Israel
Likud: Infiltrated by the opposition?
Andrew Tobin, JTAAug 31, 2017
TEL AVIV — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, under investigation for corruption, has often claimed that his left-wing political enemies are out to get him....
Economy crumbles, Venezuela’s Jews emigrate
Adam Abrams, JNSAug 24, 2017
As the political and economic situation in Venezuela becomes increasingly unstable, Jews are fleeing the South American nation, with many choosing to immigrate to...
Elor Azaria enters military prison
JTAAug 17, 2017
JERUSALEM — The Israeli soldier convicted of shooting a downed Palestinian terrorist entered military prison to begin serving his 18-month sentence. Elor Azaria...
World’s oldest man dies
JTAAug 17, 2017
JERUSALEM — Yisrael Kristal, a Holocaust survivor from Haifa who was recognized by Guinness World Records as the oldest man in the world, has died, a month before his...
Muslim states establish relations with Israel
TPSAug 10, 2017
JERUSALEM — Two Muslim majority African nations, Senegal and Guinea, established diplomatic representation in Israel for the first time, Aug. 8, as Talla Fall,...
Israel dismantles metal detectors, cameras
Andrew Friedman, TPSJul 27, 2017
Israel Police dismantled metal detectors and security cameras at the entrances to the Temple Mount compound overnight between Monday, July 24 and Tuesday, July 25, less...
10,000 attend funeral of murdered Jews
TPSJul 27, 2017
More than 10,000 Israelis, including government ministers and Members of Knesset, descended on the city of Modi’in for the joint funeral of Yosef, 70, Chaya, 46, and...
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,...
Want a tour of a Hamas tunnel?
JTAJul 20, 2017
By Renee Ghert-Zand TEL AVIV — Capt. Libby Weiss spent most of the summer of 2014 in a Hamas tunnel, and she wouldn’t have wanted to be anywhere else. Israel’s...
Israel: No Iran in southern Lebanon
JNSJul 20, 2017
By Yaakov Lappin Netanyahu tells Trump and Putin: Iran in southern Lebanon would cross a ‘red line’ With the help of its powerful allies, President Bashar Assad’s...
