Author: David Leibermann

Shorty, the aptly named 4-foot-8-inch medical clown, stood between two young patients riding coin-operated toy cars in the lobby of Tel Aviv’s children’s hospital, alternately blowing and eating bubbles as the children giggled. Between mouthfuls, Shorty asked the girl’s mother why her daughter, about 6ֿ, was in the hospital. A tonsil operation, the mother said, […]

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said the influencer Clavicular should be informing his followers about the plight of Palestinians, in a sign of how widely Clavicular’s trip this week to Tel Aviv has registered among both Israelis and Israel’s critics. Ocasio-Cortez, who has been sharply critical of Israel, was asked about Clavicular by a reporter from TMZ, […]

California Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna, who is eyeing a 2028 presidential bid, says he was detained last week by armed Israeli settlers in the West Bank last week — and that Israeli soldiers who arrived “took the settlers’ side.” The IDF disputed that characterization. The military said in a statement that it received a report […]

After several months in which it seemed possible that elections would be called earlier, Israel now has a date for its voters to head to the polls to pick a new government.  The Knesset House Committee on Sunday affirmed an election date of Oct. 27, the latest allowed under law, following months of political maneuvering […]

Israel has shared intelligence with the United States that Iran had developed a new plot to assassinate President Donald Trump, according to media reports. Citing an article by The Wall Street Journal Thursday and two people familiar with the matter, CNN reported that the intelligence revealed there was a “new” and “specific” threat. The details […]

Democrats can win the White House in 2028 without cutting off Israel, but only if the “status quo” rules of the alliance between the two countries change, veteran politician Rahm Emanuel said at Tel Aviv University Wednesday. Emanuel made the comments in response to a question from the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. He stressed that the […]

TEL AVIV — Pausing as he looked out at the packed hall at Tel Aviv University, Rahm Emanuel offered his audience a warning about what he was about to say. “Hold your applause, because you may not like this,” he said, before laying out his proposal for U.S. sanctions targeting Israelis who attack Palestinian civilians and […]

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency lowered its aviation risk classification for Israel and parts of the Middle East Wednesday, replacing its high-risk conflict zone advisory with a medium-level Information Note.  The agency said that the existing Conflict Zone Information Bulletin covering the Middle East and Persian Gulf expired on July 8 and made the […]

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the ceasefire with Iran was “over” after the U.S. military pounded sites in Iran and the Islamic regime struck dozens of American military facilities in the region.  “I think it’s over. I don’t want to deal with them anymore,” Trump told reporters in Ankara, Turkey, where he is attending […]