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March 17, 20150

Exit polls: Zionist Union, Likud neck and neck at top

TEL AVIV (JTA) — Exit polls in Israel showed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party neck and neck at the top with the center-left Zionist Uni

March 4, 20150

Isaac Herzog hopes to speak softly and carry Israel’s election

By Ben Sales, JTA World News Service TEL AVIV (JTA) -- Isaac Herzog paces slowly up and down the stage, one hand in his suit pocket, a slight smi

February 10, 20150

Netanyahu’s U.S. speech exposes partisan fault lines on Israel

By Ron Kampeas, JTA World News Service WASHINGTON (JTA) – The controversy over whether Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s planned speech t

February 10, 20150

Netanyahu says speech will go ahead as planned

WASHINGTON (JTA) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he is determined to speak to Congress on March 3. “At a time when there are thos

January 12, 20150

Victims of supermarket attack remembered at Paris synagogue

PARIS (JTA) — Hundreds gathered with the leaders of France and Israel to remember the victims of an attack at a kosher supermarket near Paris. Fr

December 23, 20140

Take JTA’s 2014 news quiz

By JTA Staff (JTA) -- What made headlines (in Israel, the U.S. and around the world) in 2014? Test your knowledge with JTA's annual news quiz:

December 17, 20140

Will U.S. Jewish groups pivot left if Herzog wins?

By Ron Kampeas, JTA World News Service WASHINGTON (JTA) – Come early next year, there might be yet another world capital that opposes Israeli settl

November 28, 20140

Report: Israel and Palestinians held back-channel peace negotiations

JERUSALEM (JTA) -- Israel and the Palestinians held secret back-channel peace negotiations, the New Republic reported. The secret negotiations crea

November 17, 20140

Debate tabled on bill naming Israel national homeland for Jews

JERUSALEM (JTA) -- A Knesset committee vote on a law to officially make Israel the nation-state of all Jews was postponed. Justice Minister Tzipi L

October 31, 20140

Do Israelis think Netanyahu is ‘chickensh*t’? Maybe, but they like him that way

By Ben Sales, JTA World News Service JERUSALEM (JTA) — An anonymous White House staffer apparently isn’t the only one who thinks Benjamin Netanyahu

October 29, 20140

White House attempts to distance itself from Netanyahu slur

(JNS.org) The White House on Wednesday attempted to distance itself from comments by an anonymous senior U.S. official who called Israeli Prime Minist

October 22, 20141

Netanyahu slams Abbas over deadly rail attack in Jerusalem

JERUSALEM (JTA) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas for the light rail attack in Jeru

September 17, 20140

At 2014 U.N. General Assembly, ISIS likely to dominate discourse

By Uriel Heilman, JTA World News Service ANALYSIS NEW YORK (JTA) — The circus is coming to town. No, there won’t be marching elephants, lion

August 28, 20140

Both sides claim victory after seven weeks of fighting

By Abdullah H. Erakat and Linda Gradstein, The Media Line (RAMALLAH) — After the rockets comes the spin machine, and both Israel and Hamas are clam

August 27, 20140

Fifty days, fifty points: Bibi’s approval ratings, buoyed by war, are now plummeting — but why?

By Ben Sales, JTA World News Service TEL AVIV (JTA) — Israel’s war is over, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s fight may only have just begun.

Israeli economy cabinet minister Naftali Bennett.

April 28, 20140

Israeli cabinet minister calls to dismantle security fence

By Felice Friedson and Linda Gradstein, The Media Line Israeli Economy Minister Naftali Bennett said on Sunday that Israel should annex the 60 perc

April 23, 20140

Palestinians Retreat from Threat to Dismantle Palestinian Authority

By Linda Gradstein, The Media Line Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas set off a storm in Israel when he reportedly told American negotia

April 22, 20140

Netanyahu tells Palestinians to call when they’re ready for peace

With Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas threatening to dissolve the Palestinian Authority and peace negotiations faltering, Israeli Prime Minister Be

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