Israel/Mideast

Growing gender segregation among Israeli haredim seen as repressing women By DINA KRAFT JERUSALEM (JTA) — On the No. 3...

By MORDECAI SPECKTOR Celebrated Israeli author Meir Shalev is on the phone, speaking from his home in a small town...

This video from Israel's Channel 10 TV conveys some of the emotion around Gilad Shalit's return from captivity. The narration...

By LINDA GRADSTEIN JERUSALEM (JTA) — It seemed that all of Israel breathed a sigh of relief when Gilad Shalit...

Gilad Shalit is reunited with his father, Noam Shalit (right), at the Tel Nof air base in central Israel. Also...

Some Israelis say the price — the release of Palestinian prisoners who murdered Israeli soldiers and helped suicide bombers —...

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NEW YORK (JTA) — President Obama appealed to the United Nations to recognize Israel’s security concerns in considering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict....

Jewish groups say U.N. resolution is inevitable, but its wording isn’t set By RON KAMPEAS WASHINGTON (JTA) — All but...

By MARCY OSTER JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Israeli parliament's adoption of a controversial anti-boycott bill has been greeted with a...