Every evening Ditsa Or stands with her family members, friends and supporters, outside the Kirya in Tel Aviv, calling for the release of her son Avinatan from Hamas. She also wants to alter the fight, criticizing those calling for a deal at any price. "It weakens the country, and the one who pays the price is my son"
Over the years, the Israeli delegation to the Eurovision Song Contest has always had to take extra security precautions. This year, with the world watching the Gaza War closely, the situation is no different. And although organizers try to keep the competition apolitical, it cannot help but be affected by global events.
The massacre of October 7 brought us back to the fundamental questions dealing with who controls this piece of land. Veteran historian Prof. Yoav Gelber lists a series of profound differences between Zionism and European colonialism, and explains why the "two-state solution" is an illusion, stressing that Israeli society needs to return to the "we" ethos.
Just days after the historic economic setback that saw Israel's rating downgraded for the first time, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich spoke with Israel Hayom.
Growing up as a Jewish Latina in Missouri, Leah Soibel experienced racism periodically. But that was nothing compared to the hatred she witnessed as an Arabic student in Cairo. Now Soibel changes hearts and minds as CEO of the leading nonprofit media organization for Spanish-speakers about Israel.
There’s probably no better way to describe the heroic rescue operation that took place in the heart of enemy territory infested with terrorists. If a Hollywood scriptwriter had placed a script like that on a producer’s table, he would have been immediately asked to remove a few scenes to make the story more realistic.
Four years ago, Meir and Rachel Sherper established their business where they’ve helped thousands of couples navigate life’s challenges and reconnect. When the war began, Meir was sent to fight, and most of their group courses were canceled and many of the local residents evacuated.
Desert Frontier was established a few years ago, as one of the lessons learned from the 2014 kidnapping and murder of Naftali Fraenkel, Gilad Shaer, and Eyal Yifrah.
Israel's emergency czar wants us to know that he is taking into account a major conflagration in the north – and that we should prepare just in case.
Footage of Shani Louk being paraded in the back of a van around Gaza was one of the first to emerge on Oct. 7. Israel Hayom speaks with Shani's mother, Rikki, about the chaos that followed that dark morning and the desire to showcase the talent of her daughter in an exhibition launched the day she would have celebrated her 23rd birthday.