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Israeli foreign minister slams Sanders ‘horrifying comment’

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s foreign minister denounced Democratic front-runner Bernie Sanders on Wednesday for what he cal...
9:47 26 February 2022

Israel says cruise passenger flown home from Japan has virus

JERUSALEM (AP) — One of the 11 Israelis who were flown home after being quarantined on a cruise ship in Japan has tested...
12:23 21 February 2022

Israeli Opera to host Placido Domingo despite protest

JERUSALEM (AP) — Despite objections from sexual abuse activists, the Israeli Opera will host a weeklong singing competit...
4:26 19 February 2022

China’s Israel envoy compares virus travel bans to Holocaust

JERUSALEM — China's acting ambassador to Israel apologized on Sunday after comparing the closure of several national borders to Chinese citizens amid ...
19:44 2 February 2022

On foreign policy, Trump flouts risks that gave others pause

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is not the first American leader to have Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani in his sights, but he was the first to pull...
15:00 4 January 2022

In Florida, Trump says he’s Israel’s best pal in White House

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — President Donald Trump said Saturday that Israel has never had a better friend in the White House than him because, unlike his prede...
2:56 8 December 2021

Israeli PM escapes domestic woes to meet Pompeo in Lisbon

TEL AVIV, Israel — Looking to escape his legal and political woes at home, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was headed Wednesday toward a war...
9:16 4 December 2021

After time in the wilderness, Louis CK is welcomed in Israel

HOLON, Israel — Two years after being swept up in the #MeToo movement and acknowledging sexual misconduct with multiple women, comedian Louis C.K. too...
16:40 29 November 2021

Sabbath buses barrel through Israel’s religious-secular rift

TEL AVIV, Israel — Tel Aviv has taken a major step to cement its status as Israel’s secular mecca, launching public transportation services on the Jew...
7:04 29 November 2021

Thousands rally in support of embattled Israeli leader

TEL AVIV, Israel — Thousands of people rallied in support of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday in what was intended to be a show of strengt...
19:14 26 November 2021