Uri Bollag

Uri Bollag is a former breaking news desk manager at The Jerusalem Post.

‘Thou shalt not remain indifferent’

World Vegan Day: "Thou shalt not remain indifferent"

Malka Leifer is brought to court last week

New accusations surface against Malka Leifer, alleging abuse in Israel

A Palestinian woman takes part in a protest against possible reductions of the services and aid offered by United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), in front of UNRWA headquarters in Gaza City August 16, 2015.

Switzerland suspends payment to UNRWA after misconduct report


Holocaust survivors to receive increase in compensation from Germany

There are some 200,000 Holocaust survivors living in Israel. Tragically, around 50,000 of them live around or below the poverty line.

HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS visit the site of the Auschwitz death camp, during ceremonies marking the 73rd anniversary of the camp’s liberation and International Holocaust Victims Remembrance Day, in Poland in January 2018..

Cultural awakening in Israel’s construction sector

The country’s building industry has been plagued with accidents – resulting in 23 deaths this year alone. After May’s horrific accident in Yavne, is there reform in sight?

CONSTRUCTION SITE, Carlebach Street, Tel Aviv.

About Art: Religion, naiveté and impressionism

A round-up of some of the most intriguing art on display in the country this month.

Tel Aviv art museum 521

About Art: A multi-screen manifesto and a group exhibit on intimacy

A round-up of some of the most intriguing art on display in the country this month

CATE BLANCHETT in Julian Rosefeldts’s ‘Manifesto.’ (Elie Posner/Israel Museum Jerusalem)

Hamas leader Sinwar threatens to attack Tel Aviv with double force

The Hamas leader flatly rejected any peace initiative coming from the US president, saying that "all transactions aimed at eliminating the Palestinian issue will fail."

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar attends a rally in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip January 7, 2016

German party runs for EU parliament under slogan 'Israel is our misfortune'

The Neo-Nazi party Die Rechte turned the slogan "The Jews are our misfortune!" into "Israel is our misfortune!"

Far-right supporters of the party "Die Rechte (The Rights) carry placards of 90-year-old Ursula Haverbeck, who is imprisoned for her denial of the Holocaust during their May Day rally through the streets of Duisburg, Germany, May 1, 2019

Iceland should have won the Eurovision - [Satire]

A Satirical look at the efforts of Iceland’s Eurovision band, Hatari.

Iceland's Hatari unveils "Palestine" banners on camera whilst receiving their score, Eurovision 2019

German Bundestag to vote on anti-BDS motion on Friday

The motion says that Israel can be understood as Jewish collective, an attack against which therefore constitutes antisemitism.

A view of the German Bundestag

Israel Railways: A tale of failures across the board

The dispute between the management and the union is only the tip of the iceberg of much more complex structural and strategic problems that Israel Railways has faced over the past years.

TRANSPORTATION MINISTER Israel Katz (front) and employees of China Railway Engineering Corporation take part in an event marking the beginning of underground construction work of the light rail, using a tunnel boring machine, in Tel Aviv in February 2017.

From Auschwitz to the Swiss Alps: Not just another rebbe

On the eve of the 74th Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Kaliver Rebbe passed away at 96

The Kaliver Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Taub