Benny Gantz: Israel is OK with Biden efforts to reenter Iran deal By Ron Kampeas, JTA Sep 20, 2021 Israel will not oppose the Biden administration’s efforts to reenter the Iran nuclear deal but wants to see a credible “Plan B” to rally international support for Iran’s isolation, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said. “The current U.S. approach of putting the Iran nuclear program back in a box, I’d accept that,” Gantz said in… Read More
Politics A year later, the Abraham Accords draw a rare show of bipartisanship Jared Kushner had plenty of folks to praise at an event in Washington Tuesday marking the first anniversary of the Abraham Accords, the deals he brokered… By Ron Kampeas, JTA Sep 15, 2021
Politics Arizona is the first state to divest from Ben & Jerry’s parent company Arizona is divesting close to $200 million from Ben & Jerry’s parent company Unilever, becoming the first state to do so because of the ice cream… By Ron Kampeas, JTA Sep 13, 2021
Israel Taliban: We want ties with the rest of the world — but not Israel The Taliban, the extremist Islamist movement once famously insular, is ready to build relations with the world — except for Israel. Suhail Shaheen, the… By Ron Kampeas, JTA Sep 10, 2021
Politics An oral history of the Durban Conference — a ‘festival’ of antisemitism Some of the Jewish organizational officials flying into the coastal city of Durban, South Africa, on the last week of August 2001 were excited. They… By Ron Kampeas, JTA Sep 10, 2021
World Jewish Agency: World Jewish population rises slightly The world population of those who self-identify as Jews stands at about 15.2 million — an increase of 100,000 over last year — with the number in the U.S.… By Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA Sep 9, 2021
U.S. After summer trips canceled, Birthright back in fall for the vaxxed Birthright Israel is resuming its organized trips this fall. This comes on the heels of an earlier decision in August to cancel 42 trips this summer… By Gabe Friedman, JTA Sep 8, 2021
Israel Ex-FBI agent: After 9/11, the U.S. helped thwart al-Qaeda attack in Israel Al-Qaeda had planned to carry out a massive terrorist attack on Israeli dance clubs in 2002 but was thwarted with the help of U.S. intelligence… By Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA Sep 3, 2021
Israel Christian residents of two Israeli ghost towns renew bid to go home In October 1948, less than six months after Israel declared its existence and with the ensuing war with Arab states about to reignite, Israeli troops… By Botrus Mansour, RNS Sep 2, 2021