05.30.2026 The United Nations Has Added Israel Defense Forces and the Israel Prison Service to its “Blacklist” of Sexual Violence Perpetrators, Alongside Islamic State and Hamas. A sharply worded report accuses Israeli security forces of sexual abuse of Palestinian detainees, and criticizes a “climate of impunity” within the legal system, with particular reference to the dismissal of charges in the Sde Teiman case. Israel’s ambassador to the UN and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced a severing of ties with the UN Secretary-General, calling the report a “moral disgrace.” By Or Guetta and Uriel Levy
05.30.2026 Bar Came Back, But the Bond Remained Riki Siton, an ultra-Orthodox woman and mother of ten from Bnei Brak, and Julie Kupershtein, the mother of Bar, who was kidnapped from the Nova festival, met during the struggle to bring the hostages home and have been inseparable ever since. In an interview with Davar, Siton recounts the long journey the two made, from despair to action, from pain to joy, and the faith-based bond that turned them into family. By Yahel Farag
05.29.2026 The Histadrut Received the LGBTWORK Gold Standard for Advancing LGBTQ Workers and Equality The certification was awarded to the Histadrut as part of an Employment and Pride conference at the LGBT Center in Tel Aviv by LGBTWORK, an organization working to promote workplace diversity and equality in the labor market for the LGBTQ community. By Nizzan Zvi Cohen
05.29.2026 The State Comptroller Warns: Cyberattacks are Becoming More Sophisticated, but Government Ministries are Not Prepared for the Threats In the report, the State Comptroller warns that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has not updated its security policy since 2018, and the Ministry of Construction and Housing has not updated its policy since 2020. The adoption of the national identification system, which was initially defined as a revolution, is progressing very slowly. By Yoel Rothschild
05.28.2026 The SAP Crisis Reached the Knesset; Company Representatives Were Absent From the Discussion The chair of the High-Tech Union at the Histadrut said: “The announcement of the cancellation of the collective agreements removes all collective protections from about a thousand workers in Israel.” By Nizzan Zvi Cohen
05.28.2026 A Foreign Worker in His 40s Was Killed After Being Struck by a Heavy Object at a Construction Site in Jerusalem Magen David Adom teams that arrived at the scene identified him as not breathing and without a pulse, and pronounced him dead at the scene. By Nizzan Zvi Cohen