Israel

Israel advances plans for more than 2,300 West Bank settlement homes

The approvals come a week after rare approval for more than 700 Palestinian homes in an area of the West Bank under Israeli control.

Police say Israeli lawmaker Yaakov Litzman should be indicted for bribery and aiding an alleged pedophile

Litzman, who heads the haredi Orthodox United Torah Judaism party and serves as deputy health minister, could be charged with fraud and breach of trust for helping alleged child sex abuser Malka Leifer and preventing her extradition.

Israeli right-wing lawmaker wants nation to be governed by Jewish law. He acknowledges it won’t happen soon.

Bezalel Smotrich told a conference for rabbis that “there are other people who think differently and we need to get along with them.”

Tel Aviv will screen marriage proposals on City Hall building for ‘Jewish Valentine’s Day’

Israelis and Arabs say one thing in public and another behind closed doors. Politicians and pundits need to understand the difference.

Centrist candidate Yair Lapid seeks to disqualify far-right party from Israeli elections

Likud candidates pledge loyalty to Netanyahu

Druze diplomat decries treatment by security at Israel’s Ben Gurion airport

Who’s running in Israel’s September elections, explained

Chris Evans (left) and his co-stars in "The Red Sea Diving Resort," a new Netflix film about an Israeli rescue of Ethiopian Jews. (Screenshot from Netflix)

Netflix’s ‘The Red Sea Diving Resort’ misses the real story of Ethiopian Jews

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