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Protestors against Netanyahu
Posted inIsrael

Netanyahu criticized for trying to cut ‘massacre’ from title of Oct. 7 bill

by Grace Gilson February 12, 2026February 12, 2026

(JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ignited outcry after his office requested to remove the word “massacre” from the title of a bill commemorating the Oct. 7 attacks. During […]

Yariv Levin, the Israeli justice minister and an architect of the judicial reform plans, pictured in January. (Photo/JTA-Olivier Fitoussi-Flash90)
Posted inNews

Israel passes first law weakening Supreme Court following months of civil strife

Ben Sales by Ben Sales July 24, 2023
Then-House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy speaks at the Republican Jewish Coalition Annual Leadership Meeting in Las Vegas, Nov. 19, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Wade Vandervort-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Kevin McCarthy to address Israeli Knesset amid chill in relations between Biden and Netanyahu

by Ron Kampeas and JTA April 19, 2023
Offir Gutelzon (in the pink bandana) helps organize the crowd at an anti-Benjamin Netanyahu protest at Crissy Field in San Francisco, Aug. 29, 2020. (Photo/Miri Ekshtein Prager)
Posted inLocal Voice

‘No Freedom, No Hi-Tech’: This right-wing Knesset puts Israel’s tech sector in peril

Offir GutelzonBen Linder by Offir Gutelzon and Ben Linder January 30, 2023February 1, 2023
Leader of Israel's Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power) far-right party Itamar Ben Gvir makes a speech following the Israel's general elections in eastern Jerusalem, Nov. 02, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Mostafa Alkharouf-Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

These U.S. Jewish groups are staying quiet on far-right extremists’ election success in Israel

by Ron Kampeas and JTA November 4, 2022
Itamar Ben Gvir, head of Israel's Otzma Yehudit political party, is escorted by guards during a visit to an East Jerusalem neighborhood, Oct. 13, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Yonatan Sindel-Flash90)
Posted inNews

They united to oppose an extremist party in Israel’s 2019 election. This time, leading U.S. Jewish groups are staying quiet.

by Ron Kampeas and JTA October 14, 2022October 14, 2022
Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, (left) chats with Mansour Abbas, head of the conservative Islamic Ra'am party during a special session to vote on a new government, at the Knesset in Jerusalem, June 13, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Emmanuel Dunand-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inAnalysis

Israel’s big ‘experiment’: Did a year of coalition partnership bring Jews and Arabs any closer?

Noga Tarnopolsky by Noga Tarnopolsky and JTA July 19, 2022July 19, 2022
(From left) Naftali Bennett, Benjamin Netanyahu and Yair Lapid. (Photos/Getty Images; Design/JTA-Grace Yagel)
Posted inAnalysis

A 5th Israeli election in 3 years? Here’s how we got here and what happens next.

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman, Ron Kampeas and JTA June 23, 2022June 23, 2022
Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid (left) and Prime Minister Naftali Bennett when they took office in June 2021. (Photo/Forward-Getty Images)
Posted inAnalysis

Why the Israeli government failed but isn’t a failure

Abe Silberstein by Abe Silberstein and Forward June 20, 2022
Two men in blue suits sit next to each other with Israeli flags behind them
Posted inNews

Israel headed to 5th election since 2019 after leaders concede collapse of governing coalition

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA June 20, 2022

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