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NBA coach Steve Kerr: "Israel sought revenge for Oct. 7 and now 72, 000 Palestinians have been killed
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (479+ words) By Louis Keene April 28, 2026 Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr slammed Israel in a new interview, telling The New Yorker that the country had passed on an opportunity to pursue peace after Oct. 7. "Israel sought revenge for Oct. 7 and…...
'The settlers are winning now': West Bank activists aiding Palestinians are increasingly targets themselves
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (1491+ words) By Ben Lynfield April 27, 2026 DUMA, WEST BANK "For three decades, Rabbi Arik Ascherman has devoted himself largely to helping Palestinian civilians in the occupied West Bank. He heads Torat Zedek, which means Torah of Justice " a group that is out…...
Flyers for 'Israel Fest' at New York high school ended up in a urinal. Now the school board president is facing calls to resign.
1+ week, 2+ day ago (684+ words) (JTA) " The school board president in a heavily Jewish suburb of New York City is facing calls to resign after flyers promoting a student-led Israeli culture club event were torn down and later found in a boys" bathroom urinal last…...
Should Diaspora Jews be buried in Israel? A rabbi responds
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (651+ words) By Rabbi Daniel Cohen May 11, 2025 Where we are buried sometimes says more about our values than where we live. Our society is much more transient than years ago. Families rarely all live in the same city, let alone coast or…...
A Palestinian and an Israeli bereaved in violence make the case for peace
2+ week, 14+ hour ago (1416+ words) By Simone Saidmehr April 16, 2026 Aziz Abu Sarah and Maoz Inon have a message that can sound utterly preposterous as violence hardens as the main mode of communication between Israelis and Palestinians: The Future Is Peace, the title of their new…...
Hungarian Jews spark backlash with letter condemning both Gaza war and local Jewish leaders
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (596+ words) (JTA) " Hundreds of Hungarian Jews have denounced the Israeli government over its war in Gaza "and the groups that purport to represent them at home, where protests against Israel are largely banned. "The one-sided, extreme statements of the current Israeli…...
Palestinian-French lawmaker arrested after praising 1972 bomber of Ben Gurion Airport
3+ week, 3+ day ago (582+ words) (JTA) " French police detained Rima Hassan, a member of the European Parliament from France, on suspicion of "advocating for terrorism" after she quoted one of the perpetrators of a 1972 terror attack on "an Israeli airport in a social media post....
Frankfurt cinema declines to participate in Jewish film festival, spurring backlash
3+ week, 3+ day ago (463+ words) A woman sits alone in a Frankfurt, Germany, cinema in November 2021. (Frank Rumpenhorst/picture alliance via Getty Images) (JTA) " A Frankfurt cinema's decision not to participate in the local Jewish film festival is spurring allegations of antisemitism, even as its…...
IDF suspends unit that detained CNN crew in the West Bank, as Herzog condemns settler violence
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (876+ words) A Palestinian child stands outside a destroyed car and burnt out home following a reported attack by Israeli settlers in the village of Deir al-Hatab, east of the city of Nablus, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on March 23, 2026. (JAAFAR ASHTIYEH…...
Israel passes death penalty law for Palestinians convicted of lethal attacks against Israelis
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (771+ words) Israelis, foreigners and Palestinians demonstrate in Beit Jala village in the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem on December 19, 2025, against a bill proposing the death penalty that could apply to Palestinians convicted of deadly attacks against Israelis. (HAZEM BADER / AFP)…...