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Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, center, at the beginning of his meeting this week with Likud’s Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Blue and White leader Benny Gantz. Haim Zach (GPO)
September 25, 2019, 2:04 pm
Next steps in the Israeli vote, explained
We asked some experts to help cut through the electoral fog
By Michele Chabin
Joint List leader Ayman Odeh. A Joint List voter said, “It’s important to have representation, less for specific policies but more to be able to determine agendas.” Getty Images
September 25, 2019, 1:56 pm
Arab voters flex their new muscle
Opposition role for Joint List possible as coalition talks proceed
By Nathan Jeffay
Jonathan S. Tobin
September 25, 2019, 1:43 pm
How a Netanyahu-less Israel might play here
By Jonathan S. Tobin
Stephen M. Flatow
September 11, 2019, 12:51 pm
Dear Israeli voters: a counterpoint
NJ attorney responds to column on U.S. Jews on eve of Israeli elections
By Stephen M. Flatow
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the weekly cabinet meeting on Sept. 8. ABIR SULTAN/AFP/Getty Images
September 11, 2019, 12:37 pm
Will Israel’s do-over election change anything?
By NJJN Editors
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a news conference Tuesday as he vowed to annex the Jordan Valley should he win the Sept. 17 election. Getty Images
September 11, 2019, 12:25 pm
Cost of living, cost of annexation
For Israeli voters, pocketbook issues collide with security, questions about democracy
By Michele Chabin
Campaign billboards show President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu with the slogan “Netanyahu — another league,” suggesting that only Bibi has the access to world leaders that will help keep Israelis safe. Getty Images
September 11, 2019, 11:09 am
Bibi-Trump ties too close for comfort?
Prime minister’s access to world leaders as a selling point put to the test
By Nathan Jeffay
Illustrative image: Israelis celebrate the 71st Independence Day on Tel Aviv beach. Getty Images
September 4, 2019, 1:01 pm
A go-between gets political fatigue
By Orli Santo
August 28, 2019, 4:44 pm
Is Trump selling Israel out? No, he’s buying it.
(SATIRE) Bibi embraces radical proposal, calls president ‘the new Herzl.’
By Gary Rosenblatt
Jonathan S. Tobin
August 21, 2019, 12:39 pm
The price Israel will pay for banning Tlaib And Omar
By Jonathan S. Tobin
Amir Shacham
August 21, 2019, 12:36 pm
Greater MetroWest’s long-standing commitment to Ethiopian Israelis
By Amir Shacham
“I would expect my prime minister to give more thought to Jewish opinion in the U.S.,” said World Zionist Organization diaspora affairs chief Gusti Yehoshua-Braverman. Photo Courtesy WZO
August 21, 2019, 12:15 pm
On ban, criticism from an unlikely source
WZO’s diaspora affairs chief fears serious damage as Israel becomes polarizing issue in Congress
By Nathan Jeffay
Rep. Rashida Tlaib, left, and Rep. Ilhan Omar. Members of the Modern Orthodox movement disagree whether Israel was correct in barring entry to them. Getty Images
August 21, 2019, 10:46 am
Decision on Tlaib, Omar splitting Modern Orthodox
Serious debate playing out as movement struggles to navigate political winds
By Stewart Ain
Bedouin youth gather at A New Dawn in the Negev, which is helping to integrate Bedouins into Israeli society. Photo courtesy A New Dawn in the Negev
August 12, 2019, 11:26 am
Organization creates ‘a new dawn’ for Bedouins in Israel
Jamal Alkirnawi tells of creating initiative to aid integration
By Debra Rubin
Ethiopian Israelis and white allies gathered for a demonstration to protest the killing of an Ethiopian-Israeli teen by an off-duty police officer. Michele Chabin/JW
July 31, 2019, 11:20 am
Ethiopian Jews, once hailed, now cast aside
By NJJN Editors
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