Hostages‘The whole nation is with you’: Ran Gvili’s family celebrate and mourn the return of Israel’s final hostageRan’s parents, Itzik and Talik, hailed his selfless sacrifice on October 7 as they met his coffin, which returned from Gaza draped in the Israeli flagBy Jacob Jaffa2 min read
Iron DomeIsrael blocks US takeover of Iron Dome software firmThe proposed deal would have left the state-owned Rafael as a minority shareholder, but security officials are wary of foreign control.By Yaakov Lappin2 min read
Israeli footballPolice arrest 17 suspects linked to Israeli football club in match-fixing probeThose detained include current players and a group of senior team officialsBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
HostagesIDF recovers body of final hostage Ran Gvili after 843 daysThe discovery of the late police sergeant’s remains mean that, after more than two years, all of the hostages have been liberated from HamasBy Jacob Jaffa4 min read
Israeli PoliticsSubmarine affair enquiry finds ‘systemic failings’ that ‘endangered state security’The procurement of German-made vessels under the previous Netanyahu-led government is at the centre of a major corruption probeBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
HostagesIDF searching Gaza City cemetery for body of Ran GviliIsrael has confirmed that the Rafah Crossing will be reopened when the final hostage’s remains are returnedBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
Israeli PoliticsCoalition delays first reading of state budget amid Charedi draft rowThe vote was scheduled for Monday but has now been pushed back until later in the weekBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
Protests call for release of final hostage Ran GviliSteve Witkoff and Jared Kushner may pressure Israel to open the Rafah Crossing into GazaBy JC Reporter1 min read||January 25, 2026 10:12
School report: what Israel taught me about preparing young people for the futureThe country’s innovation and determination to build is truly inspiringBy Charlie Kelsey2 min read||January 23, 2026 13:01
Cool Runnings: Israeli bobsleigh team clinch first-ever Winter Olympics spotThe team qualified for next month’s Games on Thursday, bringing the total delegation of Israeli athletes up to nineBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||January 23, 2026 10:47
Police allow Jewish prayer sheets on Temple Mount in reversal of long-held banThe change in policy is the latest part of a long-running push by National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir to revoke the unofficial prohibition on Jewish worship at the siteBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||January 22, 2026 14:51
Palestinian prisoners suffer abuse in four Israeli jails, Justice Ministry reports claimPrison inspectors from the Public Defenders’ Office reported instances of violence against inmates, poor sanitation and food shortages, with one site described as ‘unfit for humans’By Jacob Jaffa1 min read||January 22, 2026 11:53
High Court denies post-mortems in nursery baby death probeCharedi rioters have clashed with police in Jerusalem for a second day as they protest the alleged ‘desecration’ of the infants’ bodiesBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||January 21, 2026 10:59
Iran will face unprecedented force if it attacks Israel, warns Netanyahu as IDF readies for ‘surprise war’The Israeli prime minister guaranteed in a Knesset address that Iran ‘will not return to being what it was’ in the wake of mass anti-regime protestsBy Akiva van Koningsveld2 min read||January 20, 2026 13:59
Police clash with Charedi rioters over autopsies following baby deaths at ‘unlicensed’ nurseryThe infants’ families, who are understood to be members of the strictly-Orthodox community, are opposing post-mortem examinations on religious groundsBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||January 20, 2026 11:20
Jewish Pennsylvania governor claims Harris campaign team asked if he was ‘Israeli double agent’‘I just had a knot in my stomach through all of it’, wrote Josh Shapiro in his upcoming memoirBy JC Reporter2 min read||January 19, 2026 14:46
