Israel

10,000 passengers ride buses as Shabbat service launches in Tel Aviv

In Israel, buses and trains do not generally run in Jewish-majority cities from Friday to Saturday night.

Columbia College Student Council approves holding campus-wide Israel divestment referendum

It is the third time that the student council has voted on whether to hold such a referendum, in initiatives spearheaded by the camps organization Columbia University Apartheid Divest.

Ex-WeWork CEO Adam Neumann helped Jared Kushner on Mideast peace plan

Mother of Israeli-American woman imprisoned in Russia asks Putin to pardon her daughter

Open regional US Food and Drug Administration office in Israel, lawmakers say

Likud lawmaker Gideon Saar calls for leadership primaries after Netanyahu indictment

New Arab group says it’s time to stop boycotting Israel

British Labour Party puts ban on selling arms to Israel on elections policy manifesto

Netanyahu’s indictment is painful to watch. But Americans shouldn’t lose hope in Israeli democracy.

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