Thursday, August 27th 2026   |

Israel

Second Reform synagogue in Israel has windows broken

By DEBORAH DANAN

TEL AVIV – A window was broken at a Reform synagogue on Sunday in the central Israeli city of Ramat Hasharon less than two weeks after a similar incident occurred in Jerusalem in an incident the mayor...

‘Have a problem, call the PM,’ says Netanyahu as he gives out his number in campaign video

By DEBORAH DANAN

(JTA) — TEL AVIV – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday posted what he described as his personal phone number and invited Israelis to contact him with their questions and problems. 

It was an election-season stunt that drew...

Providence voters to put Israel boycott movement to major test at the ballot box

By ANDREW LAPIN

As pro-Palestinian progressives find some success at the 2026 ballot box, the long-gestating Israel divestment campaign is looking to capitalize in Rhode Island.

Voters in Providence, the state capital, will vote on a referendum this November saying...

‘Have a problem, call the PM,’ says Netanyahu as he gives out his number in campaign video

By DEBORAH DANAN

TEL AVIV – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday posted what he described as his personal phone number and invited Israelis to contact him with their questions and problems.

It was an election-season stunt that drew such...

UK threatens sanctions after Israel opens bids for E1 settler homes

By TOVAH LAZAROFF

(JTA) — JERUSALEM – The United Kingdom threatened to sanction Israelis involved in West Bank settlement expansion after the Jewish state’s Lands Authority opened bids for 1,234 homes in the largely underdeveloped E1 section of the West...

IDF confirms killing Hamas commander who held Israeli hostages

(JNS.org) – The Israel Defense Forces on Friday confirmed the killing of a Hamas company commander who participated in the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre and was involved in holding Israeli hostages in Gaza.

Muhammad Mushtaha was killed in a targeted...

‘History cannot be erased’: ‘Hostages Square’ in Tel Aviv is formalized in official name change

By DEBORAH DANAN

(JTA) — The plaza that became the center of Israel’s campaign to bring home the 251 captives Hamas seized on Oct.7, 2023 is now formally called “Hostages Square,” establishing a permanent reminder of the more than two-year struggle...

An India-Israel corridor is the biggest Middle East story nobody is talking about

By DAN PERRY

(JTA) — About a month before the Oct. 7, 2023, massacres, the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor, or IMEC, was unveiled at the G20 summit in New Delhi. Envisioned as a network of ports, railways, energy infrastructure, fiber-optic cables...

Montenegro’s tiny Jewish community navigates uncertain territory as hostility toward Israel increases

By LARRY LUXNER

(JTA) — PODGORICA, Montenegro — At the entrance to Nikšić, Montenegro’s second-largest city, a vintage fighter jet painted in the colors of the Israeli Air Force perches atop a giant concrete pedestal, as if about to take...

Israeli court delays Ben-Gvir’s plans for an Israeli ‘Crocodile Alcatraz’

By DEBORAH DANAN

(JTA) — An animal welfare group’s appeal to an Israeli court is delaying plans to surround a high security prison for Palestinians with Nile crocodiles. 

The proposed 560-foot moat was first floated by far-right National Security Minister...