Natalie Lisbona

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Once marginalised minority may now be kingmakers – but what do the Arab parties want?

After Ra’am and the Joint List together claimed a pivotal 19 seats in last week’s election, the question now is what role could they play within or alongside a governing coalition

3 min read

Clockwise, from top left: An Israeli-Arab woman votes; Ahmad Tibi; Yousef Jabareen; and Mansour Abbas (Images: Getty)

Hamas fighters escort Israeli hostage Eli Sharabi on to a stage prior to his release in February 2025 and (foreground) Starmer and Zomlot (Images: Getty)

Revealed: Israel begged UK to wait for hostages to be freed before recognition of Palestine

8 min read

Has Bibi the magician run out of tricks – and if so what does future hold for Israel?

7 min read

Yaniv meets Benjamin Netanyahu (credit Raylan Givens/X)

Benjamin Netanyahu hails the Flydubai ‘miracle’: ‘I served in special forces. I’m not sure we could’ve done it’

7 min read

‘Israel will win – we have no choice’: A message of defiance and veiled warning to Iran on the UN world stage

Uncowed by a mass walkout within the hall and demonstrators outside, Benjamin Netanyahu fought back against a torrent of hostility in what may be his final appearance before the General Assembly

6 min read

October 1, 2026 14:38

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds up a pager as he speaks during the 81st United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, on September 24, 2026. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP via Getty Images)

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

September 16, 2026 18:00

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)

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

A nation with female fighter pilots, Supreme Court judges and heads of prestigious universities paradoxically has few women vying for power in the October 27 general election

7 min read

September 16, 2026 17:00

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

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

Dayan Avraham Dadoun tells the JC about the work of the International Halacha Institute and its benefits for the global kehila

6 min read

September 10, 2026 19:16

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?

New party Hatzibur HaHaredi could bring resolution to the explosive draft issue and is poised to make a surprising impact on the old guard in the Knesset

7 min read

September 3, 2026 10:25

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

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?

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Natalie Lisbona

Latest from Natalie Lisbona

Once marginalised minority may now be kingmakers – but what do the Arab parties want?

Revealed: Israel begged UK to wait for hostages to be freed before recognition of Palestine

Has Bibi the magician run out of tricks – and if so what does future hold for Israel?

Benjamin Netanyahu hails the Flydubai ‘miracle’: ‘I served in special forces. I’m not sure we could’ve done it’

More from Natalie Lisbona

‘Israel will win – we have no choice’: A message of defiance and veiled warning to Iran on the UN world stage

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?

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?