Crisis

Israel Electric’s first female VP on leading in crisis and breaking barriers

VP Tamar Fekler shares her hands-on approach to leadership, the power of women in management, and lessons from October 7, 2023, at the Women Leaders Summit 2026.

Tamar Fekler, Senior Vice President Operations, Procurement & Logistics at Israel Electric Corporation
Proper nutrition even during times of stress.

How food becomes an anchor of stability in stressful times

Internally displaced Somali men pray before Iftar outside their makeshift shelter after fleeing drought in the Lower Shabelle region to the camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, February 20, 2026.

About 6.5 million people in Somalia face acute hunger due to drought, government and UN say

A school classroom is seen empty in Jerusalem's Beit Hakerem.

Teacher shortage: The statistic shaking Israel’s education system - opinion


Prisons in crisis with overcrowding, abject conditions - public defender

There are about 16,000 inmates incarcerated in Israel Prison Service facilities, around 1,500 more than the maximum occupancy capacity standard for 14,500 inmates. 

 View of the Shita prison, located next to Gilboa,and intended for 800 primarily security convicts.

'Major humanitarian crisis' as 14K Ukrainian refugees lose health services - report

About 14,000 Ukrainian refugees in Israel can no longer receive health services after the Finance Ministry failed to renew their insurance.

 Ukrainian Jewish refugees arriving at Ben-Gurion Airport, March 6, 2022.

Israel isn't suffering a constitutional crisis, but an identity crisis - opinion

As we stand in 2023, a clear, unified vision for Israel’s Jewish inhabitants has yet to emerge. Instead, the existing government has given rise to two sharply contrasting visions

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu stands in front of a portrait of first prime minister David Ben-Gurion.

11,000 trapped Jewish descendants in Ethiopia await rescue

The Foreign Ministry is working to help the Israelis and people eligible for aliyah currently trapped in Ethiopia's Gondar region.

 Photo of the Gondar Jewish community a few weeks ago.

Israel vs Judaism: Can these two identities coexist? - opinion

Our nation of Israel openly seems to declare that we have been split between two critical aspects of our identity – our Judaism and our “Israelism.”

 THE WRITER addresses the annual Tzohar conference, in Tel Aviv, last month.

Blinken urges world to tell Russia: Enough using Black Sea as blackmail

"Enough treating the world's most vulnerable people as leverage. Enough of this unjustified unconscionable war," Blinken stated.

 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in Bejing, China, June 18, 2023.

Israeli government allots NIS 5 million for IDF lone soldiers

The project aims to help recently discharged lone soldiers, particularly those suffering from mental health crises, make a smooth adjustment to civilian life.

 An IDF soldier who will be taking part in a drill in Cyprus as part of Chariots of Fire.

Greek wildfires die down after burning for nearly two weeks

On the island of Rhodes, wildfires have died down after scorching about 10% of the island's acreage.

 An aerial view of houses among burned land, as a wildfire burns on the island of Rhodes, Greece July 27, 2023.

Political turmoil causes Israelis anxiety, depression - ERAN

In the past week, an unprecedented number of 1,338 distress calls were received by ERAN, including dozens of calls that were defined by the applicants as directly arising from the political crisis.

 A protester lies in foliage during a demonstration against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his nationalist coalition government's judicial reform, in Jerusalem July 24, 2023.

Biden meets King Charles and PM Sunak, hails 'rock solid' UK ties

The climate crisis is an issue both Biden and Charles, an environmental campaigner for more than five decades, say poses an existential threat.

 United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry speaks to U.S. President Joe Biden and Britain's King Charles during a climate engagement with philanthropists and investors at Windsor Castle, in Windsor, Britain, July 10, 2023.