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Israelis demonstrate outside the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, to call for new elections, Jerusalem, April 1, 2024.
Israel-Hamas war
Israelis set up a tent city in Jerusalem to protest Netanyahu and call for new elections
A sticker reads “Impeachment Now!” with a photo of Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu with a bloody hand on his face
Israel-Hamas war
Israelis answer ‘battle cry’ to return to anti-government protests
Benjamin Netanyahu, accompanied by his wife Sara, waves to his supporters after first exit poll results for the Israeli Parliamentary election at his party's headquarters in Jerusalem
Netanyahu win is set to ‘change the face of Israel,’ Israeli reporter says
A person holds a vial of a vaccine dose wearing blue gloves
Top of The World
EU moves toward stricter export controls for COVID-19 vaccines
Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda speaks at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands, in this this Aug. 28, 2018, file photo.
Justice
Israel has a stake in Biden administration’s decision to lift ICC sanctions
A supporter of US President Donald Trump waves Israeli and US national flags on the day of the U.S. presidential election, in Carmiel, northern Israel, Nov. 3, 2020.
Foreign policy
Amid US-UAE arms deal and US election, Israelis wonder how balance of power in region might change
Two men wearing tank tops and face masks protest and wave blue and white Israeli flags in a big crowd
COVID-19
Israelis protest against new COVID-19 measures that restrict protests
signing ceremony
Global Politics
Palestinians worry about the impact of the Abraham Accords. They say it’s time to elect new leaders.
Children play with a wheelbarrow.
Politics
Legal recognition of West Bank settlements could ‘kill off’ hope of two-state solution, says former US ambassador
Pnina Tomano-Shata spoke at a town hall meeting for Ethiopian Israeli voters in the town of Or Yehuda ahead of Israel's national election on September 17, 2019.
‘They need to stop killing our kids’: Ethiopian Israeli lawmakers tackle police brutality
A woman stands with smartphone in a shop with organizers
Elections
Jewish and Arab women unite to defy Bedouin voter suppression in Israeli election
Supporters of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party react to exit polls in Israel's parliamentary election at the party headquarters in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Sept. 17, 2019. One sign says "Trump 2020" as well.
Anxiety and fear run high as Israel votes
A man is shown wearing a salmon-colored collard shirt and sunglasses while holding the reins of a horse.
Elections
In Israel’s election, the Arab vote could be pivotal
A supporter of the Israeli Likud party kisses an election campaign poster depicting Israel Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the market in Jerusalem.
For many Israelis, this election is all about Bibi
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (center), Cabinet Secretary Tzachi Braverman (right) and Minister of Foreign Affairs Israel Katz (left), attend the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on July 7, 2019.
Nuclear
With the Iran deal falling apart, Israel faces new worries
Benjamin Netanyahu sits with his hand covering his mouth.
Identity
What Israel’s new election reveals about the struggle over Jewishness
White House senior advisor Jared Kushner smiles while listening to US President Donald Trump talk as the president meets with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 25, 2019.
Foreign policy
Jared Kushner’s peace plan that nobody loves
billboard near a busy intersection advertises "Eva's Stories"
Arts, Culture & Media
‘Eva’s Stories:’ The Holocaust seen through Instagram
Donald Trump sits and holds up a signed proclamation while flanked by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Jared Kushner
Trump’s Golan Heights decision is at odds with UN law
Two up close portraits of white men with short hair cuts competing for prime minister.
Global Politics
For the first time in a decade, Netanyahu has a serious challenger
Israeli prime minister stands between two Israeli flags.
Global Politics
Israel’s early elections: Netanyahu’s best defense against criminal charges
A protest by "If Not Now" outside the annual conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee in Washington, DC, March 2017.
Global Politics
As Israel turns 70, many young American Jews turn away
palestine
Global Politics
Palestinian officials rebuke Trump threat to block aid
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hosted John Boehner, the Speaker of the US House of Representative in Jerusalem on April 1, 2015. Netanyahu called on world powers locked in nuclear negotiations with Iran to demand a "better deal.”
Global Politics
Israel reacts to a deal its leader calls ‘a danger to the region’
Crumpled posters at the headquarters of the center-left Zionist Union, a day after losing to incumbent Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel's elections.
Global Politics
Their election hopes crumpled, the young Israeli left asks: ‘Should we stay?’
A demonstrator holds a sign during a rally near the Israeli Consulate in New York to protest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech in front on Congress.
Global Politics
American Jews have mixed feelings about Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech
Palestinian residents in front of the Baydoun home recently occupied by Israelis.
Conflict
Who really owns the Israeli-occupied homes in East Jerusalem?
