List of Israel articles
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Christian followers of the American evangelical pastor John Hagee cheer in Israel What’s Next for Christian Zionists?
The backbone of Israel’s support in the United States is a group of evangelical Christians, but their power is threatened by the changing of the political guard.
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Rivka Ravitz visits Qasr al-Yahud Will Rivka Ravitz Break the Glass Ceiling of Ultra-Orthodox Politics in Israel?
One of the country’s most powerful women has remained rooted in a traditional community. But religious parties still won’t let her run for office.
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People on Gaza Beach Palestinians Find New Unity After War With Israel
The 11-day conflict between Israel and Hamas has unified disparate Palestinian enclaves.
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Demonstrators hold up images of late Palestinian activist Nizar Banat, who died in late June during a violent arrest by Palestinian Authority security forces, as they march during a protest in the city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank on July 2, 2021. U.S. Support Is Keeping the Undemocratic Palestinian Authority Alive
Mahmoud Abbas’s unelected and illegitimate government is becoming increasingly violent, but Washington’s largesse is keeping it in power.
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Israel’s alternate Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid gives a press conference at the new Israeli consulate in the Gulf Emirate of Dubai, on June 30. The Real Reason Lapid Went to Abu Dhabi
The selection shows an Israeli government eager to double down on ties with Arab countries rather than address the Palestinian issue at home.
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A man stands outside the ruins of Nidal al-Rajabi's house in East Jerusalem on June 29. A Razed Building and Another Possible Flash Point in East Jerusalem
Israel demands Palestinians obtain building permits but rarely grants them.
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U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet removes her face mask before a press conference at the United Nations in Geneva on Dec. 9, 2020. Biden Needs an International Organizations Strategy
A U.S. State Department czar should lead a campaign to stop China and Russia from gaining control of multilateral agencies.
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Iranian President-elect Ebrahim Raisi addresses his first press conference. Iran-U.S. Nuclear Talks on a Hair Trigger
Tehran’s new hard-line regime still wants a deal. But even restoring the old agreement is now impossible.
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Benjamin Netanyahu with an unidentified friend at the entrance to his family home in Jerusalem in 1967, and his father, Benzion Netanyahu, when he was a professor at the University of Denver in 1968. How the Netanyahus Explain the World
A new novel offers a family history of Israel’s former prime minister—and insight into the dangers of any form of nationalism.
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A member of the liberal Jewish religious movement "Women of the Wall" (WOW), wearing phylacteries and "Tallit" traditional Jewish prayer shawls for men, holds up a Torah on March 8, 2019 at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem. Women Are the Key to Israel’s Government
One of the few things holding the motley coalition together is a focus on women’s rights.
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Naftali Bennett visits a building that was hit by a rocket, fired from Gaza, during a campaign visit in the city of Rishon Letzion, near Tel Aviv, on Jan. 21, 2013. Israel’s Big New Shift in Hamas Policy
The Israeli government used to try buying off the group’s compliance. Now it’s intent on using reconstruction money to coerce it.
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A Palestinian activist confronts a soldier in Jerusalem. A Deeply Divided Israel Greets New Coalition Government
The “change government” of Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid promises little real change—other than an end to Netanyahu.
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Israeli President Reuven Rivlin sits between Israeli Prime Minster Naftali Bennett (left) and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid as they pose for a group photo in Jerusalem on June 14. Israel’s New Coalition Government Is More Stable Than It Looks
With all its parties facing disaster by leaving, the coalition has every reason to make it work.
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Naftali Bennett visits the Western Wall The Meaning of Israel’s First Religious Prime Minister
With Naftali Bennett, the homeland of the Jewish people is about to see what it’s like having an observant Jewish leader.
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Naftali Bennett, an Israeli parliament member from the Yamina party, gestures during a special session of the Knesset. Meet Israel’s New Boss
Biden is likely to have more leverage over the fragile new government in Israel.
