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Britain’s Green Party leader Zack Polanski attends a Green Party conference in Brighton, Britain, October 2, 2026. (Carlos Jasso/Reuters)
October 4, 2026, 9:01 pm
UK’s Green Party declares ‘Zionism is racism,’ calls for Palestine to replace Israel
Israel bans Jewish leader Zack Polanski, says party legitimizing terrorists; resolution claims Zionism privileges one group while subjugating others; some Green MPs come out against move
By Lazar Berman
Rabbi Jeffery Woolf at the Montefiore windmill in Jerusalem, July 2026 (Yitzchak Ledee)
August 23, 2026, 6:02 am
Jeffrey Woolf, the story keeper of Jerusalem
On this week’s Peoples of Israel, a new series featuring the mosaic of personalities walking the Land, we meet a historian who followed his grandmother’s stories home
By Sarah Tuttle-Singer
'120 Years of Zionism,' an exhibit at Israel's Ben-Gurion Airport, was launched in 2017 to mark the establishment of the World Zionst Congress in 1897. (Rakoon/Wikimedia Commons via JTA)
August 13, 2026, 3:50 am
Should Diaspora Jews who support Israel avoid the word ‘Zionism’? 
JFNA first supports, then fires consultant for suggesting Jewish leaders shouldn’t use the loaded term that has been hijacked by its opponents — but many think he has a point
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Representatives from the World Zionist Organization, the Foreign Ministry, and ZAKA help exhume the bodies of Theodor Herzl's grandparents, Shimon and Rivka Herzl, in Belgrade, Serbia, July 29, 2026. (World Zionist Organization/ ZAKA)
July 29, 2026, 8:40 pm
Herzl’s grandparents’ remains exhumed, to be reinterred in Jerusalem next week
Shimon and Rivka Herzl’s bodies recovered from Belgrade cemetery, will be reburied next to Zionist visionary’s grave on anniversary of his own 1949 reburial
By Zev Stub
Posters reading 'Israeli not welcome' appeared in several locations in Milan, Italy on June 26, 2025. (Courtesy of Afshin Kaboli)
July 21, 2026, 4:57 pm
Italy shuts down ‘Jew hunting’ form seeking to ‘map Zionist tourism’ after uproar
Rome’s antisemitism czar puts end to Google form that drew condemnation from government officials, including Senate leader who said ‘profound antisemitism’ was behind initiative
By Zev Stub
Suspect Mohamed Sabry Soliman is seen as he launched an attack on demonstrators supporting Israeli hostages, at an outdoor mall, June 1, 2025, in Boulder, Colorado. (Lisa Turnquist via AP)
May 7, 2026, 11:55 pm
Firebomber sentenced to life without parole for deadly attack on Colorado hostage rally
Mohamed Soliman, 46, pleads guilty to 184 felony counts in state court but not guilty to federal hate crime charges, with his lawyers arguing ‘Zionists’ not protected class
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Guests at Art and Fashion Café, Warsaw, 1930s. (Public domain via Polish National Digital Archives)
April 7, 2026, 7:48 pm
In glitzy interwar Warsaw, truth meets fiction as 2 young women hunt for missing mentor
In ‘The Last Woman of Warsaw,’ out April 7, author Judy Batalion shows the Jewish diversity of the cosmopolitan city as an odd couple sets out to solve a mystery
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Hannah Senesh with her older brother Gyuri in Tel Aviv. After being stranded in France during the war, Gyuri finally made it to Palestine the day his sister was shipping out to Egypt for training for her mission. This photo documents this meeting. (Public domain via Wikimedia Commons)
March 24, 2026, 4:56 pm
Certain death, small chance of success: The pre-state parachuters who jumped into Nazi Europe
Matti Friedman’s new book, ‘Out of the Sky,’ breathes life into British intelligence operatives who became Zionist heroes despite — or because of — failing at their real mission
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Hugh Laurie speaks at the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards on September 22, 2019, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
February 22, 2026, 9:47 am
Hugh Laurie, attacked for mourning ‘Tehran’ producer, rejects assumptions he’s ‘Zionist’
Denial comes after anti-Israel accounts disparaged British actor for grieving Dana Eden, who died last week; his response then drives backlash from pro-Israel accounts
By ToI Staff
Henrietta Szold at home in Jerusalem, circa 1922. (Wikimedia Commons)
February 17, 2026, 1:23 am
Did the founder of Hadassah – Israel’s ‘mother’ – support a one-state solution?
In her biography, ‘Henrietta Szold: Hadassah and the Zionist Dream,’ author Francine Klagsbrun shows how the acclaimed activist fought against misogyny and for the rights of all children
By Rich Tenorio
Judea Pearl is the author of the new book, 'Coexistence and Other Fighting Words.' (Courtesy)
December 23, 2025, 4:46 am
Slain journalist Daniel Pearl’s father charts recent ‘Zionophobia’ rise in new book
In ‘Coexistence and Other Fighting Words,’ Judea Pearl tracks post-Oct. 7 denial of Jewish self-determination, defending Israel on multiple fronts, while coining some notable phrases
By Rich Tenorio
New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani talks to reporters at a news conference in New York, November 17, 2025. (AP/Seth Wenig)
November 28, 2025, 8:42 pm
Poll: 2/3 of ‘connected’ US Jews say Mamdani will make NYC less safe for them
Majority say mayor-elect is antisemitic, 56% say they’re ‘worried’ about city’s next mayor, who accuses Israel of genocide and initially declined to criticize calls for global intifada
By Zev Stub and ToI Staff
Anti-Israel signs seen ahead of an Aston Villa - Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer game in Birmingham, UK, November 6, 2025. (Screenshots via X, via Deen1fied on Instagram)
November 13, 2025, 4:47 pm
Israel-haters’ incendiary rebranding of Zionism
At an already forgotten soccer match in England last week, another red line was crossed in the battle to demonize, delegitmize and ultimately destroy the State of Israel
By David Horovitz
Rep. Ro Khanna speaks during an NAACP meeting, Sunday, July 20, 2025, in Columbia, South Carolina (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)
October 21, 2025, 4:50 am
Ro Khanna, Dem critic of Israel, says he backs Zionism and ‘right for Israel to exist’
Khanna has faced criticism for saying Israel committed genocide in Gaza, appearing alongside defenders of Hamas
By Grace Gilson
A ceremony marking rebuilding in kibbutz Nir Oz, southern Israel, following the October 7 massacre; August 7, 2025. (Tsafrir Abayov/FLASH90)
October 6, 2025, 4:02 pm
‘You have to be a real Zionist’: Two years after Oct. 7, new dreamers rebuild kibbutzim
90% of displaced Gaza border residents have returned, joined by more than 2,500 newcomers. Some say it’s idealism, others just want to ‘get the wheels turning again’
By Deborah Danan
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