Defense Minister Israel Katz addresses a Rosh Hashanah toast at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, Sept. 3, 2026.

Katz: Israel Won’t Leave South Lebanon Security Zone Until Hezbollah is Disarmed

Israel will not withdraw from Southern Lebanon until Hezbollah is disarmed throughout the country and the danger posed by attacks from the Land of...

Katz: Top Hamas Terrorist Captured in Gaza

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu extended his congratulations on the capture of the head of Hamas's internal security apparatus on Tuesday. Describing the terrorist as...

US State Department Urges Countries to Protect Jews During High Holidays

Mike Wagenheim The U.S. State Department is directing nearly all of its global missions to emphasize to local governments the importance of protecting their Jewish...

Israel Evacuates UNRWA Compound in Jerusalem

Rebecca Szlechter Israeli security forces evacuated a United Nations Relief and Works Agency compound in Kfar Aqab, in Jerusalem, after Israeli legislation barred the agency...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump talk as Jared Kushner looks on at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem on May 22, 2017.

In Meeting With Kushner, Netanyahu ‘Very Clear That He Is Against a Palestinian State’

Alex Traiman, David Isaac | JNS In a meeting on Monday with Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law who advises the president on Middle...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a state ceremony reburying Shimon and Rivka Herzl, the grandparents of Theodor Herzl, founder of modern political Zionism, alongside their grandson on Mount Herzl, in Jerusalem, Aug. 5, 2026.

Herzl’s Grandparents are Reburied in Jerusalem, Fulfilling Zionist Leader’s Final Wish

Theia Chatelle | JTA When World Zionist Organization officials working with the Israeli Foreign Ministry opened the grave of Theodor Herzl’s grandfather on July 29...

Birthright Israel Celebrates 25 Years

At 25 years old, Birthright Israel is nearing the upper limit of the age range for those eligible for a free trip to Israel....
This aerial image shows burnt out ambulances in a parking area along a street in the Golders Green neighborhood of north London on March 23, 2026, after the volunteer ambulances run by a Jewish organization were set on fire overnight.

Antisemitic Incidents in Britain Rose 21% in First Half of 2026, Remaining Near Record...

Kelly Hartog | JTA Britain’s antisemitism watchdog says it received reports of nearly 2,000 incidents in the first half of 2026 — the second-most its recorded...
Margarita Manjarrez, Colombia’s last ambassador to Israel, center, and local officials inaugurate the ‘Encuentro de Culturas’ mural on Sept. 10, 2023, in the Israeli city of Ramle.

Colombia and Slovenia Recently Recognized a Palestinian State. Now They’re Moving Their Embassies to...

Larry Luxner | JTA Colombia, the world’s second most populous Spanish-speaking nation after Mexico, has little in common with landlocked Slovenia, the second-smallest of the...
The 15 victims of the mass shooting on Bondi Beach during a “Chanukah by the Sea” event in Sydney, on Dec. 15, 2025.

2025 Deadliest Year for Jews Outside Israel Since Buenos Aires Bombing, Report Says

Twenty people were murdered in antisemitic attacks in 2025, making it the deadliest year for anti-Jewish violence outside of Israel since the bombing of...