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A laborer works on an apartment building under construction in the Har Homa quarter in Jerusalem

Employment rate of Israeli-Arab population decreases during war, IDI report finds

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Rabbi Dr. Sharon Shalom, Ono Academic College, Dr. Tammy Hoffman, the Israel Democracy Institute and Martin Herskovitz, a poet and Holocaust educator with Tamar Uriel-Beeri

After October 7, individual communities in Israel must reach shared ethos, experts say

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

People walk past photographs of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv. June 25, 2024.

Most Israelis support hostage deal to end the Israel-Hamas war

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A PROTEST against the sexual violence committed in the October 7 massacre – and the international silence afterward – takes place outside UN Headquarters in New York City earlier this month.

In Israel and on the world stage: Women face more violence, less representation

By Irit Skulnik

State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman attends the Eli Horowitz Conference, organized by Israel Democracy Institute in Jerusalem on May 22, 2024

'Israel's lack of long-term planning harming economy,' comptroller says

Yisrael Beytenu chairman MK Avigdor Liberman speaks at the Knesset in Jerusalem on May 20, 2024

Saudi using Israeli peace as cover for its nuclear program - Liberman

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Demonstrators protest calling for the for the release of Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip, outside Hakirya Base in Tel Aviv, March 16, 2024.

Few Israelis believe government will last full term

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

PRESIDENT ISAAC Herzog attends the opening in Tel Aviv in December of an exhibition of objects collected at the site of the Nova music festival.

Israelis are yearning for nonpartisanship in time of crisis

By DANA BLANDER

Thousands march in protest of the judicial reform in Tel Aviv, March 23, 2023.

2023 Israeli Democracy Index reveals mixed sentiments on trust and solidarity

By THE MEDIA LINE STAFF

An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Israeli selects his ballot paper on the day of Israel's general election in a polling station in Jerusalem November 1, 2022.

Tuesday's election was a reminder of what clean politics could look like

By ELIAV BREUER

Netanyahu and Abbas

Majority of Jewish Israelis opposed to demilitarized Palestinian state

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

THE RANSACKED home of Emily Tehila Damari in Kfar Aza bears a banner with her name, photo, and the words: ‘Kidnapped from her house! Bring her home today!’

Majority of Israelis prioritize hostage release over toppling Hamas - poll

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Haredi women in the tech sector

Ultra-Orthodox women break through in tech education, report finds

By LANA IKELAN/THE MEDIA LINE

Optimistic about the future of democratic rule in Israel and about the future of national security, June 2022–November 2023 (total sample; %)

Israeli optimism about the future on the rise despite war - poll

By Yuval Barnea

On a scale from 1 = not at all important to 5 = very important, rate the importance of each of the following goals for the war as 4 or 5 (Jewish sample and Arab sample; %)

Release of hostages top war goal for Israeli Jews and Arabs - poll

By Yuval Barnea

Israeli President Isaac Herzog is seen meeting with Arab women at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, on June 25, 2023.

On a tightrope: Israel’s Arab citizens and the war with Hamas - opinion

By ARIK RUDNITZKY

FINANCE MINISTER Bezalel Smotrich attends a discussion on the state budget, at the Knesset Finance Committee, in July. The state budget for 2024 and the next few years must be fundamentally redrafted, say the writers.

The war from an economic perspective - opinion

By KARNIT FLUG , JACOB FRENKEL

Israeli Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a plenum session in the Israeli parliament on October 16, 2023

Israeli faith in gov't at lowest in at least 20 years - poll

By ARIELLA MARSDEN