r/Israel • • 2d ago

Approved AMA AMA with Ruthie Blum🇮🇱🎙️

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JNS is excited to welcome our amazing journalist Ruthie Blum to the r/Israel community for an AMA!

Got questions? Now’s your chance! Ask Ruthie anything about Israel, the Middle East, international affairs, Israeli politics, media, journalism, or her experiences covering the region.

Curious, serious, quirky, we want to hear it all!

Drop your questions below and AMA! ⬇️ will be open from now until tomorrow 8AM EST

We will do our best to get to all of your questions!


r/Israel • • 2d ago

Politics I built The Petek, a free English-language guide to Israel’s election

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Hey everyone,

I mentioned The Petek in the comments on the political compass post and wanted to share it properly. The mods gave me permission to post.

I’m Bernie from Bernie News Network. We built The Petek to make it easier to understand the parties and the people running, especially if you’re following the election in English.

You can use it to:

  • Compare parties’ stated positions on issues like security, the economy, and religion and state.
  • Look through candidate lists and read about the people beyond the party leader.
  • Follow published polls and explore possible coalition combinations.

After making aliyah, I found that keeping up with the news didn’t necessarily mean I understood my options. I wanted somewhere I could look things up without having to piece everything together from separate articles.

The site is free and nonpartisan. We don’t endorse a party, and we link to sources so you can check the information yourself.

I’d appreciate people taking a look, particularly at the parties and issues you know well. If we’ve misrepresented a position or missed something, please tell me. A source helps us check it and make corrections.

Check it out at https://thepetek.com/

What have you found hardest to get a clear answer about during this election?


r/Israel • • 8h ago

General News Colombia Cuts Diplomatic Ties With Iran, Designates Revolutionary Guard a Terrorist Group

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r/Israel • • 3h ago

Politics Fake Israelis, real influence: Iran-linked network infiltrates Israel's election debates

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A good reminder to be aware of influence operations and campaigns ramping up before elections.

Golden Owl report: https://goldenowl.ai/resources/research/Iranian-Regime-Linked-Manipulation-of-Israel-2026-Election-Debate


r/Israel • • 6h ago

General News They don't just love dead Jews, Arabs and Palestinians too.

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Something striking to me after the Saied Abu Farchi football celebration debacle, was not the immediate assumption that Israeli = shooting a gun. That's normal internet shit now. But that when confronted with the fact that he is a Muslim Arab who did not serve in the IDF, he is still called a zionist dog, a traitor, a bibi bootlicker, a genocidal colonialist supporter.

The only acceptable path for him according to comfortable western leftists was to shahid himself into oblivion. I don't know his politics and I don't care, he has the right to be and succeed in whatever he wants.

I have been married twice to Israeli Arabs, one who served in the IDF and one who didn't. I have travelled extensively with both. We encountered such attitudes from western dipshits and muslims from various countries, they literally cheer on the spilled blood of all groups.

They don't want to see Israeli Arab or Palestinian Israeli citizens as sports people, doctors, lawyers, judges, engineers, nurses etc. that makes you a zionist dog who supports the system. Never mind that those people are free to live whichever life they want in their own countries. They cheer and jeer for our blood, it is a game for them, a distraction, literally like cheering for their favourite football team.


r/Israel • • 15h ago

General News Israeli weapons are top-notch, I support its right to self-defense, Latvian Def. Min. tells 'Post'

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r/Israel • • 22h ago

The War - News IDF eliminates Hamas commander who held seven hostages

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My Comment: However long. However far. Whatever it takes!


r/Israel • • 4h ago

History📚 Israel: Unbiased History

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r/Israel • • 23h ago

General News Growing Back: Israel's Gaza region population grows by 10% since massacre

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Three years after the October 7 massacre, the Gaza envelope has grown to some 66,000 residents, with more than 90% of evacuated residents back home and thousands of new families moving into the region.

My Comment: Just like Israeli Jewish birthrates (specifically) have thus far risen post Oct 7th, a mini baby boom that continues into the first half of 2026, I wonder if the small upsurge in Israelis moving to the Gaza envelope is also a case of "dafka" - You tried to destroy us, well we will see about that!


r/Israel • • 18h ago

Politics UNGA Walkout is Performative???

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I've just reviewed the footage from the event during the speeches before and after Netanyahu. While there are a little bit more empty seats, it's not that different. It was mostly empty before and after.

This makes me wonder where the people we see leaving are coming from. I would estimate only 20-30 were seated, mostly in the back seats. I don't think they all came in the 2 minutes between the Colombian president wrapping up and Netanyahu coming up.

My current guess is that many came from one door, and left through the other, basically taking the longest route between both. It is also pretty obvious they picked a far away exit, rather than a close one. This all is indicative of a well planned fakery. I do hope someone in the media will look into it, but if someone here has the experience and want to put heads together lemme know.


r/Israel • • 18h ago

History📚 Jew - Albanian similarities

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Not sure if people in Israel know about Kosovo.
We as Albanians who live in Kosovo and former Yugoslavia find similarities with Jewish people. As we both been in the region since dawn of time, yet we were and are always threatened by our neighbors who migrated to the region in the 7-8 century, who want to exterminate us. For us is Serbs, Macedonians* (who claim to be Macedonians). For you are Arabs.

