Deborah Danan
A banner is held by pro-Israel fans outside Villa Park, home of the U.K. team Aston Villa, before its UEFA Europa League match against Israel, Nov. 6, 2025. (Jacob King/PA Images via Getty Images)
June 25, 2026, 9:50 am
Israel’s path to a World Cup berth would be easier through Asia. Here’s why it’s sticking with Europe.
Israel faces longer odds in Europe than it would in Asia, yet officials say political animosity leaves them little choice.
By Deborah Danan
View of the Ben & Jerry's factory shop in Yavne, Israel, July 20, 2021. (Flash90)
June 20, 2026, 11:27 pm
Years after boycott fight, Ben & Jerry’s Israel debuts a flavor celebrating Israeli resilience
“Milk and Honey” is made with dairy from a kibbutz that was attacked on Oct. 7.
By Deborah Danan
Abraham Orkin Freedman's photograph of the Western Wall from 1921 showed men and women praying together at the Jewish holy site. (Courtesy Tower of David Jerusalem Museum)
June 9, 2026, 2:24 pm
A century-old Jerusalem photo album sparks search for forgotten images of the Western Wall
The Tower of David Jerusalem Museum is collecting photographs of the holy site ahead of an exhibition.
By Deborah Danan
Eyal Golan, left, and his father Meir visit the grave of Eyal's sister Shirel, who died by suicide after surviving the Oct. 7 massacre at the Nova music festival, Tel Mond, Israel, April 21, 2026. (Deborah Danan)
April 21, 2026, 3:08 pm
Netanyahu heckled at Israel’s official Memorial Day ceremony
A different skirmish also broke out at a ceremony at Tel Aviv’s military cemetery.
By Deborah Danan
An AI-generated video falsely depicting missiles striking Tel Aviv alongside footage of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu showing his hand to rebut online claims that he had died. (GPO/X)
March 17, 2026, 10:32 am
Is Netanyahu dead? Has Tel Aviv been flattened? AI videos are dominating the Iran war.
Even shrewd consumers of the news are getting confused.
By Deborah Danan and Grace Gilson
Following Israel’s military operation against Iran on June 13, the Tel Aviv-based Cyabra found a pattern of disinformation bots that went dark, only to re-emerge with anti-Israel and anti-Western messages. (Cyabra)
July 14, 2025, 12:28 pm
When Iran’s internet went down during its war with Israel, so did bot networks spreading disinformation
Analysts said a 16-day gap in meddling posts about British politics offered direct evidence of state-sponsored interference online.
By Deborah Danan
Israelis take cover in a public shelter in Jerusalem, during a ballistic missile attack fired from Iran into Israel June 13, 2025. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash 90)
June 14, 2025, 10:33 pm
Flights canceled. Parties scrapped. Bomb shelters full: 24 hours of war leaves Israel reeling
Between missile barrages, some Israelis tried to carry on with life. But the tension was heavy.
By Grace Gilson and Deborah Danan
Yoni, who identifies as "more right-wing than Bibi," joined a mass protest in Tel Aviv against the Israeli prime minister, March 22, 2025. (Deborah Danan)
March 24, 2025, 10:31 am
As Netanyahu fires Shin Bet chief, right-wing Israelis are joining mass protests against him
“This isn’t what we’re fighting for,” said Ohad, a right-winger who has spent 12 months doing reserve duty since Oct. 7, 2023.
By Deborah Danan
Yony Alony came from southern Israel to pay her final respects at a vigil in Tel Aviv on Feb. 20, 2025. (Deborah Danan)
February 20, 2025, 10:52 am
Israel grieves as bodies said to be of hostages Shiri, Ariel and Kfir Bibas, Oded Lifshitz return from Gaza
“I didn’t do enough to save them,” said an Israeli onlooker paying final respects to four captives coming home in coffins.
By Deborah Danan
Orange balloons have become a symbol of the Bibas family because of the abducted children's red hair. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
January 29, 2025, 10:25 am
The Bibas family remains hostages in Gaza. A nation is hoping against hope for their return.
For Jews around the world, the fate of Kfir, Ariel, Shiri and Yarden Bibas has long been a matter of urgent concern.
By Deborah Danan
Shirel Golan, at left, died by suicide in October. Her family says she didn't get the help she needed after surviving the Hamas massacre at the Nova music festival in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. (Courtesy Golan family)
December 2, 2024, 2:32 pm
Viral statistics about Nova survivors’ suicides are unsubstantiated. But everyone agrees they’re in crisis.
An Israeli lawmaker said there had been dozens of suicides among survivors of the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre. Shirel Golan’s is the only one known.
By Deborah Danan
Sharona Dahan cooks at Asif in Tel Aviv, in a rare respite from takeout nearly a year after being evacuated from her home in Sderot, October 2024. (Deborah Danan)
November 27, 2024, 8:43 am
For Israelis still displaced from their homes, reclaiming the kitchen can be an act of hope
Asif Culinary Institute’s Open Kitchen Project pairs evacuees with hosts so they can cook the way they used to.
By Deborah Danan
A supporter of Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump dance with Israelis at the Mahaneh Yehudah Market in Jerusalem, on Nov. 4, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 7, 2024, 11:12 am
Many Israelis are celebrating Trump’s win, seeing him as more likely to fully back their country
“It was really a huge sigh of relief when we got the results,” said one Israeli from the United States.
By Deborah Danan
Soldiers killed in the central Gaza Strip on Jan. 22, 2024: Top (L-R): Sgt. Maj. (res.) Mark Kononovich, Sgt. First Class (res.) Israel Socol, Sgt. Maj. (res.) Adam Bismut, Sgt. Maj. (res.) Shay Biton Hayun, Sgt. Maj. (res.) Itamar Tal, Sgt. Maj. (res.) Daniel Kasau Zegeye, Sgt. First Class (res.) Cedrick Garin; middle: Sgt. First Class (res.) Hadar Kapeluk, Sgt. Maj. (res.) Matan Lazar, Cpt. (res.) Ariel Mordechay Wollfstal, Master Sgt. (res.), Elkana Vizel, Cpt. (res.) Nir Binyamin, Sgt. First Class (res.) Sagi Idan, Sgt. First Class (res.) Ahmad Abu Latif; bottom: Sgt. Maj. (res.) Rafael Elias Mosheyoff, Sgt. First Class (res.) Nicholas Berger, Master Sgt. (res.) Yoav Levi, Sgt. First Class (res.) Yuval Lopez, Sgt. First Class (res.) Elkana Yehuda Sfez, Sgt. Maj. (res.) Sergey Gontmaher, Sgt. Maj. (res.) Barak Haim Ben Valid. (Israel Defense Forces, courtesy; combo image: Times of Israel)
January 23, 2024, 1:11 pm
24 IDF soldiers killed in Israel’s deadliest day since Oct. 7
Deaths come amid mounting debate over whether war can be won
By Deborah Danan
A delegation of University of Pennsylvania professors visits a southern Israel kibbutz that was attacked by Hamas on Oct. 7, in January 2024. (Courtesy Israel Destination)
January 4, 2024, 7:54 pm
Dozens of Penn professors visit Israel following university president’s resignation
Many but not all of the professors on the trip were Jewish, and some were visiting Israel for the first time.
By Deborah Danan
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