Israel

Police officers carry a protester away during raid on a Jerusalem yeshiva that remained open in violation of COVID-19 restrictions on January 19, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

7 Israeli police officers injured in clashes with Orthodox protesters over COVID-19 restrictions

Haredi communities across Israel have resisted shutting down their institutions in compliance with the country’s repeated lockdowns and have suffered high death rates from the virus.

By Sam Sokol January 22, 2021 1:04 pm

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David 'Dugo' Leitner

In Israel, a Holocaust survivor has made falafel a symbol of Jewish resilience

David “Dugo” Leitner started a new tradition, in which thousands eat the national dish to celebrate his inspirational story.

January 22, 2021 12:23 pm

A poster of a Jew eating Uncle Sam that was used to advertise a session at the 2016 World Social Forum in Canada. (NGO Monitor)

Israel boycott activists to teach on anti-Semitism at international social justice summit

At the World Social Forum, BDS Brazil will give training to “clarify the differences between anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism,” which “Zionist propaganda” often conflates.

January 22, 2021 11:25 am

An Israeli healthcare worker prepares a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at a health clinic in Jerusalem on January 14, 2021. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP via Getty Images)

Israelis are bending the rules to get COVID-19 vaccines — and nurses are helping them do it

By Sam Sokol January 21, 2021 3:12 pm

Identity/Crisis Opinion

Secular Israelis are obsessed with traditional Judaism. Micah Goodman helps explain why.

By Identity / Crisis January 19, 2021 3:46 pm

A flag map of the Middle East inside an UNRWA-produced textbook shows a blank space on Israel's territory. (IMPACT-se)

UN aid agency for Palestinians says it mistakenly gave out textbooks calling for jihad

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 15, 2021 11:13 am

Israel is an apartheid state, leading Israeli human rights group says

By Ben Sales January 14, 2021 3:01 pm

Nancy Pelosi

Nancy Pelosi quoted a famous Israeli poem in her speech calling on Republicans to support the 25th Amendment

By Ben Sales January 13, 2021 10:01 am

Despite the Capitol violence, this Israeli town is still named after Donald Trump

By Sam Sokol January 12, 2021 5:53 pm

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