JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s Foreign Ministry summoned the Argentinian ambassador over his country’s agreement with Iran to jointly investigate the 1994 bombing of the Buenos Aires JCC. Israel’s ambassador in Buenos Aires, Dorit Shavit, also requested a meeting with the...
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Former Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman will go on trial next month for fraud and breach of trust. The Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court ruled Sunday that the trial of the Yisrael Beiteinu party leader will begin on Feb....
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Lollapalooza music festival scheduled to take place in Tel Aviv was canceled. No reason was given for the cancellation for the August event in Yarkon Park, the Los Angeles Times reported. A festival spokeswoman characterized the...
NEW YORK (JTA) — A Hebrew version of Playboy magazine is coming to Israel.
Attorney Daniel Pomerantz, an Israeli immigrant from Chicago, has negotiated the rights for the Israeli version of the men’s magazine, Haaretz reported. There is no launch...
(JTA) — This week’s election in Israel was a watershed — but not in the ways one might think. In almost every election cycle, the campaign has been about one thing. To adapt James Carville’s famous adage:...
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Palestinian woman was shot and killed near Hebron by an Israeli soldier. A second woman was shot and wounded in the Jan. 23 incident, according to reports. According to an initial Israel Defense Forces investigation, a...
TEL AVIV (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 isn’t actually divided...
JTA) — A few observations about the Israeli election results:
Right-left split changes, but not a game changer: From an outsider’s perspective, Israel would seem to a very politically unstable place. The biggest party in the previous Knesset,...
(JNS.org) – Reacting to news of Israel’s election results, American officials praised Israeli democracy and promised to work with the new government, the Jerusalem Post reported. In a tweet, U.S. Ambassador Dan Shapiro congratulated Israelis on a successful election day. “Mazal tov...
