“On such short notice, we weren’t able to find a replacement crew member and ultimately had to cancel the flight,” a spokesman for the airline told JNS.
“The security establishment views the arrival of dozens of activists as an act intended solely to provoke, which undermines the harvesting process,” an Israeli military official told JNS.
The anti-Israel Democrat led the former Republican congressman in the Michigan Senate race by two points, well within the margin of error.
“There is not, and there will not be, a Palestinian state,” the Israeli prime minister pledged. He also called for the corruption trial against him to be dropped.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog expressed his thrill at participating at the polling station in Baku with Ambassador to Azerbaijan Ronen Kraus.
“I always was, and forever will be, a soldier of Israel, before everything,” Gantz said.
During an airbase visit, the premier vows harsher blows against Israel’s enemies as the IDF tightens readiness ahead of the Oct. 27 election.
“The role of the Shin Bet is to gather intelligence and thwart terrorism. It is fair to say that this was a disgraceful failure,” ‘Channel 11’s Ayala Hasson said.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz warned that Jerusalem has identified attempts by Iran and its proxies to carry out terrorist attacks aimed at influencing the results of the Oct. 27 vote.
Benjamin Netanyahu, security and the battle for the nation’s right.
The joint slate is dominated by RZP candidates, with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich first and former Likud MK Moshe Feiglin second.
Itamar Ben Gvir campaigns on security, sovereignty and tougher anti-terror laws.
Passing a comprehensive draft law to shield yeshivah students from compulsory military service is the central demand of both lists.
Avigdor Liberman’s movement seeks secular right-wing role in post-Netanyahu government.
Party leader Yair Golan is a polarizing figure in Israeli politics, even as his party attempts to translate its ideological platform into political influence within a broader opposition alliance.
Islamist and Palestinian-nationalist parties test opposition’s red lines ahead of the Oct. 27 election.
Ofer Winter’s party seeks to reshape the Jewish state’s right from within.
Hendel and Zelekha pair military-service reform with economic overhaul.
The smaller parties could sway the election even if they fail to enter the Knesset.
Opposition
A GOP consultant told JNS that “if the Democrats take the U.S. Senate, and that is far from certain, I would expect more criticism of Israel, especially if Netanyahu is still in charge.”
“There is no doubt in my mind that Israeli forces prosecuting the war in Gaza violated the law of armed conflict and international humanitarian law,” the Jewish Georgia Democrat said.
“One clear issue that New Jerseyans are paying for is that Israel and the United States decided to go to war with Iran,’’ the New Jersey Democrat said in a Senate debate with Justin Murphy.
“One of the country’s most popular governors gets a rousing endorsement from Pennsylvania’s likely voters in a race that looks like a rout,” Quinnipiac polling analyst Tim Malloy said.
The congressman and GOP nominee for governor spoke with JNS about Israel, Iran, the 2028 election and his pitch to Jewish voters in the Sunshine State.
“Four years after Kathy Hochul won the governor’s race by single digits, she appears positioned, at the moment, to have a wider lane on the road to being reelected,” the poll assistant director stated.
In a state that hasn’t elected a Republican governor in 24 years, the poll finds that 66% of likely voters, including 37% of Republicans, think that Gov. Kathy Hochul will win.
“Democracy, the cost-of-living and a deep hostility toward Donald Trump are driving the Jewish vote,” said Jim Gerstein, principal at GBAO Strategies, which conducted the poll.
“I think that the progressive insurgency, which was based on younger voters, didn’t materialize,” Andrew Smith, director of the University of New Hampshire Survey Center, told JNS.
“I did not ask for the religion of each of the person that was put forward,” the mayor said in July, after Jewish groups noted that none of the 18 people he appointed to the committee were Jewish.
At Bnos Malka Academy, the New York governor met with legislators and Jewish education leaders as the state prepares to join the federal scholarship tax credit program.
“Jews shouldn’t have to face what I call the ‘Jewish tax’ and pay extra money to go to private school, because they’re afraid for their safety,” Sarah Golabek-Goldman told JNS.
“When Agudath Israel humanizes these issues, it makes it a lot easier for these representatives to go out and advocate,” New York State Assembly member Sam Berger told JNS.
A monument, replacing one that was vandalized, has stood outside a church for more than two decades as the court weighs whether it can be displayed at the Statehouse.
“The moderates could have used the measure’s wide support to take a firm stance against antisemitism,” Inna Vernikov told JNS. “Unfortunately, they care more about appeasing the far-Left than about meaningfully protecting Jews.”
It also requires “security for Israel, and a better future for the Palestinian people,” said the U.S. special envoy.
The Islamic Republic “is so fanatical that it will try again to produce nuclear bombs and rebuild the axis,” the Israeli premier said.
Widow of officer who fought in Ofakim on Oct. 7 lights memorial torch.
