This is the Forward’s coverage of Israel, the Jewish state in the Middle East founded in 1948.
Israel
The Latest
-
Fast Forward Police Close Temple Mount After Firebomb Thrown At Officers
JERUSALEM (JTA) — All entrances and exits to the Temple Mount were closed by Israel Police after a firebomb was thrown at a police outpost at the site. The police said in a statement Tuesday afternoon following the attack that one of the suspects was identified and detained. Dozens of police officers reportedly entered the…
-
Fast Forward Netanyahu Pre-Indictment Hearing Delayed Until After Elections
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Prosecutors in the corruption cases against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not be able to get their hands on the investigation files until after the country’s election over fears of leaks to the media. The Justice Ministry made the announcement on Monday evening, responding to a request from Netanyahu’s attorneys. The…
-
Opinion How I Became My Father On Israel
His face turned beet red. In my 37-year relationship with my father, it was the only time I recall him getting very angry at me. What had I done? Criticized Israel publicly. My father, Victor, was a Holocaust survivor who lost his entire family to the Nazis, except his older brother. To him, Israel was…
-
Opinion Jewish Leaders Denounce ‘Dual Loyalties’ – While Demanding Fealty To Israel From Jews
Every time a Jewish leader grandstands against the anti-Semitic canard of “dual loyalty,” I groan. Not because this trope is not real. For all of Jewish history, anti-Semites have justified persecution by claiming Jews are more loyal to each other than their home countries. And recent anti-Semitic attacks, like the one at the Tree of…
-
The Schmooze Here’s Israel’s Extremely Dramatic 2019 Eurovision Entry Song, ‘Home’
If you are a fan of Josh Groban’s music could be just a little more emotional, you may love this year’s Eurovision entry from the state of Israel, a song called “Home,” by Ohad Shargai and Inbar Weitzman. The ballad, which makes use of “Let It Go”-style piano, shivering cymbals, and breathy harmonies, is performed…
-
Opinion The Democrats Are Making Me More Pro-Israel
This week, Bernie Sanders’ national deputy press secretary accused American Jews of dual loyalty. “This is a serious question: do you not think that the American government and American Jewish community has a dual allegiance to the state of Israel? I’m asking not to rule out the history of this issue, but in the context…
-
The Schmooze Meet Rotem Sela, The Israeli Actress Who Provoked Netanyahu By Calling Arabs ‘Human Beings’
A world leader getting into an Instagram tussle over human rights with a bombshell actress? It would all be too far fetched, if the leader was not the cartoonishly corrupt Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and his assailant was not Rotem Sela, an Israeli model, veteran, lawyer, activist mother of three. Don’t forget to tell…
-
Opinion Who Gets To Define Anti-Semitism?
A couple of weeks ago, I attended a meeting on a local college campus for Students for Justice in Palestine. As it came out that I was both a Zionist but also sympathetic to the Palestinian plight, I received dozens of questions from students asking how I could hold these two “incompatible” ideas. I spent…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Culture ‘My mayor Muslim, my bagel Jewish’ — the Knicks chant capturing New York’s soul
- 2
Books In ‘Something We Said,’ Richard Pryor’s daughter finds words to discuss the unspeakable
- 3
Opinion It’s time for Jews who love Israel to give up on Zionism
- 4
Opinion Trump’s humiliation of Netanyahu marks a sea change in the US-Israel relationship
In Case You Missed It
-
Fast Forward This Israeli filmmaker harshly criticizes his country. Pro-Palestinian activists boycotted him anyway
-
Fast Forward Trump is imagining an Israel after Netanyahu. So are many Israelis. Netanyahu isn’t biting.
-
Fast Forward Spain reports 86% rise in antisemitic incidents, as interior minister takes aim at ‘xenophobia’
-
Fast Forward Cara Trager, beloved Queens Jewish communal leader and lifetime journalist, dies at 71