With tensions high, Itamar Ben-Gvir draws gun during stone-throwing in Jerusalem
(JTA) — Two weeks forward of an Israeli election by which he's campaigning to permit safety forces to shoot stone-throwers,...
They united to oppose an extremist party entering Israel’s government in 2019. This time, leading US Jewish groups are staying quiet.
WASHINGTON (JTA) — In 2019, when then-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was in talks with an extremist celebration to coordinate election...
Biden administration expands penalties for complying with Arab League boycott of Israel
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Biden administration will improve penalties for compliance with the decades-old Arab League boycott of Israel, at...
ADL’s Jonathan Greenblatt praises Elon Musk as a modern Henry Ford, then reconsiders
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Jonathan Greenblatt, the Anti-Defamation League CEO, is having second ideas about holding up a infamous hater of...
As Israel-Lebanon maritime deal heads to collapse, Israel prepares for military ‘tensions’
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Biden administration continues to be hoping to shut a deal between Israel and Lebanon on a...
Robert Menendez, pro-Israel Senate stalwart, warns Netanyahu against partnering with far-right extremists
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Sen. Robert Menendez, the New Jersey Democrat who's a stalwart of the mainstream pro-Israel foyer within the...
Springtime for who? An Israeli satirical show shatters taboos by likening Itamar Ben-Gvir to Hitler
(JTA) — “Eretz Nehederet,” Israel’s main satirical program, went there. Form of. In Israel’s political tradition, by which it’s okay...
Rashida Tlaib says progressives cannot be pro-Israel, sparking sharp criticism from fellow Democrats
WASHINGTON (JTA) — It’s an argument that has percolated for years in salons and on social media and now members...
British Jewish lawmaker mourns Queen Elizabeth’s death with parliament speech — and a Kabbalah lesson
(JTA) — Queen Elizabeth has been eulogized by numerous politicians and different main figures throughout the globe. However in his...
In Vermont, Becca Balint is running for Congress with the hope (and wariness) of a second-generation Holocaust survivor
(JTA) — Becca Balint threw her palms as much as her cheeks, mimicking her Holocaust survivor father’s horror when he...