Bibi straddles extreme positions
Ben Sales, JTAMar 21, 2019
JERUSALEM — It wasn’t so long ago that most major Israeli politicians supported establishing a Palestinian state. Now it’s not clear that any of them do, including...
Netanyahu indicted on three counts
Ben Sales, JTAMar 07, 2019
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was indicted in three cases last week pending a court hearing. It’s the first time in Israel’s history that...
Kahanists resurface: Political horse trade raises eyebrows
Ben Sales, JTAFeb 28, 2019
JERUSALEM — In the 1980s, Israel’s right and left fought three fiercely close elections over the direction of the country, splitting the vote so evenly in one case...
Parkland one year later
Ben Sales, JTAFeb 14, 2019
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. — Five weeks after she hid on the floor of the auditorium at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School as a mass shooter terrorized the campus, Casey...
Why Netanyahu seems unbeatable
Ben Sales, JTAJan 10, 2019
JERUSALEM — Israeli police want him to be indicted in three separate corruption cases. He’s embattled from left and right for his attacks on Gaza and his policy in...
Pro- and anti-Israel forces win in midterm elections
Ben Sales, JTANov 08, 2018
NEW YORK — Democrats took control of the House of Representatives in the midterm elections held Tuesday, Nov. 6, with Jewish Congress members poised to take key...
Is Harvard capping Asian students as it once did Jews?
Ben Sales, JTAOct 25, 2018
BOSTON — In 1922, Harvard University President Abbott Lawrence Lowell had a problem: His school had too many Jews. At least that’s what he thought. As the...
SAR Academy roiled by probe of prolonged abuse
Ben Sales, JTAOct 25, 2018
NEW YORK — Officials at a New York Jewish day school knew of allegations against an administrator who abused at least a dozen of the school’s students, according to...
In West Bank settlements, price matters as much as location
Ben Sales, JTAAug 30, 2018
OFRA, West Bank — Growing up in a Jerusalem apartment, Aaron Lipkin used to marvel at the two-story houses that he would see on weekend drives with his parents. It...
Oreo, Oreo on the wall: fairest of them all?
Ben Sales, JTAAug 16, 2018
NEW YORK — You know what Oreos are. They’re two delicious chocolate cookies sandwiched around a creme filling. Oreos also come in Double Stuff, vanilla, birthday...
