Life in israel

'There is no normal life here': three Israelis, three years after October 7

Three people reflect on the moments, choices, and unexpected journeys that began with the trauma of October 7

People holding up portraits of Israeli hostages still held in Gaza gather at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv in October 2025. Premium
Israelis have continued to work, study, and raise families, even as reminders of three years of war remain part of the landscape of everyday life.PremiumPremium

We're just in survival mode': Israel's new normal after October 7

A partially torn poster of a hostage kidnapped in the deadly October 7 attack on Israel by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas is seen at a public plaza in front of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.

Farewell from the Report: reflecting on three years of upheaval - from the editor

A hot day at the beach in Tel Aviv.

Tel Aviv ranks 34th globally, highest in Middle East, in Oxford Economics’ 2026 Global Cities Index


Aliya Stories: From the big city to pastoral quiet

A wedding, a child, and aliya – a whirlwind ride to immigration.

Elana Joffe Cohen

What do you like to buy?

The rising standard of living, alongside global warming, has transformed air conditioners from a luxury item into a product that is essential for surviving the long, hot Israeli summer.

Ownership of an Air Conditioner in the Large Cities, 1999-2014

The joy of a Jerusalem playground

Gaby Bar Giora in front of the renovated Mifletzet playground.

Combating terror in Israel: A look at what’s being done, and what needs to be done

HOW SHOULD we cope with the current wave of terror in Israel?

A child pays homage at the site in Jerusalem’s Old City where Rabbi Nehemia Lavi and Aharon Banita were stabbed to death on October 3

Out There: Blaming the bees

After more than three decades in this land, I had internalized this country’s penchant for always looking to find someone responsible for everything.

Art by Pepe Fainberg

The Israel that Arabs don’t know

The secret to Israeli’s existence in spite of all the dangers and controversy that surround it is the democracy and freedom of Israeli society.

THE BAHA’I Gardens in Haifa.

Could You Be Happier?

The Jerusalem Post

FINDING THE SPARK - KAV L’NOAR AND GIVATI JOIN TOGETHER TO IGNITE THE SPARK IN OUR YOUTH.

The Jerusalem Post

Big city transit

One way to view the quality of transit in cities is from the perspective of the customer – the rider.

Public transit use rate 2013,14

Just imagine

I image that Pablo Picasso was right: “Everything you can imagine is real.”

Kuwaiti exiles read a local newspaper announcing the start of the Gulf War in Dubai on January 17, 1991