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Israeli forces at the site of the May 14, 2025, shooting attack in the northern West Bank. (Israel Defense Forces/X)

Baby born after pregnant woman was killed in terror attack dies of his wounds

Ben Sales, JTA
Published May 29, 2025
A video by Guy Christensen, a pro-Palestinian influencer with more than 3 million followers. (Screenshot)

Pro-Palestinian TikToker with 3.4M followers, endorses murder of Israeli embassy employees

Ben Sales, JTA
Published May 23, 2025
A TikTok post celebrating Elias Rodriguez. (Screenshot)

‘More Elias’: These people are celebrating the Capital Jewish Museum shooting

Ben Sales
Published May 22, 2025
A man, standing behind police tape, talks on his cell phone outside the Capital Jewish Museum following a shooting that left two people dead, in Washington, DC, in the early hours of May 22, 2025. Two Israeli embassy staffers were killed in the shooting. (Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images)

2 Israeli embassy staffers shot to death outside DC Jewish museum event

Ben Sales, JTA
Published May 22, 2025
President Donald J. Trump meets with business leaders at the Ritz Carlton Hotel on May 15, 2025, in Doha, Qatar. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Trump: ‘A lot of people are starving in Gaza’

Ben Sales, JTA
Published May 16, 2025
Israeli forces at the site of the May 14, 2025, shooting attack in the northern West Bank. (Israel Defense Forces/X)

Pregnant Israeli woman killed in a terror attack on her way to give birth

Ben Sales, JTA
Published May 15, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in this handout released on May 14, 2025. Saudi Press Agency/Handout via REUTERS

Trump pushes Syria to establish ties with Israel

Ben Sales, JTA
Published May 14, 2025
The first image released from Gaza of Edan Alexander, who was released from Hamas captivity on May 12, 2025. (Screenshot)

Hamas releases Edan Alexander, last living American hostage, to Israel

Ben Sales, JTA
Published May 12, 2025
Pope Leo XIV addresses the world following his election. (Getty Images)

Leo XIV, first American pope, studied under a leader in Jewish-Catholic relations

Ben Sales, JTA
Published May 8, 2025
NEW YORK, US - MAY 7: New York City police arrested dozens of Pro-Palestinian protesters on Columbia University on Wednesday evening after they took over part of a central library in New York, USA on May 7, 2025. (Photo by Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu via Getty Images)

NYPD arrests more than 70 pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia library

Ben Sales, JTA
Published May 8, 2025
A military helicopter flying above the Gaza Strip, as it seen from the Israeli side of the border, on Jan. 8, 2024. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Israel adopts plan to conquer and occupy Gaza

Ben Sales, JTA
Published May 5, 2025
US President Donald Trump speaks to journalists in the Oval Office on January 20, 2025. (Jim WATSON / POOL / AFP)

72% of American Jews disapprove of Donald Trump’s performance so far, poll finds

Ben Sales, JTA
Published April 24, 2025
Some rabbis preach about political issues. (Wikimedia Commons)

An Israeli think tank used AI to analyze 4,400 American synagogue sermons. Here’s what it found.

Ben Sales, JTA
Published April 22, 2025
Rabbi Ari Berman, president of Yeshiva University, speaks during an event in August 2024. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

After announcing LGBTQ club, Yeshiva U president says Pride values ‘antithetical’ to the school

Ben Sales, JTA
Published March 27, 2025
Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee moderates a roundtable discussion with Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump at the Drexelbrook Catering & Event Center, Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, Oct. 29, 2024. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

What Jewish groups are saying ahead of Mike Huckabee’s confirmation hearing to be Israel ambassador

Ben Sales, JTA
Published March 25, 2025
Bruce Pearl celebrates with his team after defeating the Alabama Crimson Tide at Auburn Arena, Feb. 1, 2022. (Michael Chang/Getty Images)

Bruce Pearl opens NCAA postgame press conference by calling to ‘bring the hostages home’

Ben Sales, JTA
Published March 23, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers remarks following a meeting with U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) at the U.S. Capitol on February 7, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Netanyahu: The ‘leftist Deep State’ in US and Israel is working to ‘thwart the people’s will’

Ben Sales, JTA
Published March 19, 2025
New York Bagel Bakery in Philadelphia has served kosher-keeping customers for decades. Its longtime owner was recently accused of antisemitism, a charge he denies. (Screenshot from Google Maps)

A Palestinian man served kosher bagels for decades. Then customers found his Facebook profile.

