Everything you need to know about Israeli settlements and the Trump administration’s announcement
by Laura E. Adkins, Ben Sales (JTA) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced this week that the United States will no longer consider Israeli…
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34 Palestinians killed, 58 Israelis injured in rocket attacks from Gaza and Israel this week
(JTA) — Fifty-eight Israelis were injured during the wave of rocket attacks fired by terror groups from Gaza this week. Thirty-four Palestinians, most of them…
AIPAC and other Jewish groups join prominent lawmakers in criticizing Israel’s decision to ban Tlaib and Omar
by Josefin Dolsten This is a developing story. (JTA) — Israel’s decision on Thursday to ban Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar from entering the…
New left-wing alliance including Ehud Barak aims to unseat Netanyahu in Israel’s elections
BY MARCY OSTER, JERUSALEM (JTA) — A new left-wing alliance including former Prime Minister Ehud Barak has formed to take on Benjamin Netanyahu and the…
Why some American Jews pay more than $20,000 to get buried in Israel
by Josefin Dolsten NEW YORK (JTA) — Within hours of his mother’s funeral, Rabbi Abba Cohen was driving from Baltimore to New York’s John F….