Milking it: New figures show Israelis consuming more dairy products and alternatives

The average Israeli consumed around 157 liters (41.5 gallons) of locally produced milk and dairy products last year, according to figures for 2025 published Sunday by the Agriculture Ministry in the run-up... Read more »

Celebrate Jerusalem Day with these historic Israeli mallow patties

A field weed became an unlikely survival food during the siege of Jerusalem in 1948. Known by Jews and Arabs as kubeza, the mallow plant suddenly took on life-saving importance. Immediately after... Read more »

As Iran standoff nears breaking point, Gaza war could reignite

Izz al-Din Haddad, who was eliminated in Gaza over the weekend, was a marked man. Israel had no shortage of reasons or motivation to eliminate him: He was a member of Hamas’... Read more »

China’s Digital Silk Road in Iraq and the Middle East: How AI, smart cities, and 5G reshaping the region

By Halo Hassan Saeed* While most international discussions surrounding China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) focus on railways, highways, ports, oil pipelines, and maritime trade routes, another strategic dimension is quietly reshaping... Read more »

Secrets of the SSQ gang: ‘I did things I would rather forget’

The video published about three weeks ago, showing a 12-year-old girl from the Shapira neighborhood in south Tel Aviv being attacked in an organized lynching by teenagers allegedly affiliated with the SSQ... Read more »

Ed secretary lauds student editorial on campus politicization at Harvard – Israel & Jewish News

( May 15, 2026 / JNS ) U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon praised a recent editorial by Harvard University’s student newspaper calling for the university to recognize the excessive politicization on campus,... Read more »

Israel’s secret base in Iraq: what happened in the western desert and why Baghdad couldn’t respond

Shafaq News An Israeli airstrip, a dead soldier, and a Wall Street Journal scoop —how a secret base in Iraq’s western desert exposed the gap between Baghdad’s sovereign claims and the foreign... Read more »

Congregation returns to Los Angeles synagogue that was damaged in 2025 wildfire

JTA — Sixteen months after the fires that devastated the Pacific Palisades and uprooted hundreds of Jewish families, congregants of Kehillat Israel are returning to their synagogue. On Friday, hundreds of congregants carried... Read more »

Oil prices rockets 3% on renewed Gulf escalated risk

2026-05-16T05:20:06+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News Oil prices gained more than 3% on Saturday, after comments by U.S. President Donald Trump and Iran’s foreign minister further dented hopes... Read more »

How Eurovision became the world’s most political music competition

“United by genocide.” A chant ringing through the streets of Malmö. A Jewish woman dons a blonde wig and eyeglasses to conceal her identity, fearful for her safety. Boos fill the Malmö... Read more »