Where conflict is news, stories of Israeli-Palestinian cooperation go missing
by Michael M. Cohen (JTA) — In January 2001, I was working at the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies, located on Kibbutz Ketura along the Israeli-Jordanian…
Politics
Israel’s Supreme Court will hear challenge to law limiting its power
by Ben Sales TEL AVIV (JTA) — The Israeli Supreme Court has announced that it will hear petitions challenging a new law that limits its…
Jewish leaders slam Premier Smith for her 2021 remarks about COVID vaccinations and the Holocaust
By Deborah Shatz (AJNews) – The Alberta Election will be held on May 29 and the rhetoric is heating up. Earlier this week, a video…
‘Two Israels’: What’s really behind the judicial reform protests
by Andrew Silow-Carroll (JTA) — When Benjamin Netanyahu put his controversial calls for judicial reform on pause two weeks ago, many thought the protesters in…
An ‘historic’ day in Israel ends with a political compromise — and big questions about the future
by Philissa Cramer (JTA) — Like hundreds of thousands of her fellow Israelis, Kelly Breakstone Roth’s instinct on March 26 was to take to the…