Jewish educators gather for international summit in Jerusalem

Some 250 Jewish educators, school principals and educational leaders from around the world have gathered in Israel this week for the four-day International Jewish Educator Conference, organized by the Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Ministry through UnitEd. Attendees are taking part in …

Want Iran without a nuclear weapon? "Topple the regime."

The way to ensure that Iran will never have a nuclear weapon is to topple the regime. This is according to US (Ret.) Brig. Gen. Ernest Audino, a former deputy director of operations on the U.S. Army staff at the Pentagon and currently a distinguished visiting fellow at the Jerusalem Center for Secu…

News Flash October 13, 2026

Delta flight given all-clear at Ben Gurion airport after anonymous bomb threat. Report: Iran bolstering nuclear sites for possible resumption of hostilities after US midterm elections. Education ministry probe of ordnance blast during school hike checking if group strayed from approved route.

The Houthis and Saudi Arabia; The larger picture

The deadly confrontation between the Houthis and Saudi Arabia and the continuing Hezbollah build-up in Lebanon are both part of the larger picture of the Iranian threat, and the question of how the US and Israel will ultimately react. Ruth Wasserman-Lande, a former Israeli diplomat and currently of…

News Flash October 12,2026

Israel issues warning to Lebanon over Hezbollah build-up. A shouting match in court at the Netanyahu trial between the prime minister's lawyer and the prosecution. After deadly Yemen- based Houthi attacks on Saudi airports, airstrikes on the Yemeni capital kill one and wound 12.

In "My Underground Mother," journalist uncovers mother's hidden Holocaust past

Journalist Marisa Fox always knew her mother had secrets. Her mother Tamar Fromer-Fox had never shared the circumstances under which she had left her native Poland on the eve of World War II, coming to Mandatory Palestine, where she joined the Lehi. I was a hero, never a victim, her mother would sa…

Does Navi Pillay deserve the Nobel peace prize and will US sanctions end the ICC?

Former UN human rights chief and International Court of Justice judge Navi Pillay has been awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. She is best known in Israel as chair of the UN Commission of Inquiry that  concluded last year that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza. Just a few hours earlier, the U…

News Flash October 11, 2026

After attack on Riyadh airport, Trump says US weighing whether to join war against Houthis. Israel, US sharply criticize decision to award Nobel Peace Prize to human rights lawyer Navi Pillay. Former attorney general who indicted Netanyahu testifies in prime minister's corruption trial, at request …

The Mitvim diplomatic plan: The next Israeli government's first 100 days

Mitvim - The Israeli Institute for Regional Foreign Policies has issued a report, outlining a diplomatic plan for a new Israeli government formed after the October 27 election, including what should be done during the first 100 days after the government takes office. Mitvim CEO Dr. Gil Murciano spo…

US-Israel ties after the upcoming elections in both countries

After the upcoming Knesset election in Israel, and the US congressional elections a week later, what will relations between Israel and Congress be like? Even if Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu does not form the next Israeli government, would members of the US Democratic Party then see eye-to-eye …