Palestinian journalist gets jail term for Abbas insult

Published on March 28, 2013

A Palestinian Authority court sentenced a local journalist to a year in jail on Thursday over a picture posted on Facebook that was deemed insulting to Mahmoud Abbas.

Palestinians vandalize Obama billboard

Published on March 18, 2013

Palestinians in Bethlehem vandalized a billboard bearing the image of President Obama.

World Bank: Palestinian economy in decline

Published on March 12, 2013

During President Obama’s visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) next week, he will visit the West Bank towns of Ramallah, where he will meet PA leader Mahmoud Abbas, and Bethlehem, to see the Church of the Nativity. A new report by the World Bank says he will see an economy that is in steady decline and losing its competetiveness.

Living next to E1, Maale Adumim residents reflect Israeli consensus on settlements

Published on December 6, 2012

From the terrace of the mall in Maale Adumim, a West Bank settlement eight miles from Jerusalem that serves as a bedroom community for Israel’s capital city, customers get a panoramic view of the Judean Desert to the east.

Reform movement raps Israeli settlement plans, Palestinian U.N. upgrade

Published on December 5, 2012

The Union for Reform Judaism criticized Israel for its decision to build new settlement housing and the Palestinians for unilaterally seeking upgraded status at the United Nations.

Economic costs of Gaza fighting

Published on November 19, 2012

Last Friday, Moshe Ahituv (not his real name) received another call-up from the Israeli army. A captain in the home front command, he had already completed 43 days of army reserve service this year.

UNESCO gives Heritage status to Nativity Church, lists it under ‘Palestine’

Published on June 29, 2012

UNESCO has agreed to name the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem as a World Heritage Site, and list it as in Palestine.

Supermodel Naomi Campbell celebrates birthday in Bethlehem

Published on May 23, 2012

Supermodel Naomi Campbell visited Bethlehem in honor of her birthday.

April 24, 2012

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on April 24, 2012

Raheb will get German prize despite growing opposition, organizers say

Published on February 21, 2012

Jewish groups are ramping up pressure to have a prestigious German prize withdrawn from a Palestinian pastor who is accused of making anti-Semitic statements.

Latino clergy get firsthand look at Israel

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on June 19, 2008

Tony Solorzano had dreamed of seeing Israel. At 54, he'd spent countless Sundays at the pulpit and weekdays on Radio Zion talking about the land of Abraham and Jacob and David -- and Jesus

Is There a Hole in the Fence Plan?

By Leslie Susser
Published on February 26, 2004

The burnt-out hulk of an Israeli bus destroyed by a Palestinian suicide bomber had just arrived at The Hague on Sunday, when a second bus was blown up at a busy intersection in Jerusalem.

World Briefs

By JTA Staff
Published on May 9, 2002

World Briefs.

Invasion Pros   and Cons

By David Landau
Published on November 1, 2001

Israel this week is weighing the interim results of the largest military operation it has mounted during the past 13 months of violence. The balance is complex, informed observers say, with both pros and cons. Israel Defense Force (IDF) troops and tanks pulled back from Bethlehem and neighboring Beit Jalla, just south of Jerusalem, overnight Sunday, after a day in which Palestinians desisted from shooting at the nearby Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo.