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Ben Sales

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Ben Sales is news editor of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

Labour Party leader Keir Starmer speaks in London, Feb. 15, 2023. (Stefan Rousseau/PA Images via Getty Images)
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Keir Starmer, the new UK prime minister, prioritized fighting antisemitism in Labour Party

Ben Sales by Ben Sales July 5, 2024July 5, 2024
Elliot Brandt speaking at AIPAC's 2019 conference in Washington, D.C. (Screenshot/JTA)
Posted inNews

AIPAC taps Elliot Brandt, former head of S.F. office, to be next CEO at uncertain time for U.S.-Israel relations

Ben Sales by Ben Sales June 5, 2024June 5, 2024
Characters on the closing skit of the first episode of the new season of Israel's "The Jews are Coming" tell a story of Jewish trauma and perseverance that spans thousands of years. (Screenshot)
Posted inTV & Film

Israel’s Jewish humor show offers a serious message for a dark time: We will survive

Ben Sales by Ben Sales May 23, 2024
Macklemore performs onstage in Seattle in December. (Photo/JTA-Mat Hayward-Getty Images)
Posted inMusic

Rapper Macklemore defends pro-Palestinian college protests and condemns Israel in new track

Ben Sales by Ben Sales May 8, 2024May 8, 2024
An Israeli army vehicle moves after Hamas fired a mortar attack on May 5, 2024 in Kerem Shalom, Israel. (Photo/JTA-Amir Levy-Getty Images)
Posted inNews

With talks at an impasse and evacuation ordered in Rafah, Hamas and Israel trade deadly fire

Ben Sales by Ben Sales May 6, 2024
Israeli army troops consult after a terrorist attack at a gas station adjacent to the West Bank settlement of Eli, Feb. 29, 2024. (Photo/JTA via IDF)
Posted inNews

In a first, U.S. is reportedly set to sanction Israeli military unit for alleged human rights abuses

Ben Sales by Ben Sales April 22, 2024April 22, 2024
President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu embrace on the tarmac at ben Gurion Airport, Oct. 18, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Avi Ohayon, Israel Government Press Office)
Posted inNews

Israel weighs how to respond to Iran attack as Biden urges restraint

Ben Sales by Ben Sales April 15, 2024
An Iranian missile is intercepted over Tel Aviv on April 14, 2024. (Photo/JTA-Tomer Neuberg-Flash90)
Posted inAnalysis

Iran attacks Israel: How we got here and what might happen next

Ben Sales by Ben Sales April 14, 2024April 14, 2024
Thousands attend an antigovernment protest outside the Knesset in Jerusalem on March 31, 2024. (Photo/JTA-Chaim Goldberg-Flash90)
Posted inNews

Hostage families join anti-Netanyahu crowds as protests escalate

Ben Sales by Ben Sales April 1, 2024
Students and community members from Michigan State University Hillel hold a vigil after Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Hillel International)
Posted inIsrael

Israel establishes an annual commemoration of the Oct. 7 attack — but not on Oct. 7

Ben Sales by Ben Sales March 18, 2024March 18, 2024

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