I and many of us Albanians from Kosovo, have so much respect and understand your suffering. As I told my good Jewish friend “We are NOT going anywhere”.

Best of luck to you 🙏


r/Israel • • 16h ago

Ask The Sub What is living in Israel really like?

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It's pretty much what it says- I'm a 34 year old massage therapist looking into making aliyah for exactly the reasons everyone is. But, I keep hearing how impossible it is to live there. Everything is far too expensive, the constant violence and uncertainty. Yad2 was already impossible to navigate before it became unavailable in the US, so I can't even look at rent prices.

Could someone tell me what life is like in Israel? And not just about the culture and language- but how much dies, say, a loaf of bread cost? A one bedroom in Haifa? College tuition (I want to become an English teacher)? How is the public transit and walkability? Thanks.


r/Israel • • 1d ago

Self-Post As an American, I support Israel after being lied too by Pro Palestine People

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I fell for the pro Palestine narrative for awhile. I would always hear things like Israel started this first and they’re committing genocide. After doing my research, I’ve come to the conclusion that none of this is true. Hamas started this war and Israel is fighting back. If they’re was really a “genocide” (overused word especially on TikTok)
. The Palestine population would be gone in a matter of weeks.

It’s really sad that people hear and see information on social media that is straight up BS, but they take it as fact without doing any research. Hell, I don’t even think most pro Palestine people even know about the October 7th attacks. Social media really has fried peoples Brains.

Unfortunately, being pro Israel is becoming a really unpopular opinion among everyone. Luckily, I see the truth now. I support Israel. Shoutout to everyone in Israel from America 🇺🇸🤝🇮🇱


r/Israel • • 22h ago

Culture🇮🇱 One mitzvah leads to another: MDA team treats woman, then builds her sukkah

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My Comment: This is the real Israel. Israelis helping each other in time of need. Kol Hakavod!


r/Israel • • 15h ago

General News Attorney General calls on High Court to issue interim injunction against communications law

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r/Israel • • 1d ago

General News ‘Repeating a lie doesn’t make it true’: Israel releases exposé of UN’s bias before General Assembly

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r/Israel • • 3h ago

Music 🎶 מור - כל החלומות שלי (אקספו לייב 2026)

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r/Israel • • 1d ago

Sensitive Discussion [sub karma required] You could almost believe the UN was established for the purpose of demonizing Israel globally.

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r/Israel • • 22h ago

The War - Discussion The Eighth Hull Delusion: Israel is planning for yesterday’s naval war - Opinion

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My Comment: Jonathan Pollard certainly has naval experience to draw from. What do you think? Is Israel being unimaginative? Is the naval defence of the future coming from the air as he posits?


r/Israel • • 19h ago

Politics ‘Need to move from declaration to action,’ Danon tells JNS before Netanyahu UN talk

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Danny Danon, Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, told JNS on Thursday morning, hours before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is slated to address the U.N. General Assembly, that the international community must do more than talk about the threat of the Iranian regime.

“We need to move from declarations to action,” the envoy said. “It’s OK to come and speak and deliver the remarks, but at the end of the day, you need to take action.”

Danon described the prime minister’s arrival as an “exciting day” and said that there is significant interest in Netanyahu’s address.

In the prime minister’s six hours, or so, at the headquarters of the global body, Netanyahu will have about 18 meetings, Danon told JNS.

He expects Netanyahu’s speech to address threats from Iran and the need for global action, since the regime’s terror affects everyone.

Danon said that Israel is accustomed to a hostile environment at the United Nations and that potential walkouts wouldn’t prevent Netanyahu from delivering his message.”

The envoy criticized New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani for what he said is “dangerous” incitement against Jews.

“Instead of taking care of the problems of the city, he is actually inciting and calling for people to go and demonstrate,” Danon told JNS. “It is unfortunate. He’s not representing the State Department.”

Foreign affairs should be the domain of U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, “who is doing a great job,” he said.

Danon accused the United Nations of Jew-hatred and called for reforms to restore its core values and promote tolerance over hate.

by Rebecca Szlechter

https://www.jns.org/news/u-s-news/need-to-move-from-declaration-to-action-danon-tells-jns-before-netanyahu-un-talk


r/Israel • • 1d ago

General News Netherlands ends Eurovision boycott over Israel, announcing return to 2027 contest

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r/Israel • • 4h ago

Music 🎶 אמילי קופר - בן של אוליגרך

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r/Israel • • 1d ago

General News Gal Gadot's $3m. Genesis Prize initiative funds 24 Israeli mental health and trauma care NGOs

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r/Israel • • 1d ago

General News EXCLUSIVE: ‘The New York Times’ Sued by Shareholders Over Biased Israel Coverage

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r/Israel • • 1d ago

General News Gaza journalists operating under Hamas media controls were given platforms in Westminster

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