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Deborah Danan

JTA correspondent

A crowd lifts the squadron leader of the Entebbe raid on his return to Israel, July 4, 1976. (David Rubinger/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)
Posted inIsrael

At Entebbe reunion, former hostages say Oct. 7 shattered their faith in Israel’s promise of rescue

by Deborah Danan July 6, 2026July 6, 2026

(JTA) — TEL AVIV — For the survivors of Operation Entebbe, marking the 50th anniversary was less a celebration of one of Israel’s most mythologized military operations than a reckoning […]

Maccabiah Games
Posted inIsrael

A smaller, scarred Maccabiah Games opens in Israel, carrying the weight of Oct. 7 and war

Philissa Cramer by Deborah Danan and Philissa Cramer July 2, 2026July 2, 2026
A banner is held by pro-Israel fans outside Villa Park, home of the U.K. team Aston Villa, before its UEFA Europa League match against Israel, Nov. 6, 2025. (Jacob King/PA Images via Getty Images)
Posted inSports

Israel’s path to the World Cup would be easier through Asia. Why is it sticking with Europe?

by Deborah Danan June 26, 2026June 26, 2026
View of the Ben & Jerry's factory shop in Yavne, Israel, July 20, 2021. (Flash90)
Posted inIsrael

Years after boycott fight, Ben and Jerry’s Israel debuts flavor celebrating Israeli resilience

by Deborah Danan June 22, 2026June 22, 2026
Abraham Orkin Freedman's photograph of the Western Wall from 1921 showed men and women praying together at the Jewish holy site. (Courtesy Tower of David Jerusalem Museum)
Posted inPhotography

The hunt is on for forgotten images of the Western Wall

by Deborah Danan June 9, 2026June 9, 2026
Youssef Sarhan, a 9-year-old violinist from Majd al-Krum, participates in The Jerusalem Orchestra East & West’s youth initiative. (Yaakov Buta)
Posted inMusic

In Israel, an Arab-Jewish youth orchestra is building a new ‘East-West’ sound

by Deborah Danan May 28, 2026May 28, 2026
Noam Bettan from Israel celebrates reaching the final of the 70th Eurovision Song Contest in the Stadthalle in Vienna, May 12, 2026.(Jens Büttner/picture alliance via Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

Noam Bettan says he is tuning out ‘genocide’ chants as he heads into Eurovision final

by Deborah Danan May 14, 2026May 14, 2026
Protesters outside the United Nations on Dec. 4, 2023, call for condemnation of sexual violence perpetrated against Israeli women. (Luke Tress)
Posted inIsrael

Israeli report details ‘systematic’ Oct. 7 sexual violence, seeking to shift debate from denial to accountability

by Deborah Danan May 13, 2026May 13, 2026
Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban (right) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu review a military honor guard on April 3, 2025 in Budapest, Hungary. (Attila Kisbenedek/AFP)
Posted inWorld

In Orban’s rule, Israelis saw a model for their own country. Will he also be one in defeat?

by Deborah Danan April 23, 2026April 23, 2026
Varda Morrell lays a photo at the gravesite of her son, Israeli Staff Sgt. Maoz Morell, in 2025. (Courtesy Varda Morell)
Posted inIsrael

At soldiers’ graves, the rows keep growing: Israel’s Memorial Day is shaped by new loss

by Deborah Danan April 21, 2026April 21, 2026

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