He is gathering research for his next book on Israeli security threats, traveling along the often tense borders with Gaza, Syria and Lebanon. Details of his trip, including visits to the Temple Mount, the Al-Aqsa mosque compound and the Western Wall have made waves on social media.
Does the open approach of Steffen Seibert mark a new era of friendship between Germany and Israel, or do his kind words belie a "business as usual" approach?
When a rocket alert siren sounds, everyone in the Gaza periphery runs for shelter. But after the dust settles and the talk returns to politics, everyone clings to their beliefs – kibbutz and moshav dwellers support the Left, and residents of Sderot support the Right.
Rabbi Alexander Boroda, the president of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia, gives Israel Hayom his first interview with a local outlet and explains why things got complicated between Jerusalem and Moscow.
"Slowly, the country is becoming more open to different viewpoints, and people are starting to accept the fact that Jews are not our enemies," says Mohammed Saud.
Erin Schrode, a rising social activist on the American Left who ran for Congress in 2016, has refused to take the "Israel litmus test" radical progressives have tried to impose on her. Having visited Israel for the first time in 2010 on Birthright, her life changed forever.
The latest operation against terrorists in the Gaza Strip was exceptional not only in its success, but its precision. The Palestinian Islamic Jihad surely regrets escalating tensions, but Israel must still grapple with the fact that Gaza is still Gaza.
Head of the National Public Diplomacy Directorate Lior Haiat speaks with Israel Hayom about how his unit worked to uncover Palestinian lies during Operation Breaking Dawn, including an attempt to present a failed Islamic Jihad rocket launch, which hit Gazans, as an attack by the Israeli military.
Energy Minister Karine Elharrar (Yesh Atid) talks to Israel Hayom about rising energy prices because of the Ukraine war and a deal Israel has struck with Egypt and the EU to supply natural gas as global shortages loom.
Iranian American Jews make strides in politics on both coasts, relishing their US freedom "The more we in the Iranian community get involved in government, the more integrated we become into the fabric of this country," says attorney Makan Delrahim.
