BLOG: 7 questions about the UN resolution
By Ami Eden NEW YORK (JTA) — Emotions are running high following the Obama administration’s decision to allow the U.N. Security Council to pass a…
Israel
Trump’s Israel envoy pick shakes up American Jewish status quo
By Ron Kampeas WASHINGTON (JTA) -– Nearly six years ago, when President Barack Obama was set to elevate one of his top emissaries to the…
Report: Trump transition team checking possible locations for Jerusalem embassy
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The transition team for President-elect Donald Trump is already checking into possible locations in Jerusalem for the U.S. Embassy, according to an…
John Kerry: There are ‘things we can do’ to preserve two-state solution
By Ron Kampeas WASHINGTON (JTA) — Outgoing Secretary of State John Kerry signaled in a speech that the Obama administration was still considering action on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict…
With the wildfires tamed, Israelis seek answers
By Andrew Tobin JERUSALEM (JTA) – As the wildfires that raged across this country for nearly a week were subdued by November 27, Israelis surveyed the devastation…