JCRC Scene Matt Goldberg A couple weeks ago we saw yet another Israeli national election, where the pundits on all sides of the political spectrum said that this was the most important election in the history of Israel, that Democracy … Read More
Three female Knesset members joined the Women of the Wall for the group’s monthly prayer service at the Western Wall. No arrests were made during the service, which marked the new Jewish month of Nissan, the first time in months that … Read More
Buy Israel Week February 25-March 3 is Buy Israel Week, a week during which we are encouraged to purchase products made in Israel. Buy Israel Week started in response to efforts by Anti-Zionists to boycott all Israeli products. Buy Israel … Read More
ISRAEL VOTES 2013/NEWS ANALYSIS: The Consequences of Israel’s Vote UPDATE: This version of a News Analysis sent Tuesday updates to reflect final vote tallies. The full updated text follows. [By Uriel Heilman] January 25, 2013 (JTA) – A few observations … Read More
[by Ben Sales] TEL AVIV, January 23, 2013 (JTA) – One day after the election, all of the Israeli news sites show an even pie chart: 60 Knesset seats for the left and 60 for the right. But the Knesset … Read More
Earlier this month, following a barrage of rocket attacks aimed at southern Israel that lasted several days, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his Cabinet that the Israeli military’s targeted killing of Zuhir Mussah Ahmed Kaisi, the secretary general of the … Read More