Israel
Neutralizing landmines in the Jordan Valley
JNSJun 13, 2019
By Yaakov Lappin JERUSALEM — The Jordan Valley region is usually quiet, but its calm was shattered in May by the sounds of hundreds of landmines going off. Planted...
What makes Liberman tick?
Sam Sokol, JTAJun 13, 2019
JERUSALEM — So just who is Avigdor Liberman, the man who single-handedly forced Israelis to go to the polls for an unprecedented second time in a year? Is he really...
Over 1,000 fires extinguished in Israel
Marcy Oster, JTAMay 30, 2019
JERUSALEM — More than one thousand fires which led to the evacuation of thousands of people from their homes have been extinguished, Israel’s National Fire and...
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...
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...
