At least 182 Palestinians and 12 Israelis have been killed over the last week of intense fighting between the Israeli military and militants in the Gaza Strip. The Gaza health ministry says the dead there include 52 children, and that there are about 1,2000 wounded from airstrikes and artillery fire. On the Israeli side, two…
(JTA) — Newsmax host Grant Stinchfield will not host his weeknight primetime show for the rest of the week after calling Israel the “home country” of American Jews, according to Business Insider. Stinchfield made the comments in a segment Tuesday night about continuing violence in Israel and Gaza. A spokesperson for Newsmax told Insider that…
(JTA) — International media reported that Israeli troops have begun a ground incursion into the Gaza Strip on Thursday night. It hadn’t. According to at least two seasoned analysts in Israel, the reports were part of a misdirection by Israel to lure Hamas forces into defensive positions that Israel hoped would be easier to identify…
(JTA) — Israel’s army unleashed a wider military attack on Gaza Thursday night, inaugurating a new phase in a conflict that has claimed dozens of lives in the last several days. The war has already reached several milestones in a region accustomed to conflict. Hamas, the terrorist group that controls Gaza, has sent an unprecedented…
Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, one of the leading candidates for New York City comptroller, said Thursday that in light of recent turmoil, she will travel to Israel if elected. “Supporting our longtime friends in Israel is more important today than ever,” Caruso-Cabrera told the Forward. “That’s why the first international trip I will take following my primary…
Eugenia Yuspeh, one of the oldest remaining Holocaust survivors, passed away last month at the age of 97. Nearly a month later, her remains still haven’t made it to her final resting place, and it seems the United States Postal Service is at fault. Traditionally, Jewish burial is encouraged to take place as soon as…
(JTA) — As the body count in hostilities between Israelis and Palestinian rises, so do fears that European Jews will be targeted in a phenomenon that many here call “the import of the conflict.” That’s what happened when Hamas and Israel exchanged blows in 2014, triggering the worst wave of antisemitic violence in Europe since…
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Saying that Israel has a right to defend itself, President Joe Biden has sent his top Israeli-Palestinian negotiator to the region in a bid to deescalate the deepening conflict there. During a White House press conference Wednesday afternoon, Biden said he had just spoken to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and had…
Click here for live updates from Haaretz on the fighting. The Israeli army claimed on Thursday that it struck more than 600 targets in the Gaza Strip since the start of its military operation, with the health authorities in the coastal enclave reporting 67 Palestinians dead, in the most heated exchanges since 2014. According to…
(JTA) — As the world’s attention has turned to the crisis engulfing Israel and the Palestinian territories, a leading media outlet posted a curious job opening. The New York Times announced Wednesday that it is looking to hire a reporter who will focus on covering Palestinian affairs. The plan for the position probably predates the current…
(JTA) — A video of a crowd of Jewish Israelis beating someone presumed to be an Arab in a Tel Aviv suburb on Wednesday night was broadcast live on Israeli TV as the country erupted in violence between Arabs and Jews. The incident in the coastal city of Bat Yam, caught by a camera operator…
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