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Israeli far Right TikToker harasses, pepper sprays activists, invades West Bank home

Star pushed his way into the activist house in Ras al-Auja, ignoring activists' calls that he was trespassing on private property and demanding that he leave.

|ByTZVI JASPER
ISRAELI FAR-RIGHT TikToker Roy Star harasses left-wing activist, January 20, 2026.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with Communications Minister Shlomo Kahri in the Knesset. Kahri advocates opening up the media market in Israel.

Dangerous game: Netanyahu risks Israel’s security to save coalition with draft deal - editorial

Everyday, middle-of-the-road Israelis agree: playing politics with the country’s security is wrong and dangerous.

|ByJPOST EDITORIAL
MK Boaz Bismuth seen with haredi MKs and Aliyah and Integration Minister Ofir Sofer in the Knesset, Jerusalem, January 14, 2026.

IDF draft equality is minimum condition to restore Israeli solidarity - editorial

The Israel-Hamas War did not only take bodies; it took spirit. It took marriages, jobs, sleep, and the sense that someone competent is steering.

|ByJPOST EDITORIAL
AMBASSADOR DEBORAH Lipstadt, US Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism speaks during 'March For Israel' at the National Mall on November 14, 2023 in Washington, DC.

Jackson synagogue arsonist unconnected to pro-Palestinian movement

Jewish activists and communities have been engaged in debate over which corner poses the greatest threat, and new incidents are often met with immediate speculation over the attacker’s motivations.

|ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA

Settler rioters as sweet boys? Not! - opinion

To the left and the right everyone is making a mess in Israeli politics. Ironically, IDF soldiers, who are much younger than the Knesset members in charge, are forced to act as the nation's adults.

JULY 5, 2023ByGIL TROY
NATIONAL SECURITY Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir addresses a parliamentary faction meeting of his Otzma Yehudit Party in the Knesset last week. It is horrifying, watching the national security minister undermine security, says the writer.

Shas, Otzma Yehudit face off over controversial Chief Rabbinate bills

Shas controls both offices that have the most influence on religious services – the Religious Affairs Ministry and the Interior Ministry.

JUNE 27, 2023ByELIAV BREUER
Itamar Ben Gvir, Minister of National Security and head of the Otzma Yehudit political party gives a press statement during a party meeting in the southern Israeli city of Sderot, May 3, 2023.

'Anne Frank pornography' being banned in Florida, Texas schools

A new version of the famous Holocaust diary is being called ‘Anne Frank pornography’ and is in turn getting banned from schools in Texas and Florida.

JUNE 13, 2023ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA
"Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation"

Liberman ready for coalition with Netanyahu if he cuts off haredim

Liberman was one of the initiators of the multiple rounds of elections Israel went through from 2019-2022.

JUNE 10, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attend the special plenary session opening the winter session of the Knesset, on October 23, 2017.

Right-wing orgs. blame 'Deep State' influence as gov't shelves NGO tax law

Right-wing groups called on the government to return the NGO tax law to the agenda after it was removed following international criticism.

MAY 28, 2023ByELIAV BREUER
Judicial overhaul supporters and Members of the Im Tirtzu organization protest outside the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on March 22, 2023.

Far-right activists attack journalists during Jerusalem Day festivities

Scuffles were also reported between Arabs and Jews throughout the Muslim Quarter of the Old City before and during the march.

MAY 18, 2023ByTZVI JOFFRE
Israeli security personnel stand by as Israelis shout slogans and gather at Damascus gate to Jerusalem's Old city marking Jerusalem Day, in Jerusalem May 18, 2023

New right-wing faction in Israeli Bar seeks to change political leaning

The new Zionist Legal Initiative faction said that the current composition of the Bar makes it an extension of the political opposition.

MAY 14, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
Justice Minister Amir Ohana speaks at the Israeli Bar Association on June 10, 2019

Antisemitism is neither uniquely from the Right or Left - opinion

Not only must we call out antisemitism when we see it in others, but when we see it emanating from our political party, as well.

MAY 9, 2023ByASHER STERN
US SPECIAL Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Antisemitism Deborah Lipstadt speaks at a news conference during a meeting of envoys and coordinators on countering antisemitism, in Berlin, earlier this year.

Otzma Yehudit MK cancels all National Security Committee meetings in protest of gov't

Ben-Gvir announced last week that his party was not going to attend Knesset votes until it is given "significant influence" over the government's national security policy.

MAY 8, 2023ByELIAV BREUER
Committee head Zvika Fogel leads a National Security Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, on February 27, 2023.

Erdogan’s AKP relies on jingoism ahead of May 14 elections in Turkey

REGIONAL AFFAIRS: The AKP has started to pull out all the stops and is returning to its roots of extremism to win votes.

MAY 5, 2023BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
KEMAL KILICDAROGLU, presidential candidate of Turkey’s main opposition alliance, addresses his supporters during a rally ahead of the May 14 presidential and parliamentary elections, in Izmir, last week.