Veterans

Maccabi, TOM team up for disabled IDF veterans

The agreement reflects a shared commitment to ensure that anyone who wishes to train, compete, or pursue a sporting dream is able to do so.

|ByJERUSALEM POST SPORTS STAFF
MACCABI WORLD UNION CEO Roy Hessing (left) and Tikkun Olam Makers founder Gidi Grinstein pose after signing their organizations' collaboration agreement.
Combat veterans suffering from PTSD protest as they demanding better rights and conditions in Jerusalem, January 21, 2026.

Vehicle hits protester at wounded veterans' rights, benefits rally near Jerusalem's Chords Bridge

A vehicle hit an activist during a protest at Chords Bridge in Jerusalem, with police searching for the driver. The protest called for support for wounded soldiers, including those with PTSD.

|ByEFRAT FORSHER, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
IDF soldiers prepare for Remembrance Day at the graves of fallen soldiers at the Har Herzl military cemetery, April 23, 2023.

IDF veterans lost to suicide deserve full military honors - opinion

In the past, IDF troops who took their own lives after serving in combat were not accorded burial in a military cemetery or full military honors.

|BySHERWIN POMERANTZ
Admiral Kevin Lunday prepares to testify during his confirmation hearing to be the commandant of the US Coast Guard, Nov. 19, 2025, in Washington, DC.

'Outraged and baffled': Jewish groups condemn Coast Guard for secret swastika policy change

The Nazi insignia and the noose, a symbol closely associated with lynchings, were now labeled as “potentially divisive,” downgraded from hate symbols.

|ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA

Ukraine needs more prosthetics clinicians as war toll mounts

Russia's unrelenting artillery fire and missiles mean that shrapnel wounds are maiming people in Ukraine on a scale just beginning to emerge.

MARCH 28, 2023ByREUTERS
A patient of a prosthetics clinic, who lost his leg in the war, prepares to try on his prosthesis after fitting it in the clinic in Kyiv, Ukraine, March 9, 2023.

The only option is for Israelis to maintain their military strength of will - opinion

MARCH 27, 2023BySTEPHEN SHERMAN
THE WRITER and his wife, Nguyet, attend a Special Forces function, in 2004.

IDF vet who helped conquer Kotel in 1967 arrested for suspected tax evasion

Ze'ev Parnas claims the money came from abroad and was transferred to his bank account.

FEBRUARY 28, 2023ByWALLA!
Israelis visit the Western Wall in 1967 after its opening to the public following the Six Day War

Biking across Israel for Beit Halochem and disabled veterans

There are five different routes for the 180 Canadian, American, British and 120 disabled IDF veterans taking part, including off-roading, touring and extreme sports.

OCTOBER 25, 2022ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Courage in Motion riders.

IDF soldiers, disabled veterans pack food for charity

The food is destined to reach some 1,650 disabled IDF veterans during the High Holidays.

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Interim IDF Disabled Veterans Organization head Rafi Cohen Tsemach and Friends of the IDF Disabled Veterans Organization director-general Adi Strauss

Can PTSD be diagnosed via saliva? - study

Thanks to this study, it could be possible, in the future, to use objective molecular and biological characteristics to diagnose PSTD sufferers, taking into account environmental influences.

AUGUST 10, 2022ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
PTSD BATTLES are often fought alone.

Disabled IDF soldiers, veterans: Exercise your rights - Defense Ministry

The One Soul reform has improved and expanded services to assist the IDF’s disabled.

JULY 3, 2022ByALDEN TABAC
Israeli soldiers

Itzik Saidian makes first public appearance since self-immolation

Saidian was greeted by President Isaac Herzog at an event hosted by Sheba Medical Center, where he has been hospitalized in the hospital's burn unit since the self-immolation.

JUNE 20, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
President Isaac Herzog and disabled IDF veteran Itzik Saidian

Knesset passes reform to increase disabled IDF veterans' aid

Defense Minister Gantz and Finance Minister Liberman pushed the reform.

JUNE 19, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Benny Gantz and Avigdor Liberman shake hands after meeting.

Israel joins Invictus Games for injured soldiers, veterans

The Jewish state is one of three new members of the Invictus Community of Nations, alongside Colombia and Nigeria, bringing the total number of member countries to 23.

JUNE 16, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The Invictus Games in The Hague