An Israeli soldier stands at a staging area after crossing back into Israel from Gaza on July 28, 2014.
Conflict & Justice
Israel’s operation widens, but its objectives are getting murkier
An Israeli soldier stands at a staging area after crossing back into Israel from Gaza on July 28, 2014.
Conflict & Justice
Israel’s operation widens, but its objectives are getting murkier
Conflict & Justice
Talk of a negotiated ceasefire in Gaza remains just that — talk
An Israeli tank performs a maneuver after the end of a five-hour humanitarian truce, near the border with the Gaza Strip. Israeli leaders ordered a ground operation in Gaza soon after the temporary ceasefire, which was not honored by Palestinian militant
Conflict & Justice
As Israel starts a ground offensive, an Israeli journalist says it is obvious his country doesn’t want war
Smoke rises from buildings following what witnesses said was an Israeli air strike, as Palestinians search for victims under the rubble of a house which police said was destroyed in another Israeli air strike in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on July 1
Conflict & Justice
More than 100 Gazans are dead and there’s no sign of an end to the killing
Relatives of a Palestinian Hamas militant mourn during his funeral in the southern Gaza Strip on July 7, 2014. The Israeli military killed at least five Hamas militants in air strikes carried out in the Palestinians enclave.
Conflict & Justice
Israel arrests right-wing soccer fans for the revenge murder of a Palestinian boy
Global Politics
Diplomats try to keep mideast peace talks alive
American Studies professor Mohammed Dajani took a group of Palestinian students on a trip to Auschwitz in March, 2014.
Global Politics
It may be taboo, but some Palestinians are rethinking their views toward the Holocaust
Israelis hold placards during a protest calling for the release of Jonathan Pollard from U.S. prison, outside U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's hotel in Jerusalem on January 2, 2014.
Global Politics
Who is Jonathan Pollard and why is he in prison?
Israelis hold placards during a protest calling for the release of Jonathan Pollard from U.S. prison, outside U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's hotel in Jerusalem on January 2, 2014.
Global Politics
Who is Jonathan Pollard and why is he in prison?
Israeli coalition partners Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Economy Minister Naftali Bennett have lately been at each other's throats.
Global Politics
Israel’s coalition government is at war, with itself, over a Palestinian state
Sharon cartoon
Arts, Culture & Media
Why an Israeli cartoonist loved Ariel Sharon
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lays a wreath during the funeral service for Ariel Sharon near Sycamore Farm, Sharon's residence in southern Israel, on January 13, 2014.
Global Politics
Ariel Sharon fought for the security of his people, even when that meant giving up land
Rami Yizraeli (tan jacket) chats with Benjamin Netanyahu (black shirt), while the Israeli Prime Minister's bodyguards look on.
Global Politics
Here’s what happened when Israel’s prime minister stopped beneath my apartment balcony
Photos of Israeli scientists who won Nobel Prizes in recent years, in the Israeli daily Haaretz, Thursday, Oct. 10.
Environment
Israeli prime minister praises Israeli Nobel winner… who ditched Israel
Benjamin Netanyahu at the UN in September 2012.
Global Politics
Has Benjamin Netanyahu raided the Warner Brothers’ cartoon vaults for talking points?
Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu at the United Nations in New York. (Photo: REUTERS/Adrees Latif)
Global Politics
Israeli radio host says if Iranian leaders want a dialogue, they know whom to call
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani waiting to address the 68th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York, Tuesday.
Global Politics
Netanyahu calls Iranian president a ‘wolf in sheep’s clothing’
Global Politics
Israel promises to strike back ‘fiercely’ if Syria attacks
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What Does U.S. Intervention in Syria Mean for Israel?
Arts, Culture & Media
Israel to Strike Back ‘fiercely’ if Syria Attacks the Jewish State
Global Politics
Israeli officials promise public referendum on any peace agreement
Global Politics
President Obama opens up about race during impromptu speech about Zimmerman verdict
Global Politics
Israelis nervous about U.S. Senate’s attention on Hagel’s position on Israel
Israeli left trying to build support from Occupy Tel Aviv crowd
Netanyahu makes a push to shore up relations in wake of Obama’s election victory
Author argues Israeli militarism is as much to blame for failed peace efforts as anything
As Israel prepares for war with Iran, some citizens say the government is warmongering
Israel says it’s received a message of peace from Egypt’s President; Egyptians say no
VIDEO: Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu praises Romney for his stance on Iran
Global Politics
Romney in Israel voices support for pre-emptive strike on Iran; offends Palestinians
Israeli prime minister blames Iran for deadly suicide attack in Bulgaria