Israel in Factshttps://israelinfacts.com/en/Israel and the Jewish world, with dates and sources for every factenMon, 09 Nov 2026 16:42:02 GMT Israeli election results confirmed as Herzog asks Gadi Eisenkot to form a governmenthttps://israelinfacts.com/en/actualites/israeli-election-results-eisenkot-mandate/https://israelinfacts.com/en/actualites/israeli-election-results-eisenkot-mandate/Mon, 09 Nov 2026 06:00:00 GMTAfter Israel’s election, Isaac Herzog has asked Gadi Eisenkot to form a government. What do the results allow, and how much time does he have?NewsIsraelIsraeli politics A “first” in Trappes? Fourteen years earlier, three Jewish children were murdered in Toulousehttps://israelinfacts.com/en/comprendre/toulouse-trappes-jewish-children-france/https://israelinfacts.com/en/comprendre/toulouse-trappes-jewish-children-france/Mon, 09 Nov 2026 06:00:00 GMTGabriel, Arié and Myriam were killed in Toulouse in 2012. How do court judgments and public tributes bear on Macron’s remarks in Trappes in 2026?In depthFranceAntisemitismTerrorismDouble standards America before the Holocaust: from the lynching of Leo Frank to immigration quotashttps://israelinfacts.com/en/comprendre/american-antisemitism-before-the-holocaust/https://israelinfacts.com/en/comprendre/american-antisemitism-before-the-holocaust/Mon, 09 Nov 2026 06:00:00 GMTFrom the Leo Frank case to the fate of Jewish refugees, how did antisemitism manifest itself in the United States before the Second World War?In depthUnited StatesAntisemitismHistoryHolocaust Antisemitism in Europe, 88 years after Kristallnacht: police meet in Berlin and France sets a date for debatehttps://israelinfacts.com/en/actualites/antisemitism-europe-kristallnacht-anniversary/https://israelinfacts.com/en/actualites/antisemitism-europe-kristallnacht-anniversary/Mon, 09 Nov 2026 06:00:00 GMTIn Berlin, police chiefs met a survivor of the 1938 pogrom. In France, the Senate has put a bill on racism and antisemitism on its December agenda.NewsAntisemitismEuropeFranceHolocaust Dan Bilzerian says he is criticising Israel. In 2011, he was already blaming Jews for 9/11https://israelinfacts.com/en/comprendre/dan-bilzerian-antisemitism-florida-primary/https://israelinfacts.com/en/comprendre/dan-bilzerian-antisemitism-florida-primary/Mon, 09 Nov 2026 06:00:00 GMTFrom poker to a Florida primary, what Dan Bilzerian has said about Jews and the Holocaust, as documented in broadcasts and archival material.In depthAntisemitismUnited StatesMediaHolocaust Democrats retake Congress in 2026 midterms as Vance blames defeat on Iran warhttps://israelinfacts.com/en/actualites/us-midterms-democrats-congress-israel/https://israelinfacts.com/en/actualites/us-midterms-democrats-congress-israel/Mon, 09 Nov 2026 06:00:00 GMTDemocrats won both chambers of Congress on 3 November 2026. In Michigan, Abdul El-Sayed became the first Muslim elected to the United States Senate.NewsUnited StatesIsraelIranMedia Gaza’s fragile ceasefire, flooded tents and continuing restrictions on aidhttps://israelinfacts.com/en/actualites/gaza-ceasefire-rain-shelters-aid/https://israelinfacts.com/en/actualites/gaza-ceasefire-rain-shelters-aid/Mon, 09 Nov 2026 06:00:00 GMTIn Gaza, OCHA has relayed the Health Ministry’s casualty figures. After the early November rains, its partners estimate that more than 6,000 shelters were destroyed.NewsIsraelArab worldUnited NationsTerrorism Hebron, 24 August 1929: the massacre that uprooted a four-century-old Jewish communityhttps://israelinfacts.com/en/comprendre/hebron-massacre-1929/https://israelinfacts.com/en/comprendre/hebron-massacre-1929/Mon, 