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MAY 18 — Photo: Israeli Government Press Office

Eli Cohen is shown during his time in Syria. Although his body has never been returned to Israel, the Mossad did recover the watch he is wearing in this photo.

Last telegram from executed Israeli spy revealed

Published December 12, 2022

(JNS) Mossad Director David Barnea on Monday publicly revealed for the first time the last telegram the intelligence agency received from spy Eli Cohen prior to his capture in Syria. The telegram, which was revealed during the dedication of the Eli...

Israel condemns Netflix movie about its 1948 War of Independence

Andrew Lapin, JTAPublished December 6, 2022

(JTA) — Israel’s government has lashed out at Netflix over a new Jordanian movie that they say disparages the country’s military and their actions in the War of 1948 that led to Israel’s independence. “Farha,” Jordan’s best international...

Blinken: US will judge Israeli government on its policies, not its politicians

Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished December 5, 2022

WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Biden administration will base its relationship to Israel’s incoming government on the actions it takes, not the people installed in positions of power, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said during a speech Sunday. Blinken’s...

Michigan man charged with ‘ethnic intimidation’ after harassing synagogue-goers over Israel

Philissa Cramer, JTAPublished December 5, 2022

(JTA) — A man who was waved away by local police after hassling people arriving at one of the Detroit area’s largest synagogues on Friday was arrested Sunday on charges of “ethnic intimidation.” Hassan Chokr was arrested Sunday, two days after...

Netanyahu seeks to ease concerns of American Jews about the new government

By Jacob Kornbluh, The ForwardPublished December 4, 2022

Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister-designate, sought Wednesday to preempt growing concern about the sixth government he is expected to lead, which will include far-right extremists in senior cabinet positions.  “I think there’s a greater...

Abe Foxman: If Smotrich and Ben-Gvir get their way, Israel will lose me and American Jews

Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished December 2, 2022

(JTA) — Abe Foxman, the past Anti-Defamation League leader who long has said that nothing could separate him from support for Israel, now says the leaders of an extreme party could do the trick if they get their way in coalition talks with incoming...

We now know when 'Fauda,' season 4 will begin

We now know when ‘Fauda,’ season 4 will begin

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished December 1, 2022

Good news for “Fauda” fans. The critically acclaimed TV show that has swept the world has announced that the new season will be released in the United States on Jan. 20 on Netflix. The show has already aired in Israel this past summer. The Netflix...

Qatar to allow Israeli fans into World Cup, but Jerusalem warns visitors to ‘downplay Israeli identity’

Published November 17, 2022

(JTA) — Qatar, which does not normally allow Israelis into the country, will permit Israeli visitors during the 2022 World Cup, prompting the Israeli government to warn travelers who make the trip to “downplay” their “Israeli identity.” As...

LGBTQ Israelis fear setbacks as homophobic parties win a place in Netanyahu’s coalition

Published November 14, 2022

TEL AVIV and JERUSALEM (JTA) — It was the day before Israel’s Nov. 1 election. In a classroom in downtown Jerusalem, Avi Rose was teaching  about Jewish identity through art to a group of Jewish students from abroad spending a gap year in Israel....

Trump: Some American Jews ‘not doing the right thing’ by Israel

Published November 14, 2022

(JNS) Israel is a modern-day “miracle” and its relationship with the United States is deep-seated and multi-dimensional, former U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday. Speaking at the Zionist Organization of America’s 2022 Gala in New York...

Odeda Benin-Goren, second from left, and Dr. Hadas Stiner with two doctors in Juba Teaching Hospital, South Sudan. Photo courtesy of Odeda Benin-Goren

Meet the Israeli nurse who travels the world to disasters

DIANA BLETTER, Israel21c.orgPublished November 10, 2022

“When you see a young man dying on the floor of the hospital because there’s no bed and we can’t do anything to help him, and his mother is crying, it breaks my heart,” says Odeda Benin-Goren. This Israeli nurse has traveled the world for the...

Future location of the Art Laboratory for Future Ecologies in Hatzeva. Photo courtesy of Galit Eilat

Eco-art village planned in the Israeli desert

DIANA BLETTER, Israel21c.orgPublished November 10, 2022

The Art Laboratory for Future Ecologies, an innovative eco-art center, will soon get under construction in Israel’s Arava Desert. The future center’s founder, Galit Eilat, said the goal is teach people about sustainability and protecting natural...

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