Ben Sales, JTA
Published March 19, 2025
Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist at Columbia who was arrested by ICE in March 2025, speaking to media. (Screenshot)

In jailhouse letter, Mahmoud Khalil urges renewed student pro-Palestinian protests

Ben Sales, JTA
Published March 19, 2025
Smoke rises during Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip on October 31, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Ceasefire ends as Israeli bombs strike Gaza

Ben Sales, JTA
Published March 17, 2025
L-R: Bruce Pearl, Jon Scheyer, Lindsay Gottlieb and Todd Golden (Getty Images; Scheyer image courtesy of Rabbi Nossen Fellig)

Jewish coaches lead 4 of 8 top seeds in the NCAA’s March Madness tournaments

Ben Sales, JTA
Published March 17, 2025
Anthony Cumia, pictured in 2014. (Cindy Ord/Getty Images for SiriusXM)

Anthony Cumia’s New Radio Show

Ben Sales, JTA
Published March 13, 2025
Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist at Columbia who was arrested by ICE in March 2025, speaking to media. (Screenshot)

Some Jewish groups are condemning Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest

Ben Sales, JTA
Published March 10, 2025
A view of Columbia University's Low Memorial Library in New York, Sept. 25, 2019 (Josefin Dolsten)

Trump administration cancels $400M of grants to Columbia U over campus antisemitism

Ben Sales, JTA
Published March 7, 2025
Screen Shot (Truth Social)

Trump posts ‘Shalom Hamas’ and says Gazans will be ‘DEAD’ if they keep holding hostages

Ben Sales, JTA
Published March 5, 2025
Kingsley WIlson was recently appointed as deputy press secretary at the Pentagon. (X)

Pentagon official posted neo-Nazi talking point about Jewish lynching victim Leo Frank last year

Ben Sales, JTA
Published March 5, 2025
First responders and emergency vehicles at the scene of a car-ramming attack in Israel on Feb. 27, 2025. (Courtesy of Magen David Adom)

17-year-old Israeli injured in car-ramming dies of her wounds

Ben Sales, JTA
Published March 5, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 04: U.S. President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on March 04, 2025 in Washington, DC. Vice President JD Vance and Speaker of the House (R-LA) applaud behind. President Trump was expected to address Congress on his early achievements of his presidency and his upcoming legislative agenda. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Israel, Gaza and hostages get brief mention in Trump’s address to Congress

Ben Sales, JTA
Published March 4, 2025
On the anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel, USC students walk out of class and march around their campus in support of Palestinians and the divest movement on Monday, October 7, 2024 in Los Angeles. President Trump's executive order on Jan. 29, 2025, suggests that foreign-born protesters who express support for terrorism be deported. (Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

Trump threatens to pull funding from campuses that allow ‘illegal protests,’ endorses mask ban

Ben Sales, JTA
Published March 4, 2025
Michelle Trachtenberg, pictured in 2007. (J. Meric/WireImage for Manning, Selvage and Lee)

Michelle Trachtenberg, Jewish ‘Gossip Girl’ and ‘Buffy’ star, dies at 39

Ben Sales, JTA
Published February 26, 2025
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, Feb. 23, 2021. (Amos Ben-Gershom/Israel Government Press Office)

Just 33% of Democrats have a favorable view of Israel, Gallup poll finds

Ben Sales, JTA
Published February 26, 2025
Delegates at work at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. (UN Photo/Manuel Elias)

U.S., Israel vote against U.N. resolution condemning Russian invasion of Ukraine

Ben Sales, JTA
Published February 24, 2025
Pictures of Shiri Bibas and her children Kfir and Ariel who are held hostage in Hamas captivity hang outside the protest tent calling for the release of Israeli hostages in the Gaza Strip, outside the Prime Minister’s Residence in Jerusalem, Feb. 19, 2025.

