Equality

Visible everywhere, powerful nowhere: The paradox facing Israeli women in 2026 - analysis

Women are everywhere in Israeli life, but absent where power and protection are decided.

|ByCHANI KAPLAN
Golda Meir, Israel’s first and only female prime minister, led through a small circle of senior advisers known as ‘Golda’s Kitchen’ from 1969 until 1974 – an exception in a political system where women’s authority has remained limited and largely isolated.
Tom Nesher wins the Ophir Award for Best Director for ‘Come Closer’ in 2024.

How Israeli women dominate the film industry in ways Hollywood still can't

While Israeli filmmakers face pressure abroad, women have emerged at the center of the industry, bringing new voices and perspectives into focus

|ByHANNAH BROWN
Nili Block’s first Combat Sambo competition in 2024 vs Croatia.

World champions with no leagues: The broken pipeline for Israel's female athletes

Why Israel’s young female athletes still struggle to find the infrastructure, funding, and professional pathways their male counterparts take for granted

|ByMAYA ZANGER-NADIS
The outlook for increasing women’s participation in political life is bleak, with no women in the ultra-Orthodox parties, not a single party led by a woman, and none even committed to equal representation on their candidate lists.

Israel hits all-time low in women's political representation. Can it be reversed? - opinion

As Israel heads to the polls, can the next election halt – or deepen – the steady erosion of women’s political representation?

|ByANAT THON-ASHKENAZY

The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policies: a danger to Jews and all Americans - opinion

Adam Milstein analyzes the Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) trends in America and their effect on the Jewish minority.

JULY 4, 2022ByADAM MILSTEIN

Largest ever Arabic language LGBTQ campaign launched across Israel

Beit el-Meem has placed dozens of signs around the country, including in Nazareth, Iksal and Kafr Kanna, with the slogan "There is a home for all sexualities and gender identities in Arab society."

JUNE 12, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Arab LGBTQ organization Beit Al-Mim placed signs in support of LGBTQ people across dozens of locations in Israel, June 12, 2022

Points of light in Pride Month - analysis

Many gay people find it difficult to come out of the closet, and when they do, some are in need of therapy, especially if hassled because of their sexual orientation.

JUNE 7, 2022ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
PARTICIPANTS GATHER at last year's Jerusalem March for Pride and Tolerance. LGBTQ+ people in Jerusalem come from incredibly precarious circumstances and need abundant resources.

Legislating the right to equality is a must - opinion

Israel technically has a law that ensures equality, but it's not substantial enough, and more binding law are needed.

MAY 20, 2022ByAMIR FUCHS
ACTIVISTS HOLD copies of the Declaration of Independence in the visitors’ gallery during a debate in the Knesset over the Nation-State Law in 2018.

Coalition tensions rise as Shaked, Gantz fight over Nation-State Law

Netanyahu warned that canceling the Nation-State Law would result in a mass influx of millions of Muslim migrants into Israel, who would surpass the current Jewish majority.

MAY 16, 2022ByGIL HOFFMAN
Israel's Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked is seen at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on May 16, 2022.

People need to be active for Jerusalem to be a pride-tolerant place - opinion

Public policy for the LGBTQ+ community is still dictated by the standards of hate and prejudice.

MAY 15, 2022ByEMUNA KLEIN BARNOY
PARTICIPANTS GATHER at last year's Jerusalem March for Pride and Tolerance. LGBTQ+ people in Jerusalem come from incredibly precarious circumstances and need abundant resources.

There is no forgetting the injustices of the Holocaust - opinion

Comptroller highlights failures by successive governments over restitution of Jewish property

MARCH 29, 2022ByARON MOR
THE PETITION of twenty organizations, Holocaust survivors, and second-generation was recently submitted to the High Court, led by Adv. Gilad Sher.

The UN throws women under the bus - opinion

In Iran, women are forced to wear hijab and have been imprisoned and tortured for removing it.

MARCH 28, 2022ByEMILY SCHRADER
IRANIAN JOURNALIST and women’s rights activist Masih Alinejad speaks on stage at the Women in the World Summit in New York, in 2019.

Microsoft, Amdocs attend conference held to promote equal wages for women

Speakers, including women from Microsoft and Amdocs, discussed how to overcome one of the world’s largest gender wage gaps.

FEBRUARY 17, 2022ByZACHY HENNESSEY
Women's Wage Equality Conference at OpenValley Caesarea complex, February,2022.

Israel's younger generation brings back the spirit of social justice - opinion

In Israel, in 2022, the responsibility for social solidarity and the promotion of social justice is in the hands of philanthropists and civil society and less in the hands of the state.

FEBRUARY 15, 2022ByHAIA JAMSHY
CULTURE COMES to the community in Jerusalem’s Kiryat Hayovel neighborhood.