Who’s who in Israel’s new far-right government, and why it matters
by Andrew Lapin (JTA) – Late into the fourth night of Hanukkah in Israel on Wednesday, incoming Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that he had…
Israel
An Israel analyst’s best- and worst-case scenarios for the new right-wing government
by Andrew Silow-Carroll (JTA) — The recent Israeli elections, the fifth in less than four years, returned Benjamin Netanyahu to the driver’s seat for the…
Abe Foxman: If Smotrich and Ben-Gvir get their way, Israel will lose me and American Jews
by Ron Kampeas (JTA) — Abe Foxman, the past Anti-Defamation League leader who long has said that nothing could separate him from support for Israel,…
Teen with a connection to Edmonton killed, 22 injured in Jerusalem bus stop bombings, the first in years
by Philissa Cramer (JTA) — Two bombs rocked bus stops at crowded entrances to Jerusalem early Wednesday morning, killing a Canadian/Israeli teenager and sending about…
JNF Canada project update from Calgary
(Calgary) – JNF Calgary Executive Director Elliott Steinberg, Board member Dr. Jim Cohen, and Sderot Mayor Alon Davidi (wearing his JNF Canada Bervin House t-shirt)…