This is the Forward’s coverage of Israel, the Jewish state in the Middle East founded in 1948.
Israel
The Latest
-
Fast Forward Why Did Rolling Stones Delay Start of Israel Concert?
The Rolling Stones have pushed back the start time of their Tel Aviv show to enable religiously observant concert goers to attend. The Stones are scheduled to perform at Yarkon Park in Tel Aviv on June 4, which is the holiday of Shavuot. The concert originally was scheduled to begin at 8:30, minutes after the…
-
Fast Forward Israel Approves ‘Revolutionary’ World Jewry Initiative
“This is a revolution in the State of Israel’s relationship with the Diaspora,” said Jerusalem and Diaspora Affairs Minister Naftali Bennett of the Israeli cabinet’s decision to approve the “Joint Initiative of the Government of Israel and World Jewry” in Jerusalem today. The initiative, launched by Bennett and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, aims to enhance…
-
Fast Forward Netanyahu Urges World Not To Recognize Palestinian Unity Government
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday warned against any international rush to recognize a Palestinian government due to be announced under a unity pact between the Fatah and Hamas Islamist groups. Israel and the West classify Hamas as a terrorist organization and have no official dealings with the movement, which advocates the destruction of…
-
Fast Forward Z Street Can Sue IRS, Federal Judge Rules
A federal judge ruled that a lawsuit challenging the Internal Revenue Service’s scrutiny of Israel-related groups may proceed. Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson of the U.S. District Court in Washington D.C. on May 27 dismissed U.S. government claims that federal courts lack jurisdiction over the lawsuit filed in 2010 by an Israel advocacy group, Z Street….
-
Fast Forward Dutch Street Signs Say Israeli Cities and Towns in ‘Palestine’
A Dutch municipality is facing criticism for describing Jerusalem, Nazareth and Tiberias as “cities in Palestine.” Likkud Netherlands, a local association, published on its website Friday an article which carried a screen capture photo from Google Street View of the street sign of Tiberias Path in the city of Eindhoven with the description, in which…
-
Fast Forward Chabad College in Michigan Finally Wins Accreditation Renewal
A Jewish college at which almost all of its 2,000 students study overseas and where few students graduate has renewed its grant of accreditation — at the fourth attempt. The Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools renewed Michigan Jewish Institute’s grant of accreditation “with admonishment” after three times deferring its decision. An article in…
-
Opinion Why Is Avigdor Mad at Bibi?
Getty Images Since Israel’s last general election a year and a half ago, the country’s two most powerful party leaders have exhibited surprisingly good relations. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman united their parties, Likud and Yisrael Beytenu, before the election and have surprised observers by keeping them together and getting along…
-
Fast Forward Hamas Official Admits Funding Temple Mount Riots
A senior Hamas operative said that the group is paying young Arabs to harass Jews at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, Israel’s domestic security service announced. Hamas operative Mahmoud Toameh, 63, made the claim in interrogations by the Shin Bet security services after his arrest on May 14, Shin Bet wrote in a statement posted…
Explore
Most Popular
In Case You Missed It
-
Opinion Actually, Trump made things between Israel and Iran way worse
-
Film & TV ‘Fantastic Four: First Steps’ sends The Thing to shul — and gives Jack Kirby credit
-
Fast Forward As starvation mounts in Gaza, Jewish voices increasingly rise up in consternation
-
Fast Forward Grossinger’s iconic rye bread rises again — and won’t require a Catskills trip to obtain
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
