The decline in women’s rights is measurable. In the 2025–26 Women, Peace and Security Index, Israel ranks 84 of 181 countries – behind Albania, Russia, and Saudi Arabia.

Concerns over the erosion of women’s rights in Israel have intensified as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing ...

The Gender Index has been published annually since 2004. Over more than two decades, overall gender equality in Israel has ...

About 150 young women come to Israel yearly without their families to perform national service, joining the 14,000 Israelis who participate. JERUSALEM (JTA) — A new program will help support the more ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The Israeli government formally declared war on Sunday and gave the green light for "significant military steps" to retaliate against Hamas for its surprise attack, as the ...

(RNS) — In the wake of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel, the elections for chief rabbi are receiving more scrutiny than in past years, with many advocating that religious leaders hew more to the views ...

Israel has inflicted “serious and sometimes life-threatening danger” on pregnant and postpartum women and girls in Gaza over 15 months of bombardment and siege, according to a new Human Rights Watch ...

Commentators in the media universally see Israel and Iran as two countries at daggers drawn, inveterate enemies, the fondest wish of each to see its adversary six feet underground. But these ...

The missile siren's eerie wail woke Sabina Elayev early Saturday morning in Sderot, a small Israeli town about a mile from Gaza. She thought the sound was a dream. Instead, it was the beginning of a ...

After a 39-year absence, on September 11 the Israeli women’s national volleyball team qualified for the 2011 European Championships. The success seems to tell a story of things looking up in Israeli ...