Category: Israel

WASHINGTON (JTA) — A Biden administration official said the U.S. government supports restocking Israel’s Iron Dome anti-missile system after it was depleted by last month’s conflict with Hamas in Gaza. Dozens of House members from both parties have said they would push Congress to appropriate funds to replenish the system should Israel make the request. […]

JERUSALEM – The elderly grandmother had a fever and felt weak, despite the antibiotics her family doctor had prescribed a couple of days earlier for a urinary tract infection. Instead of feeling better, she was getting worse. That’s when her worried family made an urgent call to Magen David Adom – Israel’s national emergency medical […]

Isaac Herzog, former Labor leader, to be Israel’s next president – Jewish Telegraphic Agency Skip to content Advertisement Advertisement

Diverse group of Israeli parties agree to form coalition and oust Netanyahu – Jewish Telegraphic Agency Skip to content Advertisement Advertisement

Canada hit with wave of antisemitic attacks sparked by Israel-Gaza conflict – Jewish Telegraphic Agency Skip to content Advertisement Advertisement

MODIIN, Israel (JTA) — When my third-grade daughter’s school sent permission slips home this week for an upcoming field trip to Jerusalem’s Old City, a debate erupted on our parents’ WhatsApp group. Was it safe to visit there, just days after the 11-day war between Israel and Hamas concluded? The conflict had begun with unrest in […]

(J. the Jewish News of Northern California via JTA) — In an historic endorsement, San Francisco’s teachers union passed a resolution in support of the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement against Israel. The United Educators of San Francisco, which has 6,200 members, is the first American K-12 union of public school teachers to officially support […]

NEW YORK (JTA) — Hundreds of people rallied for Israel in New York City days after a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, and following a string of antisemitic assaults and harassment in the United States. The demonstration on Sunday in lower Manhattan, organized by the Israeli-American Council and other pro-Israel organizations, principally featured […]