Tensions rise with Israel-Iranian flare up: Israel Update

A confrontation this past weekend in Syria has turned up the heat between Israel and Iran. The episode began on February 10, when an Israeli F-16 was shot down in Syrian airspace by the Syrian military. Both pilots managed to eject and were collected in northern Israel and taken to the…

Israel challenged by African asylum seekers: Israel Update

Israeli authorities have launched a major drive to deport the vast majority of the 38,000 African asylum seekers and migrants still in the country. Cincinnati Jewish leaders spoke out via a letter to Israel Ambassador to the US Ron Dermer. Many Israelis believe the country has a moral and…

Israel plans humanitarian aid for Gaza: Israel Update

Israel will submit a $1 billion plan for easing the Gaza Strip’s humanitarian crisis, which it will ask the international community to fund, at an emergency meeting on Wednesday of donor states. The plan’s centerpiece will be Israeli assistance in building infrastructure projects,…

Trump unsure of Palestinian commitment to peace: Israel Update

Meeting with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Davos on Thursday, US President Donald Trump spoke unscripted about Israel and the Palestinians. In contrast to previous language last May, in Davos Trump was adamant that “Israel does want to make peace” but no longer…

Netanyahu predicts US embassy in Jerusalem within year: Israel Update

India and Israel will begin work on a free trade pact that Jerusalem has been pushing for, as Benjamin Netanyahu began the first visit by an Israeli prime minister in 15 years. "We have had diplomatic relations for 25 years, but something different is happening now," Netanyahu said, soon…