Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister Netanyahu, don’t take us to Masada
By Jeffrey Salkin — April 15, 2024
(RNS) — Israel survived a night of dark fear. Let's keep it that way.
Israelis stage largest protest since war began to increase pressure on Netanyahu
By Melanie Lindman, Wafaa Shurafa, and And Samy Magdy — April 1, 2024
JERUSALEM (AP) — Protesters blame Netanyahu for the failures of Oct. 7 and say the deep political divisions over his attempted judicial overhaul last year weakened Israel ahead of the attack.
With its soldiers mired in Gaza, Israel fights a battle at home over drafting the ultra-Orthodox
By Melanie Lidman — March 28, 2024
JERUSALEM (AP) — Among Israel’s Jewish majority, mandatory military service is largely seen as a melting pot and rite of passage. The ultra-Orthodox say that integrating into the army will threaten their generations-old way of life.
Netanyahu snaps back against growing US criticism after being accused of losing his way on Gaza
By Ravi Nessman and Tia Goldenberg — March 18, 2024
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The U.S., which has provided key military and diplomatic support to Israel, also has expressed concerns about a planned Israeli assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah.
Israeli officials to meet on a proposed pause in Gaza while the Cabinet is set to OK a Rafah plan
By Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy — February 26, 2024
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Negotiators face an unofficial deadline of the start of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan around March 10.
Israel strikes and seals off Gaza after incursion by Hamas, which vows to execute hostages
By Issam Adwan and Josef Federman — October 9, 2023
JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to destroy “the military and governing capabilities” of the militant group, which is deeply rooted in Gaza.
Israel to approve immigration for 1,000 Ethiopian Jews
By The Associated Press — September 17, 2018
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel is home to approximately 144,000 Jews of Ethiopian descent and 7,000 more are waiting for permission to immigrate.
Reform and Conservative Jews try a new tactic in battle for Israeli religious pluralism
By Yonat Shimron — November 22, 2016
JERUSALEM (RNS) Many believe the time for quiet diplomacy has passed.
US Jewish groups warn of ‘rupture’ if Western Wall deal collapses
By Michele Chabin — June 2, 2016
JERUSALEM (RNS) “There is a deep concern, bordering on disbelief, that this deal may not be implemented,” said Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism.
Kerry to Netanyahu: Time for all to end inflammatory rhetoric
By Reuters — October 22, 2015
The U.S. secretary of state told the Israeli prime minister, "It is absolutely critical to end all incitement, to end all violence and to find a road forward..."
Critics decry Israeli cabinet vote rejecting measure to ease Jewish conversion
By Michele Chabin — July 6, 2015
JERUSALEM (RNS) Israeli rights activists say the decision by Israel's cabinet Sunday to nix the establishment of local conversion courts is a blow to religious freedom.
Can Jews cut President Obama some slack already? (COMMENTARY)
By Jeffrey Salkin — June 3, 2015
(RNS) President Obama might not be the "member of the tribe" he has proclaimed that he is, but that doesn't mean he's anti-Israel or anti-Semitic. It's time for Jews to lay off the vitriol.
Why Netanyahu is such a polarizing figure for American Jews (COMMENTARY)
By Jeffrey Salkin — March 4, 2015
(RNS) He is not a cringing figure out of a Hasidic tale. He is not Tevye the Milkman from Fiddler on the Roof. He is not Woody Allen. He is a Jew straight out of “Inglourious Basterds,” Quentin Tarantino’s fantasy counterhistory of World War II.
Netanyahu does not speak for all American Jews (COMMENTARY)
By Rebecca Vilkomerson — February 20, 2015
(RNS) American Jews are largely appalled by the notion that Netanyahu, or any other Israeli politician -- one that we did not elect and do not choose to be represented by -- claims to speak for us.
Jewish cemetery desecrated hours after Israeli premier calls for mass migration of Jews
By Elizabeth Bryant — February 16, 2015
PARIS (RNS) On Sunday, French Jews received a further shock, with the desecration of several hundred tombs at a Jewish cemetery in Alsace.
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