Children of Holocaust survivors inherit the role of witness
KFAR HAROEH, Israel (AP) — When David Hershkoviz was a child, he used to wake up in the middle of the night to the sound of his mother screaming in
Ethnic tensions between Israeli Jews fuel Netanyahu victory
ROSH HA’AYIN, Israel (AP) — Israel’s visceral election campaign has exposed a rift that many here thought had long subsided — the deep-seated schism between Jews of European and Middle
Late returns give Netanyahu stunning victory in Israeli election after tight race
TEL AVIV, Israel — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling Likud Party scored a resounding victory in the country’s election, final results showed Wednesday, a stunning turnaround after a tight
Netanyahu Declares Victory in Tight Race
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declared victory after a tight national election appeared to give him the upper hand in forming the country’s next coalition government. The AP’s Aron
In close Israel vote, leader of upstart party is kingmaker
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The new kingmaker of Israeli politics grew up in a hardscrabble town in northern Israel, one of seven children of Libyan Jewish immigrants, and worked
Netanyahu’s former US envoy now among his Israeli rivals
JERUSALEM (AP) — He was Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s envoy to the United States for more than four years. But when former Ambassador Michael Oren decided to enter politics, he
Despite spat with US, Israeli leader fighting Iran nuke deal
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heads to Washington next week on a last-gasp effort to seal what he hopes will become his signature achievement: preventing Iran from
In Israel, biracial German author probes her Nazi heritage
JERUSALEM (AP) — When Jennifer Teege stumbled upon a book in a Hamburg library seven years ago, the biracial German woman who was given up for adoption as a child
Israel’s Netanyahu facing new scandal over bloated expenses
JERUSALEM (AP) — With Israeli elections looming and the region in turmoil, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu found himself once more enmeshed in a gossipy scandal on Tuesday: a new government
AP Interview: Netanyahu election ally Naftali Bennett tough on Palestinians
JERUSALEM (AP) — With the Israeli prime minister under fire internationally for his hard-line policies, a key partner of Benjamin Netanyahu is standing firmly behind him ahead of the March
Yair Lapid seeks 2nd chance to be face of Israel’s future
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — After bursting onto the political scene with a surprisingly strong showing in Israel’s last election, Yair Lapid said he was bound for the prime minister’s
Israeli TV show casts cutting comedy eye on March election
HERZLIYA, Israel (AP) — For many Israelis, the country’s election campaign has only truly begun with the recent return of “Eretz Nehederet,” a biting TV satire that is Israel’s equivalent
Israeli center-left alliance looks to unseat Netanyahu
JERUSALEM (AP) — When Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dissolved his unwieldy coalition and called new elections last month, he appeared almost certain to be returned once more to office. But
70 years after Auschwitz liberation, a survivor remembers
JERUSALEM (AP) — Marta Wise was ill and emaciated when she heard the distant sound of soldiers marching toward Auschwitz. The 10-year-old Slovakian Jew assumed it was German troops coming
Embattled Cleveland coach Blatt remains beloved in Israel
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Even casual Israeli basketball fans begin their day with an update on the Cleveland Cavaliers, and the newfound obsession with the NBA franchise has little