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June 9, 2021 at 9:29 pm

Biden embraces a Trump policy in backing Arab-Israeli deals

The Biden administration is laying the groundwork for a renewed push to encourage more Arab countries to sign accords with Israel and working to strengthen...

June 9, 2021 at 2:54 pm

Biden embraces a Trump policy in backing Arab-Israeli deals

The Biden administration is laying the groundwork for a renewed push to encourage more Arab countries to sign accords with Israel and working to strengthen...

June 3, 2021 at 2:06 am

Netanyahu foes push for quick vote to end his 12-year rule VIEW

The coalition consists of eight parties from across the political spectrum with the shared goal of toppling Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after a record-setting 12...

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June 2, 2021 at 3:26 pm

Bennett, Netanyahu’s former protege, poised to succeed him

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — For months, Naftali Bennett vexed Israel's political establishment by refusing to say whether he and his Yamina party would get...

June 1, 2021 at 8:53 am

Netanyahu: Israel would risk ‘friction’ with US over Iran

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday he's prepared to risk tension with the U.S. if that is what it...

People clean a synagogue in Ashkelon, Israel damaged by a missile from Gaza, May 16, 2021. Civilian deaths on both sides raise urgent questions about which military actions are legal, what war crimes are being committed and who, if anyone, will be held to account. (Dan Balilty/The New York Times) XNYT68 XNYT68

May 18, 2021 at 2:05 am

Rockets from Gaza rain havoc on Israeli cities in latest war VIEW

JERUSALEM (AP) — Sirens wailed just before the Jewish holiday of Shavuot began on Sunday evening, sending Chen Farag and her family once again running...

April 27, 2021 at 6:19 am

Israeli soccer referee comes out as transgender woman

RAMAT GAN, Israel (AP) — An Israeli soccer referee has come out as transgender and is living — and enforcing the rules of the game...

April 8, 2021 at 12:09 am

March of the Living honors medical workers battling COVID-19 VIEW

JERUSALEM (AP) — Like so many mothers, Raul Artal’s insisted that her son was going to be a doctor. But there was a history —...

March 18, 2021 at 11:15 pm

Israeli voters poised to send first Reform rabbi to Knesset

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — In years of going against Israel’s religious and political mainstream, Rabbi Gilad Kariv has learned to handle conflict. He has...

March 8, 2021 at 1:27 am

Israel celebrates 5 millionth coronavirus vaccination VIEW

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel's leaders Monday celebrated the country's 5 millionth coronavirus vaccination on the same day the government began vaccinating Palestinian laborers...