Hamas promises investigation after ‘error or overlap in bodies’

Ben Sales, JTA
Published February 21, 2025
Steve Bannon made a gesture at CPAC that was accused of being a Nazi salute in February 2025. (Screenshot)

After rebuke from far-right French leader, Steve Bannon denies that his straight-armed gesture at CPAC was a Nazi salute

Ben Sales, JTA
Published February 21, 2025
Israelis hold photographs of Shiri, Kfir and Ariel Bibas at a gathering calling for their release at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv, on November 28, 2023. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Hamas official says bodies of Bibas family will return to Israel on Thursday

Ben Sales, JTA
Published February 18, 2025
Kanye West seen in Los Angeles, May 13, 2023. (MEGA/GC Images)

Kanye West, back on X again, says he is ‘not under Jewish control anymore’

Ben Sales, JTA
Published February 18, 2025

Florida man arrested after shooting 2 Israelis he thought were Palestinians

Ben Sales, JTA
Published February 17, 2025
U.S.-Israeli Sagui Dekel-Chen and Russian-Israeli Sasha (Alexander) Troufanov, hostages held in Gaza since the deadly October 7, 2023 attack, are escorted by Palestinian Hamas militants and Islamic Jihad militants as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, February 15, 2025. REUTERS/Ramadan Abed

3 hostages released from Gaza, including American-Israeli Sagui Dekel-Chen

Ben Sales, JTA
Published February 15, 2025
Joaquin Phoenix (left) and Ilana Glazer. (Getty Images)

Joaquin Phoenix, Ilana Glazer and hundreds of Jewish celebrities and rabbis ‘say no to ethnic cleansing’ in Gaza in full-page NYT ad

Ben Sales, JTA
Published February 13, 2025
Israelis protest for the release of Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip, outside the prime minister's official residence in Jerusalem, Sept. 1, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Hamas says ceasefire deal is still on as negotiations continue

Ben Sales, JTA
Published February 13, 2025
Hong Kong, Hong Kong - JULY 31: A smart phone with the icons for the Google Calendar app is seen on the screen in Hong Kong, Hong Kong, on July 31, 2018.

Google Calendar no longer shows Holocaust Remembrance Day and Jewish American Heritage Month

Ben Sales, JTA
Published February 12, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint meeting of Congress on July 24, 2024.

Netanyahu: ‘If Hamas does not return our hostages by Saturday noon, the ceasefire will end’

Ben Sales, JTA
Published February 11, 2025
Kanye West at Milk Studios for an Adidas + KANYE WEST partnership announcement on June 28, 2016 in Hollywood, California.

Kanye West bought a Super Bowl ad. His product? A swastika T-shirt.

Ben Sales, JTA
Published February 10, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump speak during a joint press conference in the East Room of the White House on Feb. 4, 2025, in Washington, DC.

Trump: ‘The US will take over the Gaza Strip’

Ben Sales, JTA
Published February 4, 2025
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and President Donald Trump participate in the signing ceremony of the Abraham Accords on the South Lawn of the White House, Sept. 15, 2020. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Benjamin Netanyahu says he will meet Donald Trump at the White House on Feb. 4

Ben Sales, JTA
Published January 28, 2025
A hostage poster showing Keith Siegel can be seen at Israel's Ben-Gurion Airport. (Jane Gabin)

American hostage Keith Siegel reportedly to be released from Gaza in coming days

BEN SALES, JTA
Published January 26, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump and Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu participate in a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House,

Reversing Biden’s pause, Trump to deliver 2,000-pound bombs to Israel

Ben Sales, JTA
Published January 25, 2025
Hamas releases four female Israeli hostages in a ceremony in Gaza City on January 25, 2025. (Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto)

Hostages Daniela Gilboa, Liri Albag, Naama Levy and Karina Ariev released from Gaza in choreographed ceremony

BEN SALES, JTA
Published January 25, 2025
Mothers of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza protest for their release outside the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, July 8, 2024. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

Israeli hostages Daniela Gilboa, Liri Albag, Naama Levy and Karina Ariev slated to go free on Saturday

Ben Sales, JTAA
Published January 24, 2025
US President Donald Trump speaks to journalists in the Oval Office on January 20, 2025.