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Israeli cybersecurity firms raised about $4.3 billion in the first nine months of 2026 as investors back companies protecting data and controlling what AI systems can access.
Brain-IT uses recordings from functional magnetic resonance imaging, or fMRI, to approximate the picture a person was viewing by analyzing patterns of brain activity associated with visual processing.
A Ben-Gurion University team has developed an aerogel “sponge” that can absorb about 80 times its weight in crude oil while helping bacteria break down the pollutants.
Built from a patient’s own cells, the technology is advancing toward its first human trial at Sheba Medical Center in 2027, pending regulatory approval.
An Elbit representative tells JNS how the company’s C-MUSIC system shields airliners from heat-seeking missiles, as global demand grows
From its home in Binyamin, Psagot Playgrounds combines Israeli ingenuity with decades of experience to create unique play spaces in Israel and the United States.
Benjamin Netanyahu, security and the battle for the nation’s right.
The joint slate is dominated by RZP candidates, with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich first and former Likud MK Moshe Feiglin second.
Itamar Ben Gvir campaigns on security, sovereignty and tougher anti-terror laws.
Passing a comprehensive draft law to shield yeshivah students from compulsory military service is the central demand of both lists.
Avigdor Liberman’s movement seeks secular right-wing role in post-Netanyahu government.
Party leader Yair Golan is a polarizing figure in Israeli politics, even as his party attempts to translate its ideological platform into political influence within a broader opposition alliance.
Islamist and Palestinian-nationalist parties test opposition’s red lines ahead of the Oct. 27 election.
Ofer Winter’s party seeks to reshape the Jewish state’s right from within.
Hendel and Zelekha pair military-service reform with economic overhaul.
The smaller parties could sway the election even if they fail to enter the Knesset.
Despite holding a fraction of Knesset seats, Shas and United Torah Judaism have become indispensable coalition partners, reshaping Israeli politics.
Originally intended to accommodate a few hundred Torah scholars, the exemption of ultra-Orthodox yeshivah students from IDF service evolved into one of Israel’s most contentious public policy issues.
At its core, the dispute is about what military service, Torah study and citizenship mean in the Jewish state.
The war transformed a decades-old legal and political dispute into an urgent fight over military manpower, equality of service and the future of Haredi society.
OCT. 7
Avi Issacharoff warns that denial of the Hamas massacre and false narratives about Israel are taking hold in the United States and Europe.
“Captivity was too hard to handle, and every moment you didn’t know if it was going to get even worse,” she said.
At Nir Am’s Oct. 7 ceremony, the family of paratrooper Binyamin Meir Airley share his story and discuss the retreat center established in his memory.
A “Kan 11” documentary chronicles how Soroka’s medical teams treated 674 wounded during the Hamas massacre.
From Ofakim’s housing boom to startups tackling AI, stroke treatment and trauma, communities near Gaza are rebuilding with an eye toward expansion.
A terror attack, a car accident and the war against Hamas have brought repeated loss to the Mark family—and forged extraordinary resilience.
Anat Meir talks to JNS about building a life for herself and 3-year-old Shaked in the shadow of David’s death.
‘I’m here, I’m alive—and it’s the most important thing in the world,’ former Hamas hostage tells JNS
Luis Har was freed from captivity in Gaza in a daring Israeli military operation 129 days after he was abducted during the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre.
Memory and hope can coexist, and that choosing to live, rebuild and remain can itself become an act of defiance.
Three years after the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre, the families of Capt. Elay Adany and those he helped rescue remain bound by his final acts of courage.
A coffee cart in northern Israel honors Staff Sgt. Gal Hershko through the things he loved: Nature, friendship and bringing people together.
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Students visited bereaved families, created exhibits honoring those killed and volunteered in communities across Israel.
Vogel will help recruit candidates for the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies as it prepares to reopen admissions for the 2027-28 academic year.
Milestone reflects growing demand for service rooted in Jewish values and the potential to engage more Jewish communities.
The Jan. 20, 2027 virtual event is expected to bring together more than 1,000 grandparents to discuss family relationships, long-distance grandparenting, Jewish traditions and the role of grandfathers.
“This is a path toward recovery and a future,” said resident Aya Meidan, who survived an ambush by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7.
The network provides a range of educational opportunities: practical engineering, diploma studies, technological preparatory programs and academic horizon tracks.
The latest investment builds on longstanding support for research and innovation in Israel’s Galilee; to date, Helmsley’s investments total more than $18 million.
Modern-day hate campaigns take pages from 12th-century blood libels, Nazi Germany and Soviet propaganda campaigns.
The music documentary, directed by Veronika Emily Pohl, will screen Oct. 18 and spotlight cellist Kristina Reiko Cooper and GRAMMY-nominated conductor Constantine Orbelian.