Israel
Israel will get Kafka archives, court rules
JTAApr 25, 2019
ZURICH — A Swiss court ruled that the archive of the renowned Jewish writer Franz Kafka must be handed over to Israel, ending a decade-long dispute. The Zurich...
Why did Israel choose Bibi again?
Josefin Dolsten, JTAApr 18, 2019
PASSOVER 5779 SECTION A PAGE 13 JERUSALEM — Benjamin Netanyahu won the election. Benny Gantz, his rival, came close but lost. That much we know. But why did Israelis...
Nine takeaways from Israel’s election
Marcy Oster, JTAApr 11, 2019
JERUSALEM — Israel’s election on Tuesday, April 9, was contentious, historic, crazy — and somewhat predictable. With most of the vote counted — some 300,000...
Netanyahu: ‘We’ll annex settlements’ — what it means
Ben Sales, JTAApr 11, 2019
JERUSALEM — Just days before Israel was to hold national elections, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised to annex parts of the West Bank as Israeli territory....
Measles outbreak started in Ukraine, traveled to Israel, Brooklyn
JTAApr 11, 2019
JERUSALEM — Israel’s measles outbreak took off in September after thousands of mostly chasidic Orthodox pilgrims brought the virus back from Uman, Ukraine. Tens of...
After 37 years, Zachary Baumel’s remains are returned
TPSApr 04, 2019
By Aryeh Savir Sergeant 1st Class Zachary Baumel, who went missing during the Battle of Sultan Yacoub during the First Lebanon War, has finally been recovered and...
AIPAC says it won’t be ‘silenced’
Ron Kampeas, JTAMar 28, 2019
WASHINGTON — The American Israel Public Affairs Committee wants you to know it will not be silenced. “When they try to silence us, we speak up, and when they tell us...
The Golan Heights: A primer
Ben Sales, JTAMar 28, 2019
JERUSALEM — President Donald Trump tweeted that after 52 years it is time for the US to recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights, which he said is of...
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...