Trump says he is ‘not confident’ about Gaza ceasefire lasting

Ben Sales, JTA
Published January 21, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during inauguration ceremonies in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC.

In inaugural address, Trump hails return of ‘the hostages in the Middle East’

Ben Sales, JTA
Published January 20, 2025
Journalist Sam Husseini is dragged out of a State Department press briefing on Jan. 16, 2025.

Reporters castigating Israel and US support ejected from Blinken’s final press briefing

Ben Sales, JTA
Published January 16, 2025
Keren Munder, center, a former Hamas hostage, at a rally in Central Park, March 10, 2024.

Israel and Hamas agree to ceasefire deal after 15 months of war

Ben Sales, JTA
Published January 15, 2025
New developments in Chabad tunnel controversy as trial gets underway

New developments in Chabad tunnel controversy as trial gets underway

Ben Sales, JTA
Published January 14, 2025
Thousands of Israeli protesters wave flags during a rally against the Israeli government's judicial overhaul bills in Jerusalem, March 27, 2023.

Israel’s judicial overhaul is back. So are the protests.

Ben Sales, JTA
Published January 9, 2025
Donald Trump and his Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, speak at a press conference on Jan. 7, 2025.

Trump again threatens ‘all hell will break out’ over hostages as envoy signals optimism on a deal

Ben Sales, JTA
Published January 7, 2025
Adrien Brody poses with the Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama award for "The Brutalist" at the Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California, Jan. 5 2025. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP via Getty Images)

‘The Brutalist,’ Adrien Brody and Kieran Culkin win at Golden Globes

Ben Sales, JTA
Published January 6, 2025
Members of the Palestinian embassy to the Holy See give a keffiyeh, a traditional Palestinian scarf, to Pope Francis during a Christmas ceremony at St Peter's Square at the Vatican, Dec. 7, 2024. (Andreas Solaro/AFP via Getty Images)

As improved relations quaver, a new guide aims to educate Catholics about antisemitism

Ben Sales, JTA
Published December 16, 2024
Justin Trudeau condemns antisemitism after Montreal pro-Palestinian protest where Netanyahu is burned in effigy

Justin Trudeau condemns antisemitism after Montreal pro-Palestinian protest where Netanyahu is burned in effigy

BEN SALES, JTA
Published November 24, 2024
House Republican Conference Chair Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) speaks to reporters at a press conference following a House Republican Conference meeting at the U.S. Capitol Building, July 18, 2023. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Trump to nominate Elise Stefanik, who grilled university presidents on antisemitism, as UN ambassador

Ben Sales, Jewish News Syndicate
Published November 11, 2024
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant meets with soldiers stationed along the border with Lebanon as Israel readied a ground invasion against Hezbollah there.

Israel’s Third Lebanon War is underway. Here’s what you need to know.

Ben Sales, JTA
Published September 30, 2024
People listen to a speech by Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on November 3, 2023 in Tehran, Iran. (Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)

Israel kills Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah

Ben Sales, JTA
Published September 28, 2024
Members of Palestinian security forces carry the body of Turkish-American International Solidarity Movement activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi during a funeral procession in Nablus in the West Bank. (Nasser Ishtayeh/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

IDF says killing of American activist was unintentional and expresses ‘deepest regret’

Ben Sales, JTA
Published September 10, 2024
Qaid Farhan Al-Qadi was rescued from Gaza by Israeli troops on Aug. 27, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

Hostage rescued from tunnel in Gaza; Bedouin father of 11 was a security guard on Oct. 7

Ben Sales, JTA
Published August 27, 2024
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks during a campaign event for Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris, Ambler, Pennsylvania, July 29, 2024. (Joe Lamberti for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Josh Shapiro quotes ancient rabbi in statement about not being Kamala Harris’ VP pick

Ben Sales, JTA
Published August 6, 2024
An image of the soccer field in Majdal Shams following the attack that killed 12 children and teens.

