By Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — Tuesday’s (March 17) democratic election in Israel gave us two results: a likely returning prime minister and the most egregious display of racial pandering I can ever recall displayed in my troubled birth land. Benjamin Netanyahu’s fear-mongering screeds about “the Arabs” being bussed to vote was reprehensible and totally

By Rabbi Dow Marmur  JERUSALEM–Unfortunately, the outcome of the Israeli elections vindicated my gloom. Contrary to the predictions by pollsters, Likud did considerably better than the Zionist Union. Likud’s leader Binyamin Netanyahu is likely to form the next government celebrating almost unprecedented political longevity in Israeli politics. To spell out again the bad news would

WASHINGTON, D.C (Press Release) — U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Maryland.) and Marco Rubio (R-Florida), both members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, have joined with Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Bob Menendez (D-New Jersey.) to introduce S. 756, the Syrian War Crimes Accountability Act of 2015, legislation that would establish a Syria-specific standard of

By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (Tazpit) — It’s not only the public and politicians gearing up for the political changes following Tuesday’s Election Day in Israel. The employees of Israel’s Knesset are also completing preparations as they bid farewell to those Knesset Members leaving and welcome new members to Israel’s parliament building. Director General of the