Israel
Five Israelis killed in terror attack on Jerusalem synagogue [UPDATED]
JTANov 18, 2014
FIVE ISRAELIS were killed in a terror attack during morning prayers at a Jerusalem synagogue. Two Palestinian assailants entered a synagogue and rabbinical seminary in...
Bibi: No changes on Temple Mount
JTANov 13, 2014
JERUSALEM The status quo on the Temple Mount will not change, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated. In last nights security consultation, the...
Third intifada — has it arrived?
Andrea JacobsNov 06, 2014
A CAR slammed into pedestrians at two separate locations in Jerusalem on Wednesday, Nov. 5, in what police are describing as a vehicular terrorist attack. Border Police...
Israeli Arabs fear discrimination
Ben Sales, JTASep 11, 2014
BEERSHEBA, Israel Handcuffed to a wooden chair in the middle of the night, Rafat Awaysha still wasnt sure what crime he had committed. He had announced a...
Israel takes 900 acres in West Bank
Ben Sales, JTASep 04, 2014
TEL AVIV In the days after the war in Gaza concluded, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to bear left. He spoke of a possible diplomatic horizon...
Not all is well in US-Israel relations
Uriel Heilman, JTASep 04, 2014
JERUSALEM Not all is well in the US-Israel relationship. Somehow, the 50 days of fighting between Israel and Hamas frayed ties between Washington and Jerusalem. How...
During combat and after, lone soldiers look to each other for support
Ben Sales, JTAAug 29, 2014
TEL AVIV When Shir Kleyman, an infantry instructor for the Israel Defense Forces and a Los Angeles native, found out that someone named Sean had died fighting in...
What’s worse than Hamas?
Ben Sales, JTAAug 21, 2014
TEL AVIV After four weeks of a punishing Israel air and ground campaign that left nearly 2,000 dead and much of Gaza in ruins, Hamas has lived to see […]
Tales from the front that warm the heart
Marcy Oster, JTAAug 14, 2014
JERUSALEM — Perhaps with the worries about rockets flying and death tolls mounting during the Gaza operation, many lost sight of different stories from the conflict....
At ceasefire: Taking stock of gains and losses
Uriel Heilman, JTAAug 07, 2014
*UPDATE* On Friday, August 8, 2014, Hamas began firing rockets on Israel, choosing not to extend the 72-hour ceasefire. Several hours later Israel responded with an air...
