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WATCH: Israeli Elections Coverage
IJN StaffSep 16, 2019
Israel heads to the polls again. Will Israel see a new ruling coalition? Who will be prime minister? The IJN brings you live election coverage from the Hartman Institute...
Why do all major Israeli political parties agree on the Jordan Valley annexation?
Ben Sales, JTASep 12, 2019
JERUSALEM — Benjamin Netanyahu just said that if he is re-elected next week, he’ll immediately annex a big part of the West Bank: the Jordan Valley. That’s kind of...
Sen. Bennet on Iran, Jerusalem embassy, Golan
JNSSep 12, 2019
By Jackson Richman Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet, who is running for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, declined to say on Sept. 10 whether, if elected, he...
Repeated attacks on Brooklyn Jews
Ben Sales, JTASep 05, 2019
NEW YORK — As he talks about the recent string of attacks on Jews in Brooklyn, Yosef Rapaport points to a small scar above his right eye. It’s the remnant of an...
Unprecedented devastation
Marcy Oster, JTASep 05, 2019
PALM BEACH — The Israel-based humanitarian group IsraAID, B’nai B’rith International and Chabad are among those pitching in to help the Bahamas in the wake of...
The Robin Hood of Moldova
Cnaan Liphshiz, JTASep 05, 2019
CHISINAU, Moldova — Given enough vodka, some of Shimon Katz’s non-Jewish acquaintances here usually bring up a name that has complicated his relationship with them....
Israeli elections for dummies
JNSSep 05, 2019
By Dov Lipman JERUSALEM — Israelis will head to the polls soon for their second national election in just six months. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s...
A twisted and complicated history
Sam Sokol, JTAAug 29, 2019
KIEV — The rabbi appears serious, with just the barest hint of a smile behind his long white beard. Standing beside him, a stocky, unremarkable man with a thick black...
Most Jews in Hong Kong are sitting out protests
Josefin Dolsten, JTAAug 29, 2019
HONG KONG — Since early June, protesters in Hong Kong have been gathering multiple times a week to fight Chinese attempts to encroach on their freedoms. The police...
17-year-old girl killed in West Bank terror attack
JTAAug 23, 2019
A 17-year-old Israeli girl was killed and her father and brother were severely wounded in a bomb attack at a nature reserve in the West Bank. Rina Shnerb of Lod, her...
