Israel news feed for Thursday, January 1, 2026
- Israel approves construction of a courtyard roof at Hebron's Tomb of the Patriarchs, holy to both Jews and Muslims
- Smotrich and his ilk are preparing the ground for the next political murder
- Rabbi from religious nationalist group attacked in Jaffa; police probing possible racial motive
- Freed hostage Romi Gonen says Hamas offered to free her in exchange for silence about sexual assault
- 'They threw a glass bottle at him': Israeli artists attacked over antisemitic mural in Barcelona
- To beat the Bibi-Kahanist government, the opposition must include Arab parties
- Israel's war on aid will only deepen Gaza's suffering
- 'Jew rat:' Antisemitic graffiti painted on Irish roads in repeated incidents
- Haaretz Cartoon
- New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani's historic inauguration celebrates diversity and immigration
- New York's Mamdani is a mayor of firsts, and he's cleared the path for others to follow
- Ontario tells Toronto police to curb anti-Israel protests in Jewish neighborhoods
- It's time for New York's liberal Jews to adjust to Mayor Mamdani
- AG to top court: Netanyahu must explain why he hasn't fired Ben-Gvir over abuse of office
- In first, Israel's Shin Bet links weapon smuggling by drone to terrorist attacks
- The Israeli intelligence officer who predicted the storm but was shocked by Hamas' Oct. 7 attack
- Israel launches widescale enforcement operation in southern Bedouin village targeted by police
- War ethicist Michael Walzer, a Zionist to his core, cautiously joins Israel's critics
- From tragedy to solidarity: The Jewish world's turbulent and traumatic 2025
- Netanyahu shares AI-generated New Year's Eve image, capping string of Trump-style social media posts
- Israeli minister boycotts Channel 12 after leak of alleged Gaza detainee abuse video, demands apology for IDF soldiers
- Eric Adams publishes report into actions to combat antisemitism during time as NYC mayor
- New far-right chairwoman of Knesset Health Committee renews push for Israel's withdrawal from the World Health Organization
- Mediator recommends judge drop terrorism charges against Israeli activists who shot flares at Netanyahu's home
- Anti-Israel activists clash with deceased hostage Ran Gvili's family at Netanyahu Miami shul speech
- Beneath Israel's ultra-Orthodox draft crisis lies a far deeper rupture than anyone admits
- Yemen's Aden airport shuts as Saudi-UAE rift deepens over Emirati flight cancellations
- Several reported killed by authorities in Iran during protests over soaring inflation
- Somaliland denies reports of resettling Gazans in exchange for Israeli recognition
- Morocco's magical solution to fill the seats for Africa Cup soccer
- In 1925 Patrick Geddes was invited to Israel to plan the first Hebrew city – what's left of it today?
- Southern Israelis back police raids on Bedouins, insist 'it's not nationalism'
- Spyware firm NSO's chief steps down as U.S. lifts sanctions on Intellexa executives
- Israeli Education Ministry invested millions of shekels in AI conference that almost no one will attend
- Why 2026 could be great for Israel's economy – if Netanyahu lets it
- 22 Israeli soldiers died by suicide in 2025, the highest number in 15 years
- Why Israel set up the J50 forum: Streamlining the global Jewish message - analysis
- Israeli human rights NGOs condemn Netanyahu government ban on international Gaza aid groups
- 'Oxygen' was the best Israeli movie of 2025, unraveling the myth of Israeli heroism
- Concluding his U.S. visit, Netanyahu tells Florida's Jewish community the difference between Trump, Biden
- Gaming: Israel's digital success story excluded from the Start-Up Nation narrative - opinion
- General who headed key IDF intelligence unit on October 7 dies at 47
- Dozens feared dead after explosion in Swiss ski resort bar, police say
- From gaming to infrastructure, Zoran Milosevic building Golden Matrix Group brick by brick
- From gaming to infrastructure, Zoran Milosevic building Golden Matrix Group brick by brick
- Police chief disputes findings of probe into IDF top lawyer's leak of prisoner abuse video
- Eran Zahavi retires at 38 after trophy-laden career with Maccabi Tel Aviv, PSV and Guangzhou
- On the brink of economic collapse, can protests in Iran crack the Ayatollah regime?
- How a prosperous Arab Israeli city gets invaded by crime groups and starts to crumble
- Israeli billionaire Morris Kahn, co-founder of tech giant Amdocs, dies at 96
- Warner Bros. Discovery bringing HBO Max to Israel in January
- Israel blocked 37 aid groups from Gaza – and then claimed credit for their work
- Hand on the Quran, Zohran Mamdani was sworn in as New York's first Muslim mayor
- At least seven killed in Iran anti-gov't protests amid a deepening economic crisis