JERUSALEM (JTA) — There are many problems with the Nationality Law nearing passage as the Knesset wraps up its summer session on Sunday, not the least of which is that there is no reason for it. No Israelis challenge the Jewishness of the state, thus...

NEW YORK (JTA) — A prominent Jewish philanthropist says he was aggressively questioned by Israeli airport security after going on a Jewish tour of Palestinian areas of the West Bank.Meyer Koplow, chair of Brandeis University’s board of trustees and...

JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Hamas terror organization may cease sending incendiary kites and balloons into Israeli territory, the Palestinian Al Quds newspaper reported Wednesday.Over the past several months, thousands of acres of Israeli farmland and nature...

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu surprised Israeli lawmakers on Wednesday when he blocked a vote on a bill that would grant the government far-reaching power to remove or block content from social media sites.The so-called Facebook...

JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem said Wednesday that its operations will not be affected by a 2016 law restricting NGOs which receive the majority of their funding from abroad.In a joint statement with Breaking the...

JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Knesset passed legislation that would ban organizations critical of the Israeli military from entering schools.The law, which appears aimed at the Breaking the Silence NGO, passed early Tuesday morning on second and third reading...

JERUSALEM (JTA) — First kites and balloons, and now birds are being used to by Palestinians in Gaza to set fires in southern Israel.Israel Nature and Parks Authority personnel on Monday afternoon found a common kestrel, a member of the falcon family,...

WASHINGTON (JTA) — The media, Congress, the international community — just about everybody is reeling after the joint news conference on Monday in Helsinki bringing together President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.Among other remarkable...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, seated second from left, leading a Likud faction meeting in the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, July 16, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel is debating legislation that supporters say states the...