Israel news feed
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Haaretz - 19:46 Dec 22, 2025
The recent massacre in Sydney and U.S. strikes in Syria raise the question of whether the Islamic State is resurging or has shifted to a low-level global model driven by ideology and technology. 'While not everybody is inspired by slaughter,' one expert warns, IS targets the small number of people who are -
JPost.com - Antisemitism - 19:31 Dec 22, 2025
Weekly pro-Palestinian demonstrations have been held at Antwerp's Queen Astrid Square on Mondays and at Brussels' Place de la Bourse on Fridays, resulting in overlap with Christmas events.
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Haaretz - 19:29 Dec 22, 2025
Opening Monday on the University of Haifa campus, the German-Speaking Jewry Heritage Wing of the Hecht Museum houses a collection of art and artifacts donated by descendants of immigrants who fled the Nazis. The exhibit includes a replica of a bare-bones hut inhabited by immigrants to Nahariya -
Haaretz - 19:20 Dec 22, 2025
The law allocates $40.6 million a year in grants to Israel's film industry. Culture Minister Miki Zohar's move followed the Ophir Awards – Israel's equivalent of the Oscars – where The Sea, about a West Bank Palestinian boy, won best film. Zohar has since launched a rival state film award, but six nominees have withdrawn -
Haaretz - 18:37 Dec 22, 2025
Demonstrators shut down most businesses in Kiryat Shmona on Monday morning, including two shopping malls, burned tires and blocked access to nearby communities. 'This place will turn into a giant old-age home,' one protester warned, a year after a cease-fire between Israel and Lebanon -
Haaretz - 18:21 Dec 22, 2025
Smotrich claims Israeli settlements in the southern West Bank are required to prevent 'a Palestinian invasion' of Israel. On Sunday, the Netanyahu government finalized the legalization of 19 previously unauthorized settler outposts in the West Bank -
Haaretz - 18:01 Dec 22, 2025
Netanyahu made the remarks at the first meeting of a ministerial committee formed to determine the powers of a politicized probe set to be sent to the Knesset for approval. Other ministers called for the inquiry to examine the Supreme Court's role and the 2005 Gaza disengagement -
JPost.com - Antisemitism - 17:11 Dec 22, 2025
This is the second year in a row that StopAntisemitism has selected a right-wing figure for its accolade, after years of awarding the mantle to mostly left-wing figures.
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Haaretz - 16:53 Dec 22, 2025
Posting a smiling selfie from a death camp is generally frowned upon. But as the survivor population shrinks, Prof. Jackie Feldman asks: Could sharing selfies be how a phone-obsessed society witnesses the Holocaust? -
Haaretz - 15:34 Dec 22, 2025
The U.S. ambassador to Israel also said that, if the Europeans have not yet grasped that a nuclear Iran presents a threat to them as well, 'then they're even dumber than I sometimes think they are' -
JPost.com - Antisemitism - 15:14 Dec 22, 2025
Nearly 600 elected leaders worldwide send letter of solidarity to Australian mayor after Bondi Beach Hanukkah massacre
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Haaretz - 15:04 Dec 22, 2025
Melbourne's Maccabi FC Caulfield announced that their 'MaccaBee' mascot will now be known as Matilda, after the parents of the youngest victim of the mass shooting urged the public to 'remember her name' -
JPost.com - Antisemitism - 14:20 Dec 22, 2025
The new proscription, part of a package of counter antisemitism legislative measures in the wake of the Bondi Beach massacre, would make it a criminal offense to join and support hate organizations.
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Haaretz - 14:01 Dec 22, 2025
Police say the alleged gunmen had planned the attack for several months, training with firearms in isolated rural parts of Australia. The Sydney Morning Herald said one of the perpetrators reportedly traveled to an area in the Philippines known to have connections to ISIS-inspired terrorist organizations -
JPost.com - Antisemitism - 13:23 Dec 22, 2025
The atrocity came after a surge of antisemitic hate crimes in Australia over the past two years that authorities failed to address
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Haaretz - 13:08 Dec 22, 2025
Three protesters were arrested outside the Prime Minister's Office calling for a state commission of inquiry, ahead of the Knesset's first vote on Wednesday. -
Haaretz - 13:05 Dec 22, 2025
Melanie Goldberg, who had been in the midst of organizing an event at the Scottish parliament, was told that her contract was terminated because the Jewish-Arab movement used the term 'genocide' to describe Israel's actions in Gaza -
Haaretz - 13:02 Dec 22, 2025
Alongside a decline in public trust in Israeli democracy, the report also reveals a drop in confidence in state institutions among all respondents. Meanwhile, the attorney general enjoys the trust of less than 40 percent of both Jewish and Arab respondents -
Haaretz - 13:00 Dec 22, 2025
The release of a new film has reopened taboo questions about the private life of Egypt's most revered cultural icon, and the limits of what can be said about her