This is the Forward’s coverage of Israel, the Jewish state in the Middle East founded in 1948.
Israel
The Latest
-
Opinion The Pinkwashing of Mohammed Abu Khdeir
An undated family handout picture of Mohammed Abu Khdeir. Now that Israeli police have arrested six Jewish suspects for the kidnap-murder of 16-year-old Palestinian Mohammed Abu Khdeir, it’s safe to say that the teen was not killed by his own family for being gay. Of course, Mohammed’s family has been saying that all along. They’ve…
-
Fast Forward Sweden Man Beaten for Hanging Israel Flag
A man who hung an Israeli flag outside his window in the Swedish city of Malmo was severely beaten for it and taken to the hospital, police said. Several unidentified men assaulted the 38-year-old man with metal bars after they hurled a stone at his window on Sunday evening, the Svenska Dagbladet daily reported Monday….
-
Fast Forward California Jewish Campus Leader Blames Conflict Probe on ‘Pro-Israel’ Stance
A Jewish UCLA student nominated to serve as a regent for the statewide University of California system alleged that a conflict-of-interest probe against him is “an attack against me as a pro-Israel student.” Avi Oved released a statement before a July 1 emergency meeting via teleconference of the University of California Student Association, or UCSA,…
-
Israel News Families of Slain Israeli and Palestinian Teens Turn to Each Other for Comfort
The families of murdered Israeli teen Naftali Fraenkel and murdered Palestinian teen Mohammed Abu Khdeir are drawing comfort from an unexpected source: each other. Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat took to Facebook on Sunday to write about an “emotional and special telephone conversation between two families that have lost their sons.” He said that during his…
-
Fast Forward VIDEO: American Cousin of ‘Revenge’ Victim Speaks Out After Beating
“They hit me — and they kept hitting me,” said 15-year-old Palestinian American Tariq Abu Khdeir of Israeli police, who beat him during a protest at the home of his slain cousin Mohammed Abu Khdeir. Tariq Abu Khdeir spoke about his experience in a video published by Addameer after he was released from Israeli custody on…
-
Fast Forward Florida Cousin of Revenge Victim Put Under House Arrest
An Israeli judge on Sunday released from jail and placed under house arrest a 15-year-old American of Palestinian descent whose apparent beating by Israeli police in East Jerusalem has drawn U.S. concern. Tariq Khdeir from Tampa, Florida, is a cousin of Mohammed Abu Khudeir, 16, whose abduction and killing in Jerusalem on Wednesday sparked violent…
-
Opinion Bulldoze Homes of Jewish Terrorists, Too
Israel regularly destroys homes of Palestinian terror suspects, calling it a deterrent. But it never uses the same tactic against Jewish extremists. / Getty Images (Haaretz) — There is only one sane and truly halakhic way to tackle our current situation: Take the well-known members of the Orthodox Price Tag gang and lock ‘em up, for…
-
News Protests Over Revenge Slay Spread to Arab-Israeli Towns
Violent protests sparked by the abduction and killing of a Palestinian teenager spread to Arab villages in Israel on Saturday, presenting a new challenge to the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Israel has stayed silent on the investigation into the death of an East Jerusalem youth who Palestinians believe was kidnapped and killed by…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Film & TV ‘Bojack Horseman’ creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg on his new, ‘unapologetically Jewish’ family affair
- 2
News ADL chief attacks Zohran Mamdani, but gets his facts wrong
- 3
News Meet the Jewish senator emerging as Chuck Schumer’s heir apparent
- 4
Culture The Kennedy Center canceled its ‘woke’ programming — so why is this Jewish musical OK?
In Case You Missed It
-
Opinion Trump’s attacks on the Smithsonian come straight from the Nazi playbook
-
Fast Forward As NYC mayoral race heats up, a Jewish school is now requiring parents to show proof of voter registration
-
Fast Forward World Zionist Congress lifts ban on Betar USA head, permitting him to serve as a delegate
-
Fast Forward Pioneering rabbi evicted from historic Krakow building rendered ownerless by the Holocaust
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
