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Ben Sales

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Ben Sales is news editor of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

Rabbi Gilad Kariv awaits an Israeli Supreme Court hearing in Jerusalem over public transportation on Shabbat, Sept. 11, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Yonatan Sindel-Flash90)
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It’s official: Gilad Kariv will be the first Reform rabbi in Israel’s parliament

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA March 24, 2021March 24, 2021
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, vote in Jerusalem on March 23, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Marc Israel Sellem-Flash90)
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With most votes counted, no clear winner in Israeli election

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA March 23, 2021March 24, 2021
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the media at the Knesset building in Jerusalem, Dec. 22, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Yonatan Sindel-Flash90)
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Claims of fraud, a delayed result and fears of insurrection: Israel’s election could look a lot like America’s

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA March 23, 2021
Benjamin Netanyahu visits a vaccination center in Jerusalem, Jan. 6, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Marc Israel Sellem-Pool-Flash90)
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More than 20,000 protest outside Netanyahu’s residence days before Israeli election

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA March 22, 2021March 22, 2021
Supporters of Israel's Likud party lift a banner depicting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the election campaign at Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem, March 19, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Emmanuel Dunand-AFP via Getty Images)
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New rivals, same storyline: What to know about Israel’s 4th election in 2 years

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA March 19, 2021
Examples of white supremacist propaganda recorded by the Anti-Defamation League in 2020. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy ADL)
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White supremacist propaganda nearly doubled in 2020 to most in a decade, ADL says

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA March 17, 2021
Israeli troops training in 2017. (Photo/JTA-Israel Defense Forces)
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Israel’s military says it has reached herd immunity to Covid

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA March 15, 2021
Netanyahu speaks at a podium outside
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Benjamin Netanyahu: Court ruling creates danger of Israel being ‘overrun’ by ‘fake’ converts from Africa

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA March 10, 2021March 10, 2021
Screenshot from an ad by the right-wing United Torah Judaism party that appeared to compare Reform Jewish converts to dogs. (Screenshot)
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Dogs, death and ‘clowns’: Israeli Orthodox politicians are again attacking Reform Jews

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA March 4, 2021
Supreme Court President Esther Hayut presides over the high court in Jerusalem, March 19, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Olivier Fitoussi-Flash90)
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Israeli Supreme Court rules state must grant citizenship to non-Orthodox Jewish converts in Israel

Ben Sales by Ben Sales March 1, 2021March 1, 2021

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