Jerusalem Report

Three years, three lives transformed: The personal journeys reshaped by October 7

Three people reflect on the moments, choices, and unexpected journeys that began with the trauma of October 7

People holding up portraits of Israeli hostages still held in Gaza gather at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv in October 2025. Premium
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From live-streamed massacre to cinema: Israeli filmmakers confront October 7

Lawrence Bender, pictured here with Israeli actress Rotem Sela, producer of ‘Red Alert,’ is among other Hollywood figures involved with The Brigade, a group formed by Jewish entertainment figures and allies, who have challenged antisemitism and anti-Israel sentiment within the industry.PremiumPremium

The loud, the quiet, and the hateful: Inside Hollywood's war over Israel

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'We'll be the growth engine': how Sapir College rebuilt after October 7


Amir's Room: How a fallen soldier's music reaches children who never knew him

Through music, a small group of orphaned children is remembering the legacy of one of Israel’s fallen soldiers

Sergeant Amir Lavi fell in combat at the Sufa Military Outpost on October 7, 2023.
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Farewell from the Report: reflecting on three years of upheaval - from the editor

On the third anniversary of October 7, Editor-in-Chief, Ruth Marks Eglash reflects on a year at The Jerusalem Report and bids readers farewell

A partially torn poster of a hostage kidnapped in the deadly October 7 attack on Israel by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas is seen at a public plaza in front of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.

'You will be quiet': Israel’s ambassador Danny Danon takes on the United Nations

In his second term as ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon has found an increasingly hostile environment, battling not only obvious foes but also officials

Ambassador Danny Danon speaks during ‘Summit of the Future’ on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly at the United Nations Headquarters in New York in September 2024.
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The United Nations has drifted beyond its charter - it is time to rethink it - opinion

As political majorities increasingly push the UN beyond the limits of its Charter, institutional renewal has become an urgent necessity

The UN Charter was not intended to create a supranational government, but an organization with limited powers dependent on the good faith of its sovereign member states.
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America’s UN dilemma: China dominates the UN - why should US taxpayers fund it? - opinion

Washington should not pay billions to preserve a single vote in an organization increasingly hostile to US and Israeli interests

A meeting of the UN Security Council in April. The organization says Washington currently owes more than $5 billion.
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For years, UNRWA schools bred extremism in Gaza - now, the monopoly is breaking - opinion

After years of scrutiny over UNRWA schools, new education models are emerging for Gaza’s children

UNRWA has operated schools for generations of Palestinian children in Gaza, but its education system has faced mounting scrutiny over the curriculum and materials used in its classrooms.
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At the UN, gifts are never just gifts - they are influence - opinion

Jonathan Harounoff, the former spokesman for Israel’s mission to the UN, takes readers behind the scenes at the global forum 

Silk portraits of every UN secretary-general. A collection donated by the Islamic Republic of Iran in 1997.
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Why Guterres won't rein in the 'out of control' UN rapporteurs on his watch - opinion

UN rapporteurs wield the UN’s authority without its accountability, leaving ideology and bias to fill the void

The UN Human Rights Council oversees 59 ‘special procedures’ mandates, whose independent experts issue reports and statements under the banner of the UN human rights system.
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The UN rescinded 'Zionism is racism' in 1991- now, it's back - analysis

How a discredited UN resolution from 1975 has reemerged in political discourse in the US and UK

Former president Chaim Herzog, who also served as Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, gave a powerful speech against the resolution declaring ‘Zionism is racism’ in 1975.
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Where are all the women? Why Israel still struggles to put women at the top of politics

As Israel heads to elections, women remain present in politics but largely absent from its highest ranks

Women make up roughly a quarter of Israel’s Knesset, but their representation thins considerably at the highest levels of political power.
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