יום שני, ז׳ תמוז תשפ״וMonday, June 22, 2026
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By Ben Sales
“You want to know what this wine looked like, which wine King David drank, white or red.... We can see if it’s red or white, strong or weak.”
By Ben Sales
After a month, should the quiet hold, Israel and Hamas will restart indirect negotiations in Cairo on easing Israel’s blockade of the coastal strip and disarming the enclave.
By Ben Sales
Shlomy Zachary, an Israeli human rights lawyer, noted that Israeli cooperation with previous UN investigations has helped mitigate criticism of Israel - for example, in a 2010 UN investigation of the so-called flotilla incident.
By Ben Sales
Smart bombs: Israeli war technology isn’t limited to the home front.
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“The values I learned from my parents are probably the same values I hope Christians and Muslims and Hindus and Buddhists teach to their people.”
By Ben Sales
On Monday, Lapid told JTA that he would sooner agree to freeze settlement growth than free Palestinian prisoners, as Netanyahu has done previously in an effort to advance the process.
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"He was like everyone else," she said. "He was serious. He wouldn't mess around. He would do what I said. He was quiet a lot and thought a lot. He did everything well."
By Ben Sales
More than having a hand on the wheel, the year since the formation of the new government has seen Jewish Home and the coalition’s other smaller parties driving much of the government's agenda. Netanyahu’s Likud party has taken a back seat on everything besides security affairs.
By Ben Sales
Saddled with nearly $370 million in debt and an annual deficit exceeding $85 million, Hadassah Hospital struggles to chart a course back to solvency.
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JERUSALEM – To be married in Israel, immigrants must prove their Jewish ancestry to the country’s Chief Rabbinate.
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TEL AVIV – The disclosure last week that American intelligence spied on former Israeli prime ministers has given new momentum to the effort to secure a pardon for convicted spy Jonathan Pollard.
By Ben Sales
BEIT SHEMESH – It was only when her sons came at her with knives that she realized keeping quiet was not going to work.
By Ben Sales
TEL AVIV – Following reports of what was almost certainly a chemical weapons attack in Syria, the White House has made moves indicating it may be inching closer to military intervention in the civil war there.
By Ben Sales
TEL AVIV – When Magda Haroun was out on the streets during the unrest now rocking Egypt’s capital, she saw someone standing over the body of a dead soldier. “Not even a Jew would do this,” she heard him say.
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JERUSALEM – The large white poster is topped by a screaming headline written in large black letters: “Hell.” Posted on a wall in Jerusalem’s haredi Meah Shearim neighborhood, the sign describes a development that threatens the community with “extinction” and “makes all living hearts tremble.”
By Ben Sales
The contest for Chief Rabbi gets uglier. Rabbi Metzger is suspected of bribery. No charges have been filed, but candidate Rabbi Stav said there is no room for “corrupt politicians” in the rabbinate.
By Ben Sales
Adding Turkey to the list of volatile states would mean even more uncertainty for Israel.
By Ben Sales
TEL AVIV – Twice in three days, Israeli warplanes entered Syrian airspace and fired on suspected weapons caches bound for Hizbullah – and, so far at least, nothing has happened in response.
By Ben Sales
JERUSALEM – President Obama had three goals for his first presidential trip to Israel. He wanted to persuade Israelis that the United States is committed to preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. He wanted to promote the renewal of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, albeit without any specific “deliverables.” Most of all, however, he wanted to charm the pants off the Israeli people.He dropped Hebrew phrases into his speeches. He quoted the Talmud. He invoked the story of Passover. So, did it work?
By Ben Sales
HERZLIYA, Israel – Three weeks ago, militants in Gaza landed a rocket near the Israeli city of Ashkelon.
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JERUSALEM – Palestinians were marching, rocks were flying, tires were burning and prisoners were hunger-striking.
By Ben Sales
They walked up a tree-lined path through stony hills to a square, white building -- men in black hats, beards and frock coats; in T-shirts and jeans; in sweaters, slacks and velvet kippas. They came by the hundreds -- 19-year-olds looking for a match, 40-year-olds losing hope that they would ever find one, boys of […]
By Ben Sales
TEL AVIV – Last week’s Israeli election saw a major shakeup in the country’s government, with 53 new members elected to its parliament, the Knesset.
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TEL AVIV – His party shrunk, his opponents grew and his challengers multiplied. But with the results in, it seems Benjamin Netanyahu survived the Knesset elections Tuesday to serve another term as prime minister.
By Ben Sales
KFAR AZA, Israel – In some ways, Israel’s latest confrontation with Hamas looks like past conflicts in the Gaza Strip. Operation Pillar of Defense has left some key Hamas leaders dead, depleted weapons supplies and hit more than 1,000 targets in Gaza.
By Ben Sales
TEL AVIV – Like any of the Israeli army's combat battalions, the soldiers of Netzach Yehuda faced a 60-mile hike during basic training meant to simulate battle conditions.
By Ben Sales
As the frequency of suicide bombings increased in the 1990s, Israelis began to realize that their conflicts had shifted from the conventional battlefield to their streets, buses and cafes.
By Ben Sales
JERUSALEM – Mitt Romney’s policy speech in Israel covered plenty of bases: The presumptive Republican presidential candidate spoke about the status of Jerusalem, the threat of a nuclear Iran, the “tumult” of the Arab Spring and the “enduring shared values” that bedrock the U.S.-Israel relationship.
