WASHINGTON (JTA) — A growing number of countries has suspended funding to the main United Nations agency aiding Palestinians in the wake of allegations that a number of its staffers were involved in Hamas’ Oct. 7 massacre in Israel.
The U.N. Relief...
TEL AVIV — It only took a few minutes from the time the rocket fire from Gaza began on the morning of Oct. 7 for Karen Tal to field her first of many phone calls and messages with terrible news.
The CEO of Amal, a secular educational network whose...
Andrew Silow-Carroll, JTA
• Published January 28, 2024
(JTA) — In the four months since the Hamas attacks on Israel touched off war in Gaza, Jewish protesters have joined demonstrations in the streets of New York, San Francisco and other cities condemning Israel and demanding an immediate ceasefire.
But...
KIBBUTZ HAZOREA, Israel — Fifteen young men and women, seemingly oblivious to their surroundings and to each other, dance around a bucolic field, twisting their bodies to trance music blasting through their headphones.
Beyond their earphones is silence,...
Life changed dramatically for millions in Israel on 7th October 2023 and one of them was Inbar Haiman, a young student attending a Peace Festival in the Negev desert that weekend.
Caught up in the attack, and then kidnapped and hauled off to Gaza on...
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Hamas reportedly rejected an Israeli offer for a two-month ceasefire in exchange for the release of hostages held in Gaza, even as top U.S. and Qatari officials said talks aimed at an extended pause in the war are “serious.”
On...
The State of Israel will retain full security control over the entire territory west of the Jordan River after it achieves its objectives of demilitarizing the Gaza Strip and returning the hostages held there, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Three weeks after her cousin was abducted and taken to Gaza along with her family, Yifar Zailer said she knew one thing for sure: “I don’t want to be here in two months, celebrating Kfir’s first birthday.”
And yet that’s...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published January 17, 2024
Some St. Louis Jewish leaders are reacting to the recent vote by the St. Louis Board of Alderman calling on President Joe Biden to work toward a cease-fire in Israel's war with Hamas.
The unanimous vote on an updated version of Resolution 137 occurred...
It’s a beautiful, cloudless day. The temperature is a perfect 75 degrees, and the December sun is causing me to sweat as I cut another clementine from the tree and put it in the bag draped across my body.
That’s when I hear a distant boom and rumble...
By Yulia Karra, Israel21c
• Published January 9, 2024
Idan Amedi, star of the hit Israeli TV show “Fauda,” was severely wounded on Monday during fighting in the Gaza Strip where he was deployed as an Israel Defense Forces reservist.
According to reports in the Israeli media, the actor and singer was...
(JTA) — Nine Israeli soldiers were killed, including six in one incident, during fighting in Gaza on Monday as Israel announced a new phase that officials said would be more targeted than the campaign that has devastated the enclave.
The announcement...
