Author: David Leibermann

WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — A U.S. airman has died after setting himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C., where he shouted “Free Palestine!” in protest of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. The man, who wore military fatigues and identified himself as Aaron Bushnell in a video that circulated online, was an active-duty […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — An Israeli hostage freed from Gaza was sprayed by a police water cannon and an elderly man collapsed after being struck in the head by an officer riding a horse as police cracked down on anti-government protests in Tel Aviv. Twenty-one people — including two of the protest movement’s organizers — were […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Last summer, Jared Armstrong traveled from his adopted home of Israel back to the United States to confront a problem — running basketball clinics across the country in a bid to improve Black-Jewish relations. Now, following Hamas’ Oct. 7 invasion of Israel, the professional basketball player is bringing his clinics to the […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Israeli negotiators have arrived in Paris to participate hostage talks, in a sign that officials believe, that a deal can be reached with Hamas to secure the release of the 134 Israelis held in Gaza. Israel had initially sat out this round of talks, reportedly at the instruction of Prime Minister Benjamin […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — At least one Israeli was killed in an early morning shooting attack on the highway leading from the Israeli West Bank settlement of Ma’aleh Adumim to Jerusalem. Eleven others were wounded in the terror attack Thursday morning, one seriously. The three gunmen were killed at the scene by security forces. The attack […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — At least one Israeli was killed in an early morning shooting attack on the highway leading from the Israeli West Bank settlement of Ma’aleh Adumim to Jerusalem. Eleven others were wounded in the terror attack Thursday morning, one seriously. The three gunmen were killed at the scene by security forces. The attack […]

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — When the Biden administration announced new sanctions meant to stop the flow of U.S. donations to extremist Israelis, many watchdogs assumed that one charity would be especially concerned. But the Central Fund of Israel says it is unfazed by the new sanctions, which were announced amid a push by the White House […]

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — A major rift between Brazil and Israel has opened up after Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, likened Israel’s war in Gaza to the Holocaust. Ties between the two countries became strained last year when da Silva, a left-wing politician known as Lula who has long been […]

TEL AVIV ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — An effort to expel a far-left Israeli lawmaker from Israel’s Knesset narrowly failed, the first time the parliament voted on a measure to expel one of its own members. The vote on Monday to expel Ofer Cassif, the only Jewish member of the majority Arab-Israeli Hadash-Taal party, fell short of […]

TEL AVIV ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Two Israelis were killed in a terror attack on Friday at a junction in southern Israel. Four others were wounded in the attack, one in serious condition. The attacker was a man from east Jerusalem and was killed by a civilian on the scene. He reportedly drove a car up […]