Sam Sokol, JTA
Suicides among Israel Defense Forces’ lone soldiers
Sam Sokol, JTAMay 16, 2019
JERUSALEM — After Alex Sasaki died of a drug overdose in late March, Tzvika Graiver of the KeepOlim activist group posted on Facebook that the American-born soldier in...
Gaza violence and Eurovision
Sam Sokol, JTAMay 09, 2019
TEL AVIV — When Israel won the right to host this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, the event was anticipated as a golden opportunity to showcase a side of the nation...
Another diplomatic row with Poland
Sam Sokol, JTAFeb 21, 2019
JERUSALEM — It was meant to be a diplomatic triumph for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: a much-touted diplomatic summit in Jerusalem on Feb. 18, with four...
Alice Walker endorses anti-Semite’s book
Sam Sokol, JTADec 20, 2018
NEW YORK — Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Alice Walker has come under intense criticism after endorsing a book by anti-Semitic conspiracy theorist David Icke. In an...