One in 10 Israeli Shoah survivors died in past year

Approximately 120,000 of the Holocaust survivors who made the Jewish state their home after the 1941-1945 destruction of European Jewry remain alive as of this month, the Ministry of Welfare and Social Affairs revealed ahead of Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day. Read more

‘How about we put pressure where it really belongs, on Hamas,’ Huckabee tells WHO

Mike Huckabee, the newly installed U.S. ambassador to Israel, shared a public response to Dr. Hanan Balkhy, regional director for the eastern Mediterranean at the World Health Organisation, who called on him to allow more aid into Gaza. Read more

New ceasefire proposal presented to Hamas in Cairo talks

Qatari and Egyptian mediators have presented a new ceasefire framework to Hamas, including a multi-year truce, the release of all Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian security prisoners and a full Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, according to a report on Monday. Read more

66,250 Holocaust survivors will remain in 2035, Claims Conference predicts

A report that the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany published yesterday about aging Holocaust survivors suggests “sobering insights into the future of this incredible community,” per the nearly 75-year-old nonprofit, which estimates that it will distribute about US$530 million in compensation this year to Holocaust survivors worldwide, and $960 million for welfare needs of survivors. Read more

IDF rescues dog taken to Gaza on Oct. 7

Israeli soldiers in Rafah recently rescued a dog stolen from Kibbutz Nir Oz during Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023 invasion, Hebrew media reported on Tuesday. Read more

‘Dry Bones’ cartoonist Yaakov Kirschen dies at 87

Israeli cartoonist Yaakov Kirschen, whose iconic daily cartoons were published by JNS over the last several years, died at Meir Medical Centre in Kfar Saba on Monday after a lengthy illness at 87. Read more

Trump dedicates April 9 as ‘Education Day’ in honour of Chabad Rebbe

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday declared April 9, 2025, as “Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A.” in honour of the Lubavitcher Rebbe—Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, leader of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement based in Brooklyn, N.Y. Read more

IDF raises readiness in all sectors ahead of Passover

The Israel Defence Forces said it is upping its readiness in all sectors ahead of the Passover holiday, which begins after sundown on Saturday and runs through the evening of April 19 in the Jewish state. Read more

UN keeps anti-Israel official despite antisemitism accusations

Francesca Albanese, a vocal critic of Israel with a documented history of antisemitic remarks, will remain in her position as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories through 2028. Read more

Hungary defies ICC, welcomes Netanyahu with full military honours

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu landed in Hungary in the early hours of Thursday morning for a four-day visit at the invitation of Hungarian premier Viktor Orban. Read more

Trump adds 17% tariffs for Israel

U.S. President Donald Trump declared a national emergency on Wednesday due to what he said was a “lack of reciprocity in our bilateral trade relationships” that is “indicated by large and persistent annual U.S. goods trade deficits.” Read more

Naftali Bennett registers new party ahead of potential reentry into politics

Former Israeli premier Naftali Bennett registered a new party on Tuesday, under the name “Bennett 2026.” Read more

Poll: Half of Gaza residents ready to leave if given the chance

A survey published in the British Telegraph reveals that 52% of Gaza residents would leave the Gaza Strip either temporarily or permanently if given the opportunity. Read more

‘Hamas eats like kings while hostages starve,’ Eli Sharabi tells UN

Eli Sharabi, 53, a former hostage held by Hamas in Gaza, told the United Nations Security Council on Thursday that the terror group exploits aid from the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees for its own enrichment. Read more

Israeli Cabinet votes to sack Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar

The Israeli Cabinet overnight Thursday unanimously approved Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposal to sack Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar. Read more

Luminaries, much support, protests at Gal Gadot Hollywood star ceremony

Gal Gadot joined luminaries like William Shatner, Jodie Foster and even Godzilla when she was honoured on Tuesday with a star on the iconic Hollywood Walk of Fame—a first for an Israeli actress. Read more

Israel: Hamas has ‘a few days’ to agree to extended truce

The Hamas terror organization only has “a few days” to agree to a U.S.-proposed ceasefire extension, an Israeli government spokesman confirmed on Tuesday. Read more

Freed 10-year-old hostage to ChatGPT: ‘I miss the people we lost’

Former hostage Emily Hand, who was kidnapped by Hamas terrorists from her bomb shelter in Kibbutz Be’eri on Oct. 7, 2023, then aged 8, interacted with the ChatGPT AI chatbot on Monday in an educational event concerning innovation, revealing a girl haunted by her chilling experiences in captivity. Read more

Hamas expected to return bodies of several hostages on Thursday

Jerusalem is preparing to receive the bodies of four or five hostages on Thursday who were murdered in captivity in the Gaza Strip, Israel’s Kan News public broadcaster reported on Monday. Read more

Israeli Security Cabinet to meet to discuss Phase 2 talks with Hamas

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was set to convene the Security Cabinet on Monday to discuss Jerusalem’s stance toward the Phase 2 talks with the Hamas terrorist group in the Gaza Strip, the Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement on Sunday night. Read more

‘Israeli hostage could become blind in Hamas captivity’

Intelligence gathered from hostages released from Gaza suggests Alon Ohel, 24, abducted from the Supernova music festival on Oct. 7, 2023, may lose his vision. Read more

Israeli president blasts BBC’s Israel-Hamas equivalence

Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Sunday criticized the BBC for what he said was its false equivalence between the treatment of convicted Hamas terrorists by Israel and innocent Israeli hostages abducted into Gaza. Read more

Some hostages spent eight straight months in tunnels

Some of the seven hostages released from Gaza during the current ceasefire had been held in Hamas tunnels for eight consecutive months, deprived of daylight and human contact, an Israeli medical official revealed on Monday. Read more

Nova music festival survivor to represent Israel at Eurovision

Yuval Raphael, a survivor of the Supernova music festival massacre on Oct. 7, 2023, will represent Israel at the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest in Basel, Switzerland, in May. Read more

Harvard settles lawsuits, adopts IHRA definition of Jew-hatred

Harvard University has resolved two federal lawsuits alleging antisemitic discrimination on campus with the Louis D. Brandeis Centre for Human Rights Under Law and Jewish Americans for Fairness in Education. Read more

Netanyahu hosts Trump envoy on Gaza hostage talks

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met on Saturday afternoon with President-elect Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, in what was described as a “surprise visit” to discuss the multilateral negotiations with Hamas for the release of Israeli hostages and a ceasefire in Gaza. Read more

Four soldiers killed in Gaza, bringing IDF wartime toll to 835

Four Israel Defence Forces soldiers were killed battling Palestinian terrorists in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, the military announced. Read more

Israeli tennis player defiantly wears yellow ribbon at Australian Open

Israeli tennis player Lina Glushko wore a yellow ribbon in her hair to an international match in Australia after organizers forbade her from wearing a pin, which organizers considered a political statement, during the competition, Israel’s Channel 14 reported on Tuesday. Read more

UNRWA ‘knowingly’ let Hamas infiltrate, per UN Watch report

Officials of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency meet “routinely” with Lebanese and Gazan terror groups, “mutually praise each other for ‘cooperation’ and describe each other as ‘partners.’” Read more

Mossad head travels to Qatar amid reported progress in hostage talks

Mossad chief David Barnea was scheduled to arrive in Doha on Monday for continued negotiations regarding the release of the 100 hostages still held by Hamas terrorists in Gaza after 458 days, foreign sources involved in the talks told Israel’s Kan News public broadcaster on Sunday night Read more

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