US, Israel tiff over judicial reform

Jerusalem objects after United States Vice President Kamala Harris commented on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's contested judicial overhaul plan that has drawn mass protests. By Erin Viner "America will…

American Policy and the Israeli Domestic Debate

By Jeremy Ben-Ami for The Jerusalem Strategic Tribune. Jeremy Ben-Ami is the President and Founder of J Street, a liberal American advocacy group which promotes American leadership to end the Israeli-Arab…

Thousands march at Auschwitz

The annual March of the Living is held on Israel's Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes Remembrance Day of mourning for the victims of the genocide. By Erin Viner 10,000 people from…

300,000+ protest Israeli judicial reform

Citizens flocked to the streets nationwide for the eighth consecutive week. By Erin Viner In what has been the largest show of opposition against controversial legal reforms advanced by the…

Israeli anti-gov’t protests in 7th week

[Ed. Note: this article has been updated to reflect that the Knesset passed the first reading of the judicial reform amendment to the country's Basic Law, with 63 in favor,…

Herzog calls for delay of reform plan

Israeli President Isaac Herzog delivered a rare prime-time television address in an appeal to coalition ministers to hold off on enacting  their controversial judicial reform plans. By Erin Viner "We…

2nd child dies from Jerusalem attack

10-year-old Asher Menachem Pally succumbed to injuries sustained last Friday when an Arab driver deliberately rammed his car into a crowed Jerusalem bus stop. By Erin Viner "The boy arrived…

Lapid addresses UNGA

The main points of Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid's speech to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York included the Iranian nuclear threat and strategies to reach peace…

Terrorist wounds 8 in Jerusalem

A Palestinian gunman opened fire on a bus carrying Jewish worshippers in the Old City near King David's Tomb near the Western Wall. By Erin Viner Two of the victims…

Major terror attacks in Tel Aviv

Three Israelis were murdered and at least 13 others wounded by a Palestinian gunman in the central city last night. By Erin Viner [This article has been updated to reflect…