Natalie Lisbona

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Until the end of days – that’s how far the IDF will support families of fallen soldiers

An official from the IDF’s Casualties Division tells the JC how its help for grieving loved ones lasts long after the dreaded first knock at the front door

6 min read

IDF soldiers on July 11, 2025 carrying the coffin of army captain Reei Biran, reportedly killed in combat in the southern Gaza Strip the previous day (Photo by JALAA MAREY/AFP via Getty Images)

Great female leader: former Israeli prime minister Golda Meir with general Moshe Dayan in 1969 (Image: Getty)

Just why has Israel not had a female leader since PM Golda Meir more than half a century ago?

7 min read

Dayan who was a Hasmonean old boy and is now helping rabbis to serve even the remotest communities

6 min read

Have the strictly Orthodox Israelis who long to be part of wider society found their political voice at last?

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It was the birthplace of the Oslo Accords… so why have Norway’s relations with Israel turned so very frosty?

On a visit to the annual democracy festival of Arendalsuka, the JC finds what lies behind the political hostility to Jerusalem – and why there just may be hope for better relations

6 min read

August 27, 2026 08:17

It was the birthplace of the Oslo Accords… so why have Norway’s relations with Israel turned so very frosty?

Mizrahim were marginalised for so long – but could they now be about to take power in Israel?

Born to Moroccan immigrants, Gadi Eisenkot is contending to become prime minister in October in what would be a demographic sea-change for the country

5 min read

August 13, 2026 10:45

Mizrahim were marginalised for so long – but could they now be about to take power in Israel?

IDF base where experts are fighting war of the future against growing drone threat

The JC is given exclusive access to the secret location in Israel where sophisticated defences against ever-evolving terror attacks are being devised

6 min read

August 6, 2026 13:27

IDF base where experts are fighting war of the future against growing drone threat

Outsiders think they know Israel – but a bereaved father may be about to turn Knesset politics upside down

Vying for power in upcoming election is new party Yashar, led by Gadi Eisenkot, whose IDF reservist son Gal was killed in Gaza in 2023

6 min read

July 22, 2026 15:18

Outsiders think they know Israel – but a bereaved father may be about to turn Knesset politics upside down

United Nations ‘failing Jewish people greatly’ says former antisemitism tsar Deborah Lipstadt

American historian also warns of virulently anti-Israel ‘alliance of convenience’ between far-left groups and Islamist extremists

3 min read

July 20, 2026 20:31

Historian and former US antisemitism tsar Deborah Lipstadt (Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty)

Whoever’s king of this castle can decide the future of Israel and Lebanon

IDF allows journalists inside the tunnels below Beaufort for the first time for a glimpse of what was, until recently, a Hezbollah stronghold

5 min read

July 15, 2026 17:47

Whoever’s king of this castle can decide the future of Israel and Lebanon

Whatever happened to the plan for Hamas to disarm – and does Israel face inevitable resumption of war in Gaza?

The international community seems to have forgotten lessons of October 7 – and the price is a threat to peace and people of Gaza suffering under more tyranny

5 min read

July 9, 2026 11:02

Whatever happened to the plan for Hamas to disarm – and does Israel face inevitable resumption of war in Gaza?

Will it be the Vance vision or Rubio rules that shapes the future of the Middle East?

Competing strategies within the US administration are vying to determine the fate of Israel, Lebanon and Iran

6 min read

July 2, 2026 11:09

US vice president JD Vance (left) and secretary of state Marco Rubio, with (behind) flag showing slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in rubble in Lebanon after Israel air strike (Getty)

The world may have stopped worrying about a nuclear-armed Iran – but Israel never will

As Jerusalem is sidelined from talks between the US and the Islamic Republic, experts warn against a deal that kicks the atomic can down the road

6 min read

June 26, 2026 12:11

The world may have stopped worrying about a nuclear-armed Iran – but Israel never will

After that X-rated phone call, just what is the sworn truth about Trump and Netanyahu?

Reports claim the US and Israeli leaders have fallen out over Iran and Lebanon – but sources reveal there’s far more to this special relationship than meets the eye

6 min read

June 11, 2026 10:10

After that X-rated phone call, just what is the sworn truth about Trump and Netanyahu?

The spycraft behind Israel’s pledge to hunt down every terrorist involved in October 7 attacks

Israel’s use of targeted assassinations has been scrutinised for more than half a century – insiders know the cool-headed methods needed to carry them out

6 min read

June 3, 2026 11:29

The spycraft behind Israel’s pledge to hunt down every terrorist involved in October 7 attacks

The week that Benjamin Netanyahu became an international man of mystery

The revelation of a secret visit by the Israeli PM to the UAE during the Iran war has set tongues wagging – but what really happened?

5 min read

May 21, 2026 15:44

The week that Benjamin Netanyahu became an international man of mystery

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Natalie Lisbona

Latest from Natalie Lisbona

Until the end of days – that’s how far the IDF will support families of fallen soldiers

Just why has Israel not had a female leader since PM Golda Meir more than half a century ago?

Dayan who was a Hasmonean old boy and is now helping rabbis to serve even the remotest communities

Have the strictly Orthodox Israelis who long to be part of wider society found their political voice at last?

More from Natalie Lisbona

It was the birthplace of the Oslo Accords… so why have Norway’s relations with Israel turned so very frosty?

Mizrahim were marginalised for so long – but could they now be about to take power in Israel?

IDF base where experts are fighting war of the future against growing drone threat

Outsiders think they know Israel – but a bereaved father may be about to turn Knesset politics upside down

United Nations ‘failing Jewish people greatly’ says former antisemitism tsar Deborah Lipstadt

Whoever’s king of this castle can decide the future of Israel and Lebanon

Whatever happened to the plan for Hamas to disarm – and does Israel face inevitable resumption of war in Gaza?

Will it be the Vance vision or Rubio rules that shapes the future of the Middle East?

The world may have stopped worrying about a nuclear-armed Iran – but Israel never will

After that X-rated phone call, just what is the sworn truth about Trump and Netanyahu?

The spycraft behind Israel’s pledge to hunt down every terrorist involved in October 7 attacks

The week that Benjamin Netanyahu became an international man of mystery