Israel
Gantz emerges as Bibi’s main challenger
JTAFeb 14, 2019
By Eli Kowaz TEL AVIV — Benny Gantz has cemented himself as the most likely candidate to defeat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the upcoming Israeli elections....
Rep. Omar: ‘AIPAC buys politicians’
Ron Kampeas, JTAFeb 14, 2019
WASHINGTON — US Rep. Ilhan Omar started a firestorm by saying on Twitter that AIPAC pays lawmakers to support Israel. Both Democrats and Republicans have offered sharp...
Israeli company claims cancer cure
Marcy Oster, JTAFeb 07, 2019
JERUSALEM — A team of scientists at a biotech company in Israel claimed that they will have a cure for cancer — all cancer — within a year. Their claims were shot...
Israel stays tight with Myanmar
Charles Dunst, JTAFeb 07, 2019
YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar’s treatment of its Rohingya Muslim minority has earned the country widespread condemnation in recent years. A UN investigator and the US...
Ethiopian Jews allege police brutality
JTAFeb 07, 2019
JERUSALEM — Six officers were hurt and 11 protesters were arrested as dozens of young Ethiopian Israelis clashed with police at the end of a protest against alleged...
Israelis join dam collapse effort
Marcus Moraes, JTAJan 31, 2019
RIO DE JANEIRO — Less than one month after Benjamin Netanyahu gained pop star status across Brazil for blending in with the locals during the very first visit of a...
Rising risks in Syria
JNSJan 24, 2019
By Yaakov Lappin The Jan. 20 airstrike on targets in Syria, purportedly carried out by Israel, was unusual for a number of reasons. First, it occurred in broad daylight,...
Why Netanyahu seems unbeatable
Ben Sales, JTAJan 10, 2019
JERUSALEM — Israeli police want him to be indicted in three separate corruption cases. He’s embattled from left and right for his attacks on Gaza and his policy in...
Israeli Jewish teens arrested for terrorism
Marcy Oster, JTAJan 10, 2019
JERUSALEM — At least five Jewish teens from a West Bank yeshiva high school are being held in an Israeli jail, accused by the Israel Security Agency of “severe...
Killing of Palestinian: a war crime?
Andrew Silow-Carroll, JTAJan 03, 2019
NEW YORK — The New York Times devoted much of its front page and three inside pages Sunday, Dec. 30, to a reconstruction of the circumstances surrounding the June...
