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

|ByZVIKA KLEIN
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

Israelis reacted to the Arab vote as if they had just discovered Arab citizens. That says more about us than about them

|ByNERIA BARR
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

From Jewish liberation movement to contested ideology, Zionism’s meaning has changed for Jews around the world

|ByBATSHEVA NEUER
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

Israel’s next prime minister must make winning America a National Security priority

|ByERIC R. MANDEL

State of emergency: Unseen footage takes viewers inside Clalit-Soroka on October 7

Unseen Clalit-Soroka footage of October 7 premieres at President’s Residency

OCTOBER 13, 2026ByLARA SUKSTER MOSHEYOF
Doctors in the Emergency Room in Soroka on October 7.
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Israel’s film industry is thriving - so why can’t it crack the Oscars?

Israel has earned 10 Oscar nominations but never won. Are the Ophir Awards helping choose its strongest contenders?

OCTOBER 13, 2026ByHANNAH BROWN
The cast and crew of ‘Tell Me Everything,’ after it received the Ophir Award for Best Picture.
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The boycott endgame: Attacking Israel wins applause, and that's the danger - opinion

From football to Eurovision, efforts to exclude Israel are making its international isolation increasingly normal

OCTOBER 13, 2026ByANDREW FOX
Ireland’s home match against Israel was moved to Serbia and played behind closed doors at TSC Arena on October 4, amid calls for the match to be abandoned.
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Keeping Jews Jewish is not enough - we must build them - opinion

Zionism built more than a State – it built a different kind of Jew

OCTOBER 13, 2026ByADAM SCOTT BELLOS
Early Zionist pioneers sought not only to establish a Jewish homeland but to reshape Jewish life through physical labor, self-reliance, and collective responsibility.
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'Countries want what works': Why Europe wants Israeli tech

As global defense spending rises, Aurelius Capital is betting that combat-proven Israeli technology will lead

OCTOBER 13, 2026ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Aurelius Capital’s Alon Lifshitz: “The world is turning to what works, and Israeli defense tech works.”
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As Israel's intelligence protects the UK, Britain's politics punish Israel - analysis

Domestic politics are driving Britain and Israel further apart, threatening a relationship both still need

OCTOBER 13, 2026ByNEVILLE TELLER
British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband announced a reset in relations with Israel in September, including tougher measures targeting settlements in the West Bank.
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Tehran's hidden hand: Was Iran behind the attempted hijacking of a flydubai flight to Israel?

The flydubai terrorist plot bears a familiar Iranian fingerprint

OCTOBER 13, 2026ByDANNY AYALON, MORAN ALALUF
The attempted attack on flydubai flight FZ1073 has raised questions over whether the incident was an isolated act or part of a wider terrorist network targeting Israel.
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The financial siege: Iran's banks no longer serve citizens, they police them - analysis

Sanctions have isolated Iran’s banks, forcing its financial system into survival mode as citizens pay the price

OCTOBER 13, 2026ByELLA ROSENBERG
Iran’s deepening financial isolation has left its central bank struggling to defend the rial and stem capital flight.
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Yemen might be far away from Israel, but the Houthi threat is not - analysis

Iran’s growing leverage through the Houthis is turning Bab el-Mandeb into a strategic threat to Israel and the region

OCTOBER 13, 2026ByDR. YOSSI MANSHAROF, NOA LAZIMI
Houthi control around Bab el-Mandeb gives Iran-aligned forces leverage over a second major maritime choke point, opposite the Strait of Hormuz on the other side of the Arabian Peninsula. A Yemeni government army officer gestures as he rides a boat in Bab el-Mandeb, Yemen, April 2.
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The war that will shape Israel's next Knesset - from the editor

Three years after October 7, Israel faces another election, still divided by war, loss and questions about its future

OCTOBER 13, 2026ByNERIA BARR
Israelis hold banners reading ‘Remember and never forget’ as they block the highway for a moment of silence during an October 7 memorial ceremony marking the third anniversary of Hamas’s attack in Tel Aviv.