KIRYAT SHEMONA, Israel - It's not easy getting American Jewish teenagers to Israel these days.With Birthright Israel offering free trips to 18- to 26-year-olds, parents are wary of shelling out cash for their high school-aged children to visit the Jewish...

TEL AVIV   - On Rothschild Boulevard, Tel Aviv's version of Park Avenue, a burgeoning tent city has sprung up amid crowded cafes and its canopy of ficus trees. The squatters are protesting soaring housing prices in the country, and they have galvanized...