TEL AVIV - Thousands of young Israelis have taken to the streets across the country over the past several weeks to demand a more “just society”. With tent cities cropping up in virtually all major urban centers, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin (...)
JAFFA, Israel - As a student at a college in Safed, a small city of 30,000 residents, Yusuf checked apartment after apartment, hoping to find a home close to his academic institution. Never did the 19-year old anticipate the reaction from Rabbi (...)
Jaffa - Diplomatic isolation isn't dominating the news agenda in Israel these days. Neither is the lack of any peace process with the Palestinians. Today everybody seems to be talking about the so-called “cottage cheese scandal," the top item in the (...)
Jaffa, Israel - Facing US lawmakers on Capitol Hill in late May, Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu did not even attempt to wrap an elegant coating around his undiplomatic mocking of the uprisings sweeping the Arab World. Comparing the current (...)
Jaffa -- Mahmoud al-Zahar, the co-founder of Hamas, was clearly satisfied as he spoke to Israeli TV following the historic Palestinian reconciliation pact signing last week.
“Your intelligence organizations are not so impressive after all,” he told (...)
Jaffa, Israel -- Only hours after widespread unrest forced the abdication of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in mid-February, Hamas leaders in Gaza sensed the beginning of a new era.
“Soon Egypt will regain its rightful position in the Arab World,” (...)
