State

WATCH: Anti-regime activists hack Iran's national broadcaster, transmit Pahlavi's calls to protest

Anti-regime activists hacked Iran’s Badr satellite, briefly taking over state TV broadcasts to air protest messages and appeals by Reza Pahlavi, according to Iran International and Manoto News.

Activists hold banners, calling for a free Iran, supporting Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi (R) and comparing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei with Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler (L) in New York, January 18, 2026; illustrative.
 International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva attends a press conference with Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly in the Cabinet at the New Administrative Capital (NAC) in the east of Cairo, Egypt, November 3, 2024.

Egypt finalizes $6 billion in state asset sales across 11 sectors

From legalizing neighborhood councils in Israeli cities to supporting Kurdish statehood

Jewish Florida State Rep. Hillary Cassel.

Jewish Florida State representative switches to Republican Party, citing Israel support


Turning drivers into ATMs for the state

Gideon Sa'ar initiated it, Yariv Levin completed it: The transportation reform will harm those who rely on a driver's license for their livelihood or struggle to challenge tickets digitally.

 Most traffic cases will be handled by a registrar over Zoom. Access to legal justice will suffer under the pretext of court overload.

Herb Kohl, former Jewish senator from Wisconsin, dies at 88

Kohl was known for his soft-spoken, unobtrusive approach as a philanthropist, a retail mogul and a senator, an outlook he said he learned from his Jewish immigrant parents.

 Sen. Herb Kohl, a Wisconsin Democrat, during the Senate Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee hearing on the administration's fiscal 2005 budget for the Department of Homeland Security, on Capitol Hill, Feb. 10, 2004.

How do cities, countries get their nicknames? - explainer

Let’s take a little geographical galavant and see how certain cities came by their metropolitan monikers. 

 Lights along the Champs-Elysees with the Arc de Triomphe in the background.

Florida public official recorded saying he will 'Jew down' store owner

Santa Rosa County Commissioner Sam Parker told a store owner that he was “going to have to Jew you down.”

Santa Rosa County Courthouse

Israel turns 75: The country's identity as a Jewish state - opinion

A central feature of Israeli society is its Jewish-affiliated majority alongside other religious minorities.

 SOLDIERS GATHER in front of the seven-branched candelabrum outside the Knesset, a remembrance of the Temple in Jerusalem. Israel’s Jewish character is reflected in key symbols of the state, says the writer.

Israel is a Jewish and democratic state - opinion

Many people understand there to be an inherent contradiction between a Jewish state and a democratic state.

 HAVING ALL citizens, Jewish and non-Jewish, vote in its elections is consistent with Israel’s Zionist principles, says the writer.

Taiwan shooting down drone near China was 'appropriate' - premier

"They repeatedly ignored our warnings to leave and we had no choice but to exercise self-defense and shoot," said Taiwan Premier Su Tseng-chang.

 A Taiwan Coast Guard ship travels past the coast of China, in the waters off Nangan island of Matsu archipelago in Taiwan August 16, 2022.

Tuvalu looks for legal ways to be a state if submerged by climate change

Tuvalu is an island with a population of around 11,000 people and its highest point is just 4.5m (15 ft) above sea level.

Tuvalu's Minister for Justice, Communication & Foreign Affairs Simon Kofe gives a COP26 statement while standing in the ocean in Funafuti, Tuvalu November 5, 2021.

The 36th Cohort of the Wexner Foundation Program is underway

The program consists of three different missions and a 3,000 member network that has seen prominent names in Israeli leadership pass through its doors.

OVER THE YEARS, the Wexner Foundation leadership programs have enriched some 500 Israeli civil servants who studied with America’s best professors and shared classes with officials from all over the world.

The art of advertising a country

I thought I’d write about how commercial brands take advantage of the unique selling proposition of their country to benefit their brand.

The Eurovision Coca-Cola Gold Special/Limited Edition, Tel Aviv 2019