ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told his Ethiopian counterpart that his country has the intention to “immediately” bring over some 2,000 Ethiopian Jews. The announcement came Friday after a…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Hundreds of Ethiopian Jews gathered in the capital, Addis Ababa, to protest the Israeli government’s decision not to allow all of them to emigrate to Israel, leaving their families divided…
TEL AVIV, ISRAEL — Sitting on a ledge in front of Ayelew Desale’s grocery store behind Tel Aviv’s central bus station, Selemon Tesfy inhaled the last bits of his cigarette and recalled his flight from…
Uncertainty reigns for African migrants in Israel a week after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu abandoned a plan to resolve the country’s refugee crisis, just one day after announcing it. In the agreement with the United…
TEL AVIV, ISRAEL — Thousands of African asylum-seekers and their local supporters protested Saturday against an Israeli plan to deport them. Organizers said 15,000 people gathered in front of Tel Aviv City Hall. The Israeli…
JERUSALEM — The fate of 40,000 African migrants in Israel remains unclear after lawmakers approved a proposal to deport them. The Cabinet in Jerusalem voted unanimously Sunday to close the isolated Holot detention facility in…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is warning Israel that constructing new settlements “may not be helpful” to Middle East peace efforts, shifting toward a tougher line with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government. Still,…
Israel Recalls Diplomats, Cuts Aid to Senegal Senegal became the first country to incur Israel’s wrath over the December 23 UN Security Council vote after Tel Aviv announced it was cutting aid and canceled a planned…
U.S. President Barack Obama said Shimon Peres’ determination to coexist with Palestinians is “in the hands of Israel’s next generation and its friends,” during a eulogy at the funeral for the late Israeli leader. Obama…
Shimon Peres, one of the last surviving pillars of Israel’s founding generation, who did more than anyone to build up his country’s formidable military might, then worked as hard to establish a lasting peace with…