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Israeli Ambassador to the United States Yechiel Leiter gives a statement to the media at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, after his son Neria, an IDF reservist, was hospitalized in critical condition after being seriously wounded in a car-ramming attack the previous day, September 24, 2026. At right is Leiter's son Noam. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
October 2, 2026, 2:26 pm
Three years after October 7, Israel’s citizens and its leaders are worlds apart
The tragic story of Ambassador Leiter’s family reflects a society united in crisis, yet fundamentally betrayed by politicians who actively evade responsibility for their failures
By Shalom Yerushalmi
A man walks past a television channel advertisement featuring Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and his main rival, opposition candidate Gadi Eisenkot, ahead of Israel’s general election, in Ramat Gan, September 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
September 30, 2026, 5:03 am
‘It’s bad’: In a polarized Israel, the likeliest election result is more uncertainty
This may be Israel’s most consequential election ever. But neither side has a clear path to victory and they’re both plagued by infighting. On Oct. 27, don’t expect a reckoning
By Ben Sales
Jewish worshipers pray for forgiveness during Selichot prayers at the Tomb of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai in Meron, northern Israel, early on September 4, 2026, ahead of the Jewish New Year. (David Cohen/Flash90)
September 7, 2026, 9:38 pm
Poll: Optimism rises among Israeli Jews ahead of Rosh Hashanah
76% of right-wing respondents say country is improving and will keep improving; Arab Israelis remain far more pessimistic
By Zev Stub and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Hebrew and English signs on Ko Pha Ngan in Thailand, August 17, 2019. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)
August 14, 2026, 1:45 pm
Driven by prolonged conflict and ideological shift, more Israelis seek quiet life abroad
Emigrees cite political drift rightward, social stagnation, ‘endless and pointless wars’ as they depart Jewish state in droves; experts increasingly concerned about ‘brain drain’
By Deborah Danan
Parents walk a child to school, in Jerusalem, August 27, 2013. (Yossi Zamir / Flash90)
February 22, 2026, 2:46 am
With co-parenting on the rise in Israel, one advocate aims to export the model to US Jews
Former MK Michal Biran says the increasingly mainstream idea of raising a child in a platonic partnership is even more appropriate as the Jewish community bands together amid rising antisemitism
By Deborah Danan
A crowd gathers at the Tel Aviv ceremony commemorating 30 years since the assassination of prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, November 1, 2025. (Stav Levaton/Times of Israel)
November 4, 2025, 5:21 pm
Yitzhak Rabin was killed 30 years ago this week. Has the Jewish world forgotten?
A new play, a book of poetry and numerous events seek to remind Jews in Israel and abroad how the death of a prime minister, killed while championing peace, is relevant today
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Right-wing and left-wing activists protest and clash at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, ahead of the Jerusalem Day Flag March, May 26, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 2, 2025, 8:39 pm
Israelis lament, and cling to, societal divides on a holiday mourning ancient disunity
Increasingly riven by the ongoing war in Gaza, secular and religious, left and right are all mourning on Tisha B’Av – but for vastly different reasons
By Deborah Danan
A poster memorializing Nirel Zini and Niv Raviv hangs outside the house where they lived in a neighborhood for young families at Kibbutz Kfar Aza, February 2025. (Bernard Dichek)
March 19, 2025, 4:34 am
Killed on Oct. 7, a modern-day Israeli Romeo and Juliet unite their families — and nation
The new Niv Nirel Center realizes the vision of Nirel Zini and Niv Raviv, who came from families on the opposite sides of the religious spectrum and together wanted to help society
By Bernard Dichek
Illustrative: Arabs and Jews protest the escalating violence and riots between the Arab and Jewish population at the time, in Jaffa, on May 14, 2021. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
February 2, 2025, 5:12 pm
Poll: Overwhelming majority of Jewish Israelis don’t trust Arab compatriots
72% of Jewish citizens suspicious of Arabs, reverse felt by 43% of Arabs; half of Jews feel more hostility from Arabs since start of Gaza war, 40% of Arabs feels same from Jews
By ToI Staff
A woman argues with Rosh Yehudi activists at a mass street prayer for Yom Kippur on Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv, on September 24, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash 90)
October 9, 2024, 5:00 am
High Court to rule on public Tel Aviv Yom Kippur prayer amid fears of repeat clashes
On Wednesday morning, judges are set to weigh in on a controversial service that underscores deep rifts in Israeli society and saw violent confrontations when it was held last year
By Mati Wagner
Ziv, a military reservist who expects to be called up again and who lost a friend at the Nova massacre, skates to relax. (Deborah Danan/ JTA)
August 6, 2024, 10:31 am
Israelis navigate normal life amid danger and anxiety from war and Iranian threat
Daily routine continues amid a multifront conflict that’s affected major population centers since October 7, as locals live with the ‘new normal’ even while new dangers loom
By Deborah Danan
Relatives of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza and their supporters attend a protest calling for their return, outside the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, July 13, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 15, 2024, 2:33 am
Falling trust in government leading to weakened national resilience, researchers say
Nine months into war, study at Tel Aviv University and Tel Hai college sees potential harm to Israel’s ability to cope with future crises
By Diana Bletter
Rabbi David Stav, cofounder and chairman of the Tzohar rabbinical organization. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
December 24, 2023, 2:49 pm
A leading Religious Zionist rabbi hopes a post-Oct. 7 Israeli faith resurgence endures
As Israel fights its enemies, Tzohar co-founder Rabbi David Stav sees Jewish Israelis turning to their religion and unifying around it — but he worries about a post-war slump
By Ben Sales
File: An activist against the government's judicial overhaul waves a national flag during a demonstration in Petah Tikva near Tel Aviv on August 17, 2023. (Jack Guez/AFP)
September 15, 2023, 5:59 am
On eve of Rosh Hashanah, poll shows more Israelis feel pessimistic about coming year
IDI think tank finds 42% of respondents say this year will be ‘worse than year now ending,’ in levels of gloom last seen at height of COVID pandemic
By ToI Staff
Supreme Court Chief Justice Ester Hayut with outgoing Supreme Court judge George Kara, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on May 29, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 29, 2022, 7:02 pm
‘This wasn’t an easy time for me’: Arab Israeli Supreme Court justice Kara retires
Outgoing judge compares rampant crime to a contagious disease, urges increased enforcement; was among judges who convicted former president Katsav of rape
By Tobias Siegal
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