Biden administration rebukes Israel for repealing 2005 West Bank settlement evacuation
by Ron Kampeas WASHINGTON (JTA) — A law passed by Israel’s government has sparked a strong rebuke from the Biden administration, words of caution from…
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Israeli President Isaac Herzog warns of a looming, bloody ‘real civil war’ amid battle over court reform
by Ron Kampeas (JTA) — Israeli President Isaac Herzog warned of the possibility of civil war if the governing coalition won’t agree to a compromise…
NIF, JSpaceCanada Poll: Most Canadian Jews Oppose Policies Favoured by the Israeli Government
(Canada) – A new poll shows that most Canadian Jews oppose policies favoured by the current Israeli government. Fully three-quarters of Canadian Jews say they are…
The settlers’ attack on Huwara is not the Orthodox Judaism I grew up on
by Aviad Houminer-Rosenblum (JTA) — Nighttime in Huwara, a small Palestinian town in the West Bank. Jews in large skullcaps and sidelocks, prayer fringes dangling from…
The JTA conversation: Pogrom? Terrorism? What do we call what happened in Huwara?
by Andrew Silow-Carroll (JTA) — On Sunday Feb. 26, after a Palestinian gunman shot and killed two Israeli brothers in the West Bank, Jewish settlers…