Rocket from Lebanon kills 12 children and teens in Israel, raising prospects of broader war

Ben Sales, JTA
Published July 27, 2024

Netanyahu tells Congress Israel ‘will not relent’ until it defeats Hamas

Ben Sales, JTA
Published July 24, 2024

Benjamin Netanyahu will address Congress today. Here’s what to know and how to watch.

Ben Sales, JTA
Published July 24, 2024

Netanyahu disbands war cabinet after centrist party’s exit

Ben Sales, JTA
Published June 17, 2024
42% of Jews have felt unsafe wearing Jewish symbols in public since Oct. 7, study finds

42% of Jews have felt unsafe wearing Jewish symbols in public since Oct. 7, study finds

Ben Sales, JTA
Published June 10, 2024

Benjamin Netanyahu to address Congress on July 24

Ben Sales
Published June 7, 2024
Elliot Brandt, speaking at AIPAC's 2019 conference in Washington, D.C. (Screenshot)

AIPAC taps its No. 2, Elliot Brandt, to be its next CEO

Ben Sales, JTA
Published June 4, 2024
Macklemore performs onstage in Seattle in December. (Mat Hayward/Getty Images)

‘Hinds Hall,’ Macklemore’s new rap track, defends pro-Palestinian college protests and condemns Israel

Ben Sales, JTA
Published May 7, 2024

Iran attacks Israel: How we got here and what might happen next

Ben Sales, JTA
Published April 13, 2024
Norberto Louis Har, 70 (left), and Fernando Simon Marman, 60, were rescued in a nighttime operation in Rafah.

IDF rescues 2 hostages as it steps up operations in Rafah

Ben Sales, JTA
Published February 11, 2024
Families of the hostages, and their supporters call for the release of all the hostages during a demonstration outside The Kirya ahead of the war cabinet meeting on the fifth day of the temporary truce, in Tel Aviv, Nov. 28, 2023. (Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

Israel and Hamas set to resume indirect talks as fallout continues from IDF killing of 3 hostages

Ben Sales, JTA
Published December 18, 2023
Claudine Gay, President of Harvard University, Liz Magill, President of University of Pennsylvania, and Sally Kornbluth, President of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, testify before the House Education and Workforce Committee on December 5, 2023, in Washington, DC. The Committee held a hearing to investigate antisemitism on college campuses.

Penn president resigns amid criticism of her testimony on campus antisemitism

Ben Sales, JTA
Published December 9, 2023

Osama bin Laden’s antisemitic ‘Letter to America’ goes viral on TikTok

Ben Sales, JTA
Published November 16, 2023
Supporters of Israel protest near the U.S. Capitol, Oct. 13, 2023.

Three-quarters of American Jews fear Israel-Hamas war is making their communities less safe, poll finds

Ben Sales, JTA
Published November 9, 2023
Alyssa Milano and Ady Barkan (center) attend the Los Angeles Supports a Dream Act Now! protest at the office of California Senator Dianne Feinstein on January 3, 2018 in Los Angeles, California.

Ady Barkan, healthcare activist who fought Lou Gehrig’s disease, dies at 39

Ben Sales, JTA
Published November 2, 2023

Hamas opens border crossing with Egypt as death toll rises amid heavy fighting in Gaza

Ben Sales, JTA
Published November 1, 2023
Asher Moskowitz, a volunteer first responder, describes seeing the body of a baby who was burnt in an oven on Oct. 7. (Screenshot)

An Israeli first responder recalls tending to the body of a baby burnt in an oven

Ben Sales, JTA
Published October 31, 2023
Yocheved Lifschitz, left, and Nurit Cooper were reportedly released by Hamas after more than two weeks in captivity in Gaza.

