Tag: Israel
Holocaust survivor who led Yad Vashem memorial dies at 94
JERUSALEM — Yitzhak Arad, a Holocaust survivor and scholar who was the director of Israel's Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial for more than two decades,...
Israeli coalition talks resume after PM misses deadline
JERUSALEM — Israel's president on Wednesday signaled he would move quickly to task a new candidate with forming a government after Prime Minister Benjamin...
Shadowy Hamas commander warns Israel over Jerusalem
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The shadowy leader of the armed wing of the Islamic militant group Hamas has issued his first public statement...
Palestinian teen killed in clash, wounded Israeli man dies
JERUSALEM — A 16-year-old Palestinian youth was killed Wednesday by Israeli gunfire in a clash in the northern West Bank, Palestinian health officials said,...
Flurry of diplomatic contacts fuel Iran deal speculation
WASHINGTON — A flurry of diplomatic contacts and reports of major progress suggest that indirect talks between the U.S. and Iran may be nearing...
Israel’s Netanyahu faces midnight deadline to form coalition
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced a midnight deadline on Tuesday to put together a new coalition government — or be looking...
Lebanon and Israel resume indirect talks on maritime border
NAQOURA, Lebanon — After a nearly six-month pause, Lebanon and Israel on Tuesday resumed indirect talks with U.S. mediation over their disputed maritime border....
Holocaust survivor who testified against Eichmann dies at 91
JERUSALEM — Joseph Zalman Kleinman, a Holocaust survivor who survived the Auschwitz death camp and testified against Adolf Eichmann in the Nazi commander's trial...
Israeli settlers attack Palestinian village after shooting
JERUSALEM — Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank overnight, setting brush fires and hurling stones, Palestinian officials and an...
Israel’s first transgender referee takes field as woman
HAIFA, Israel — Israeli soccer's first transgender soccer referee took the field Monday for the first time since coming out publicly as a woman...
