The Jerusalem Report

Huckabee: 'If there were not an Israel, there wouldn’t be a United States'

From biblical conviction to diplomatic mission, Ambassador Mike Huckabee brings a uniquely personal vision of the US-Israel relationship

Huckabee, a former Arkansas governor and die-hard supporter of Israel, believes firmly that the US needs Israel as much as Israel needs the US.

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Not the usual itinerary: Diaspora Jews seek West Bank encounters on Israel trips

Jewish American volunteers plant trees in the Palestinian village of Husan in the West Bank.

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The US-Israel alliance has survived every president. Can it survive its own people? - opinion

US Vice President JD Vance said recently, ‘We want our allies to be like Israel – strong, independent, and capable of defending their own interests so we don’t have to.’

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Israel's American dilemma: We love America, but stop running our war

Young Israelis are trying to understand is whether the relationship that has defined Israeli security for decades will look the same in the decades ahead.

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'It started on October 7': How war reshaped Israel's defense-tech boom

From battlefield needs to global strategy, defense tech is accelerating, with Israel emerging at the center of a rapidly evolving sector

MAY 12, 2026ByANNA AHRONHEIM

Against the backdrop of geopolitical instability and a booming defense ecosystem, Alon Lifshitz co-founded Aurelius Capital, one of the new players rising in a transformed landscape.

'Am I a murderer?' Yad Vashem restores a Jewish ghetto policeman's Holocaust confession

A Holocaust-era diary that was buried, distorted, is now finally being shared

MAY 12, 2026ByEMIL BOTHE

A page in Calel Perechodnik’s original diary, which is now stored in Yad Vashem’s archives in Jerusalem.

Inside Yad Vashem's 'Living Memory': A window to victims' souls

At Yad Vashem, ‘Living Memory’ reveals how objects, letters, and art carry the weight of lives lost – and ensure they are not forgotten

MAY 12, 2026ByLARA SUKSTER MOSHEYOF

Yad Vashem’s ‘Living Memory’ exhibition creates a time-travel experience through art.

'Your story is too Jewish': Inside publishing's dirty open secret - from the editor

Jewish and Israeli writers are confronting growing exclusion in publishing, even as new voices continue to emerge and push forward

MAY 12, 2026ByRUTH MARKS EGLASH

As antisemitism rises in publishing, Jewish and Israeli writers are confronting rejection, backlash, and growing pressure to silence their voices.

'People don't want wars anymore': Inside Lebanon's shifting calculus on Israel

As Hezbollah’s grip weakens and war fatigue deepens, a growing number of Lebanese are beginning to see peace with Israel not as betrayal but as necessity

MAY 7, 2026ByDANA BEN-SHIMON

Lebanese electrical workers rebuild damaged power lines, as families return to apartments wrecked by Israeli strikes in Tyre last month. Some Lebanese citizens believe Hezbollah’s concept of resistance has completely failed.

The illusion of a sovereign Lebanon: Why past agreements keep collapsing - analysis

Negotiations with Beirut risk repeating past failures unless Hezbollah’s grip on state power is dismantled

MAY 7, 2026ByDANNY AYALON, MORAN ALALUF

Lebanon has not officially designated Hezbollah as a terrorist organization.

Iran builds proxies, Qatar peddles influence: Decoding Doha's double game - analysis

Iran thinks in terms of proxies and building muscle, while Qatar supplies the money, the political oxygen, and the legitimacy – in other words, acting like a peddler

MAY 7, 2026ByAVIRAM BELLAISHE

In 2020, the US Justice Department concluded that AJ+, Al Jazeera’s American digital platform, was required to register under FARA as an agent of the Qatari government.

Posthumous parenthood: After loss of loved ones, Israeli widows choose to bring new life

In the wake of October 7, a growing number of Israeli women are choosing to conceive the babies of their fallen partners – raising profound legal and ethical questions

APRIL 28, 2026ByRUTH MARKS EGLASH