Netanyahu Promised to Name a 'New' Community After Trump. We Went There and Locals Are Not Pleased
Elderly Russian immigrants and cows — visiting the Golan site earmarked for ‘Trumpville’
Allison Kaplan Sommer
Shhh! Don’t Tell Evangelical Supporters of Israel, but Abortion There Is Legal — and Often It’s Free
Neither religious conservatives nor liberal feminists are completely satisfied with the status quo in the Jewish state, but the current system allows some 40,000 women to have abortions annually
Madonna Surprises Eurovision With Palestinian Flag on Dancer's Back
Eurovision scolded the queen of pop for her political statement
Analysis Missiles? BDS? Iran? Forget About Them. Israel Put Its Best Face Forward in a Eurovision That Succeeded in All Ways but One
Saturday's broadcast showed off Israel’s most flattering side and did its part to counter the images that the world is more used to associating with Israel — war, strife and blood
'Safe Haven'? What Israeli, Palestinian Scholars Think About Rashida Tlaib’s Holocaust Comments
Leading academics express confusion at Democratic congresswoman’s reading of events between Arabs and Jews in pre-state Israel, though some say reaction to her comments is overblown and politically motivated
Rashida Tlaib, Under Fire for Holocaust Remarks, Hits Back at 'Vile Attacks'
Congresswoman widely criticized after saying she was 'humbled' that her Palestinian ancestors 'created a safe haven for Jews' after the Holocaust
Tlaib Says She Is Humbled Her Ancestors Provided 'Safe Haven' for Jews After Holocaust
The Palestinian-American Democrat charges in an interview that Netanyahu could not look her grandmother in the eye and say 'you are as human as I am to you'
WATCH Greedy Jews, Occupation, and 'Lovely Bitches': Israel’s Eurovision Video Pushes Limits and Draws Fire
The video, meant to be a satirical advertisement for tourists coming to Israel, sparked immediate controversy for its anti-Semitic and insensitive elements
Cocktails, Hors D’oeuvres and Rockets: The Politics of Eurovision
The Gaza missiles ahead of the Tel Aviv event are 'unprecedented,' experts say, but politics has always been a part of the song contest – from Holocaust survivors in Germany to anti-Putin protests by Ukraine
Analysis White Supremacist Terror Is a Global Epidemic but Trump Won’t Name It, Let Alone Fight It
Downplaying and denying the damage caused by white nationalist radicalization, the Trump White House seems unable to provide a cure
Gunman Opens Fire at San Diego Synagogue; One Killed, Three Wounded
Shooter wrote 'Every Jew is responsible for the meticulously planned genocide of the European race' before embarking on attack
'No One Should Pray in Fear': Politicians, Jewish Organizations Decry Poway Attack
Leaders offer Jewish community support 'as their worst nightmare unfolds' after woman killed at Chabad congregation by shooter who reportedly said he was inspired by recent attacks in Christchurch and Pittsburgh
Analysis Don't Mention the Palestinians: For 2020 Democrats, Israel Has Become a Political Minefield
As the likes of Pete Buttigieg, Cory Booker and Kamala Harris are quickly discovering, it is impossible to ignore the Palestinian issue on the campaign trail
Jewish Groups Split Over Ocasio-Cortez Comments on Cutting U.S. Aid to Israel
U.S. congresswoman says reelection of 'Trump-like' Netanyahu is part of 'ascent of authoritarianism across the world'; J Street president praises AOC's 'nuanced' stance, but Jewish Democrats group calls on her to 'engage' with party leaders on Israel issue
Who’s in and Who’s Out of Israel's New Knesset? The Good, the Bad and the Newly Unemployed
A Druze woman, new gay lawmakers and a young rabble-rouser: 8 new faces in the 2019 Knesset – and 7 you won’t be seeing anymore
Analysis To Win, Netanyahu May Have Cannibalized the Right
The parties to watch in the coming hours are Naftali Bennett’s Hayamin Hehadash and Moshe Feiglin’s Zehut — two potential Netanyahu coalition partners who, according to exit polls, may not make it in
‘Only Likud! Only Netanyahu!’ Forget Facebook, Israelis' Phones Are Blowing Up With Fake Election Texts
'Labor has a deal with the Arab!' 'The left is about to win!' 'Every voter who stays home is voting for Bibi!'
