Israel/Mideast
Misc. news from Israel and the Middle East
What the killing of the top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani means for Jews, the US and Israel
(Editor's note: This article was submitted prior to Iran's Jan. 8 missile attack on Iraqi bases housing U.S. troops.) By...
The Tell: This year in Jewish politics was bananas
WASHINGTON (JTA) — What a year 2019 has been for, well, everyone, but especially for watchers of Jewish politics —...
Vying for seats at World Zionist Congress, liberal newcomers like Peter Beinart hope to block Israeli settlements funding
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The list includes names like Peter Beinart, the liberal writer; Jeremy Ben-Ami, the president of the liberal Middle...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu indicted for corruption
By MARCY OSTER JERUSALEM (JTA) — Benjamin Netanyahu has been charged in three corruption cases, marking the first time a...
5 things to watch after Israel’s too-close-to-call election
By MARCY OSTER JERUSALEM (JTA) — The morning after Israel’s second national election in five months, the results are still...
What does John Bolton’s departure mean for Israel?
By RON KAMPEAS WASHINGTON (JTA) — Benjamin Netanyahu had quite a Tuesday. One week before Israelis go to the polls...
Israel gives new hope to patients with multiple myeloma
By LARRY LUXNER TEL AVIV — Shlomit Norman was only 42 when doctors diagnosed her with multiple myeloma — a...
Reform leader Gilad Kariv wants to be the first non-Orthodox rabbi in the Knesset
By SAM SOKOL JERUSALEM (JTA) — Growing up secular in 1970s Tel Aviv, Gilad Kariv never expected to become a...
AIPAC joins prominent lawmakers in criticizing Israel’s decision to ban Tlaib and Omar
By JOSEFIN DOLSTEN (JTA) — Israel’s decision on Aug. 15 to ban Reps. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., and Ilhan Omar, D-Minn.,...
Here’s what Trump officials and supporters are saying to critics of his Iran policy
By RON KAMPEAS WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Donald Trump says he is “very prepared” for Iran. “We’re looking at Iran,”...
