Israeli PoliticsWatered-down Charedi draft bill set to become law after coalition compromiseA re-drafted version of the law is set to relax requirements for yeshiva students to enlist and reduce penalties for draft dodgingBy Jacob Jaffa2 min read
IDFThe IDF ‘abuse’ scandal will provide fuel to those waging lawfare against IsraelBy Yaakov Katz4 min read
IDFIDF recalls 700 Chinese EVs used by senior officers over security concernsThe military previously banned all Chinese cars from parking on its basesBy Hannah Sugars1 min read
AntisemitismAmsterdam concert hall cancels Chanukah show because singer is IDF’s chief cantorConcertgebouw director Simon Reinink said that allowing Shai Abramson to perform would be ‘against our mission’By Jamie Shapiro1 min read
IDFIDF’s former top lawyer sparks manhunt after disappearing following resignation over abuse video leakMajor General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi went missing for several hours and reportedly left a suicide note, before being found alive and wellBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
CharediCharedi man dies after falling from skyscraper during anti-conscription marchThe man is reported to have posted a farewell message on social media before his death.By Jacob Jaffa1 min read
IDFIDF’s top lawyer resigns after admitting role in video leak allegedly showing soldiers abusing detaineeMajor General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi claimed she approved the leak to ‘counter the false propaganda directed against the military law enforcement authorities’By Jacob Jaffa1 min read
Thousands of Charedim block roads in Jerusalem anti-draft protestsDemonstrators prayed en masse at the entrance to the city, while some pelted reporters covering the protest with plastic bottles and sticks.By Jacob Jaffa1 min read||October 30, 2025 13:57
Israel announces resumption of ceasefire following Gaza strikesThe IDF said the strikes were prompted by numerous Hamas violations of the truceBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||October 29, 2025 09:41
Yeshiva students co-opt hostage symbols for anti-conscription protestHundreds of young Charedi boys gathered outside a West Bank detention facility in wearing yellow hats bearing the slogan ‘bring him back to yeshiva’By Jacob Jaffa1 min read||October 28, 2025 14:10
Unifil shoots down IDF surveillance drone in LebanonThe force also accused the IDF of dropping a grenade near one of its patrols, which the military is now investigating.By Jacob Jaffa1 min read||October 27, 2025 10:36
Former chief rabbi of Israel calls father of fallen IDF soldier a ‘heretic’ in Charedi conscription rowRabbi Yitzhak Yosef suggested that he would not join a minyan with Rabbi Tamir Granot over his viewsBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||October 27, 2025 10:16
By Moumen al-NatourWhen Hamas turned its guns on us Gazans, the ‘pro-Palestinian’ chorus fell silentHumanitarian concern is necessary, but without political honesty it becomes another ritual that sustains the cycle. The vision of the Strip governed by civilians rather than militants is not naïve; it is the minimum condition for recovery3 min read||October 20, 2025 14:25
Hamas attacks Israeli troops in Rafah, prompting IDF airstrikes, shaking ceasefireBy Jamie Shapiro1 min read||October 19, 2025 12:05
Hamas hands over four more bodies, but only three confirmed as Israeli hostagesFourth body, dressed in an IDF uniform, might be that of a killed terroristBy JC Reporter2 min read||October 15, 2025 10:54
IDF investigating reports of aid worker deaths in Gaza airstrikeDoctors Without Borders claimed that members of its staff, clad in vests marked with its logo, were killed while waiting for a bus to a nearby field hospitalBy Jacob Jaffa2 min read||October 6, 2025 10:39