Israel News

On A Collision Course

03/27/1998 | James Besser | Washington Correspondent

by James D. Besser
Washington Correspondent
Washington and Jerusalem appeared on a collision course this week as the Clinton administration pressed forward with a series of proposals for ending the Israeli-Palestinian stalemate that the Netanyahu government regards as dangerous and intrusive.

Annan Hails Israel Plan On South Lebanon

03/27/1998 | by Stewart Ain | Staff Writer

After meeting with Israeli, Syrian and Lebanese leaders, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said he believed all were interested in advancing peace in the region, according to Israel’s UN ambassador, Dore Gold.
In an interview from Jerusalem, Gold said Annan made the comment after expressing appreciation for Israel’s pledge to withdraw from the 9-mile-wide buffer zone it maintains in southern Lebanon.

Next For Neeman: Women At The Wall

03/27/1998 | Gary Rosenblatt | Editor & Publisher

It’s Round 2 for the Neeman Commission. Still staggering from the knock-down, drag-out fight over conversions in Israel, the five-member committee chaired by Finance Minister Yaacov Neeman is about to enter the freedom-of-religion fray again, this time to tackle the controversy over allowing women to pray in groups at the Western Wall.

A Miracle In Yavne

03/20/1998 | by Stewart Ain | Staff Writer

Yavne, Israel — In the religious junior high school of this development town of 25,000 an hour south of Tel Aviv, an educational miracle is taking place with Ethiopian Jewish children. Long neglected by Israel’s education establishment, and against seemingly insurmountable odds, Ethiopian teens are soaring up the learning curve.

Does The U.S. Have A Plan?

03/13/1998 | James D. Besser | Washington Correspondent

Does The U.S. Have A Plan?

Bloodshed Mars Purim Joy Again

03/13/1998 | by Stewart Ain | Staff Writer

The killing of three Palestinians and the wounding of four others by Israeli soldiers at a roadblock near Hebron Tuesday sparked the worst rioting in the West Bank in four months.
The violence came just one day after Palestinian Authority President Yasir Arafat warned of a possible new Arab uprising.
It was the third time since 1994 that the joyous Purim holiday had been marred by bloodshed in Israel.