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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
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
“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
Riskin as Giti Weiss, above, with Doval’e Glickman as Shulem Shtisel, and right as secular Tel Avivi.
June 7, 2019, 1:11 pm
Out of character
For Neta Riskin, playing Giti Weiss poses challenges on many levels.
By Nathan Jeffay
The Ashkelon home of Moshe Agadi, who was killed in a rocket attack from Gaza when he stepped outside for a cigarette. Inset: Agadi’s sisters, Cheli Mualem and Janet Tverya, sitting shiva in a nearby home. Nathan Jeffay/JW
May 8, 2019, 11:34 am
In Ashkelon, ‘No simple solution’ to Gaza
With Eurovision looming, a cease-fire but no victory
By Nathan Jeffay
Ori Ansbacher. courtesy Ansbacher family
February 20, 2019, 11:15 am
Mourning for ‘gentle soul’ is breaking the mold
In wake of Ori Ansbacher’s brutal murder at the hands of a terrorist, more poetry than politics
By Nathan Jeffay
The entrance of Hebrew University. The current debate harkens back to the first “War of the Languages” 100 years ago.
January 2, 2019, 12:41 pm
Hebrew U. wants to scrap…Hebrew!
Backlash against plan to teach post-grads in English in order to compete internationally
By Nathan Jeffay
Like many other Druze in Daliyat al-Karmel, Nizar Meshila said he actually wants a Jewish state — as long as there is equality.
August 8, 2018, 11:20 am
‘Equality is all we want’
In the largest Druze town, anger over the nation-state bill and questions over ‘Israeliness’
By Nathan Jeffay
Ancient mode of travel at Kfar Kedem. Photos courtesy of Kfar Kedem
August 6, 2018, 2:16 pm
Animating Israel’s ‘Layers Of History’
Educational tourism — from learning about where the Mishna was written to visiting hubs of modern innovation — stresses the experiential.
By Nathan Jeffay
The cable car at Rosh Hanikra. (Photo by Wikimedia Commons)
August 1, 2018, 4:12 pm
Where Geology And Geopolitics Collide
Whether hiking or riding a cable car, the Lebanese border beckons the adventurous traveler.
By Nathan Jeffay
Israelis “always need to listen” to the diaspora, says jeweler Moran Landman. But she also considers its input on Israeli affairs “a risk.” NATHAN JEFFAY/JW
July 27, 2018, 1:29 pm
There’s a wall between us
Young Israelis don’t know very much about the issues that animate American Jews. But that may be changing
By Nathan Jeffay
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