Netanyahu vs. Gantz: Everything You Need to Know About Israel's 2019 Election
Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud and Benny Gantz’s Kahol Lavan parties are running neck and neck ahead of Election Day Tuesday, after the most unpredictable race in years. Here is how the next government will be formed
How Benny Gantz Can Win the Vote but Still Lose the Israeli Election to Netanyahu
Everybody loves a close race, and it’s neck and neck between the leaders of Kahol Lavan and Likud. But Israel also has a ‘popular vote’ and, like Hillary Clinton in 2016, one can win yet not still come out on top
Analysis Calling Out Omar and Democrats' 'anti-Semitism,' Trump Pulls Jewish Dual Loyalty Trope
Calling out Democrats for the ‘terrible scourge of anti-Semitism,’ Trump repeatedly fails to distinguish between the American Jews to whom he was speaking and Jewish Israelis
'I Want to Vote Likud. But I’m Fed Up With Bibi': The Undecided Voters Who Will Decide Israel's Election
Appalled by the lack of substance in the frantic campaign season and with over 40 parties to choose from, these Israelis form part of what feels like the country’s largest bloc ahead of the election — wavering voters
WATCH Local Rap Star Urges Arabs to Vote in Israeli Election 'Or End Up Outside the Homeland'
Tamer Nafar, who defines himself as a Palestinian citizen of Israel, releases new video urging Arab youth not to boycott the upcoming Israeli election
The Missing Soldier's Father Felt Betrayed by Israel. He Died Before the Body Was Found
37 years after disappearing, the body of Zachary Baumel, killed in the 1982 Lebanon war, was returned to Israel. His father, Yona, dedicated his life to tracking his son
Auschwitz Museum Blasts Anti-vaxxers for Donning Yellow Stars in Protest
After a New York county banned unvaccinated children from public spaces, demonstrators used the Holocaust symbol; 'Who's next? The Christians who don't want to to partake in abortion?'
Netanyahu Flaunts 'Lecturing' Obama on Palestinians in New Campaign Ad
Netanyahu has touted his close relationship with Trump in various ads, but is now highlighting his troubled relationship with Obama to show he can stand up to pressure
Two-state Solution: U.S. Jews Won't Budge. Will It Cost Them Their Relationship With Israel?
Supporting two states was not always a given for American Jews. But once it became the preferred solution, while Israelis grew increasingly skeptical, it drove the two biggest Jewish communities in the world apart
Kamala Harris Meets AIPAC Representatives in Her Office After Forgoing Conference
Critics from the left fiercely attacked Harris on social media for allowing AIPAC representatives into her office, slamming her for being 'on the fence'
Netanyahu Transforms Trump White House Video Into Election Campaign Ad
The difference between the video tweeted by Trump and Netanyahu campaign ad is a slogan in place of the White House logo, and a voice-over of the prime minister taking pride in the U.S. recognition of Israeli sovereignty over Golan
In AIPAC Speech, Mike Pence Tells Moving Story About Golan Heights Battle. One Problem: It May Not Be True
Pence's tale of a 'young tank commander who single-handedly kept a fleet of enemy tanks at bay' in 1973 war has since been debunked — although not by the tank commander himself
‘America’s Rabbi’ Goads Protesters at AIPAC After Running Attack Ad Calling Ilhan Omar anti-Semitic
Shumley Boteach placed full-page ad in Sunday’s Washington Post comparing congresswoman’s words with famously anti-Semitic quotes, ahead of gala event he's hosting Thursday with leading White House officials