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Marcy Oster

Marcy Oster

Israel-based JTA correspondent

Israeli voters in quarantine due to possible exposure to coronavirus vote at a special polling station in Jerusalem during national elections, March 2, 2020. (JTA/Nati Shohat/Flash90)
Posted inNews

Israel votes: Bibi and Gantz neck and neck again, special polling places for quarantined voters

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA March 2, 2020March 2, 2020
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his residence in Jerusalem, Feb. 28, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Gali Tibbon-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inIsrael

Netanyahu’s corruption trial to open 2 weeks after elections

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA February 18, 2020
President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shaking hands during a visit to the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, May 23, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Lior Mizrahi-Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Pew survey: Israel is only country where majority approves of Trump’s foreign policy

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA February 4, 2020
(Emojipedia/Twitter)
Posted inTech

Finally, Israelis can tell people to wait in an emoji

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA February 4, 2020
Participants in the Passages program visit historical sites important to Christianity, such as the Sea of Galilee. (Courtesy Passages)
Posted inNews

‘Christian Birthright’ brings thousands of college students to Israel

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA February 3, 2020February 4, 2020
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, center, attends the Arab League's foreign ministers meeting in Cairo, Feb. 1, 2020. (JTA/Mohamed Mostafa/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Arab League unanimously rejects Trump peace plan

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA February 3, 2020
A view of the Maale Adumim settlement in the West Bank. (JTA/Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

‘Annexation’ vs. ‘applying Israeli law’ in the West Bank: What’s the difference?

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA January 30, 2020
Ethiopian Jewish women pray in Jerusalem at the Sigd holiday overlooking the Temple Mount, Nov. 7, 2018. (Photo/JTA-Gali Tibbon-AFP)
Posted inNews

Israel’s Chief Rabbinate officially recognizes Ethiopian Beta Israel community as Jewish

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA January 21, 2020
The April 2019 shooting at the Chabad of Poway synagogue was one factor that led to a new report by the Secure Community Network, the Jewish community's umbrella security agency. (JTA/Xinhua/Li Ying via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Synagogues should not arm congregants, Jewish security agency says

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA January 17, 2020January 17, 2020
Israeli soldiers with their artillery unit on high alert are seen near the Israel-Syria border on the Golan Heights, Aug. 25, 2019. (JTA/Basel Awidat/Flash90)
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Israel strikes Syrian airbase controlled by Iran, killing 3, London human rights group reports

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA January 16, 2020

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