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Benjamin Netanyahu sits with his hand covering his mouth.

What Israel’s new election reveals about the struggle over Jewishness

Identity

In Israel, secular and religious social practices and lifestyles have continued to clash. Israel’s most recent election and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent failure to form a coalition highlighted some of these struggles that continue to divide Israel’s citizens.

U.S. President Barack Obama meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval office for the first time since the Israeli leader lost his battle against the Iran nuclear deal.

‘Palestinians are knee deep in despair, and Israelis are knee deep in denial’

Conflict
The Israelis work on the olive harvest

Occupation, shmoccupation! A defiant settler comic declares Israel isn’t occupying the West Bank

Media
Etgar Keret's new memoir is "The Seven Good Years."

How a kid persuaded a skeptic to show a little optimism

Books
Lucy Aharish

An Arab newscaster in Israel has a message: ‘This is not your country. This is our country.’

Media
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Israelis nervous about U.S. Senate’s attention on Hagel’s position on Israel

Global Politics

Israel has been a hot topic of discussion recently at the U.S. Senate has considered Chuck Hagel’s nomination for defense secretary. All of that attention, though, has some Israelis more than a little uncomfortable.

Arab voters in Israel apathetic, despite power they seemingly should have

Arabs make up about 20 percent of Israeli citizens, a block about equal in size to the Hispanic population in the United States. But while Hispanics in the United States made a big difference in the past election, Arabs in Israel have little impact on Israeli elections.

Gershom Gorenberg Discusses Growing Religious Polarization in Israel

Global Politics

This week, several thousand Israelis protested against a move by ultra-Orthodox Jews to segregate the sexes. New and proposed laws have been passed that author Gershom Gorenberg describe as ‘undemocratic’. Host Lisa Mullins talks to him from Jerusalem.

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World Have Your Say on the Israeli election

Global Politics

Israelis head to the polls today and the race is too close to call. To find out what the Israeli voters are saying, we turn to Ros Atkins, a presenter for the BBC World Service’s World Have Your Say.

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Israelis mark National Hebrew Day

Global Politics

A hundred-twenty years ago a scholar named Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, took a dead language and started adding words. Modern Hebrew is still a work in progress. Daniel Estrin reports.

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