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A protester holds a poster with a photo of 23-year-old U.S.-Israeli Hersh Goldberg-Polin as people gather with signs calling for the release of hostages held by Hamas since Oct. 7, during a rally in Tel Aviv, October 28, 2023. (Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images)

August 23, 2024, 6:00 pm

OPINION: I’m a proud Israeli Jew. Of course a Palestinian should have spoken at the DNC

...but it's not hard to see why it didn't happen at either the Democrats or Republican gatherings

By Hen Mazzig

Kamala Harris speaks at a press conference.

July 22, 2024, 11:43 am

Biden ends campaign and endorses Kamala Harris as talks to end Israel-Hamas war enter critical phase

Exit from US presidential race comes on the eve of a visit to Washington by Benjamin Netanyahu

By Ron Kampeas (JTA)

The damage inflicted on Israeli kibbutzim near the Gaza border

December 20, 2023, 11:13 am

60 percent of young adults in the US say Hamas attacks justified, shock survey finds

Poll of by Harvard University’s Centre for American Political Studies highlights differences in opinion between younger and older voters towards Israel-Gaza conflict

By Jenni Frazer

Media gather outside the BBC headquarters

October 25, 2023, 7:18 pm

OPINION: Yes, we’re angry at the BBC but now is a time for rational heads

'This is a time of testing. We must try to keep perspective because blind fury won't help anyone', writes Sunday Times news review editor Josh Glancy in his debut column for Jewish News

By Josh Glancy

There is concern in Washington over Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition and its ongoing efforts to hobble Israel’s judiciary.

July 20, 2023, 10:33 am

Isaac Herzog assures Congress Israeli democracy is ‘sound, strong, and resilient’

There is concern in Washington over Netanyahu’s coalition and its efforts to hobble Israel’s judiciary, after far-right and strictly-Orthodox ministers complained about judges.

By Adam Decker

July 10, 2023, 9:19 am

Biden criticises ‘extremists’ in Israel’s government and Palestinian Authority

The US president also again declined to say when he would invite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House.

By Ron Kampeas (JTA)

UNESCO's offices in Brazil. The organisation has now voted to readmit the United States, after Donald Trump's decision to withdraw in 2017.

July 5, 2023, 3:49 pm

US to rejoin UNESCO after Trump’s withdrawal citing ‘anti-Israel bias’

The Paris-based organisation votes overwhelmingly to readmit Washington, with 132 countries voting for it and ten voting against

By Jewish News Reporter

June 7, 2023, 12:59 pm

Israeli FM lashes out at Kamala Harris for urging Israel to preserve independent judiciary

Foreign Minister Eli Cohen claimed U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris 'hasn't read the law' after her thinly-veiled remarks about the controversial judicial reforms.

By Jotam Confino

Demonstrators against the judicial overhaul outside the Knesset in Jerusalem, Feb. 13, 2023 (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

February 13, 2023, 11:38 am

Biden weighs in on Israel’s proposed judiciary changes

As tens of thousands protest in Jerusalem, US president calls for 'checks and balances' for the sake of democracy

By Philissa Cramer (JTA)

January 10, 2023, 10:49 pm

AIPAC gathers to strategise election of pro-Israel candidates in 2024

Delegates at two-day Washington conference meet for the first time since the pandemic to promote US-Israel relations

By Ron Kampeas (JTA)

Israeli designate Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in conversation with right-wing Knesset member Itamar Ben Gvir during the swearing-in ceremony for the new Israeli parliament.

December 23, 2022, 11:42 am

300 rabbis to block extremists in Israeli government from visiting their communities

Open letter circulating across communities in the United States says they will not invite members of the bloc “to speak at our congregations and organisations".

By Ron Kampeas (JTA)

Benjamin Netanyahu addresses his supporters from a truck at a campaign event in the run up to Israel's election.

December 22, 2022, 10:10 am

Who’s who in Israel’s new far-right government, and why it matters

As the new government is formally sealed, here’s what you need to know about who’s set to take power in Israel.

By Andrew Lapin (JTA)

Joe Biden meets Holocaust survivors at Yad Vashem

July 14, 2022, 11:23 am

‘Never had fun in Yad Vashem before’ — Biden bends knee to meet Holocaust survivors

The US president dispensed both with social distancing and the chair laid out for him to meet 86-year-old Rene Quint and Giselle Cycowicz, 95

By Michael Daventry and JTA

Israeli prime minister Yair Lapid, US president Joe Biden and Israeli president Isaac Herzog on the tarmac of Ben Gurion Airport on Wednesday afternoon (Photo: Kobi Gideon/GPO)

July 13, 2022, 2:21 pm

Israel revels in Biden’s visit, but it will take more to charm the Palestinians

The US president delighted his hosts by uttering the phrase ‘you do not need to be Jewish to be a Zionist’ within minutes of landing

By Michael Daventry

A picture of Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh, who was killed by gunfire on 11 May 2022, in Qatar (Photo: Reuters/Imad Creidi)

June 24, 2022, 2:33 pm

Half of Democrat senators want Biden to act over Abu Akleh killing

The Palestinian journalist was shot dead last month while covering an Israeli raid in the West Bank

By JTA

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