Israel
Israeli policies stall refugee status
JTAJun 14, 2018
By Tracy Frydberg JERUSALEM — Jack has one of those smiles that even the coldest of souls would feel obliged to mirror. Sunglasses propped on his head and with a...
Sderot seeks another ‘resilience center’ to help children with PTSD
Evan GrantJun 14, 2018
Imagine trying to build a thriving city in the midst of numerous rockets, kites that can burn down fields upon contact, and with the knowledge that the only thing...
Argentina won’t play in Jerusalem
JTAJun 07, 2018
BUENOS AIRES — Argentina’s national soccer team canceled this week’s friendly match with Israel after pressure from the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement....
Was the opening of the Jerusalem embassy partisan?
Ron Kampeas, JTAJun 07, 2018
WASHINGTON — A fight over who was and wasn’t invited to the US Embassy dedication in Jerusalem last month is becoming yet another battle in the war between...
Denverites at US Embassy opening in Jerusalem
Andrew Friedman, TPSMay 17, 2018
JERUSALEM — Neither Rob Schwartz, a Denver lawyer nor Pastor George Morrison, a Pastor Emeritus at the Faith Bible Chapel in Arvada are strangers to Israel, or to...
Netanyahu calls Iran ‘untrustworthy’
JTAMay 03, 2018
JERUSALEM — “Iran lied big time” about the nature of its nuclear program, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. Netanyahu on Monday, April 30, unveiled...
The 10 teenage victims of flash-flood hiking tragedy
JNSApr 27, 2018
The mood throughout Israel was somber on Friday, April 27, as the name of the last of 10 missing youths killed in a flash flood near the Dead Sea was released, following...
Natalie Portman Genesis Prize snub reverberates
Ron Kampeas, JTAApr 26, 2018
WASHINGTON — Natalie Portman’s statement explaining why she declined to attend a Genesis Prize award ceremony in Israel in her honor was a pointed rebuke, and of a...
Relatives of Israeli spy visit his old haunts
JTAApr 26, 2018
Relatives of the Israeli spy Eli Cohen visited Buenos Aires to discover the places in which the late Israeli spy lived as part of a special mission. In 1960, the...
At 70 years of independence, Israel’s minorities reflect
JNSApr 19, 2018
By Ariel Ben Solomon With Israel’s Independence Day, the battle of the narratives over Israel’s creation begins anew with Muslim Israeli Arabs remaining highly...
