Jerusalem Report

Huckabee: 'If there were not an Israel, there wouldn’t be a United States'

From biblical conviction to diplomatic mission, Ambassador Mike Huckabee brings a uniquely personal vision of the US-Israel relationship

|ByRUTH MARKS EGLASH
Huckabee, a former Arkansas governor and die-hard supporter of Israel, believes firmly that the US needs Israel as much as Israel needs the US.Premium
Jewish American volunteers plant trees in the Palestinian village of Husan in the West Bank.PremiumPremium

Not the usual itinerary: Diaspora Jews seek West Bank encounters on Israel trips

Some Diaspora Jews are rethinking the traditional Israel trip, seeking deeper engagement with Palestinians and the conflict

|ByRACHEL FINK
US Vice President JD Vance said recently, ‘We want our allies to be like Israel – strong, independent, and capable of defending their own interests so we don’t have to.’ PremiumPremium

The US-Israel alliance has survived every president. Can it survive its own people? - opinion

Despite recent tensions, Israel remains America’s land-based aircraft carrier in the Middle East

|ByGIL TROY
Young Israelis are trying to understand is whether the relationship that has defined Israeli security for decades will look the same in the decades ahead.PremiumPremium

Israel's American dilemma: We love America, but stop running our war

Young Israelis remain deeply grateful for American support, but many are increasingly questioning its influence over Israeli decision-making

|ByCHANI KAPLAN

Posthumous parenthood: After loss of loved ones, Israeli widows choose to bring new life

In the wake of October 7, a growing number of Israeli women are choosing to conceive the babies of their fallen partners – raising profound legal and ethical questions

APRIL 28, 2026ByRUTH MARKS EGLASH
Hadas Levy is the first Israeli woman to give birth to a baby whose father was killed in the war against Hamas using posthumous sperm removal.

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.