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Despite ceasefire, residents of northern Israel are wary of return, fearing another Oct. 7

By Uriel Heilman (JTA) — Driving the northernmost spur of Israel’s Road 886, it’s hard not be astonished by just how close Israelis and their Hezbollah foes lived to one another before the war that began 14 months ago. In … Read More >

Israel December 13, 2024

Israel reached a ceasefire in Lebanon. Is Gaza next?

By Ron Kampeas (JTA) — WASHINGTON — After announcing a ceasefire deal on the Israel-Lebanon border, President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had sharply different takes on what might happen next in the Gaza Strip. The divide … Read More >

Israel December 1, 2024

Could Donald Trump’s win end the war in Gaza and bring the hostages home?

By Ron Kampeas (JTA) — WASHINGTON — For months on the campaign trail, Donald Trump has said he wants the war in Gaza to end — even reportedly setting a timeline for Israel to finish its campaign against Hamas in … Read More >

Israel November 7, 2024

Israelis are decorating their first sukkahs since Oct. 7 with symbols of the crisis since

By Deborah Danan (JTA) — TEL AVIV — When she was preparing her Passover seder in April, Shlomit Sattler set a symbolic seat place for Hersh Goldberg-Polin, who lived in her Jerusalem neighborhood before he was taken hostage by Hamas. … Read More >

Israel October 15, 2024

At Oct. 7 memorial ceremonies across Israel, searing grief and political tensions are on full display

By Deborah Danan (JTA) — RE’IM, Israel – At the site of the Nova festival near the Gaza border, the families of some 360 people murdered there gathered in the early morning light to mark the one-year anniversary of the … Read More >

Israel October 7, 2024

A retreat brought 180 survivors of the Nova massacre together to observe Shabbat

By Deborah Danan (JTA) — JERUSALEM — The whoops and applause felt more suited to a rock concert than a prayer service. But this was a gathering of survivors from the deadliest terror attack in Israel’s history, and Asaf Oren … Read More >

Israel October 2, 2024

Israel expels British Jewish activist who tried to immigrate under Law of Return

By Asaf Elia-Shalev (JTA) — When Leo Franks landed in Israel in April, he could see the next stage of his life taking shape. A British Jew, Franks, 25, had recently started his doctorate in history at a prestigious American … Read More >

Israel September 23, 2024

A new book about Oct. 7 aims to depict the humanity behind the horror

By Andrew Silow-Carroll (JTA) — Lee Yaron was in New York on Oct. 7, doing a fellowship at Columbia University, when news broke of an unimaginable attack on southern Israel by Hamas. Like many Israelis living abroad, she felt helpless … Read More >

Israel September 11, 2024

Akko’s biggest casualty of war: Livelihoods

By Andrew Adler Community Editor Consider the following statistic:   In 2003, the Northern Israeli city of Acre (better known outside Israel as Akko) could boast only a single bed and breakfast. Twenty years later there were close to 250 B&B’s … Read More >

Israel September 5, 2024

Israel is reeling from an unbearable tragedy. But does it change anything?

By Ron Kampeas (JTA) — Minutes after the announcement that the bodies of six hostages had been found in the Gaza Strip, the main organization of hostage families announced that it would “stop” the country in protest. On Sunday night, … Read More >

Israel September 2, 2024

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