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Netanyahu says Israel is safer than Diaspora for Jews, but what do the numbers say? - opinion

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Australian Jews to emigrate to Israel after the attack on Sunday in Bondi Beach, but numbers do not support this claim.

An illustrative image of Jews making aliyah to Israel.
Worshipers are seen at the Western Wall in Jerusalem on Tisha B'Av.

Baseless hatred destroyed the temple, baseless love must save this nation - editorial

 DEMONSTRATORS BLOCK the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv during a protest against the planned judicial overhaul, on Saturday night. The world is mesmerized, says the writer

Most Israelis are willing to promote compromise on clauses in the judicial reforms

Israeli flag

Thousands of Reform Jews send letters to Israeli embassies, Netanyahu, protesting Judicial reform


A democratic nation state of the Jewish people

The new law does not erode a single right or protection of any minority. It actually reaffirms Israel’s commitment to minority groups.

The Knesset votes on the nation-state bill, July 19, 2018

‘A milestone’ victory for Shabbat observant sports competitors

Shabbat Team says it has fielded dozens of complaints in recent years by religious sportsmen in different fields who have found it impossible to compete.

Culture Minister Miri Regev cabinet meeting March 11, 2018

Opposing segregation

Struggling against segregation is not just about one law. It is about the larger struggle for coexistence and having more contact between Israel’s numerous diverse communities.

Protests against the nation-state bill in Tel Aviv, July 14th, 2018

Free Kashrut

In response to the ruling, Tzohar said it would take time to review the full decision but would “continue to work towards our goal to increase the number of kashrut observant consumers."

A Kashrut certificate hangs at the entrance to a bakery in Jerusalem’s Mahaneh Yehuda market

Encountering Peace: In pursuit of equality— separate is not equal

The challenge to Israel’s democracy has been ongoing, with significant improvements as well as infringements of civil rights happening throughout its history.

AN ISRAELI flag near the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem’s Old City.

Know Comment: Hypocrisy and hysteria

The Jewish nation-state law is upright, reasonable and required. It should be passed by the Knesset.

A bloodied Israeli flag hangs on the main building at the University of Cape Town on Monday at the start of Israel-Apartheid Week.

We must combat extremism in Israeli politics

Israel has walked a very delicate line for the past 70 years – it is not easy finding the balance between being a Jewish state and a democratic state that provides equal rights for all its citizens.

Dov Lipman

What miracle can be greater?

Fortunate are we and our children and grandchildren that we live at a time in history where with our own eyes we have seen the fulfillment of this great miracle.

PEOPLE WATCH the Israel Air Force Aerobatic team fly over the Mediterranean Sea during Independence Day celebrations in Tel Aviv, 2017

The greater Jewish family

Are the Jews an ethnic entity?

Boy wearing a kippa

Bearing Fruit to Those Who Want It

The Jerusalem Post