Israel
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...
Celebrated Israeli author Amoz Oz passes away
JTAJan 03, 2019
By Thane Rosenbaum The young nation of Israel has witnessed in recent years a dwindling of its founding generation — from the passing of political leaders like Shimon...
Early elections called in Israel
JTADec 27, 2018
JERUSALEM — Israel will hold new elections in April after the heads of all six coalition parties announced Dec. 24 that they were dissolving the government. The...
Meet the Christian Quarter’s Jewish santa
TPSDec 20, 2018
There is a very unusual atmosphere as one walks into Santa’s House, located in a narrow street of Jerusalem’s Old City. A red carriage, comfy armchair, old-fashioned...
