Israel

State Dept.: Trump adviser Jason Greenblatt is on ‘listening’ tour of Israel, West Bank

No big developments are expected out of the trip, which will include a discussion on settlements, a spokesman said.

Effigies of haredi Orthodox soldiers hanged in Jerusalem neighborhood

Police removed the effigies, surrounded by jeering crowds, in the haredi stronghold of Mea Shearim.

Reform Jewish delegation calls meeting with Netanyahu ‘candid’

The Israeli prime minister told the delegation that he had appointed a government minister to help advance the plan for egalitarian prayer at the Western Wall.

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Brazil’s national high school exam moved from Shabbat after Jewish lobbying

Israel bars entry to British activist because of boycott support

Iranian foreign minister calls Netanyahu’s Purim story ‘fake history’

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