Israel’s military intelligence chief resigns, taking responsibility for Oct. 7 failures

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Israel’s military intelligence chief resigned, saying he assumed responsibility for the intelligence failures that failed to prevent the Oct. 7 Hamas invasion that launched the current war. The resignation letter Maj. Gen. Aharon Haliva sent Monday to the Israeli military chief of staff, Lt. Herzi Halevi, is unusual in that he assumed […]

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In a first, US is reportedly set to sanction Israeli military unit for alleged human rights abuses

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Israeli officials are decrying reports that the United States plans to sanction an Israeli military unit for human rights abuses, a step the State Department has never before taken.  The report of sanctions comes amid escalating violence in the West Bank. Last week, an Israeli teenager was murdered in what authorities said […]

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US sanctions far-right Israeli activist Bentzi Gopstein and 2 groups in latest round of West Bank penalties

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — The State Department on Friday announced sanctions against Ben Zion “Bentzi” Gopstein, a prominent far-right Israeli activist, for his “destabilizing” activities in the West Bank, along with two Israeli organizations that raised funds for sanctioned settlers. The penalties were the third round of sanctions the State Department has levied against far-right Israelis […]

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Despite missiles and an evacuation order, the spit is still turning at this northern Israel shawarma shop

This story is part of “Israel’s Northern Front,” a series examining life during wartime at Israel’s northern border. KIRYAT SHMONA, Israel ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — One evening last November, Toby Abutbul was busy with his family’s shawarma restaurant on the main drag of the northern Galilee city of Kiryat Shmona when an anti-tank missile fired by […]

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Columbia’s president, at House hearing, says university could do more to fight antisemitism

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — When the question came, Columbia University’s president was ready. Her answer was “Yes.” Just minutes into a congressional hearing on campus antisemitism on Wednesday, Nemat Shafik had been asked, “Does calling for the genocide of Jews violate Columbia’s code of conduct?” It was a knowing repeat of the now-infamous question that cost […]

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USC Shoah Foundation distances itself from pro-Palestinian valedictorian whose speech was canceled

((JEWISH REVIEW)) – A Holocaust research center founded by Steven Spielberg has gotten embroiled in a drama over campus Israel speech that is dividing the University of Southern California, where it is housed. The USC Shoah Foundation is downplaying its role in the school’s academics after the university’s valedictorian, a pro-Palestinian student who earned a […]

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