IsraelIsraeli chief rabbinate to accept female applicants for rabbinical exams for first time everThe policy change has been confirmed following a landmark Supreme Court ruling last yearBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
IsraelTrump says Herzog should be ‘ashamed’ for not offering Netanyahu pardonThe prime minister has submitted a request for clemency in his corruption case, which began in 2020 and remains ongoingBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
Ehud Barak‘I regret the moment I met him’, says Ehud Barak after Epstein recording leakThe former Israeli prime minister insisted he did not know the ‘manner’ of the paedophile's crimes until 2019, despite Epstein admitting soliciting underage girls a decade earlierBy Jacob Jaffa2 min read
AustraliaMelbourne University condemns ‘death to Herzog’ graffiti on campus buildingThe Israeli president is concluding his state visit to Australia this week, amid a wave of mass protests against his presenceBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
IsraelIsraeli Culture Minister claims calling October 7 a ‘massacre’ reflects ‘victim mentality’Hila Abir, whose sister Lotan was murdered in the attacks, compared Miki Zohar’s comments to Holocaust denialBy Jacob Jaffa2 min read
IranTrump ‘insisted’ Iran talks continue in White House meeting with NetanyahuThe US president said he held out hope that a diplomatic deal with the Islamic regime could be ‘consummated’By Jacob Jaffa1 min read
IsraelAlmost a quarter of Israelis will be Charedi by 2050, new study findsThe Israel Democracy Institute’s report suggested that changing demographics and a lack of Charedi integration could cause a drop of 10 per cent in GDP per capitaBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read
Israeli research team records world-first breakthrough using blood cancer therapy to treat Alzheimer’sBy using CAR-T cells, a modified form of white blood cells, medics were able to reduce the presence of damaging proteins in the brain tissue of miceBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||February 11, 2026 14:18
Israeli teachers’ union backs plan for shorter school weekThe Jewish state is one of the only OECD nations that requires students to attend school six days a weekBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||February 11, 2026 12:03
IDF drawing up new Gaza offensive in case Hamas refuses to disarmThe terror group’s leadership has repeatedly refused to commit to giving up its weapons, despite this being a condition of the US-backed ceasefire planBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||February 11, 2026 10:56
Islamic nations will ‘do to Israel what Hamas did’ when they get the chance, claims grandson of former AyatollahAli Ahmad Khomeini told a Lebanese TV station that Muslim nations had a “duty” to “erase” the Jewish stateBy Jacob Jaffa2 min read||February 10, 2026 14:57
US reaffirms opposition to annexation after Israeli cabinet approves expansion of West Bank powersMinisters made it easier for Israelis to purchase property in the territory and expanded their administrative authority in areas run by the Palestinian AuthorityBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||February 10, 2026 13:32
‘The goal is to not exist’: Inside the Israeli NGO tackling preventable disease in Africa‘Usually within five years... we are able to reduce the disease prevalence by almost 90 per cent,’ NALA’s CEO, Michal Bruck, told the JCBy Jamie Shapiro4 min read||February 10, 2026 11:27
Heaton Park terrorist’s father claims Israel is ‘built on the skulls’ of PalestiniansSurgeon Faraj al-Shamie, whose son Jihad killed two people in a stabbing and car-ramming attack, pledged Israel’s end in a post on FacebookBy Jamie Shapiro3 min read||February 10, 2026 10:52
Knesset advances key state budget law after Charedi parties back down from rebellion threatThe parliament will be dissolved and fresh elections called unless the budget bill is passed by the end of next monthBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||February 10, 2026 10:37
Two Israelis arrested on suspicion of spying for IranThe allegations against them reflect a growing patten of Tehran paying off Israeli citizens to commit espionageBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||February 6, 2026 11:37
