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People take cover in a stairway in Jerusalem, as a red alert is sounded when drones and missiles fired from Iran neared Israel, April 14, 2024. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)
Posted inIsrael

Israel strikes Iran, against Trump’s urging, and warns of expected counterattack

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer June 12, 2025June 12, 2025

This is a developing story, published at 5:45 p.m. PT. (JTA) — Israel announced that it has launched a military strike on Iran and has warned Israelis to prepare for […]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen during a discussion and a vote in the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, March 22, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
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Israel may head to elections as haredi party rebels over army conscription

Ben Sales by Ben Sales June 4, 2025June 4, 2025
American-Israeli author and journalist Yossi Klein Halevi speaks at Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco, May 21, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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Netanyahu must be ousted, Israeli thinker Yossi Klein Halevi says in S.F.

by Sue Fishkoff May 27, 2025May 27, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers remarks following a meeting with U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-L.A.) at the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 7, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)
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An embattled Netanyahu says ‘Trump plan’ for Gaza emigration is a condition for ending war

Ben Sales by Ben Sales May 21, 2025May 21, 2025
Israeli soldiers operate in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, on Nov. 28, 2024. (Oren Cohen/Flash90)
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What the re-occupation of Gaza would mean for Israelis and Palestinians

Louis Keene by Louis Keene May 6, 2025May 6, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accompanied by U.S. President Donald Trump, U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and U.S. National Security Adviser Michael Waltz, speaks during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on April 7, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
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What you need to know about Trump’s upcoming talks with Iran

Ben Sales by Ben Sales April 10, 2025April 10, 2025
Israeli officials said closing Al Jazeera offices in the country was a necessary curb on an agent of a hostile state. (Photo/JTA-Ramsey Cardy-Sportsfile for Web Summit Qatar via Getty Images)
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What is behind Israel’s shutdown of Al Jazeera?

by Ron Kampeas May 9, 2024
Yitzhak Shamir, then Israel's foreign minister, in 1984. (Photo/Yoni Salinger-Dan Hadani collection-National Library of Israel-The Pritzker Family National Photography Collection CC BY 4.0)
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In 1991, Iraq attacked. Israel’s far-right leader didn’t retaliate. Is Netanyahu capable of the same wise choice?

Larry Cohler-Esses by Larry Cohler-Esses April 15, 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)
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Israel weighs how to respond to Iran attack as Biden urges restraint

Ben Sales by Ben Sales April 15, 2024
Israeli expats and allies protest the Netanyahu government's proposed judicial reforms outside of the Israeli consulate in San Francisco, July 13, 2023. (Photo/Courtesy UnXeptable)
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The fight over Israel’s democratic soul began decades ago

Eran Kaplan by Eran Kaplan July 27, 2023July 27, 2023

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