Israel
Analysis: This is a war over honor
JTANov 20, 2008
By Yaakov Lapin, JTA JERUSALEM — In the murky world of the Israeli mafia, respect is worth more than money, and a perceived violation of honor can have lethal...
Jerusalem returns to secular hands
Uriel Heilman, JTANov 13, 2008
The victory by secular businessman Nir Barkat in Jerusalems mayoral elections was greeted with relief by Israelis concerned about the increasingly fervently Orthodox...
Historic National Religious Party might disband
Jerusalem PostNov 13, 2008
JERUSALEM The National Religious Party, the nations second oldest, is one step away from becoming obsolete after its leader MK Zevulun Orlev agreed Sunday night to...
Israeli poll shows Likud-led coalition winning handily over Kadima-Labor alliance next year
Jerusalem PostNov 13, 2008
JERUSALEM The Rightist bloc led by the Likud will defeat the Left, led by Kadima and Labor, by eight Knesset seats in the national election on Feb.10, according to...
Benny Begin set to return to politics
Jerusalem PostNov 13, 2008
JERUSALEM Former minister Binyamin (Benny) Begin is set to announce his return to political life, several media outlets in Israel reported on Sunday morning....
Livni: courageous or inept?
Leslie Susser, JTAOct 30, 2008
JERUSALEM With Israel now headed for new general elections probably some time early next year, supporters and opponents of Tzipi Livni are putting a very different...
With Jerusalem on a precipice, the Nov. 11 mayoral election seen as crucial
Dina Kraft, JTAOct 24, 2008
JERUSALEM It sounds like the beginning of a joke: A rabbi, a Russian oligarch and a high-tech millionaire are running for mayor of Jerusalem. Except theres no punch...
Some Israeli settlers break a taboo
Dina Kraft, JTAOct 17, 2008
JERUSALEM Marking the close of the Fast of Gedaliah, a mournful day that commemorates the biblical-era political assassination of a Jew by another Jew, some 200...
Yom Kippur violence overtakes Acre, Israel
Leslie Susser, JTAOct 17, 2008
JERUSALEM The rioting in the mixed Jewish-Arab city of Acre, which erupted after an Arab man drove through a Jewish neighborhood on Yom Kippur, shows just how...
Kadima, Labor agree to coalition
Jerusalem PostOct 17, 2008
JERUSALEM Kadima and Labor party representatives on Monday afternoon, Oct. 13, initialed a coalition agreement in which Labor chair and Defense Minister Ehud Barak...
