Hatikvah

Soothing the soul with hope and soprano Sharon Azrieli

The concert series is the result of a lifetime of musical search by opera singer and cantor Sharon Azrieli.

OPERA SINGER and cantor Sharon Azrieli.
Israel's Manor Solomon in action with Italy's Riccardo Orsolini, World Cup qualifying in Hungary's Debrecen, September 8, 2025.

Israel's soccer team loses 5-4 to Italy in close-fought FIFA World Cup qualifier

Israeli wheelchair basketball player Ilay Yarhi plays against the UK wheelchair basketball team.

UK wheelchair basketball team snubs Israelis during Hatikva - interview

 President Isaac Herzog meets with Muslim leaders at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, July 7, 2025.

Reporter's Notebook: Herzog hosts European Muslim delegation


Israel's bad infrastructure is a recurring problem - it's time to fix it

This problem has to do with a lack of attention to detail and is part of the general attitude here with issues that don’t pertain to matters of security of “yihiye b’seder”, “it will be okay.”

Flooding the the center of Israel following heavy rains.

WATCH: Israelis sing Hatikvah from balconies, usher in Remembrance Day

"Go out to your balconies, stand by your windows, and we'll all sing the national anthem together as one," he said, addressing bereaved and families, and citizens of the State of Israel.

Residents of Afula sing Hatikvah from their balcony for Memorial Day

Jerusalem Ballet premieres a story that is almost impossible to tell

'MEMENTO.'Jerusalem Ballet. Suzanne Dellal Center, Tel Aviv. September 1.

THE JERUSALEM Ballet performs ‘Memento’

Gold-medal celebration on ice for Israel hockey

Union with North American foundation leads to blue-and-white international success.

THE ISRAEL MEN’S national team poses on the ice following its gold-medal winning performance this week in Mexico City at the IIHF World Championship Division II Group B tournament

Israeli national anthem plays in Qatar- watch

Hatikvah was heard after Israeli gymnast won the gold medal during the FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series.

Doha, Qatar

Prime Minister Netanyahu and Miri Regev meet with Israeli Judo champions

Sagi Muki and Peter Palchik both won gold medals at the completions where the Israeli national anthem was played in in Abu Dhabi for the first time.

Israeli Judokas meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Culture and Sports Minister Miri Regev at the Prime Minister's office on Thursday, November 8, 2018

Abu Dhabi of gold

For many years, the toxic mixing of sports and politics went unchallenged. But in recent years that began to change.

Miri Regev (C) visits Abu Dhabi's Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, October 29, 2018

WATCH: Miri Regev's historic visit to Abu Dhabi's grand mosque

The visit is part of a seemingly new chapter in warming Israeli ties with Dubai.

Miri Regev (C) visits Abu Dhabi's Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, October 29, 2018

Nation-State Law and disorder

The trigger for the latest round of threatened diplomatic warfare was, of course, the passage on July 19 of Israel’s Nation-State Law.

Protests against the nation-state bill in Tel Aviv, July 14th, 2018

Jewish and democratic

Since its founding in 1948, Israel has grappled with the conundrum of being both a Jewish nation-state and a democracy. Is it even possible?

The Knesset building