Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of Israel, the Jewish state in the Middle East founded in 1948.
Israel
The Latest
-
Opinion How To Criticize AIPAC Without Being Anti-Semitic
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, known as AIPAC, recently made headlines when Congresswoman Ilhan Omar tweeted that they used “Benjamins” to influence U.S. politicians. Omar subsequently apologized, acknowledging that she had veered into the territory of anti-Semitic tropes. But the episode left lingering questions about how to talk about money in politics and U.S.-Israel…
-
The Schmooze Sarah Silverman And Ilhan Omar Are In A Two-State Solution Lady Gang Now
Politics aside, there are exactly three people in the world who are really good at Twitter: President Donald Trump, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Weird Al Yankovic. The rest of us pretty much have to stick to the painstaking process of thinking through and then carefully fleshing out our ideas. After weeks of controversy, convolution, and…
-
Fast Forward J Street Launches Birthright-Style Israel Trip That Will Include Palestinians
(JTA) — J Street, the liberal Israel policy group, will compete with Birthright by launching its own free trip to Israel for college students. The trip will aim to introduce students firsthand to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the lives of Israelis and Palestinians. Organized by J Street U, the group’s college arm, it will take…
-
Fast Forward Two Rockets Fired At Tel Aviv From Gaza
(JTA) — Two rockets fired from the Gaza Strip reached the Tel Aviv area Thursday night. Sirens alerted residents that rockets were coming into the area just after 9 p.m. local time. Kan, the public broadcaster, quoted the Israeli army as saying that the rockets came from the Gaza Strip, which is controlled by Hamas….
-
Fast Forward State Department No Longer Calling West Bank, Golan ‘Occupied’ By Israel
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Trump administration ended the policy of referring to the West Bank and the Golan Heights as “occupied” by Israel. The State Department’s annual report on global human rights issues, issued Wednesday, drops the “occupied” language from passages on the West Bank, Golan Heights and Gaza. It refers to the Golan Heights…
-
Opinion Denying Jews The Right To A State Is Anti-Semitic. So Why Is It Ok To Deny Palestinians?
It’s as if the concept of double standards was created for the Middle East conflict. One of the most glaring is the discussion surrounding self-determination for Palestinians and Israelis. If you declare that Israel has no right to exist, you’re rightfully labeled an anti-Semite. True, there are some who oppose that view, even within the…
-
Fast Forward Israeli Bank Pays $195 Million Fine For Helping Customers Evade U.S. Taxes
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s third-largest bank will pay a $195 million fine after admitting to helping its customers avoid paying U.S. taxes. The fine was announced Tuesday by the U.S. Justice Department and it is the result of a five-year investigation, Reuters reported. Under the settlement, Mizrahi Tefahot, accepted responsibility for the actions of former…
-
Fast Forward Israeli Farm Gives Disabled Animals A Second Chance
MOSHAV OLESH, Israel (Reuters) – Miri, a three-legged donkey, Gary, a sheep with leg braces, and Omer, a blind goat, munch on some hay at Israel’s only animal rescue and educational sanctuary. Founded by animal rights activists Adit Romano, a 52-year-old former business executive, and Meital Ben Ari, 38, who used to work in tech,…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Fast Forward Ye debuts ‘Heil Hitler’ music video that includes a sample of a Hitler speech
- 2
Opinion It looks like Israel totally underestimated Trump
- 3
Fast Forward Student suspended for ‘F— the Jews’ video defends himself on antisemitic podcast
- 4
Culture Cardinals are Catholic, not Jewish — so why do they all wear yarmulkes?
In Case You Missed It
-
Yiddish World How Yiddish found a home in Sweden (online lecture in Yiddish)
-
Fast Forward Hamas releases Edan Alexander, last living American hostage, to Red Cross
-
Yiddish עמיל קאַלינס ראָמאַן אַנטפּלעקט שפּאַלטן אין דער ישׂראלדיקער קאָלעקטיװער נשמהEmil Kalin’s Yiddish novel exposes divisions in the Israeli collective psyche
דער העלד פֿון „צוזאַמענבראָך“ פֿאַרלאָזט זײַן פֿרוי און קינד און לאָזט זיך גיין אויף אַ קאָמפּליצירטן גײַסטיקן דרך.
-
Fast Forward In Tenafly, NJ, a crowd awaits the release of local son Edan Alexander from Hamas captivity
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
