The report addresses “where are there opportunities in the region to return to that peace-through-prosperity mindset that we saw happening Oct. 4, 5 and 6, 2023,” Jennifer Sutton, executive director of the council, told JNS.
Like Honduras and Bolivia, which departed the group in March, Colombia recently came under new leadership and has warmer ties with Israel.
“All the things that are both Jewish and immigrant, I think I experienced growing up,” Dee Simon told JNS.
The newspaper said that settlers assaulted its photographer in Samaria.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog expressed his thrill at participating at the polling station in Baku with Ambassador to Azerbaijan Ronen Kraus.
More than 800 military polling stations will serve troops across units and operational sectors, with early voting beginning the evening of Oct. 20 ahead of the Oct. 27 election.
“There is no automatic support. We are not offering a blank check to anyone, and certainly not to the opposition leadership,” said Yousef Jabareen.
The Democrats Party chairman said that more extreme factions are now ruling over the Islamic Republic.
“Vote-sharing” between two separate party lists helps reduce the number of votes that go unused.
Benjamin Netanyahu, security and the battle for the nation’s right.
The joint slate is dominated by RZP candidates, with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich first and former Likud MK Moshe Feiglin second.
Passing a comprehensive draft law to shield yeshivah students from compulsory military service is the central demand of both lists.
Itamar Ben Gvir campaigns on security, sovereignty and tougher anti-terror laws.
Avigdor Liberman’s movement seeks secular right-wing role in post-Netanyahu government.
Party leader Yair Golan is a polarizing figure in Israeli politics, even as his party attempts to translate its ideological platform into political influence within a broader opposition alliance.
Opposition
“Not even the Wikimedia Foundation knows who any of the editors are on contentious topics,” Daniel Kelley of the Anti-Defamation League told JNS.
Rep. Tim Walberg, who chairs the committee, said that there are now concerns about about “race and sex-based discrimination” in the admissions and hiring practices at the University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine and the University of California, San Francisco.
Judy Schwank told JNS that “if we can get it through both bodies and get it to the governor’s desk, he will sign it.”
“For the love of God, if Israel is not capable of creating an investigation committee, then I think it is suitable and appropriate that the good people of the United States, the people in Congress, do provide us the answers that we’re looking for,” Ruby Chen said.
“This is a tremendous victory not only for our clients but for all religious release time programs,” an attorney for the Christian group said.
“It is hard to feel safe and secure when Jews see police cars stationed in front of their synagogues and schools, and support for terrorist groups on signs in their streets,” Scott Richman of the ADL told JNS
“These threats carry significant legal consequences,” the state attorney general said.
“I am proud to lead a tremendous revolution in settlement in Judea and Samaria and to effectively kill the idea of a Palestinian state,” Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich told JNS.
The Jewish state clarified a prior report and said it did not suspend private-sector operations for entry of goods into the Gaza Strip.
Five suspects, aged 15, were arrested in a joint operation with the IDF and Shin Bet.
Israel is building a barrier as part of efforts to bolster border defenses.
SPECIAL SERIES
A Ben-Gurion University team has developed an aerogel “sponge” that can absorb about 80 times its weight in crude oil while helping bacteria break down the pollutants.
Built from a patient’s own cells, the technology is advancing toward its first human trial at Sheba Medical Center in 2027, pending regulatory approval.
An Elbit representative tells JNS how the company’s C-MUSIC system shields airliners from heat-seeking missiles, as global demand grows
From its home in Binyamin, Psagot Playgrounds combines Israeli ingenuity with decades of experience to create unique play spaces in Israel and the United States.
Benjamin Netanyahu, security and the battle for the nation’s right.
The joint slate is dominated by RZP candidates, with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich first and former Likud MK Moshe Feiglin second.
Passing a comprehensive draft law to shield yeshivah students from compulsory military service is the central demand of both lists.
Itamar Ben Gvir campaigns on security, sovereignty and tougher anti-terror laws.
Avigdor Liberman’s movement seeks secular right-wing role in post-Netanyahu government.
Party leader Yair Golan is a polarizing figure in Israeli politics, even as his party attempts to translate its ideological platform into political influence within a broader opposition alliance.
Despite holding a fraction of Knesset seats, Shas and United Torah Judaism have become indispensable coalition partners, reshaping Israeli politics.
Originally intended to accommodate a few hundred Torah scholars, the exemption of ultra-Orthodox yeshivah students from IDF service evolved into one of Israel’s most contentious public policy issues.
At its core, the dispute is about what military service, Torah study and citizenship mean in the Jewish state.
The war transformed a decades-old legal and political dispute into an urgent fight over military manpower, equality of service and the future of Haredi society.
OCT. 7
Avi Issacharoff warns that denial of the Hamas massacre and false narratives about Israel are taking hold in the United States and Europe.
“Captivity was too hard to handle, and every moment you didn’t know if it was going to get even worse,” she said.
At Nir Am’s Oct. 7 ceremony, the family of paratrooper Binyamin Meir Airley share his story and discuss the retreat center established in his memory.
A “Kan 11” documentary chronicles how Soroka’s medical teams treated 674 wounded during the Hamas massacre.
From Ofakim’s housing boom to startups tackling AI, stroke treatment and trauma, communities near Gaza are rebuilding with an eye toward expansion.
A terror attack, a car accident and the war against Hamas have brought repeated loss to the Mark family—and forged extraordinary resilience.
Anat Meir talks to JNS about building a life for herself and 3-year-old Shaked in the shadow of David’s death.
‘I’m here, I’m alive—and it’s the most important thing in the world,’ former Hamas hostage tells JNS
Luis Har was freed from captivity in Gaza in a daring Israeli military operation 129 days after he was abducted during the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre.
Memory and hope can coexist, and that choosing to live, rebuild and remain can itself become an act of defiance.
Three years after the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre, the families of Capt. Elay Adany and those he helped rescue remain bound by his final acts of courage.
Points of view from across the Jewish world
Press releases from Israel, and around the pro-Israel and Jewish world
The latest investment builds on longstanding support for research and innovation in Israel’s Galilee; to date, Helmsley’s investments total more than $18 million.
Modern-day hate campaigns take pages from 12th-century blood libels, Nazi Germany and Soviet propaganda campaigns.
The music documentary, directed by Veronika Emily Pohl, will screen Oct. 18 and spotlight cellist Kristina Reiko Cooper and GRAMMY-nominated conductor Constantine Orbelian.
The university rises to the 201-300 range worldwide in electrical engineering as more than 1,000 international students from over 50 countries begin their studies.
Admissions for fall 2027 open following a yearlong review aimed at adapting rabbinic education to the changing needs of Jewish communities.
The initiative aims to turn remembrance into action and create a place where every tree carries a name, a story and a memory that continues to grow.
Looking for Elsewhere explores the past, present and future of the Jews of Turkey, a community that has lived in the country for centuries.
Opening Nov. 2 at JCC MetroWest, the exhibition uses rare sports cards, artifacts and original art to examine Jewish and Israeli identity through the world of sports collectibles.
How they turned the shock of that day into a shared journey to Israel and military service.
New investments bring total funding for Parenting Centers to nearly $1 million to strengthen Jewish early childhood engagement and connect young families to Jewish life in the Bay Area and Los Angeles.