New York Times | Israeli Orthodox Lawmaker in Trouble Over Gay Nephew's Wedding New York Times JERUSALEM — The Israeli lawmaker had gone on the radio to promote a new single by his daughter, a singer, and to show a more liberal and hipper face of his party, the ultra-Orthodox Shas. But after the lawmaker, Yigal Guetta, revealed in the radio ... |
The Intercept | Israel Security Forces Are Training American Cops Despite History of Rights Abuses The Intercept In the aftermath of 9/11, Israel seized on its decades-long experience as an occupying force to brand itself a world leader in counterterrorism. U.S. law enforcement agencies took the Jewish state up on its expertise by participating in exchange ... |
Fox News | Anti-Israel ties causing problems for Democratic candidates | Fox ... Fox News Democratic candidates and allied activists are causing new headaches for the party with their embrace of the anti-Israel movement known as BDS. |
The Jerusalem Post | Israeli politicians offer support for London Youngstown Vindicator LONDON (AP) — Israeli politicians, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, have tweeted their support for the people of London in response to the attack on a subway train. Netanyahu tweeted "We stand with PM (Theresa) May and the people of ... Israeli Consulate in NY opens again despite threat against PM Netanyahu, Peña Nieto Meet, Agree to Bolster Israel-Mexico Cyber Security Ties Suspicious powder sent with threat to Israel PM Netanyahu forces lockdown at NYC consular office |
Washington Post | On army service, Israel's high court just struck a blow for equality. Or ... Washington Post The Israeli Supreme Court dropped a bombshell this week. Well, actually, the bang was bigger than the blast. On Tuesday, the court overturned the law allowing ... Video: How the Haredim, Israel's ultra-Orthodox, make their own ... |
EW.com | Denzel Washington brings personal touch to Roman J. Israel, Esq. EW.com An intense character study, a surprising legal thriller, and fish-out-of-water comedy of manners, Roman J. Israel, Esq. is the type of movie “they don't make anymore” but for the fact someone did. The second film from writer-director Dan Gilroy ... |
Los Angeles Times | Why two Israeli Supreme Court rulings could hurt Netanyahu's governing coalition Los Angeles Times Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's fragile governing coalition was dealt another setback Wednesday after back-to-back rulings by the Supreme Court stunned the country's Orthodox Jewish establishment. In one far-reaching decision, the court ... Court Forces Israel to Face Its Ultra-Orthodox Problem Israel's Military Exemption for Ultra-Orthodox Is Ruled Unconstitutional Israel's supreme court cancels conscription exemption law |
Reuters | Israel's Hollywood envoys hope TV hits will help national image Reuters TEL AVIV (Reuters) - A decade after its television industry inspired the American hits “Homeland” and “In Treatment”, Israel is stepping up its entertainment exports, with a diplomat and a talent agent acting as its envoys to Hollywood. Though TV ... |
Haaretz | Bacteria in Tumors Can Thwart Chemotherapy, Israeli Researchers Say Haaretz In Israel, some 500 people are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer each year. The study, which was led by research student Leore Geller, in cooperation with Dr. Todd Golub and Michal Barzily-Rokni from the Broad Institute at MIT, shows that the microbes ... |
The Jerusalem Post | Professing 'love' for Israel, Trump condemns those 'promoting antisemitism' The Jerusalem Post WASHINGTON — In a call on Friday with Jewish community leaders marking the High Holy Days, President Donald Trump professed an affinity for Israel and vowed to fight a scourge of antisemitism festering across the United States. With his Jewish ... Broad range of Jewish leaders calls for religious freedom in Israel Trump to Jewish leaders: I love Israel |