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Jun 18, 2026, 4:08 PM

Now it’s urgent: Israel must rebuild support among Democrats

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks before a joint meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 3, 2015 (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

The Iran deal exposes the risks of Netanyahu's decision to tie Israel's fortunes ever more closely to one party and one leader

Jun 18, 2026, 2:54 PM

The cities powering Israel’s future deserve more in return

The Orot Rabin Israel Electric Corporation coal-powered power plant, on the Mediterranean coast in the city of Hadera, May 10 2009. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

Data centers, energy projects and AI infrastructure create huge value – and huge disruption. The benefits should flow to residents, too

Jun 18, 2026, 3:15 AM

The look I still remember

Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Lag BaOmer parade, Brooklyn, NY, May 17, 1987 (Mordecai Baron, Creative Commons)

The Rebbe never stood in front of a classroom full of traumatized Israeli kids, but his gaze showed me how to teach them

Jun 17, 2026, 10:36 PM

Iran is using Lebanon to win a war that isn’t Lebanon’s

Disarming Hezbollah and reasserting Lebanese sovereignty aren't obstacles to peace, but prerequisites for it. The Islamic Republic won't allow either

Jun 17, 2026, 12:34 PM

‘The Wife Of’

From immigrant to diplomat in 39 years (Courtesy)

When my husband was appointed ambassador to Japan, I wasn't about to become a silent, smiling diplomatic spouse

Sarah Tuttle-Singer

Jun 17, 2026, 12:31 PM

I’m alive. My son’s alive. My neighbor isn’t. And none of us is OK

I went back inside my Old City home to grab my keys and the terrible, hollow sound of a gas explosion ripped through our courtyard

Eliezer Finkelman

Jun 16, 2026, 6:54 PM

The view from under the bus

President Donald Trump waves to reporters as he arrives for the G7 summit, Monday, June 15, 2026, in Evian-les-Bains, France. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

A likely US-Iran agreement leaves Israel, Iranian minorities, and human rights supporters wondering what became of American promises

Jun 16, 2026, 5:23 PM

Israel’s most unwanted continuing education program

Israeli family sleeps in a bomb shelter. (Photo by Dima Vazinovich/Wiki Creative Commons)

We rapidly learned how to navigate the wartime adjustments, like which shelters are best. What's tricky is making sure they don't become normal

Jun 16, 2026, 1:12 PM

The Bennett-Lapid alliance offers a different kind of politics

Former prime minister Naftali Bennett, left, and Opposition Leader Yair Lapid announcing their joint run in the coming elections, in Herzliya, April 26, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Religious and secular Zionists serve and sacrifice together every day. Exhausted by division, many Israelis now want a government that does the same

Seth Goldschlager

Jun 15, 2026, 3:24 PM

The MV Arctic Sea: A mystery that still matters to Israel

Arctic Sea, the cargo ship that was hijacked off the coast of Sweden, enters Malta's main harbour on Ocober 29, 2009 after being handed over to its Finnish owner by the Russian navy. (Photo by AFP)

Nearly 17 years after the cargo ship's disappearance baffled governments, intelligence services and maritime experts, a Cyprus court may soon reopen the story

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