Labor, choosing Gabbay, gets a boost
Andrew Tobin, JTAJul 20, 2017
Likud still ahead in the polls, but it could be a different ball game JERUSALEM — After political newcomer Avi Gabbay’s surprise election to head the Labor Party,...
For Filipina, IDF service is very personal
Andrew Tobin, JTAMay 04, 2017
JERUSALEM — Staff. Sgt. Joana Chris Arpon isn’t Israeli, or even Jewish. Her service in the Israel Defense Forces is personal. Arpon, 20, is the daughter of Filipino...
Team Israel baseball gear a home run with kvelling fans
Andrew Tobin, JTAMar 16, 2017
TEL AVIV — A couple weeks ago, Adam Atkins didn’t know Israel had a baseball team. But since the squad started winning games last week in the World Baseball Classic,...
Poppy, date, chocolate are still king
Andrew Tobin, JTAMar 09, 2017
TEL AVIV — Cheesecake, amaretto or goat cheese and onion jam? Those are just some of the new hamantaschen options this year at Roladin, a popular Israeli bakery chain....
Evacuation, legalization bill, high split on settlements
Andrew Tobin, JTAFeb 09, 2017
AMONA, West Bank — In a dramatic clash with the settlement movement at this hilltop outpost, the state seemed to have won. Over two sometimes violent days last week,...
On fires, Israel seeks answers
Andrew Tobin, JTADec 01, 2016
JERUSALEM — As the wildfires that raged across this country for nearly a week were subdued Sunday, Nov. 27, Israelis surveyed the devastation in search of answers. The...
UNESCO: Pyrrhic Palestinian victory
Andrew Tobin, JTAOct 27, 2016
NEW YORK — If the latest draft resolution at UNESCO on “Occupied Palestine” succeeded in the Palestinians’ aims to reclaim the world’s attention, then it was a...
Nablus café puts women first
Andrew Tobin, JTAOct 27, 2016
NABLUS, West Bank — The “Mountain of Fire.” The “terror capital” of the West Bank. This city has earned its militant nicknames with generations of violent...
The world came to Peres’ funeral
Andrew Tobin, JTAOct 06, 2016
JERUSALEM — Heads of state came from all over the world to join Israeli leaders in saying goodbye to Shimon Peres, Israel’s last founding father. His funeral took...
Israel and Turkey reconciliation bodes well for both
Andrew Tobin, JTASep 01, 2016
JERUSALEM — Israel and Turkey ought to be friends, geopolitically speaking. As Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan put it in January: “Israel needs a country...
