The leader of Britain’s opposition Conservative Party defends the selection of a former neo-Nazi who had been jailed for hate crimes as a local election candidate, saying that he was rehabilitated and could help fight antisemitism.

Antisemitic incidents in the United Kingdom rose 21 percent in the first six months of 2026 compared to the same period last year, reaching the second-highest total on record for the first half of a year, according to a new report published Wednesday. Read more on The Times of Israel.

Israeli settler extremists raided several Palestinian villages in the Nablus area of the northern West Bank late Monday night, local media reported Tuesday.

After extended silence, PM insists IDF won’t withdraw from ‘current lines’ until Hamas fully disarmed, in seeming opposition to US-backed plan for initial Israeli pullback within Gaza. Read more: www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-an...

If the brain is our most important organ, why do most brain disorders such as depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) still rely on subjective diagnosis and treatment based on questionnaires and a taxing trial-and-error process? Read more: www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-star...

Amid an ugly campaign season, scholars and officials are warning of a toxic political discourse across the spectrum — and fear things could get worse before they get better. Read more: www.timesofisrael.com/israelis-are...

There is a divide among Michigan Jews in a primary where Israel has emerged as one of the sharpest contrasts between the candidates, Haley Stevens and Abdul El-Sayed. Read more: www.timesofisrael.com/lawn-signs-f...

After Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government sped through a series of controversial laws, many of them answering key demands of Haredi coalition partners, Likud MK Dan Illouz announced that he was quitting the party altogether. Read more: www.timesofisrael.com/after-quitti...

Mimi Gewirtz: "Bethlehem's Christians are going abroad to escape economic collapse, leaving behind weaker institutions and a fragile West Bank. Israel can't afford to lose them." *The posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties and don’t necessarily reflect the views of The Times of Israel.

An unusual collision of fashion and Judaism reflects the challenge facing the Met as it prepares to celebrate one of fashion’s most influential designers who was also the perpetrator of one of its most notorious scandals. Read more: www.timesofisrael.com/sorry-not-so...

For many Gazans, there is only one meaningful test of whether the agreement is truly moving forward: whether the strikes stop. Read more: www.timesofisrael.com/first-stop-t...

The Jerusalem District Court on Sunday imposed a temporary injunction freezing the transfer of crocodiles to Ketziot Prison, putting National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir’s plan to deploy the deadly reptiles in a moat around the facility on hold. Read: www.timesofisrael.com/court-freeze...

For the first time, oenophiles can now taste the closest thing to Byzantine-era wines grown in the parched Negev Highlands thanks to a project to cultivate ancient vine varieties at the Avdat National Park in southern Israel. Read more: www.timesofisrael.com/long-lost-by...

In a surprising discovery, Israeli researchers say they have uncovered the biological mechanism in which Viagra, a drug best known for treating male erectile dysfunction, helps stop the spread of cancer. Read more: www.timesofisrael.com/in-world-fir....

Gulf state sent the Israeli arms giant an urgent request for six strategic surveillance systems soon after early 2022 Houthi attack, documents show; unclear if sales went through Read more on The Times of Israel www.timesofisrael.com/leaked-elbit...

Israel has leaped to No. 2 on The Economist’s Big Mac Index, a list that ranks the relative cost of the McDonald’s burger across the world from most expensive to least expensive. Read more on The Times of Israel. www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...

Moroccan authorities set the number of those involved in the crossing at 40,000, far lower than the figure used by Spanish officials, adding that 1,135 were stopped from entering Melilla, another Spanish enclave. Read more on The Times of Israel www.timesofisrael.com/morocco-blam...

Open dispute erupts between army and defense minister, who says on live TV that Maj. Gen. Bluth acted against his policy on violent settler, and declares he has ‘absolute’ control of IDF. Read more on The Times of Israel www.timesofisrael.com/katz-announc...

Natalie Sopinsky: "No matter where you live, watching someone you love suffer and knowing you cannot ease their pain is hard. Israel trusts us to manage anyway." *The posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties, and don’t necessarily reflect the views of The Times of Israel.

Inadequate infrastructure and coordination result in dumping by Palestinian residents and industry, causing soil and groundwater pollution. Israel’s response has been frustratingly partisan. Read more: www.timesofisrael.com/as-toxic-sew...

AI rabbis? Some NY Hasidic groups see new technology as a challenge, others as a tool www.timesofisrael.com/ai-rabbis-so...

By escalating attacks against US bases and its allies over the past week, Iran’s leaders showed considerable unity over their war strategy: hanging tough, determined to show Iran can endure more than America and its allies can. Read more on The Times of Israel www.timesofisrael.com/irans-leader...

Six religious Jews — five minors and one adult — were arrested after banging and spitting on the entrance to the St. James Monastery in the Old City of Jerusalem’s Armenian Quarter, say Israel Police. Read more on The Times of Israel.

Senior Palestinian figure Mohammad Dahlan claimed late Saturday that US President Donald Trump’s top aide Jared Kushner had assured him Israel would be ending its strikes on Gaza, only to delete the post less than two hours later. Read more: www.timesofisrael.com/board-of-pea...

US leader claims pact will fully reopen Hormuz, ‘end’ Iran’s nuclear threat; Tehran had threatened response to planned attack, warning Israeli gas fields would be ‘burned to ashes’. Read more on The Times of Israel www.timesofisrael.com/trump-says-h...

Cafe Basimta, which is one of the few Jerusalem eating establishments to operate on the Jewish day of rest, has been facing repeated harassment in recent weeks from Haredi protesters during its weekend hours. Read more on The Times of Israel

US President Donald Trump has ordered another wave of strikes against Iran, with the aim of forcing the Islamic Republic’s surrender. Read more on The Times of Israel

Ahead of the upcoming October 27 elections, Israel is looking increasingly stratified, with each segment fighting for its own electorate and particularist needs. This week on What Matters Now, we speak with Shlomit Ravitsky Tur-Paz about how religion can coexist with modern civil society.

In Zambia, Israeli team helps train country’s first generation of pediatric cardiac surgeons www.timesofisrael.com/in-zambia-is...

Molly Livingstone: "The day Marla Bennett was murdered, I was waiting for her to return to our California summer camp and tell me all about her time in Israel. I am here because of her." *The posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. blogs.timesofisrael.com/they-were-al...