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 J Street has announced that Democratic presidential candidates Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), former U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro, Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Mayor of South Bend, Ind. Pete Buttigieg are scheduled to attend its...

Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) say they plan on endorsing Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who is running for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. The three freshmen congresswoman are scheduled to officially...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu phoned Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to congratulate him on winning the Nobel Peace Prize. According to a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office, Netanyahu told the Ethiopian leader that...

Unlike the previous debates so far this year, candidates in Tuesday night’s Democratic presidential primary debate focused heavily on foreign policy, slamming U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. forces from northern Syria. Frontrunner...

Black-and-white anti-Semitic posters were found this week on the door of a synagogue in Michigan. Rabbi Michael Schadick of Temple Emanuel in Grand Rapids, Mich., discovered the vandalism on Sunday morning, with one ominous-looking poster...

A 14-year-old boy who was struck by lighting at Zikim Beach in southern Israel on Tuesday together with four other family members remained in serious condition at Ashkelon’s Barzilai Medical Center on Wednesday. The...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is making plans to attend the enthronement ceremony of Emperor Naruhito of Japan next week, the Prime Minister’s Office said on Tuesday. According to tentative plans, Netanyahu will depart Israel...

Several hundred protesters gathered outside the Turkish Embassy in Tel Aviv on Tuesday to oppose Turkey’s incursion into northern Syria. The protesters, who represented most of the local political spectrum, shouted slogans against Turkish President...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will ask Russian President Vladimir Putin to pardon 26-year-old Israeli-American Na’ama Issachar, the Prime Minister’s Office confirmed on Tuesday. A day prior, President Reuven Rivlin sent Putin a letter, in...

Saudi Arabia’s national soccer team arrived in Israel this week ahead of a Tuesday match against the Palestinian national team in the West Bank. On Sunday, the team was greeted by Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud...