Six months into the ongoing conflict involving the US, Israel, and Iran, the anticipated economic fallout has not fully materialized. While the war has driven up energy and food prices, disrupted travel and trade, and strained supply chains, financial markets have shown resilience. Oil prices surged after military actions began on February 28, with Brent…
Britain’s Chief Rabbi, Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis, has urged Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband to reconsider planned British sanctions and trade restrictions targeting Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, warning that the measures could damage prospects for peace and harm British Jews. Rabbi Mirvis said he raised his concerns during a meeting with Miliband on Friday,…
(Aug. 30, 2026 / JNS) The U.S. military said that it attacked Iranian rocket launchers at the Strait of Hormuz in its “first military action in a month on Sunday, breaking a lull in fighting during an intermittent war that has lasted more than six months,” the Associated Press reported. The wire reported that according…
Israel’s Antiquities Authority has detailed the remains of a Mamluk-era soap-making workshop discovered beneath a shop in Jerusalem’s Old City, shedding light on an industry that later flourished under Ottoman rule. The Israel Antiquities Authority said the remains of a soap-making workshop were uncovered in Jerusalem’s Old City in 2003, during an excavation led by…
Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen told Yedioth Ahronoth that Israel would launch military action against Iran even if Tehran concluded an agreement with the United States—provided Iran committed what he termed a “mistake” by resuming its nuclear program or its ballistic missile program. Coordination on maritime energy alternatives Cohen confirmed that efforts are underway in…
The IDF and Israel Police traded accusations on Sunday morning, criticizing each other’s handling of extremist settler violence in the West Bank after at least eight Palestinians were injured in clashes on Saturday. Settlers arrived at the Palestinian villages of Kusra and Jalud on Saturday afternoon, barricading themselves inside a Palestinian home and hurling stones…
Motorcyclists ride past a billboard depicting US President Donald Trump inside a catering container in downtown Tehran, Iran Six months into the war between the US, Israel and Iran, some of the worst fears for the global economy have failed to materialise, despite the conflict driving up energy and food costs, disrupting travel and trade,…
The recent, mysterious disappearance of mother and daughter Mali and Liel Yahalomi held the nation of Israel spellbound for more than a week. Everyone wanted to know: Where have they gone? Have they been kidnapped? Are they lying dead in some remote field, the victims of yet another antisemitic crime? Israelis love suspense stories –…
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has acknowledged that US sanctions are having a significant impact on Iran’s economy, reversing comments he made earlier this week that dismissed their effectiveness. Speaking to Iranian state television late Friday, Pezeshkian addressed claims that sanctions have no effect, saying, “Some say sanctions have no effect at all; to those people,…
Odeya Azoulay, one of Israel’s leading singers and the face of fashion retailer Adika, asked the company to shut down its newly relaunched website on Saturdays, bringing one of Israel’s most persistent debates over religion and public life into the world of online shopping. The revamped Adika website went live two days earlier, but visitors…
