The October 7 Massacre

Former Shin Bet chief threatens defamation suit against Netanyahu, demands schedule disclosure

Bar is also demanding the disclosure of Netanyahu's schedule of meetings with the defense establishment and foreign officials. He said he intends to summon members of the prime minister's office.

Shin Bet director Ronen Bar seen at Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem, November 6, 2022
People holding up portraits of Israeli hostages still held in Gaza gather at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv in October 2025. PremiumPremium

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

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From live-streamed massacre to cinema: Israeli filmmakers confront October 7

The UN has failed to take action, despite hearing the testimonies of October 7 survivors and freed hostages. PremiumPremium

UN verified hostages faced sexual violence in Gaza, then failed to act - analysis


October 27 election becomes a referendum on Israel's identity - analysis

Three years after the Hamas-led massacre, Israeli voters remain deeply affected by that tragic day, though few have changed political camps

Three years after the Hamas-led attacks, the memory of October 7 remains embedded in Israel’s political landscape even as voters weigh security alongside the economy, leadership and the country’s future direction.
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When all criticism looks like hostility, both sides lose to their extremes - opinion

Israel must distinguish between legitimate criticism and campaigns aimed at denying its legitimacy – and its serious critics have a responsibility to make the same distinction

Protesters in Switzerland hold a banner reading: ‘Sanction Israel, End Complicity,’ in June. Israel should confront actors who seek its elimination, expose factual distortions, and challenge the misuse of legal and historical terminology.
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The people, not the leadership, are the key': Nusseibeh on change

The veteran Palestinian intellectual and peacemaker says the divide between Israelis and Palestinians has never been deeper – but insists there is still reason to hope

Veteran Palestinian peacemaker says the gap is wide but he has not lost hope for peace.
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Viral videos and 'No Israelis' signs: Thailand's souring welcome for Israeli tourists

Israeli tourists are finding themselves less welcome in Thailand

Thai farm worker Watchara Sriaoun, who was a hostage in Gaza, speaks via video call to his family and friends at his native home in Udon Thani in January 2025.
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Amir's Room: how a fallen soldier's music reaches children who never knew him

Through music, a small group of orphaned children is remembering the legacy of one of Israel’s fallen soldiers

Sergeant Amir Lavi fell in combat at the Sufa Military Outpost on October 7, 2023.
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Farewell from the Report: reflecting on three years of upheaval - from the editor

On the third anniversary of October 7, Editor-in-Chief, Ruth Marks Eglash reflects on a year at The Jerusalem Report and bids readers farewell

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.

Tech Talk: Israeli firm wins landmark FDA clearance for injection-based diabetes app

Petah Tikva-based DreaMed Diabetes has just received FDA 510(k) clearance for MODI, a prescription medical application that automatically optimizes insulin dosing for adults with type 2 diabetes.

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The Abu Shehadeh test: Will the court respect Israel’s will, or keep up the charade? - opinion

The Israeli public changed profoundly because of October 7. We understood that what we had previously regarded as a distant or manageable nuisance could become an existential danger.

SAMI ABU Shehadeh speaks during a protest against the war in Gaza in Tel Aviv, in 2023.

Netanyahu says some Arab states behind ‘blood libel’ against him

In a post on the prime minister's X, Netanyahu claimed some Arab states were behind the 'false and vile campaign' aimed at replacing his government with 'left-wing Arab parties.'

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a Likud election campaign event ahead of the upcoming general elections, in Tel Aviv, September 17, 2026.

Likud election candidate Bonzel says he wishes former hostage was 'returned to Hamas,' apologizes

Itzik Bonzel, a bereaved father placed 29th on the Likud slate by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, later apologized, saying he wrote the comment in a “storm of emotions” and “did not mean” it.

New Likud candidate Itzik Bonzel attends an event presenting the party’s new candidates ahead of the upcoming general elections, in Jerusalem, September 8, 2026