New rules have Diaspora converts waiting on Israel
New Israeli regulations that make it more difficult for converts from the Diaspora to obtain Israeli citizenship constitute the latest chapter in the long-running battle over who is a Jew -- a question that repeatedly has strained Diaspora-Israel relations. Read more »
So far, no new settlement building approved by Netanyahu gov’t
Despite his expressed support for allowing the "natural growth" of Jewish settlements in the West Bank, Benjamin Netanyahu's government has not approved any additional construction for Jews there. Israeli critics of the settlements say enough building plans already have been approved to keep settlement construction going for years. Read more »
Israel wrestles with settler challenge
Bringing radical Jewish settlers under control and enforcing evacuation orders for illegal West Bank outposts has proved a conundrum for successive Israeli governments. Will the new Israeli government be any different? Read more »
The view from a West Bank hilltop
JTA's Dina Kraft visits Havat Gilad, an illegal Jewish settlement outpost in the West Bank slated for evacuation. Residents there say they have no intention of leaving, and they'll fight if necessary. Read more »
Some Jewish settlers turning against Israel
Confident they are following the word of God, a small but vocal and increasingly violent constituency of the Jewish settler movement has become the face of radical Jewish nationalism in Israel. Read more »
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Updated 07/09/09 @ 02:42PM EDT
- Bernard Madoff will not appeal the 150-year jail sentence he was given earlier this month, his attorney said.
- Israel's army praised the job Palestinian security forces have been doing in the West Bank.
- Egypt arrested 26 alleged al-Qaida operatives accused of plotting attacks on foreign ships sailing through the Suez Canal.
- Four members of the Jewish Defense League were arrested in Paris for ransacking a pro-Palestinian bookstore.
- A leader of the anti-Zionist Satmar Chasidic movement praised President Obama's Middle East policy.
- Madoff won’t appeal sentence
- IDF salutes Palestinian security forces
- Op-Ed: Israel backers must support a settlement freeze
- Egypt arrests 26 planning Suez attacks
- Op-Ed: Palestinians’ plight, Holocaust are not analogous
- JDL members arrested in Paris
- Satmar mayor praises Obama
- Harvard Hillel victim of $780,000 fraud
- The Chosen: Jewish members in the 111th U.S. Congress
- Jackson kids’ Jewish mother could regain custody
- Biden: Israel can decide for itself on Iran
- Guard shot at Holocaust museum dies
- Canadian politician sues Jewish groups
- In endorsing two states, Netanyahu adopts popular Jewish position
- Some Jewish settlers turning against Israel
- Mass converts pose dilemma for Latin American Jews
