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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

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Knesset
February 3, 20150

Candidates go head to head on Israel’s future — and in English, too

By Ben Sales, JTA World News Service TEL AVIV (JTA) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Labor Chairman Isaac Herzog won’t be debating each other

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knesset
January 26, 20150

Israeli left resurgent as campaign rhetoric escalates ahead of March elections

By Ben Sales, JTA World News Service TEL AVIV (JTA) -- Stav Shaffir was angry. The 29-year-old firebrand is known for her outbursts, which have got

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Kafr Manda
January 21, 20150

First Muslim to run for Jewish Home slate, Anett Haskia is a rarity among Arab-Israelis

By Ben Sales, JTA World News Service PETACH TIKVAH, Israel (JTA) -- Outside the Moriah Synagogue in this central Israeli city, boys in ritual fring

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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

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Kotel
November 20, 20140

Making Israel’s Jewish status the law: Does it matter?

By Ben Sales, JTA World News TEL AVIV (JTA) -- On Sunday, Israel's Cabinet is set to advance a controversial bill that if passed by the Knesset wou

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Al Aqsa
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

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June 17, 20140

Israeli-Arab Knesset member says kidnappers are not ‘terrorists’

JERUSALEM (JTA) -- An Arab-Israeli Knesset member said the kidnappers of three Israeli teenagers are not terrorists."They are people that cannot see a

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Rivlin
June 10, 20140

Israel elects new president: Reuven “Ruby” Rivlin beats out four competitors

Linda Gradstein/The Media Line Israel’s 120-seat parliament today chose long-time Likud member Reuven Rivlin as the country’s next president wh

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April 1, 20140

Israel’s conversion crisis is our conversion crisis

By Carlyn J. Steiner, Special to the Jewish Sound Last July, close to 800 Seattle Jews convened for a “community conversation” on what was called “

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