Israel

Sheldon Adelson-owned newspaper costs Israel in freedom-of-the-press ranking

A watchdog group cites the free Israel Hayom daily in downgrading Israel’s status from “free” to “partly free.” Some saw the move as biased against Israel.

2 Palestinians killed in suspected stabbing attack on Israelis

A 24-year-old woman accompanied by an unidentified male reportedly threw a knife at a soldier, provoking fire that killed her and her companion.

11 Jewish Harvard Law students defend peer who called Livni ‘smelly’

Husam El-Qoulaq is the "target of a vicious smear campaign" aimed at "discrediting and defaming those who dare challenge Israel's abuses against Palestinians," the letter says.

Novelist Ayelet Waldman spars with Jeffrey Goldberg over Israel’s ‘#nationalcharacter’

White House: We’re prepared to make the largest ever military pledge to Israel

Iran’s foreign minister: Nuclear deal could falter, Holocaust deniers are like KKK

3 Palestinians arrested in plan to carry out Passover attack

A former senator announces his marriage to a man, and his debt to Martin Buber

2 Jewish visitors beaten, ejected from Temple Mount for bowing in prayer

Fugitive Hasidic rabbi in South African prison over Passover

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