This is the Forward’s coverage of Israel, the Jewish state in the Middle East founded in 1948.
Israel
The Latest
-
Opinion My Reform Colleagues Were Wrong On Jerusalem
(JTA) — We were wrong. As Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky pointed out, “The Reform response to the recognition of Jerusalem was terrible. When … a superpower recognizes Jerusalem, first you … welcome it, then offer disagreement. Here it was the opposite.” Sharansky was referring to the Dec. 5 statement issued by all 16 North…
-
Opinion Dear Mr. Vice President: Please Don’t Come To Israel Right Now!
Mr. Vice President Pence, You are very welcome in Israel, but please, don’t come now. We appreciate your friendship, but your timing is wrong. You are not coming with an Administration’s new plan for peace in our region. You are not coming with any clarifications to President Trump’s declaration on Jerusalem, neither about the boundaries…
-
Fast Forward Two IDF Soldiers Arrested For Brutal Attack On Druze Soldier
(JTA) — Two Israel Defense Forces soldiers were arrested Sunday night in connection with an on-base attack against a Druze soldier. The soldier, who said he was attacked and beaten by fellow soldiers on his base in northern Israel, was taken to the hospital with a broken nose, and cuts on his head and face….
-
Fast Forward Women Gets Death Threats For Standing Up To ‘Modesty Police’
JERUSALEM (JTA) — At least two of the women who asked Israel’s Supreme Court to remove signs that demand women dress modestly have been targeted with death threats. The women said they received calls on Thursday and Friday threatening them with a kabbalistic ritual calling for their deaths, Ynet reported. Posters also were hung in…
-
Fast Forward Trump Administration: Western Wall Will Surely Be A Part Of Israel
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Trump administration said it cannot envision an outcome in which the Western Wall is not part of Israel — the first signal by any U.S. administration that it recognizes a claim to Jerusalem outside the 1967 lines. Senior administration officials briefing reporters on Friday about Vice President Mike Pence’s visit to…
-
Fast Forward 4 Palestinians Killed In Protests Over Jerusalem — Including Wheelchair-Bound Activist
Israeli troops shot dead four Palestinians and wounded 150 others with live fire on Friday, medical officials said, as protests over President Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital entered a second week. Most of the casualties were on the Gaza Strip border, where thousands of Palestinians gathered to hurl rocks at Israeli soldiers beyond…
-
Fast Forward Israeli Man Shot His Daughter, 9, Before Killing Himself In His Texas Home
An Israeli man living near Austin, Texas, apparently shot his nine-year-old daughter before killing himself, the Times of Israel reported. A social worker found the bodies of Yariv Kaplan, 42, and Lielle Kaplan on Monday during a routine welfare home visit. Yariv Kaplan’s father said that he had emailed the family with his intention to…
-
Fast Forward Israeli Film, Deemed ‘Enemy Propaganda’ By Government, Shortlisted For Oscar
(JTA) — An Israeli film accused of “undermining” the country and its soldiers’ morality has been named to the shortlist for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Director Samuel Maoz’s film “Foxtrot” made the list Thursday, according to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Thursday. It features a scene in which…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Fast Forward After Netanyahu and Cindy McCain meet, she calls out ‘desperation’ in Gaza, and he accuses her of ‘misrepresentation’
- 2
Sports Forget being caught on camera at a Coldplay concert — he was caught on shabbos at Yankee Stadium
- 3
Opinion A Reichstag fire is blazing in Trump’s America and we know exactly who is fanning the flames
- 4
Fast Forward ‘Be a human being about this’: Ritchie Torres, Adam Friedland and a sensational confrontation over the Israel-Hamas War
In Case You Missed It
-
Fast Forward Belgium will recognize Palestinian statehood at UN meeting, adding to pressure on Israel
-
Fast Forward International Association of Genocide Scholars says Israel’s war in Gaza constitutes genocide
-
News Analysis: Nadler’s exit marks the end of an era for Jews in Congress. Will the next generation ‘do better’?
-
Fast Forward Major Jewish groups urge synagogues to seek federal security grants despite Trump’s terms
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
