Jerusalem Report

'Yom Kippur for most pollsters': What Israel’s election taught us about certainty - comment

Israel’s election forced us to rethink the pollsters we trusted and the assumptions we brought into the newsroom

Placards are seen on the floor after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to supporters at the Likud party election night event at the Teddy Hall, International Convention Center in Jerusalem in October.Premium
Arab citizens make up roughly one-fifth of Israel’s population, yet their presence in everyday Israeli society has not always translated into recognition as equal political partners.PremiumPremium

‘We are not alone in this land’: The Arab vote and Israel’s blind spot - comment

Campus protests over Israel have brought renewed attention to Zionism, with the movement increasingly debated through the language of colonialism and national  self-determination.PremiumPremium

Zionism succeeded beyond its founders’ dreams - so why is it dividing Jews? - analysis

Bipartisan support in Congress has long been central to the US-Israel relationship, but changing attitudes among younger Americans and across the political spectrum pose new challenges.PremiumPremium

Israel's next PM must ask: Who will protect Israel when Trump leaves office in 2029? - opinion


'Hiding in plain sight': Political Islamism is exploiting America's freedoms - opinion

Political Islamism is exploiting America’s democratic freedoms and institutions. Washington must recognize the threat before it becomes too deeply entrenched to uproot

The Statue of Liberty stands in the foreground as the ‘Tribute in Light’ public art installation commemorating the September 11, 2001, attacks shines from the Lower Manhattan skyline on September 11, 2026.
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‘Trust simply does not exist’: People must drive Israeli-Palestinian peace, Sari Nusseibeh says

The veteran Palestinian intellectual and peacemaker says the divide between Israelis and Palestinians has never been deeper – but insists there is still reason to hope

Veteran Palestinian peacemaker says the gap is wide but he has not lost hope for peace.
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The post-victory trap: Hezbollah has been degraded, not dismantled - analysis

The real test is what happens after Israel leaves southern Lebanon and what regeneration mechanisms will Hezbollah retain?

Israeli troops drive along the road in Rosh Hanikra as they prepare to enter southern Lebanon, in September.
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Viral videos and 'No Israelis' signs: Why Thailand is souring to Israeli tourists

Israeli tourists are finding themselves less welcome in Thailand

Thai farm worker Watchara Sriaoun, who was a hostage in Gaza, speaks via video call to his family and friends at his native home in Udon Thani in January 2025.
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Amir's Room: How a fallen soldier's music reaches children who never knew him

Through music, a small group of orphaned children is remembering the legacy of one of Israel’s fallen soldiers

Sergeant Amir Lavi fell in combat at the Sufa Military Outpost on October 7, 2023.
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Farewell from the Report: reflecting on three years of upheaval - from the editor

On the third anniversary of October 7, Editor-in-Chief, Ruth Marks Eglash reflects on a year at The Jerusalem Report and bids readers farewell

A partially torn poster of a hostage kidnapped in the deadly October 7 attack on Israel by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas is seen at a public plaza in front of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.

'You will be quiet': Israel’s ambassador Danny Danon takes on the United Nations

In his second term as ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon has found an increasingly hostile environment, battling not only obvious foes but also officials

Ambassador Danny Danon speaks during ‘Summit of the Future’ on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly at the United Nations Headquarters in New York in September 2024.
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The United Nations has drifted beyond its charter - it is time to rethink it - opinion

As political majorities increasingly push the UN beyond the limits of its Charter, institutional renewal has become an urgent necessity

The UN Charter was not intended to create a supranational government, but an organization with limited powers dependent on the good faith of its sovereign member states.
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America’s UN dilemma: China dominates the UN - why should US taxpayers fund it? - opinion

Washington should not pay billions to preserve a single vote in an organization increasingly hostile to US and Israeli interests

A meeting of the UN Security Council in April. The organization says Washington currently owes more than $5 billion.
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For years, UNRWA schools bred extremism in Gaza - now, the monopoly is breaking - opinion

After years of scrutiny over UNRWA schools, new education models are emerging for Gaza’s children

UNRWA has operated schools for generations of Palestinian children in Gaza, but its education system has faced mounting scrutiny over the curriculum and materials used in its classrooms.
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