Israel
What Palestinian unity means for Israel
Andrew Tobin, JTAOct 19, 2017
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has taken a wait-and-see approach to last week’s Palestinian reconciliation deal. Netanyahu spoke out publicly...
Belgium freezes aid for West Bank school
Cnaan Liphshiz, JTAOct 19, 2017
BRUSSELS — Belgium said it will freeze funding for the construction of two Palestinian schools after a West Bank school the nation helped fund renamed the institution...
Dangerous clowns — it sounds innocent, but it isn’t
Andrew Tobin, JTAOct 12, 2017
TEL AVIV — Israelis aren’t particularly amused by a recent phenomenon in their country: teenagers dressing as clowns and lurking after dark. In fact, the costumed...
Likud: Infiltrated by the opposition?
Andrew Tobin, JTAAug 31, 2017
TEL AVIV — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, under investigation for corruption, has often claimed that his left-wing political enemies are out to get him....
Economy crumbles, Venezuela’s Jews emigrate
Adam Abrams, JNSAug 24, 2017
As the political and economic situation in Venezuela becomes increasingly unstable, Jews are fleeing the South American nation, with many choosing to immigrate to...
Elor Azaria enters military prison
JTAAug 17, 2017
JERUSALEM — The Israeli soldier convicted of shooting a downed Palestinian terrorist entered military prison to begin serving his 18-month sentence. Elor Azaria...
World’s oldest man dies
JTAAug 17, 2017
JERUSALEM — Yisrael Kristal, a Holocaust survivor from Haifa who was recognized by Guinness World Records as the oldest man in the world, has died, a month before his...
Muslim states establish relations with Israel
TPSAug 10, 2017
JERUSALEM — Two Muslim majority African nations, Senegal and Guinea, established diplomatic representation in Israel for the first time, Aug. 8, as Talla Fall,...
Israel dismantles metal detectors, cameras
Andrew Friedman, TPSJul 27, 2017
Israel Police dismantled metal detectors and security cameras at the entrances to the Temple Mount compound overnight between Monday, July 24 and Tuesday, July 25, less...
10,000 attend funeral of murdered Jews
TPSJul 27, 2017
More than 10,000 Israelis, including government ministers and Members of Knesset, descended on the city of Modi’in for the joint funeral of Yosef, 70, Chaya, 46, and...
