE FOREIGN Ministry compound in Jerusalem: Vast legal teams must be assembled to challenge the apartheid accusation on judicial fora across the globe, says the writer.

World Bank accuses Lebanese politicians of cruelty over deposit promises

Lebanon is in the third year of a financial meltdown that has left eight in ten people poor.

A view shows the exterior of Lebanon's Central Bank building in Beirut, Lebanon June 29, 2022.