Jerusalem Report

Israel's next election is a battle for the country's soul - opinion

What is on the minds of Israeli voters as they prepare to head to the ballot box?

|ByTAMAR HERMANN, LIOR YOHANANI
Israeli current opposition leader Yair Lapid (L) and former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett stand together in Tel Aviv on May 12, as they hold their inaugural conference of their ‘Together – Under Bennett’s Leadership’ party for the upcoming national election. Premium
‘We were taught to love each other, not to hate. Christians are a peaceful community,’ says Naji Mansour, owner of Mansour Money Change in the Old City. PremiumPremium

'I refuse to hide my cross': Jerusalem's Christians describe a climate of fear

Clergy, residents, and business owners say assaults against Christians in Jerusalem are becoming more frequent – and more tolerated

|ByDANA BEN-SHIMON
The Islamic Republic has built alternative financial systems, and while ordinary Iranians have absorbed severe economic pain.PremiumPremium

How the IRGC's shadow economy keeps Iran's nuclear program alive - analysis

How Iran is financed, and why US attempts to pressure Iran in the Strait of Hormuz have failed

|ByDANNY AYALON, MORAN ALALUF
Opposition leader Yair Lapid and former prime minister Naftali Bennett recently held an inaugural conference of their Together – Under Bennett’s Leadership party for the upcoming national election. PremiumPremium

Why polarization, not Iran or Hamas, will decide Israel's next election - analysis

As Israel heads toward another election, the country’s deepest divides may no longer be external enemies – but itself

|ByGAYIL TALSHI

Israeli families vow to stay in North: 'If we're not here, Hezbollah will be here'

Despite the shaky ceasefire with Lebanon, this family on Israel’s northern border says it will never leave again

APRIL 28, 2026ByTANIA SHALOM MICHAELIAN
Firefighters douse flames in a field after a drone launched from southern Lebanon fell near Kibbutz Snir in the Upper Galilee.

'Totally lost': Israel's next generation faces rising wartime trauma, study warns

New data reveal deepening trauma of Israeli children in the northern and southern border regions

APRIL 28, 2026ByRUTH MARKS EGLASH
A study has found that there has been “a multidimensional decline in the emotional resilience and functioning among children and youth living along Israel’s northern and southern borders.

Through a mother's eyes: The wartime struggle of Israelis with special needs - comment

The mental and physical wartime challenges for Israelis with special needs

APRIL 28, 2026ByHANNAH BROWN
SHEKEL participants with counselor during a siren, in a bomb shelter at the Jerusalem center.

Aliyah under fire: The new immigrants who chose Israel despite war and uncertainty

Five new ‘olim,’ who came to live in Israel despite sirens and missiles, fulfilling a lifelong dream

APRIL 28, 2026ByBATSHEVA SHULMAN
Nearly 20,000 new immigrants have arrived in Israel since last Passover.

Beyond the strikes: How healthcare is holding Israel’s displaced together

As thousands are displaced by missile strikes, Israel’s healthcare system is rebuilding care inside hotels

APRIL 28, 2026ByCHANI KAPLAN
A medical operations room provides services in a Jerusalem hotel for those evacuated from their homes in Beit Shemesh following an Iranian missile strike.

In Israel’s Arab sector, war exposes a dual threat of rampant crime and no shelter

Arab Israelis face dual threats of war and crime, saying that neglect by the government has left them even more vulnerable

APRIL 28, 2026ByDANA BEN SHIMON
Arab Israelis survey the damage following a missile strike in the Arab Israeli city of Kafr Kassem on March 26.

A generational crisis: Israel's most vulnerable children pay war's steepest price

How the Israel-Iran conflict has shattered the lives of at-risk children and youth

APRIL 28, 2026ByRINA EDELSTEIN
At-risk youth in Israel are slipping into a deepening generational crisis after two years of war.

From Start-Up Nation to recovery nation: How Israel is rebuilding mental health at scale - analysis

As trauma surges, Israel is turning to mental health tech, aiming to scale care and build national resilience 

APRIL 28, 2026ByGILA TOLUB
As trauma surges, Israel is racing to build a mental health system that can meet a nation under prolonged stress.

Even in ceasefire, Israelis are still living with the war - from the editor

Israelis navigate loss, trauma, and rebuilding – revealing both resilience and hidden strain

APRIL 28, 2026ByRUTH MARKS EGLASH
Soldiers stand in front a memorial to fallen soldiers in Jerusalem’s Mount Herzl Cemetery a few days ahead of Yom Hazikaron, Israel’s Remembrance Day.

Lebanon's choice: Disarm Hezbollah or accept an Israeli buffer zone - analysis

Revisiting history to chart a path toward sovereignty and stability – and end the era of Hezbollah in Lebanon

APRIL 23, 2026BySHAUL BARTAL
If Lebanon is to survive as a sovereign, pluralistic state, it must remove Hezbollah from the military sphere.