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…
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Volodymyr Zelensky named Time’s ‘person of the year’
by Caleb Guedes-Reed, Gabe Friedman (JTA) — Volodymyr Zelensky, the Jewish president of Ukraine, was named Time’s “person of the year” on Wednesday for galvanizing…
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,…
Lapid concedes to Netanyahu, prepares to hand over reins of government
by Ron Kampeas (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid called his rival, former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to concede this week’s election as most…
These US Jewish groups are staying quiet on far-right extremists’ election success in Israel
by Ron Kampeas WASHINGTON (JTA) — Few of the American Jewish groups who would not speak out about the prospect of extremists in government before…