The former executive director of Human Rights Watch is defending the group after two staffers quit over allegations that a report accusing Israel of a “crime against humanity” was blocked from publication. Omar Shakir, the director of Human Rights Watch’s Israel-Palestine team, and assistant researcher Milena Ansari tendered their resignations after they said the organization […]
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Right-wing pundit Tucker Carlson and Mike Huckabee, the U.S. Ambassador to Israel, said they will conduct an interview after Carlson published a video from the Middle East that included harsh criticism of Huckabee. The planned sit-down, hashed out over social media, comes as Carlson has troubled the Jewish world and fractured the conservative movement by […]
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Only one-third of American Jews say they identify as Zionist, even as nearly nine in 10 say they support Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish and Democratic state, according to a new survey conducted by Jewish Federations of North America. The findings of the survey reveal that American Jews do not have a mutually […]
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“To attract new residents, create new jobs and boost economic growth, we have to have fundamental services like Fire & Rescue already in place,” says Jewish National Fund-USA Fire & Rescue Task Force Chair Penny Rosen. As the official fundraising body in the U.S. for Israel’s Fire & Rescue Authority, Jewish National Fund-USA and its […]
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A senior Israel Defense Forces official told Israeli media outlets on Thursday that the military estimates a death toll in Gaza of approximately 71,000 — the same number that the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry announced this week. In the past, Israeli officials have sometimes disputed Gaza Health Ministry data, accusing the ministry of inflating death […]
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu alleged in comments on Tuesday that Israeli soldiers died during the war in Gaza because of a Biden-era “embargo” on weaponry. “We paid a very heavy price in the war,” Netanyahu said during an appearance in Jerusalem. “Part of it is that at a certain point, we simply didn’t have […]
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The remains of the final Israeli hostage in Gaza, Ran Gvili, have been retrieved and are on their way back to Israel for burial. The announcement by the Israeli military marks a significant milestone for the Israeli public, which transformed into a communal vigil for the hostages taken when Hamas attacked on Oct. 7, 2023. […]
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TEL AVIV — Dr. Olivia Keller-Baruch had long dreamed of working as a doctor in Israel. Originally from Montreal, she knew making the move would require some adjustments. Her Hebrew skills needed work, she was aware physician salaries in Israel differ from those in North America and she assumed navigating Israeli bureaucracy would take time. […]
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Jared Kushner presented a phased vision for the future of Gaza at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday, saying that there was “no plan B” when it comes to reconstructing the territory battered during the two-year war between Israel and Hamas. Kusher, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and advisor, was crucial to negotiating […]
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When Mickey Gitzin arrived in New York last month with two young daughters and a few winter coats hastily packed in Israel, he was stepping into a role that once would have seemed improbable for the organization he now leads. Gitzin, 44, was named interim president and CEO of the New Israel Fund in December, […]
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