click to dowload our latest edition
CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER
JAA – While Americans view Israelis far more favourably than the Israeli government, their opinion of the Jewish State’s residents has continued to decline, according to a...
Justice Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi’s remarks that Israel is trying to undermine South Africa in retaliation for the “genocide” case has fuelled a narrative that somehow the Jewish State is behind the anti-illegal immigration protests. The allegation has...
There are moments when silence feels like complicity. This is one of them. We have watched, with growing anger and sadness, as a small but politically connected element of...
JTA – Just days before the start of the Maccabiah Games, held every four years in Israel, Australia was officially out of the competition. It had cancelled...
“When I look up at the sky, I have to figure out if what I am seeing is a bird or a drone,” says Adrienne Chonowitz, who made...
JTA – A new survey found that 48% of American voters think the United States is “too supportive” of Israel, the highest since the pollster started...
JTA – More than five decades after Israel’s only World Cup appearance, the Israel Football Association (IFA) says it has no intention of trying to leave Europe for...
“We asked the world: Do you see us? Israel answered first.” So wrote Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi, president of a republic that has governed itself for 35 years without the...
JTA – The cofounders of the Israeli coexistence group Standing Together have launched a new Arab-Jewish political party in advance of the upcoming election, joining several other left-wing parties hoping...
South African faith leaders expected a summit on antisemitism. Few expected their first lesson to begin on the airport tarmac. Minutes after landing at Ben Gurion...
On Monday morning, waking up to news that Iran had fired missiles towards central Israel again sent shivers up my spine. Not again, was my first thought. The idea that the...
JTA – Iran says it has completed its attack on Israel after its missile barrage on Sunday night launched the first direct exchange of hostilities since...
JTA – As missiles flew towards Israel on Sunday night, beleaguered Israelis once again took to Facebook from their safe rooms. “Whoever is in charge of naming...
US Ambassador to South Africa L Brent Bozell III has warned that the government’s stance on Israel and Iran, and its broader foreign policy alignment has created an “impasse” with Washington. This,...
An attempt by anti-Israel activists to silence dialogue about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was thwarted last week by the commitment of St Mary’s School, Waverley to have this conversation securely. The Johannesburg school invited Coordinator of...
JTA – A dangerous instinct is on the rise in the Jewish world right now: the belief that we must choose between defending Israel and defending...
The dreams of more than 100 South African Jewish teenagers have been dashed by the decision to pull them out of the 2026 Maccabiah Games in Israel. Maccabi...
President Cyril Ramaphosa is the first sitting head of state to sign an international petition demanding that Israel release convicted terrorist Marwan Barghouti. Ramaphosa chose Freedom...
JTA – Yair Lapid and Naftali Bennett teamed up once before to unseat Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, striking an unusual power-sharing deal after Israel’s 2021...
JTA – Alex Sinclair had no idea what would follow when he posted a picture of his mutilated kippah to Facebook on Thursday. Sinclair, who lives in central...
JTA – A record number of United States Senate Democrats voted on Wednesday to block the sales of certain weapons to Israel, marking a sharp rise in the...
What should have been a simple farewell for a group of olim leaving South Africa unfolded under the shadow of uncertainty, as the reality of life in Israel...
Life in Israel at the moment moves between tension and routine. Sirens interrupt the day; people pause, look around, and head to shelter if needed – and then,...
JTA – Germany, an early defender of Israel against allegations of “genocide” in Gaza at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), has pulled support as it faces its own...
An incident that unfolded on a remote Eastern Cape road four years ago came full circle this week when a South African police officer reached out to an...
Videos showing Tel Aviv flattened into a wasteland of collapsed buildings and burning streets are spreading rapidly online. And in some corners of the internet, people...
South African olah Kim Bash was sitting in her miklat (bomb shelter) in Jerusalem’s Old City on Tuesday, 17 March when she heard a massive explosion. She thought a missile had...
As sirens interrupt life, young South Africans on programmes across Israel are having to navigate a reality few imagined when they arrived – and without their...
JTA – The man who attacked a Michigan synagogue on Thursday was the brother of a Hezbollah commander who oversaw efforts to shoot rockets into Israel...
JTA – Israel won’t advance to the single-elimination stage of the 2026 World Baseball Classic (WBC), but the team surpassed expectations by winning two games and finishing in third...
Pro-Israel activists gathered outside Cape Union Mart at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town on Saturday, 7 March, in response to weekly pro-Palestinian protests that have...
JTA – Natalie Silverlieb’s go-bag looks a little different from the last time she ran to the bomb shelter with Iranian missiles incoming. Since last summer, she has...
JTA – In playgrounds around Tel Aviv it’s no longer unusual to meet a child who splits time between two homes, not because their parents divorced, but because they...
JTA – No matter what happens when Israel’s bobsled team hits the ice at the 2026 Winter Olympics, team captain Adam “AJ” Edelman has already had...
He was the first winner of Idols SA and became a local star, but today Pastor Heinz Winckler is outspoken about his commitment to the state of Israel...
Israel’s offer to assist the Eastern Cape with water, healthcare, and agriculture expertise on Friday, 23 January, was flatly condemned by provincial Premier Lubabalo Oscar Mabuyane as soon as he heard about it. Rather than being grateful for an offer of unconditional...
JTA – Several European carriers cancelled flights to Tel Aviv on Wednesday, 14 January, as turmoil over a potential United States (US) strike on Iran roiled...
JTA – In the weeks after Hamas’s 7 October attack, religiously charged videos started circulating on social media. Dozens of young women posted videos of themselves...
Morris Kahn, the South African-born Israeli entrepreneur whose business success helped shape the country’s modern economy and whose philanthropy transformed fields ranging from medicine to the...
JTA – The vast majority of Israelis – nearly eight in 10 – say they are concerned about a decline in support for Israel among the...
or click here to
visit archives
