War

What happens to our brain when we watch "Big Brother" and "The Amazing Race"?

Amid unbearable stress, many turn to reality shows for comfort, using others’ dramas as a way to regulate emotions and preserve mental stability.

The Big Brother 2026
Iranians set fire to flags of the United States and Israel as they gather to commemorate those killed from the Dena naval vessel, in Tehran, earlier this month.

Willful blindness: The existential stakes of the Iranian threat - opinion

The prevalence of insomnia in the adult population in Israel rose by 19% during the war

The hard data: What happened to Israelis’ sleep during the war – and how it can be fixed

Pope Leo XIV gestures as he leaves after Palm Sunday Mass in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican, March 29, 2026.

How many missiles have fallen on the Pope’s children? - comment


This is how you will maintain your physical and mental health during the war

Many have stayed home for over three weeks, facing physical and mental challenges. Experts explain how to maintain health during this difficult time – and offer tips ahead of Passover.

Many people have been at home for more than three weeks, which raises quite a few health and mental challenges

The real constraint in defense tech isn’t innovation, it’s execution at scale- opinion

the critical question is no longer who can invent the next breakthrough system. It's who can build, deploy, and sustain it at an industrial scale?

A detail of ammunition at a production line as German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Defence Minister Boris Pistorius visit the future site of an arms factory where weapons maker Rheinmetall plans to produce artilleries from 2025, in Unterluess, Germany

How food becomes an anchor of stability in stressful times

In times of uncertainty, the body mobilizes to cope. Finding comfort in food is natural - what matters is avoiding guilt and choosing foods that truly support you.

Proper nutrition even during times of stress.

When a lion roars: Israel leads the battle against Iran - opinion

Jerusalem already had comprehensive plans to launch a wide-scale military campaign against Iran, given the unfinished business of June 2025.

An Israel Air Force fighter jet seen in central Israel amid the ongoing war between Israel-US and Iran, March 18, 2026.

Israel’s 81% war consensus is an illusion - opinion

When we breakdown the data, what looks like national unity turns out to be two markedly different understandings of the war, imagined by two different publics.

People rush into a public bomb shelter in Tel Aviv amid reports of incoming missiles on February 28.

Closing the Strait of Hormuz could bankroll a new Iranian government - opinion

Sanctioned Iranian oil offers the opposition a rare chance to challenge the regime and stabilize global oil prices.

Cargo ships in the Gulf, near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from northern Ras al-Khaimah, near the border with Oman’s Musandam governance, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in United Arab Emirates, March 11, 2026.

After the interceptions: The complaints coming from all over the country – and the severe impact

Exposure to loud noise from the blast of interceptions and missiles causes an increase in tinnitus – ringing in the ears resulting from damage to hearing and sometimes to the brain.

Exposure to loud noise from the blast of interceptions and missiles causes an increase in tinnitus

The fight today is not against Iran, but against a regime that oppresses its citizens - opinion

Millions of Iranians see weakening the regime as a chance for dignity, freedom, and hope.

A demonstrator holds a placard during a protest against the Iranian government held by supporters of the Iranian royal family in exile, who marched through central London past the Iranian embassy to the Israeli embassy, in London, Britain, March 8, 2026

116 hotels join the wartime initiative: Third night free until the end of March

116 hotels across the country have joined the initiative, in which anyone living from the Haifa line northward will receive a third night free until the end of March at one of the hotels on the list.

Queen of Sheba Hotel, Eilat

The mullahs’ war: how Iran is destabilizing the Gulf and the Sunni world - opinion

Iranian leaders have long framed their military posture as defensive. Yet the reality unfolding across the Middle East tells a very different story.

Smoke rises above Riyadh, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, March 5, 2026.