State

Why has Pakistan introduced new guidelines for state oversight of foreign media? - analysis

Pakistani journalists working for foreign media organizations are also covered by the new guidelines.

Pakistani flags flutter near the Parliament House, as delegations from the United States and Iran are expected to hold peace talks, in Islamabad, Pakistan, April 11, 2026.
Hamas police officers stand guard, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City, October 11, 2025; illustrative.

European Union explores possible support for new Gaza administration committee

Opposition leader Yair Lapid speaking at the Knesset, Jerusalem, January 26, 2026.

'Correct a historical injustice': Yair Lapid to table Knesset bill branding Qatar as 'enemy state'

Activists hold banners, calling for a free Iran, supporting Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi (R) and comparing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei with Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler (L) in New York, January 18, 2026; illustrative.

WATCH: Anti-regime activists hack Iran's national broadcaster, transmit Pahlavi's calls to protest


Israel’s Tango between Religion and State

The Jerusalem Post

Civil marriage now

As the 69-year-old argument about the separation of religion from state continues to unravel, matrimony in Israel bears the brunt of the status quo.

At Noam and Noa’s wedding

Stage 2 Statehood: Anticipating the State of Israel's Coming of Age

The Jerusalem Post

Washington Watch: Separation anxiety

It didn’t take long for the new administration to send a chilling message to the Jews.

An activist waves an LGBT flag near Israel's Knesset building

Jeannie The Israeli Muslim

The Jerusalem Post

Bridges

The Jerusalem Post

Tillerson’s past offers few clues on his Middle East perspective

Trump’s choice for secretary of state, an oil man, will come under scrutiny for his broad opposition to sanctions.

A soldier stands next to a bus stop with a pro-Trump poster near the West Bank Jewish settlement of Ariel

When the decay cannot be denied

Do we really believe that a thoughtful society can exist without a commitment to nuance, without celebrating the grays in a world increasingly colored only in blacks and whites?

Abraham Lincoln

Echoes of State Dept’s ‘editing’ in 1943: Jen Psaki, meet Breckinridge Long

John Kirby has admitted that one of his colleagues deleted from their archives a videotaped exchange in 2013 in which Psaki confirmed that the department sometimes lied to the press.

the ‘Exodus 1947’ after the British takeover.

Israeli government report aims to answer the question, 'How’s life?'

The report, “How’s life?” is the first of its kind issued by the government and aims to provide an all-encompassing picture of the state of Israeli society.

A woman and a girl sit in front of the Mediterranean at the beach in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon