This is the Forward’s coverage of Israel, the Jewish state in the Middle East founded in 1948.
Israel
The Latest
-
Fast Forward Public Use Of Medical Marijuana Now Allowed In Israel, With Exceptions
Israeli medical marijuana patients can now use the drug in public as an oil or a vapor, but still won’t be able to smoke it, per new Health Ministry guidelines, reported Haaretz. The new guidelines are a significant departure from the old rules, which restricted medical marijuana patients to using the herb in their home,…
-
Fast Forward 102 Immigrants From India Ready For Normal Life In Israel
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Some 102 immigrants to Israel from India, members of the Bnei Menashe Jewish community, are ready to leave their absorption center. The olim, who came to Israel in February from the northeastern Indian state of Mizoram, have completed their required formal conversion to Judaism and intensive Hebrew language studies, the Shavei Israel…
-
Fast Forward American Parents Sue Pro-Palestinian Groups Over 1996 West Bank Killing
(JTA) — The American parents of a teen-age yeshiva student shot in 1996 at a bus stop near the West Bank city of Beit El, have filed a lawsuit to recover the damages it was awarded by a jury in federal court in Chicago. Stanley and Joyce Boim on Friday filed the lawsuit in Chicago…
-
Fast Forward British Media Wrongly Report Israel Quits Eurovision As TV Station Signs Off
JERUSALEM (JTA) — British media reported that Israel has permanently withdrawn from the Eurovision song contest after the closing Israel Broadcasting Authority made its farewells live while reporting the country’s scores. Other countries also took the farewell by IBA host Ofer Nachshon to mean that Israel would be leaving the annual tournament, whose finals took…
-
Fast Forward Is BDS To Blame For Israel’s Poor Showing In Eurovision Contest?
Israeli director Yoav Tzafir is blaming Israel’s poor showing in the 2017 Eurovision contest finals on the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement. Israeli pop singer Imri Ziv came in 23rd out of 26th place in the competition in Ukraine with his song “I Feel Alive.” The song’s music video was co-directed by Tzafir and Elad…
-
Fast Forward Norway’s Largest Union Calls For Total Boycott Of Israel
(JTA) — Norway’s largest trade union reaffirmed its support for a total boycott of Israel. The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions, known locally as LO, represents over 900,000 unionized workers in the country – more than one quarter of the adult working population. Its delegates voted 193 to 117 on Friday in favor of a…
-
Israel News If Israel Bans Overnight Trips To Bethlehem, Will Christian Tourism Take A Hit?
Drawn to the Holy Land’s biblical sites, Christian tourists make up over half of all tourists to Israel, compared with the 20 percent that are Jews. Yet Israel is considering making it harder for tourists to visit parts of the West Bank, which could mean Christian tourists would struggle to visit Bethlehem, the birthplace of…
-
Fast Forward Israeli Army Kills Palestinian During West Bank Clashes
Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian during stone-throwing clashes in the occupied West Bank on Friday, residents and the Palestinian Health Ministry said. An Israeli military spokeswoman said about 100 Palestinians were involved in what she described as a violent riot during which they threw stones at Israeli soldiers. “In response to the threat the…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Theater Why is everyone laughing at Anne Frank?
- 2
Opinion It’s time for the pro-Palestinian movement to make a radical change
- 3
Film & TV How a complete unknown created one of the most iconic music events of the 1970’s
- 4
Opinion Trump drew Arab leaders into a historic peace agreement. Too bad about the one glaring caveat
In Case You Missed It
-
Culture A comet is streaking across our solar system — is it an omen for Jews?
-
Culture Honoring Rabbi Arthur Waskow – activist, pioneer and prophet
-
News Should synagogues remove the Israeli flag from bimahs now? How a New York shul made the decision
-
Books The Lakers were about to shock the NBA. But Shabbat had to end first.
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
