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Knesset Elections Loom on the Horizon
By Gil Zohar
Will Israel’s 10.25 million citizens reward Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party and the PM’s haredi (Ultra-Orthodox) with another term?
The Israeli Supreme Court building // Photo Credit: The Israeli Judiciary — Media Relations and Communication Department
Israel NewsIsraeli Government Passes Controversial Legislation
By Jan Jaben-Eilon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
August 12, 2026, 2:12 pm
Knesset Elections Loom on the Horizon
Will Israel’s 10.25 million citizens reward Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party and the PM’s haredi (Ultra-Orthodox) with another term?
By Gil Zohar
The Israeli Supreme Court building // Photo Credit: The Israeli Judiciary — Media Relations and Communication Department
August 12, 2026, 10:18 am
Israeli Government Passes Controversial Legislation
Israeli soldiers and their families are not happy with several pieces of the recent legislation passed by the Knesset that will directly impact them.
By Jan Jaben-Eilon
Israeli voters choose one of the slips of papers with party symbols printed that are on trays at voting stations.
July 15, 2026, 10:06 am
How Israeli Elections Differ from US Political System
The most important contrast to understand is that the Israeli government is a parliamentary democracy.
By Jan Jaben-Eilon
A serious battle is growing over future access to the Western Wall in Jerusalem.
April 3, 2026, 10:19 am
Israel Mulls Giving Control of Western Wall to Orthodox
Legislation in the Knesset would ban egalitarian worship and liberal Jewish access to the Kotel in Jerusalem.
By Bob Bahr
People react at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv on Oct. 9, 2025, following news of the first phase of a new Gaza ceasefire deal that will see the release of all the living captives // Photo Credit: MAYA LEVIN/AFP/Times of Israel
October 9, 2025, 10:41 am
Israel, Hamas Agree to Phase One of Ceasefire Deal
"Blessed are the peacemakers," President Trump says, hailing "great day for Israel, the world"; all living hostages set to be released in next few days; Trump to fly to region, will likely come to Israel, address Knesset.
By TOI and Agencies
Former prime minister Naftali Bennett visits at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, May 26, 2025 // Photo Credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90/Times of Israel
August 6, 2025, 10:50 am
Bennett: Israel’s Status in US ‘Has Never Been So Bad’
Lengthy post by former PM, who’s set to run in next elections, also castigates current government’s public diplomacy efforts.
By TOI and Agencies
Ultra-Orthodox soldiers draft to the IDF’s new Haredi brigade, known as the Hasmonean Brigade, Jan. 5, 2025 // Photo Credit: Israel Defense Forces/Times of Israel
March 12, 2025, 10:30 am
IDF Sends 14K More Draft Orders to Haredi Men
New orders to be sent out in three waves over coming months; of 10,000 previous orders, only 177 have enlisted; IDF unlikely to meet target of 4,800 ultra-Orthodox soldiers per year.
By TOI and Agencies
Simone Wilker, Hadassah Greater Atlanta Zionist Affairs chair, visited the site of the Nova Music Festival in Israel as part of a Jewish National Fund volunteer mission to view and condemn where Hamas committed acts of sexual violence against women.
April 17, 2024, 10:17 am
#EndTheSilence Campaign Sparks Global Movement
Simultaneous awareness-raising events were held in 17 countries and 32 states in the U.S.
By Compiled by AJT staff
Nachman Shai and Israel Consul General to the Southeast Anat Sultan-Dadon answered questions from the audience at the end of the program on Oct. 4 honoring Ken Stein and the 15th anniversary of the Center for Israel Education which he founded // Photo Credit: Center for Israel Education
October 11, 2023, 12:23 pm
Israeli Nachman Shai Pulled No Punches
Former Diaspora minister warned time is not on Israel’s side.
By Jan Jaben-Eilon
August 30, 2023, 11:44 am
Letter to the Editor: Toby F. Block
The AJT welcomes your letters. If you would like your letter to be published, please write 200 words or less, include your name, phone number and email, and send it to kaylene@atljewishtimes.com.
By Toby F. Block
August 9, 2023, 2:14 pm
Letter to the Editor: Toby F. Block
The AJT welcomes your letters. If you would like your letter to be published, please write 200 words or less, include your name, phone number and email, and send it to kaylene@atljewishtimes.com.
By Toby F. Block
Dave Schechter
August 9, 2023, 1:20 pm
When Both Sides are ‘Pro-Israel’
Israel's judicial "reform" crisis may be baffling to some Jewish Americans.
By Dave Schechter
Protests continue in the streets of Israel and America in response to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposed overhaul of the Israeli judicial system // Photo Credit: Chaim Goldberg/Times of Israel
August 9, 2023, 1:05 pm
Atlanta Jewish Community Reacts to Fissures in Israel
Many are using their voices after years of “speaking” with their checkbooks.
By Jan Jaben-Eilon
A protester stands in front of a police water cannon being used to disperse demonstrators blocking a road during a protest against moves by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system, in Jerusalem, July 24, 2023. (AP/Ariel Schalit)
July 26, 2023, 10:29 am
Chasm in Israel Widens
Hundreds of thousands of protesters, including military reservists, bring country to standstill.
By Jan Jaben-Eilon
April 12, 2023, 12:51 pm
Why Was This Night Different?
The memories of this year's Seder remain, along with a sufficient supply for weeks of fried matzah.
By Dave Schechter
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