Israel News

Measuring The Rowhani Effect

06/19/2013 | Joshua Mitnick | Israel Correspondent

Tel Aviv — The unexpected electoral victory in Iran of moderate presidential candidate Hassan Rowhani has reawakened an ongoing debate in Israel about how to craft public diplomacy toward Tehran.

Name Your ‘Price Tag’

06/05/2013 | Joshua Mitnick | Israel Correspondent

Tel Aviv — Nearly 20 years ago, Israel outlawed the far-right Kach organization as a terrorist group in the wake of the Cave of the Patriarchs massacre in which 29 Palestinian worshipers were killed and 125 were wounded. A Kach member, Baruch Goldstein, carried out the attack, and was then beaten to death by those who survived.

Israel’s Electric Car Crashes And Burns

05/28/2013 | Joshua Mitnick | Israel Correspondent

Tel Aviv — In recent years, the Better Place electric car startup and its visionary Shai Agassi have been synonymous with the daring and genius of Israeli tech entrepreneurs. The story of its founding even served as the introduction to the best-selling book “Start-Up Nation.”

Trying To Kick Out Racism

05/21/2013 | Cnaan Liphshiz | JTA

Itzik Shanan and Abbas Suan watched last week as 100,000 English soccer fans sang along to a live performance by a multiracial quartet at London’s Wembley Stadium.

Tensions Seen Mounting On Prayer At Wall

05/14/2013 | Joshua Mitnick | Israel Correspondent

Tel Aviv — Last week’s milestone prayer service at the Western Wall with women wrapped in prayer shawls and tefillin was likened by Women of the Wall leader Anat Hoffman to the “liberation” of the ancient holy site in the 1967 Six-Day War.

The Arab League’s Surprise Gesture

05/01/2013 | Joshua Mitnick | Israel Correspondent

Tel Aviv — Amid the low expectations for the revival of Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations, the Arab League on Monday pitched a surprise curveball: a first-ever acknowledgement of the need to redraw of 1967 Green Line and for land swaps as part of final settlement.