Israel
IDF sends enforcements, humanitarian aid to Syrian border
JTAJul 05, 2018
JERUSALEM — The Israel Defense Forces has sent armored and artillery reinforcements to its northern border with Syria as the war between the country’s army and...
El Al flight delayed after men refuse to sit next to women
JTAJun 28, 2018
JERUSALEM — El Al will “immediately” remove any passenger who refuses to sit next to another passenger for any reason, its CEO announced, but not before a major...
Lightstone stamp on embassy opening
Chris LeppekJun 28, 2018
Safra Katz, the Israeli-born co-CEO of the Oracle high-tech giant, was being driven on May 14 to the opening ceremony of the new US embassy in Jerusalem by a driver who...
Kushner blames Abbas for failure
Charles Dunst, JTAJun 28, 2018
NEW YORK — Saying a US plan for Middle East peace would be released “soon,” Jared Kushner sharply criticized PA President Mahmoud Abbas in what appeared to be an...
Prince William visits Jerusalem
JTAJun 28, 2018
JERUSALEM — Britain’s Prince William visited the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem and called it “a profoundly moving experience.” On Tuesday, June 26,...
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...
