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Ben Sales (JTA)

Ben Sales (JTA)

Charedi Jews being taken away by police in Jerusalem during a protest over army service.
June 5, 2025, 9:16 am
Israel may head to elections as Charedi parties rebel over army conscription
Netanyahu has faced crises over the Charedi draft in the past and usually overcome them, though the issue has also stymied past coalitions
By Ben Sales (JTA)
U.S. Capitol building (Martin Falbisoner via Wikimedia Commons)
May 23, 2025, 10:13 am
After museum shooting, Jewish groups call for $1bn in federal funding to secure religious institutions
Statement was signed by groups representing the Orthodox, Conservative and Reform movements as well as other major organisations.
By Ben Sales (JTA)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. JINI via Xinhua ISRAEL-TEL AVIV-NETANYAHU-PRE
May 22, 2025, 10:48 am
Netanyahu: ‘Trump plan for Gaza emigration is condition for ending war’
Israel’s prime minister rebuffed calls to end the war, step down or take responsibility for failing to prevent Hamas’ 7 October, 2023, attack
By Ben Sales (JTA)
The first image released from Gaza of Edan Alexander, who was released from Hamas captivity on 12 May, 2025. (Screenshot)
May 12, 2025, 9:40 pm
Hamas releases Edan Alexander, last living American hostage
This was the first release arranged directly between the terror group and the United States
By Ben Sales (JTA)
US president Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu . Photo by: JINIPIX
May 7, 2025, 1:04 pm
US reaches truce with Houthis hours after Israel bombs their airport in Yemen
Israel was reportedly not notified of the ceasefire in advance
By Ben Sales (JTA)
An Israeli Air Force plane in action
April 10, 2025, 3:27 pm
Israeli reservists are discharged after hundreds call for release of hostages and end of war
The call came as a poll showed two-thirds of Israelis want the government to prioritise freeing the hostages over defeating Hamas
By Ben Sales (JTA)
Most Americans oppose the U.S. conquering Gaza — a policy first floated by Donald Trump in February, Pew Research finds.
April 10, 2025, 10:42 am
Most Amwericans oppose Trump’s plan to takeover Gaza, survey finds
The Pew survey found that 53 percent of Americans overall have an unfavourable view of Israel, compared to 42 percent in 2022.
By Ben Sales (JTA)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump (The White House, via Wikipedia)
April 7, 2025, 10:39 am
Netanyahu in Washington again to meet with Trump to discuss tariffs and Gaza
The last time the two men met, Trump pledged to “take over” the Gaza Strip
By Ben Sales (JTA)
Police clash with protesters during a protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the current Israeli government, in Tel Aviv, Feb. 24, 2024. (Itai Ron/Flash90) הפגנה שמאל מלחמה נגד ממשלה
April 3, 2025, 10:04 am
ANALYSIS: Qatargate and the web of scandals rocking Israel
Yesterday, the banner headline on one of Israel’s most-read papers blared, simply, “National Vertigo”
By Ben Sales (JTA)
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaks at a news conference at the Knesset in Jerusalem, April 21, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 via JTA)
April 3, 2025, 9:53 am
Naftali Bennett is back: Former Israeli prime minister signals another run at Netanyahu
Bennett, who was the last person to unseat the current prime minister, hopes to do so again.
By Ben Sales (JTA)
Yarden Bibas appears on 60 Minutes on March 30, 2025. (Screenshot)
April 1, 2025, 10:31 am
Yarden Bibas says ‘I am here because of Trump’ and pleads with him to stop the Gaza war
Bibas said his Hamas captors told him, 'You’ll get a new wife, new kids. Better wife, better kids.'
By Ben Sales (JTA)
Columbia's gates were closed to ID holders the week of University President Minouche Shafik's testimony in Congress. (Jackie Hajdenberg via JTA)
March 26, 2025, 11:44 am
Trump can’t deport Columbia undergraduate pro-Palestinian activist, Jewish judge rules
Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald said the Trump administration had not shown that Yunseo Chung poses a foreign policy risk
By Ben Sales (JTA)
Michal Cotler-Wunsh, pictured in 2024. (Screenshot)
March 24, 2025, 1:33 pm
Israel’s antisemitism envoy says she wasn’t consulted ahead of conference
Michal Cotler-Wunsh is the latest prominent figure to express concern about the event, at which far-right leaders are due to speak
By Ben Sales (JTA)
Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist at Columbia who was arrested by ICE in March 2025, speaking to media. (Screenshot)
March 19, 2025, 11:36 am
From jail, Mahmoud Khalil urges renewed student pro-Palestinian protests
The protest leader from Columbia University says he is a “political prisoner” since being arrested by ICE last week.
By Ben Sales (JTA)
A body of a Palestinian killed in an Israeli army airstrikes is brought to Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
March 18, 2025, 9:11 am
Ceasefire shattered: Israel bombs Hamas targets – terror group claims more than 300 killed
Israeli warplanes struck Gaza overnight, ending a two-month ceasefire after Hamas refused hostage deal proposals from Israel and the US
By Ben Sales (JTA)
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