09 Nov 2026 06:00:00 GMTWhat happened in Hebron in August 1929? This account traces the massacre of Jewish residents, the help given by Arab neighbours and the evacuation of the survivors.In depthHistoryIsraelArab worldZionism How the Soviet Union helped bring Israel into being: Gromyko at the UN, Czech arms and a break in relationshttps://israelinfacts.com/en/comprendre/how-the-soviet-union-helped-create-israel/https://israelinfacts.com/en/comprendre/how-the-soviet-union-helped-create-israel/Mon, 09 Nov 2026 06:00:00 GMTFrom the UN vote on the partition of Palestine to arms deliveries from Czechoslovakia, how did the Soviet Union put its support for Israel into practice in 1947 and 1948?In depthSoviet UnionIsraelHistoryZionismUnited Nations In Paris, historians revisit Raul Hilberg, from the printed page to the screen in Shoahhttps://israelinfacts.com/en/actualites/paris-raul-hilberg-shoah-conference/https://israelinfacts.com/en/actualites/paris-raul-hilberg-shoah-conference/Mon, 09 Nov 2026 06:00:00 GMTA Paris conference marking the centenary of Raul Hilberg’s birth examines how he revised his book and how he worked with filmmaker Claude Lanzmann.NewsFranceHolocaustHistoryCulture In Philadelphia, a boycott call fills Jewish-owned restaurantshttps://israelinfacts.com/en/actualites/philadelphia-boycott-jewish-owned-restaurants/https://israelinfacts.com/en/actualites/philadelphia-boycott-jewish-owned-restaurants/Mon, 09 Nov 2026 06:00:00 GMTOn 8 November, cyclists called for a boycott of six Philadelphia restaurants. Customers queued outside the restaurants to show their support.NewsUnited StatesDiasporaAntisemitism Iran and Lebanon: strikes on Qeshm as Qatar mediates between Washington and Tehranhttps://israelinfacts.com/en/actualites/iran-qeshm-strikes-talks-lebanon/https://israelinfacts.com/en/actualites/iran-qeshm-strikes-talks-lebanon/Mon, 09 Nov 2026 06:00:00 GMTStrikes continued in Iran and Lebanon from 2 to 9 November 2026. Qatar is trying to bring Washington and Tehran closer together on the nuclear issue.NewsIranIsraelUnited StatesArab worldTerrorism Lahav Shani, from Ghent to Brussels: when must an artist answer for his country?https://israelinfacts.com/en/comprendre/lahav-shani-ghent-brussels-cultural-boycotts/https://israelinfacts.com/en/comprendre/lahav-shani-ghent-brussels-cultural-boycotts/Mon, 09 Nov 2026 06:00:00 GMTThe same Israeli conductor lost a concert in Ghent and kept his place on the programme in Brussels. From books to sport, who decided to boycott, on what grounds and to what effect?In depthCultureAntisemitismEuropeDouble standards The “Ryazan sugar”: the night in September 1999 when Russians began to doubt the FSBhttps://israelinfacts.com/en/comprendre/ryazan-sugar-russian-apartment-bombings/https://israelinfacts.com/en/comprendre/ryazan-sugar-russian-apartment-bombings/Mon, 09 Nov 2026 06:00:00 GMTHow does the Ryazan incident fit into the Russian apartment bombings of 1999? Witness testimony and the FSB’s account help explain what remains disputed.In depthRussiaTerrorismMedia The departure of Jewish communities from Arab countries and Iran in the 20th centuryhttps://israelinfacts.com/en/comprendre/jewish-exodus-arab-countries-iran/https://israelinfacts.com/en/comprendre/jewish-exodus-arab-countries-iran/Mon, 09 Nov 2026 06:00:00 GMTFrom Iraq to Morocco and Iran, violence, changes to nationality laws and organised migration transformed Jewish communities in the course of the 20th century.In depthHistoryArab worldIsraelIranAntisemitism The Doctors’ Plot: antisemitism in Stalin’s final years, 1948–1953https://israelinfacts.com/en/comprendre/stalins-doctors-plot/https://israelinfacts.com/en/comprendre/stalins-doctors-plot/Mon, 09 Nov 2026 06:00:00 GMTOn 13 January 1953, Pravda published false accusations against nine doctors. The Soviet news agency TASS implicated the Joint, an American Jewish organisation.In depthSoviet UnionAntisemitismHistoryZionism The Mufti of Jerusalem meets Hitler: what the documents sayhttps://israelinfacts.com/en/comprendre/mufti-of-jerusalem-and-hitler/https://israelinfacts.com/en/comprendre/mufti-of-jerusalem-and-hitler/Mon, 09 Nov 2026 06:00:00 GMTOn 28 November 1941, Hitler received the Mufti of Jerusalem in Berlin. What does the German record establish about their meeting and its consequences?In depthHistoryAntisemitismHolocaustArab worldIsrael The Protocols of the Elders of Zion: how history’s most widely circulated forgery survivedhttps://israelinfacts.com/en/comprendre/protocols-of-the-elders-of-zion/https://israelinfacts.com/en/comprendre/protocols-of-the-elders-of-zion/Mon, 09 Nov 2026 06:00:00 GMTHow were the Protocols of the Elders of Zion exposed as a forgery? The trail leads back to Maurice Joly’s pamphlet and the investigation The Times published in 1921.In depthAntisemitismHistoryRussiaHolocaustMedia The world’s Jewish population stood at 15.8 million in 2025, below its 1939 levelhttps://israelinfacts.com/en/comprendre/world-jewish-population-where-jews-live/https://israelinfacts.com/en/comprendre/world-jewish-population-where-jews-live/Mon, 09 Nov 2026 06:00:00 GMTIn 2025, the world’s Jewish population remained smaller than in 1939. Where do those 15.8 million people live, and how do demographers count them?In depthDiasporaIsraelFranceHistory Trump says US military aid to Israel will end “by the end of the year”https://israelinfacts.com/en/actualites/trump-end-us-military-aid-israel/https://israelinfacts.com/en/actualites/trump-end-us-military-aid-israel/Mon, 09 Nov 2026 06:00:00 GMTOn 3 November 2026, Donald Trump said he wanted to end the annual US payment to Israel before the end of December. The current agreement runs until 2028.NewsUnited StatesIsrael Where does the name Palestine come from? A word’s history, from the Philistines to the PLOhttps://israelinfacts.com/en/comprendre/where-the-name-palestine-comes-from/https://israelinfacts.com/en/comprendre/where-the-name-palestine-comes-from/Mon, 09 Nov 2026 06:00:00 GMTThe Philistines, Herodotus, the caliphs, the Ottomans, the British Mandate and the PLO. What has “Palestine” meant over the centuries, and what can a name prove?In depthHistoryIsraelArab worldZionism Why this site exists: against ignorance, not against peoplehttps://israelinfacts.com/en/editoriaux/why-this-site-exists/https://israelinfacts.com/en/editoriaux/why-this-site-exists/Mon, 09 Nov 2026 06:00:00 GMTWhat does Israel in Facts set out to do? This editorial explains why we publish our sources, how we distinguish reporting from opinion and how we choose our features.EditorialsAntisemitismIsraelMedia Yonathan Arfi challenges Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s pledge of a naval escort for Gaza flotillashttps://israelinfacts.com/en/actualites/gaza-flotillas-melenchon-arfi/https://israelinfacts.com/en/actualites/gaza-flotillas-melenchon-arfi/Mon, 09 Nov 2026 06:00:00 GMTAt Le Bourget, Jean-Luc Mélenchon proposed a French naval escort for civilian flotillas bound for Gaza. On 8 November, the head of France’s Jewish representative council responded.NewsFranceGazaIsraeli politicsIsrael