Netanyahu is welcoming authoritarians to Israel. Does that make his country safer?
By Charles Dunst (JTA) — It has become a staple of his stump speeches to audiences in Israel and abroad: Far from being isolated politically,…
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Trump signs order ending family separation policy
(JTA) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order that will end the separation of migrant families on the southern U.S. border. The order, signed Wednesday,…
Detention facilities or ‘concentration camps’? A debate on names invokes the Nazis
By Ron Kampeas WASHINGTON (JTA) — Simmering beneath the heated debate over whether Holocaust references are appropriate in the debate over the Trump administration’s policy…
For reporters covering Gaza, charges of bias overshadow the stories they witness and tell
By Sam Sokol JERUSALEM (JTA) — Of the more than 60 deaths that occurred during the recent clashes between Israel and Palestinians at the Gaza border,…
Know your oligarch: A guide to the Jewish machers in the Russia probe
By Ron Kampeas WASHINGTON (JTA) — The special prosecutor’s probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 election offers an unsettling journey for anyone steeped in…