Allison Kaplan Sommer is a journalist at Haaretz, host of Haaretz Weekend podcast and co-host of The Promised Podcast.
Allison Kaplan Sommer
By Allison Kaplan Sommer
-
Fast Forward ‘We will continue to have Israel’s back,’ Biden tells Israel’s war cabinet in unprecedented visit
The U.S. president called Hamas' surprise attack "beyond belief"
-
News Who is Hamas, the militant group that attacked Israel and controls Gaza?
The militant Islamist group that has ruled the Gaza Strip for the last 16 years distinguishes itself by projecting an image as a pragmatic actor alongside its commitment to the complete destruction of the State of Israel
-
Fast Forward Everything you need to know about today’s Supreme Court vs. Netanyahu government drama – and what’s at stake for Israel
This week, for the first time ever, Israel's entire Supreme Court of 15 justices is hearing petitions challenging a key judicial coup law passed by the Netanyahu government. What does the new law say? Who is contesting it, and why? What are the repercussions of this dramatic confrontation?
-
News ‘Tantamount to a war crime’: Arab countries slam Israel’s Jenin operation
Arab states decry Israel's latest military operation in the Palestinian city of Jenin – in which eight Palestinians were killed – while calling on the international community to intervene
-
Fast Forward Judicial overhaul talks near blowup after Netanyahu’s coalition postpones crucial vote
'Netanyahu has lost control,' said opposition leader Yair Lapid. 'He's crushing Israeli democracy'
-
Fast Forward Israel’s diaspora minister courts Canada’s Christian far right – and causes a diplomatic scandal
Amichai Chikli’s upcoming trip is ratcheting up tensions with Canada's lawmakers and its Jewish community
-
Fast Forward ‘Biggest in Israeli history’: Organizers claim half a million protesters against Netanyahu’s constitutional coup
As a record 50,000 Israelis rallied in Haifa, and hundreds of thousands more across Israel, opposition leader Yair Lapid slams the Netanyahu government's sole focus on 'crushing Israeli democracy'
-
Fast Forward Over 70 U.S. legal scholars warn against ‘speed and scale’ of Israel’s judicial overhaul
Prominent law professors, including the former deans of Harvard and Yale law schools, signed a joint statement against the Netanyahu government’s plan to dramatically weaken the Supreme Court and curtail the independence of government legal advisers
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Fast Forward After Minneapolis shooting, local Jewish service channels a city’s grief and resolve
- 2
Culture ‘The Pitt’ tackled the trauma of the Tree of Life attack. Here’s how survivors of the synagogue shooting reacted to the episode.
- 3
News Why Josh Shapiro’s memoir could complicate a presidential run
- 4
Holy Ground A Millennial rabbi built a synagogue where others have closed. Her maverick ideas are becoming a model.
In Case You Missed It
-
Fast Forward Federal building with murals by Jewish artists at risk of sale, demolition
-
Fast Forward Father of former Israeli hostage joins Columbia as a Jewish history professor
-
Fast Forward Conservative British pro-Israel commentator Douglas Murray joins Yeshiva University
-
Antisemitism Decoded Israel is teaming up with the far right to fight global antisemitism
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
