Israel
Shimon Peres, Jordan’s King Abdullah meet
JTADec 01, 2011
JERUSALEM Israeli President Shimon Peres met in Amman with Jordans King Abdullah, the presidents office confirmed. The unannounced meeting on Monday, Nov. 28,...
Rockets from Gaza shatter short-lived calm in southern Israel
JTANov 03, 2011
JERUSALEM Rockets fired from Gaza began pounding southern Israel again, ?one day after a weekend barrage which left one Israeli civilian dead. The Iron Dome missile...
Grapel freed in prisoner exchange with Egypt
JTAOct 27, 2011
JERUSALEM Dual American-Israeli citizen Ilan Grapel reportedly has been handed over to Israeli authorities in Egypt. Thursday afternoon’s release of Grapel, who...
Shalit trying to adjust to the new normal
Marcy Oster, JTAOct 27, 2011
JERUSALEM A week after Gilad Shalit returned to Israel after being held in captivity for more than five years in Gaza, things were getting back to normal at the...
Freed Palestinian tells kids: Kill!
JTAOct 27, 2011
JERUSALEM A failed Palestinian suicide bomber freed in the swap for Gilad Shalit last week told Gaza schoolchildren that she hoped they would follow in her footsteps....
Tzipi Livni slams Shalit exchange
JTAOct 27, 2011
JERUSALEM Israeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni criticized the prisoner swap that freed Gilad Shalit, saying it weakened Israel and strengthened Hamas. In an...
Who are the terrorists being freed in the Shalit deal?
JTAOct 22, 2011
JERUSALEM In exchange for Gilad Shalits release, Israel is freeing 1,027 Palestinian security prisoners. The first 477, agreed upon with Hamas, were released...
Finally free, Gilad Shalit returns to Israel
JTAOct 18, 2011
JERUSALEM Gilad Shalit was reunited with his family shortly after crossing into Israel from Egypt after his release earlier in the day by his captors in Gaza, ending...
Even as some Israelis worry about the price, Shalit deal sparks joy
Linda Gradstein, JTAOct 17, 2011
JERUSALEM There was a festive mood among the shoppers running around Emek Refaim Street in Jerusalems German Colony doing their last-minute shopping Wednesday...
What is it about Israel — and Jews — that wins Nobels?
Linda Gradstein, JTAOct 13, 2011
JERUSALEM — Dan Shechtman remembers the day he was kicked out of a research group because of the theory that last week won him the Nobel Prize in chemistry....
