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Israel

Lula’s reelection puts the brakes on Latin America’s pro-Israel shift

By JUAN MELAMED

(JTA) — BUENOS AIRES – Brazilians reelected Luiz Inácio ‘Lula’ da Silva as president, defeating the center-right senator Flavio Bolsonaro, putting the breaks on a regional shift toward closer ties with Israel.

The current president, a left-wing leader...

Israel’s global image is deteriorating. Why isn’t it a bigger issue in the election?

By RUTH EGLASH

(JTA) — JERUSALEM – Over the past few months, Israeli media has been full of reports of Israeli holidaymakers in Europe, Asia and the Americas being harassed or physically attacked after being identified as Israeli.

In July, a...

Who are the first-time voters who could sway Israel’s election?

By MICHELE CHABIN

(JTA) — JERUSALEM — On Oct. 27, Yael Chernyvsky, 18, from Ramat Hasharon in central Israel, plans to cast her ballot for the first time. 

“I’m voting so we can change the future of this country,” the...

Why both sides are ducking settler violence ahead of Israel’s elections

By TANI FRANK

(JTA) — For American Jews who follow Israel closely, one of the hardest things to understand about Israeli politics today is the gap between the severity of settler violence in Judea and Samaria, also known as the West...

The missing ‘peace’ in Israel’s election campaign

By RUTH EGLASH

(JTA) — JERUSALEM – There’s a short video clip that’s been circulating on Israeli social media channels in recent days showing a massive crowd of jubilant young Israelis at a music festival singing along on repeat to “The...

Dustin Hoffman and other stars celebrate the Jewish connection to Israel

By RYAN TOROK

(JTA) — LOS ANGELES — Dustin Hoffman, Gene Simmons, Jon Voight and Bob Odenkirk were among the Hollywood names who gathered at UCLA’s Royce Hall on Monday night for “Letters, Light and Love,” a theatrical production celebrating the...

Blue and White Party’s Benny Gantz quits Knesset race

By JNS STAFF

(JNS.org) – Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz announced on Monday night that he was dropping out of the Oct. 27 Knesset election. Gantz conceded that he “did not succeed in convincing enough of the people of...

A renewed Iran war is only a matter of time, Israeli experts warn

By TOMER ALMAGOR

(JTA) — President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have said they don’t want to see a renewal of the war against Iran – but they are issuing stark public warnings to Tehran that could bring...

How much will Trump’s endorsement help Netanyahu?

By RUTH EGLASH

(JTA) — JERUSALEM – Within minutes of President Donald Trump endorsing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a post on Truth Social Sunday, Netanyahu’s campaign team had released a 30-second clip showing all the times Trump has lavished praise...

2026 Israeli elections: What you need to know

By JTA STAFF

(JTA) — On Oct. 27, Israelis will cast their votes in a process that will determine who is prime minister and who sits in the 120-seat parliament, the Knesset. Since the country’s founding in 1948, there have been...