The October 7 Massacre

Eli Sharabi asks UN Human Rights Council to 'name these crimes,' recognize hostage abuse as torture

“I have chosen the road of justice, beyond politics and grounded in our shared humanity,” he said. “This council must recognize the torture, demand criminal investigations, and confront the terror."

Eli Sharabi, a former hostage, holds a photograph of himself during his release by Hamas as he the United Nations Security Council in New York City, US, March 20, 2025
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir leads Otzma Yehudit faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on May 25, 2026.

Ben-Gvir’s latest death penalty rhetoric borrows from an ancient Machiavellian Playbook - opinion

WIZO convenes meeting in Abu Dhabi, 2026

WIZO brings Hamas sexual crimes to UN forum in Abu Dhabi

The IDF killed Muhammad Jamal Mahmoud Abu Al-Shaar and Musab Abd al-Jalil Saqib Balbisi in a Thursday statement.

IDF kills two October 7 terrorists in Gaza strikes, including Be'eri hostage abductor


'There is no normal life here': three Israelis, three years after October 7

Three people reflect on the moments, choices, and unexpected journeys that began with the trauma of October 7

People holding up portraits of Israeli hostages still held in Gaza gather at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv in October 2025.
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From live-streamed massacre to cinema: Israeli filmmakers confront October 7

Three years and more than a dozen productions later, filmmakers are still finding ways to tell the story of that dreadful day

Photo of Nova party-goers from ‘Our Loves’ shows Daniel Gimpel (R).
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UN verified hostages faced sexual violence in Gaza, then failed to act - analysis

The evidence of sexual violence against Israeli hostages was there. What was missing? Meaningful UN action

The UN has failed to take action, despite hearing the testimonies of October 7 survivors and freed hostages.
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October 27 election becomes a referendum on Israel's identity - analysis

Three years after the Hamas-led massacre, Israeli voters remain deeply affected by that tragic day, though few have changed political camps

Three years after the Hamas-led attacks, the memory of October 7 remains embedded in Israel’s political landscape even as voters weigh security alongside the economy, leadership and the country’s future direction.
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When all criticism looks like hostility, both sides lose to their extremes - opinion

Israel must distinguish between legitimate criticism and campaigns aimed at denying its legitimacy – and its serious critics have a responsibility to make the same distinction

Protesters in Switzerland hold a banner reading: ‘Sanction Israel, End Complicity,’ in June. Israel should confront actors who seek its elimination, expose factual distortions, and challenge the misuse of legal and historical terminology.
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The people, not the leadership, are the key': Nusseibeh on change

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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Viral videos and 'No Israelis' signs: Thailand's souring welcome for 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.

Tech Talk: Israeli firm wins landmark FDA clearance for injection-based diabetes app

Petah Tikva-based DreaMed Diabetes has just received FDA 510(k) clearance for MODI, a prescription medical application that automatically optimizes insulin dosing for adults with type 2 diabetes.

DreaMed Diabetes team.