WASHINGTON (JTA) — On a wintry day at a small Iowa shul in November of 2003, John Kerry got all verklempt. The man whose opponents had taken to depicting as aloof and patrician, whose campaign for the 2004...
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly has asked the Jewish Agency to come up with a solution for non-Orthodox women’s groups who want to pray at the Western Wall.
Netanyahu asked Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky to examine...
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Palestinian terror groups in Gaza violated the rules of war by targeting civilians during last month’s conflict with Israel, Human Rights Watch said. In a report issued Monday, the New York-based human rights organization said the Palestinian...
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Jerusalem Police have arrested a man for vandalizing King David’s Tomb. Two men reportedly were caught smashing the ceramic tiles that cover the tomb’s stone late on the night of Dec. 20. The arrested haredi Orthodox man,...
LOS ANGELES (JTA) — Israel’s 2012 Academy Award entry failed to make the list of nine semi-finalists among foreign-language films. Israel’s entry, “Fill the Void,” was eliminted from contention last Friday. The country’s Oscar hopes now rest in the documentary...
JERUSALEM (JTA) — In his yearly Christmas greeting, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would not tolerate attacks on places of Christian worship. “Israel is proud of its record of religious tolerance and pluralism, and Israel will continue to...
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Former Israeli foreign minister Avigdor Liberman will be questioned again in connection with allegations that he advanced the position of Israel’s former ambassador to Belarus in exchange for information on an investigation against him. Liberman resigned last...
(JTA) — The Palestinian Authority is considering a multi-pronged strategy to isolate Israel, including seeking redress in international courts and ceasing security cooperation. The Associated Press reported on the strategy in a story published Thursday. Palestinian officials told the AP that...
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Former Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, who served in the IDF for 36 years and was also a government minister, has died. Lipkin-Shahak died Wednesday at the age of 68 of cancer.
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An 18-year-old Palestinian man was indicted for allegedly leaving a bomb on a Tel Aviv bus that left more than 20 Israelis wounded when it detonated. Mohammed Mafarja was charged Wednesday in Tel Aviv District Court with planting...
