Israel begins honoring long-overlooked Jewish WWII veterans
JERUSALEM (AP) — As a proud patriot, Brooklyn-born Dan Nadel enlisted in the U.S. army right after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. But there was another force driving him
West Bank settlers optimistic over new Israeli government
JERUSALEM (AP) — As the new Israeli government prepares to take office, the West Bank settler movement appears poised to wield influence perhaps like never before.
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Israel’s ultra-Orthodox poised for political comeback
JERUSALEM (AP) — The formation of Benjamin Netanyahu’s new coalition government has cleared the way for Israel’s ultra-Orthodox parties to return to power after two years in the opposition.
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Protests highlight troubles of Ethiopian Jews in Israel
JERUSALEM (AP) — When Israel secretly airlifted waves of Ethiopian Jews in the 1980s and 1990s, saving them from war and famine in the Horn of Africa, it was celebrated
Israel grapples with whether to recognize Armenian genocide
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Nazi genocide of European Jews is widely commemorated in Israel and etched deeply into the psyche of a country founded in the Holocaust’s aftermath. But when
Iconic Israeli actor Chaim Topol reflects on long career
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — He was Tevye the milkman of “Fiddler on the Roof” fame, James Bond’s wingman in “For Your Eyes Only” and a nutty professor in the
Despite victory, Israeli leader struggling to form coalition
JERUSALEM (AP) — With a resounding election victory last month, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seemed to have an easy path toward quickly establishing a coalition government with his traditional
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
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