Israel

The Gaza fighting is over, but Jewish-Arab violence in Israel still has me afraid

The interethnic clashes raise concerns not only about personal safety for me and other Jewish and Arab families in Israel, but about Israel’s future, JTA’s Uriel Heilman writes.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves le Drian. (The French Foreign Ministry)

French foreign minister says status quo risks creating apartheid in Israel

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded with a sharp rebuke, calling Jean-Yves Le Drian’s remark “insolent, false and baseless.”

Requests for ‘psychological first aid’ spiked in Israel during the recent conflict, suggesting possible long-term effects

Both Jewish and Arab Israelis expressed their fears and anxiety to a hotline, with one caller saying “I feel like everything is falling apart.”

A Palestinian demonstrator walks amidst tear gas smoke fired by Israeli forces during a protest near the Israel-Gaza border fence in the southern Gaza Strip, on December 27, 2019. (Said Khatib/AFP via Getty Images)

People are accusing Israel of genocide. These human rights lawyers beg to differ.

San Francisco’s teachers union becomes first K-12 union to endorse BDS movement

After a plea to combat antisemitism, the White House convened a meeting with Jewish leaders

A crowd protests against anti-Semitism in New York City on October 15, 2020. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Antisemitic acts in US soared 80% in a month, Jewish security group reports

Simon Cowell and his wife Lauren Silverman leave LH2 studios after Celebrity X Factor on November 23, 2019 in London, UK. (Ricky Vigil M/GC Images)

Simon Cowell pulls out as judge on Israeli counterpart to ‘America’s Got Talent’

Mark Ruffalo apologizes for calling Israel’s actions in Gaza a ‘genocide’

Antony Blinken travels to Middle East to sustain ceasefire between Israel and Hamas

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