Andrew Tobin
By Andrew Tobin
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Fast Forward WATCH: Palestinian Girl Arrested After Videotaped Scuffle With Israeli Soldiers Goes Viral
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Palestinian teenager who was filmed slapping and harassing Israeli soldiers in the West Bank was arrested. Israeli security forces made the arrest overnight Monday. The girl, identified by Hebrew media as 17-year-old Ahed Tamimi, and two other girls were caught on camera Friday slapping and harassing the soldiers in an apparent…
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Fast Forward President Trump’s Announcement Gets Shrugs At Jerusalem Market
JERUSALEM (JTA) — President Donald Trump’s official recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital may have sent shock waves across the Middle East. But here, in the epicenter of a city where fewer than a million people work, eat, pray and shop, the first day’s reaction was muted. The municipality projected images of the Israeli and…
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Israel News Moving To Tel Aviv Or Jerusalem? These Israeli Towns Want You Instead.
JERUSALEM (JTA) – Many Jews who move to Israel only have eyes for Tel Aviv or Jerusalem. Whether it’s Tel Aviv’s wealth of startups, sunny beaches and culture, or Jerusalem’s history and religious life, newcomers want to be where the action is. But neither city is cheap. Tel Aviv is one of the most expensive…
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Israel News ‘The Mooch’ Gets Surprisingly Jewish To Stump For Trump In Israel
JERUSALEM (JTA) – Anthony Scaramucci, the short-lived White House communications director, is not a member of the tribe. But he came close to declaring himself one during a visit to Israel this week. “A few more days here and I’d probably convert to Judaism,” Scaramucci joked to JTA on Tuesday. “They already did the circumcision…
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Fast Forward An Israeli Soldier Insists He Beat A Palestinian. The IDF Doesn’t Buy It
TEL AVIV (JTA) – Imagine for a moment that a soldier is suspected of misconduct in the field. Typically, someone might be expected to report the soldier, prompting the army to investigate. The soldier might deny any wrongdoing. Well, in Israel, a recent case unfolded in almost exactly the opposite way. A soldier admitted to beating…
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Fast Forward Iran, Iraq Reject Israel’s Offer Of Aid For Earthquake Victims
(JTA) JERUSALEM (www.jta.org) — Israel offered humanitarian assistance to the victims of the earthquake that killed hundreds of people in Iran and Iraq, but was turned down. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told American Jewish leaders gathered in Los Angeles Tuesday that was motivated to direct the aid by photographs of the devastation caused by…
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Fast Forward Christian Zionists See Signs Of The Messiah In Big Israel Anniversaries
JERUSALEM (JTA) – Fifty years since the Six-Day War, 100 years since the Balfour Declaration, 150 years since Mark Twain first visited Palestine. This has been a year of big Israel-related anniversaries. To the Jewish state’s most diehard Christian supporters, the barrage of milestones is not mere coincidence but rather a harbinger of prophecies being…
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Fast Forward ‘Binary Options’ Scam That Bilked Millions Worldwide Banned By Israel
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s multibillion-dollar binary options industry, which has scammed millions around the world over the past decade, is out of business. On Monday, the Knesset unanimously passed a law to ban the industry, with 53 votes in favor and none against. By the time the measure goes into effect in three months, all…
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