New TV channel tells Israel’s side of the story
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — State-of-the-art TV studios above an ancient Mideast port signal Israel’s arrival in a modern media landscape in which countries increasingly seek to broadcast their own
In zombies, Israelis and Arabs find common enemy
JERUSALEM (AP) — In one of the central scenes of the summer blockbuster movie “World War Z,” Israeli troops funnel Palestinian refugees to safety in Jerusalem behind a massive concrete
Ahead of draft, ultra-Orthodox soldiers in Israel under fire
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli soldier was walking home on a busy Jerusalem street when suddenly a car stopped next to him, and men inside spat upon him and hurled
Israeli lawmaker emerging as main foil to Netanyahu
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Danny Danon says he has no problem with his party leader, Israel’s prime minister — so long as he doesn’t make peace.
The ambitious deputy
Israeli memorial honors rescuers of Jews in World War II
JERUSALEM (AP) — In the spring of 1943, the friend of a Polish-Catholic family discovered a naked, Jewish baby in a nearby dark, cold cellar. The child, not even 2
Vandalism fails to shake coexistence in Israeli Arab town
ABU GHOSH, Israel (AP) — In a land rife with religious tension, one town has proven to be an exception — Abu Ghosh has been a model of coexistence in
Israeli PM opens historic exhibit at Auschwitz
OSWIECIM, Poland (AP) — Standing in front of a former prisoner block at the infamous Auschwitz death camp, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the world Thursday of not doing
In Poland, Israeli PM warns of another Holocaust from Iran
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began his two-day visit to Poland, which Germany’s Nazis occupied during World War II and where they committed the worst crimes
Israeli power couple links politics with the press
JERUSALEM (AP) — He’s a powerful Cabinet minister and a potential heir to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. She’s an influential anchor for Israel’s state-run TV channel who led its recent
Israeli leader under fire for costly lifestyle
JERUSALEM (AP) — For years, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been saddled with an image of a cigar-smoking, cognac-drinking socialite. Now a new disclosure about his soaring spending on
Holocaust memorial races to collect WWII victims’ names
REHOVOT, Israel (AP) — With a hand on her chest, 82-year-old Rivka Fringeru battled back tears as she reeled off a list of names she has rarely voiced in the
Israel fears end to 40 years of quiet on Syrian front
ALONEI HABASHAN, Golan Heights (AP) — Against a vista of green fields and snowcapped mountains, all is silent but for a gusting wind. Then comes a burst of gunfire from
Israel at 65: Success plagued by uncertainty
JERUSALEM (AP) — In 65 years, Israel has surpassed the dreams of its founders, emerging as the Middle East’s strongest military force, a global high-tech powerhouse and a prosperous homeland
Warsaw ghetto survivor in Israel recalls heroic uprising
JERUSALEM (AP) — Two days before her comrades embarked on an uprising that came to symbolize Jewish resistance against the Nazis in World War II, 14-year-old Aliza Mendel got her
Obama needs to charm skeptical Israelis in visit
JERUSALEM (AP) — Barack Obama’s vow to take his message straight to the public during his first presidential visit to Israel will be a tough sell with many Israelis who