“As we all know, during an election campaign, candidates naturally and predictably climb to lofty positions. But the elections are over,” the Israeli president said.
The Judea & Samaria Situation Room said that dozens of Arabs armed with sticks and stones ambushed the shepherds and their flock.
The president has not decided whether to resume strikes, said U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio; Tehran warns of a “geographically unrestricted” response to any attack.
The iconic singer will perform two concerts in the Jewish state, and will speak to the press at the Nova festival memorial site for the Oct. 7 victims.
Political consultant Jared Sclar told JNS that “the fight over Israel moved out of general elections and into Democratic primaries and Democrat-versus-Democrat contests” in California.
“Abdul can’t condemn this disgusting antisemitic ad,” Democrats for Mike Rogers stated. “It’s disqualifying.”
There’s no place in the Senate for a “terror apologist who justified the attempted murder of 110 Jewish preschoolers as ‘hurt people hurt people,’” Arie Lipnick of CAM-Action told JNS.
“You want to know what desperate looks like? Blaming the price of bananas on the Jewish state,” the Anti-Defamation League said.
“I will use the criminal and civil authorities of the attorney general’s office to protect Jewish New Yorkers,” Saritha Komatireddy told JNS.
“You’ve got to win Pennsylvania to win the presidency. Presumably, if you can win Pennsylvania, you can win Wisconsin and Michigan as well,” Berwood Yost, director of the Franklin & Marshall College poll, 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.
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.”
Netanyahu’s Likud remains Israel’s largest party, the opposition lacks a clear path to power, and an enlarged Arab bloc complicates coalition arithmetic. With Trump backing Netanyahu and Iran still on the agenda, another election could carry high strategic costs.
Benjamin Netanyahu, security and the battle for the nation’s right.
Islamist and Palestinian-nationalist parties test opposition’s red lines ahead of the Oct. 27 election.
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.
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.
Itamar Ben Gvir campaigns on security, sovereignty and tougher anti-terror laws.
The joint slate is dominated by RZP candidates, with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich first and former Likud MK Moshe Feiglin second.
Hendel and Zelekha pair military-service reform with economic overhaul.
Ofer Winter’s party seeks to reshape the Jewish state’s right from within.
The smaller parties could sway the election even if they fail to enter the Knesset.
During a search of James Thomas Ashbacher’s home, investigators said that they recovered stolen night vision goggles.
“Knowing that a technology we developed to help protect astronauts is now being recognized as part of the history of space exploration is incredibly rewarding,” stated Oren Milstein, CEO and co-founder of StemRad.
Ahmad Umar Agha targeted 47 media outlets, businesses, NGOs and government entities on behalf of Bashar Assad’s regime, including in a hack that briefly wiped $136 billion from the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
“Rather than focus on addressing the incidents in a systemic manner, the district isolated the victim and attempted to make excuses for the antisemitic harassment,” the Anti-Defamation League said.
“If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, that’s what it is,” attorney Joe Sabag told JNS. “What I think we’re looking at here is BDS in function but not form.”
“A lot of people voted practically, and to say we want whoever can pose a significant enough bloc or be able to replace Netanyahu,” Rabbi Josh Weinberg of the Union for Reform Judaism told JNS.
Threats to the Jewish state’s natural gas assets and sea approaches have multiplied across the Mediterranean, Red Sea and Persian Gulf, and Turkey is developing its own undersea fleet in an assertive maritime expansion.
Another commander in Hamas’s “military” wing also died in the strike in central Gaza.
“Israelis are brave, brave, brave people. And we are not tired, though we are tired of war,” said Carmel Shelly, whose 26-year-old son, IDF Maj. Ben Shelly, died in Gaza on Dec. 12, 2023.
One of the Hamas Nukhba Force terrorists helped kidnap Israelis.
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Six Israeli-linked companies earned recognition alongside global technology companies whose Israeli operations signal confidence in the country’s talent.
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
7.10 Bound in Memory is an exhibit of books written by family and friends of those killed.
Daniela Adar set out to keep an Upper Galilee museum’s story alive during the war. Her encounters with displaced families sent her back to the classroom.
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.
Points of view from across the Jewish world
Press releases from Israel, and around the pro-Israel and Jewish world
Defense support has become a partisan issue within both the Republican and Democratic parties.
Organization backs 41 candidates from both parties who demonstrate support for the Jewish community, Israel and efforts to combat antisemitism.
A $1.5 million legacy donation establishes an endowed chair in biochemistry, commemorated during the university’s 89th Board of Governors Meeting.
It will serve as a lasting hub for Jewish life, learning and connection for generations of students.
Brooklyn rabbi and animal chaplain connects Jewish sacred literature with the preservation of Israel’s rare Kanaani cat breed.
Hundreds of Jewish leaders from around the world gather to discuss initiatives to strengthen Israel and rebuild its northern and southern regions.
“I am deeply honored to receive this recognition from an institution that has meant so much to me for more than two decades,” he said.
The time to reach young adults is now, before they embrace the denial of their full selves, because that lesson is already being taught.
They were presented with a certificate in Jewish Choral Conducting and performed in a recital at the North American Jewish Choral Festival.
JOIN Israel will bring together Jewish entertainment professionals on Nov. 12 to discuss identity, representation and stereotypes while raising funds for elderly Israelis in need.