Marcy Oster, JTA
Demjanjuk, 91, dies a free man
Marcy Oster, JTAMar 22, 2012
JERUSALEM Though the death last weekend of John Demjanjuk brought a close to the seemingly never-ending quest for justice in the case of a man long accused of being...
Religious conflict comes to a head in unlikely Bet Shemesh
Marcy Oster, JTADec 29, 2011
JERUSALEM For several years, the Jerusalem suburb of Bet Shemesh has been the site of on-again, off-again religious conflicts, sometimes becoming violent. But it...
Shalit trying to adjust to the new normal
Marcy Oster, JTAOct 27, 2011
JERUSALEM A week after Gilad Shalit returned to Israel after being held in captivity for more than five years in Gaza, things were getting back to normal at the...
Flotilla to Gaza fizzles
Marcy Oster, JTAJul 07, 2011
JERUSALEM On the face of it, the so-called Gaza Freedom Flotilla seemed to be a bust. Greek authorities blocked most of the boats from setting sail for the Gaza...
Faces of Evil: Palestinian teens confess to slaughter of Fogels
Marcy Oster, JTAApr 22, 2011
JERUSALEM They came armed with knives and wire cutters looking for a Jewish target. It was a Friday night, the Sabbath eve of March 11, and Palestinian teenagers...
Former Israeli president sentenced
Marcy Oster, JTAMar 24, 2011
JERUSALEM Former Israeli President Moshe Katsavs sentence to prison on rape and sexual assault convictions shows that not even the countrys leaders are above the...
Still fighting over flotilla
Marcy Oster, JTAJan 27, 2011
JERUSALEM The response was predictable when Israel released the findings of its commission of inquiry into the May, 2010 Turkish flotilla incident: Israels...
UN votes for another Israel hate fest: ‘Durban III’ agenda is to recall Durban I
Marcy Oster, JTADec 30, 2010
NEW YORK When the original UN anti-racism conference, held in Durban, South Africa in 2001, devolved into an anti-Israel hate fest, Jewish groups around the world...
Bedouin demolitions raising tensions in Israeli land dispute
Marcy Oster, JTAAug 12, 2010
JERUSALEM A standoff between the Israeli government and an unrecognized Bedouin village in the Negev Desert is raising tensions over land rights in southern Israel....
Israel faces flotilla fallout
Marcy Oster, JTAJun 03, 2010
JERUSALEM With nations around the world condemning Israel for the deaths of nine people aboard a Gaza-bound ship, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu canceled a...