Israel News

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.

Court: Women Should Not Have Been Arrested

04/25/2013 | JTA

JERUSALEM -- Women praying out loud at the Western Wall in prayer shawls do not disturb the public order and should not have been arrested, an Israeli court found.

Arms Sale Complicates Iran Picture

04/24/2013 | Joshua Mitnick and Stewart Ain | Israel Correspondent and Staff Writer

Tel Aviv — The Obama administration’s announced arms sale to Israel this week has raised as many questions as it answers.

Sharansky's Wall Plan Gets Green Light

04/22/2013 | JTA

JERUSALEM -- Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky was given a green light by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to pursue his plan for a permanent egalitarian prayer space at the Western Wall.

Deficit Tests Yair Lapid

04/17/2013 | Michele Chabin | Israel Correspondent

JERUSALEM – No one in Israel doubts that Yair Lapid, Israel’s new minister of finance, will have to make tough decisions in order to lower the country’s almost $11 billion budget deficit.