Hamas frees two additional hostages from Gaza as more than 200 remain

Ben Sales, JTA
Published October 23, 2023
18-year-old pianist opens Carnegie Hall performance with Israeli national anthem

18-year-old pianist opens Carnegie Hall performance with Israeli national anthem

Ben Sales, JTA
Published October 22, 2023

Netanyahu says ‘hard days are still ahead of us,’ vows to defeat Hamas in ‘massive attack’

Ben Sales, JTA.
Published October 9, 2023
Under Elon Musk, the social media platform X has been at the center of several antisemitism-related controversies.

ADL to resume advertising on Elon Musk’s X after weeks of his attacks

Ben Sales, JTA
Published October 5, 2023
ADL’s CEO Jonathan A. Greenblatt and Elon Musk

ADL CEO: Elon Musk is a ‘great innovator’ who engages with ‘users who are espousing antisemitism and hate’

Ben Sales, JTA
Published September 7, 2023
In this photo illustration, the image of Elon Musk is displayed on a computer screen and the logo of twitter on a mobile phone in Ankara, Turkiye on Oct. 6, 2022. (Muhammed Selim Korkutata / Anadolu Agency)

Elon Musk threatens to sue the ADL for billions

Ben Sales, JTA
Published September 5, 2023
A group of Israeli and Ethiopian citizens pose for a photo. (Photo: Israeli Embassy in Ethiopia)

Israel evacuates more than 200 Ethiopians from conflict region

BEN SALES, JTA
Published August 10, 2023
President of the Israeli Supreme Court Esther Hayut and fellow justices arrive for a court hearing on petitions demanding the annulment of the appointment of Shas leader Aryeh Deri as a government minister, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, Jan. 5, 2023.

Israeli Supreme Court to hear petitions against ‘reasonableness law’

Ben Sales, JTA
Published July 26, 2023
Israeli court overhaul: Arrests, strikes and economic troubles follow pivotal vote

Israeli court overhaul: Arrests, strikes and economic troubles follow pivotal vote

Ben Sales, JTA
Published July 25, 2023
ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt and Manara Center Chairman Dr. Ali Al Nuaimi at the signing ceremony at Manara’s new offices in Abu Dhabi.

Large Jewish groups in 7 countries team up to fight antisemitism

Ben Sales, JTA
Published July 25, 2023
Yariv Levin (middle), the Israeli justice minister was an architect of the judicial reform and celebrated Monday's vote.

Israel passes first law weakening Supreme Court following months of civil strife

Ben Sales, JTA
Published July 24, 2023

What you need to know about the fight over Israel’s court system

Ben Sales, JTA
Published July 23, 2023

In fiery address, Netanyahu doubles down on judicial overhaul while calling for unity

BEN SALES, JTA
Published July 20, 2023
Joe Biden invites Benjamin Netanyahu to meet in US, after months of tension

Joe Biden invites Benjamin Netanyahu to meet in US, after months of tension

BEN SALES, JTA
Published July 17, 2023
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claims COVID was ‘ethnically targeted’ to avoid Ashkenazi Jews, Chinese people

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claims COVID was ‘ethnically targeted’ to avoid Ashkenazi Jews, Chinese people

BEN SALES, JTA
Published July 16, 2023
Netanyahu ousts prominent Likud party activist for wishing ‘another six million would burn’

Netanyahu ousts prominent Likud party activist for wishing ‘another six million would burn’

BEN SALES, JTA
Published July 16, 2023
Feb 7, 2023; Washington, DC, USA; Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., arrives before President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, in Washington. Mandatory Credit: Jacquelyn Martin/Pool-USA TODAY NETWORK

Ilhan Omar: ‘No way in hell I am attending’ Israeli president’s speech to Congress

Ben Sales, JTA
Published July 13, 2023

As protests rage across Israel, Diaspora minister accuses Biden of colluding with Israeli opposition and ‘inflaming’ unrest

Ben Sales, JTA
Published July 11, 2023
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