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Isaac Herzog, shown speaking August 8, 2018 at the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia, called for unity and pluralism in his first US visit as chair of the Jewish Agency for Israel. (Courtesy JAFI via JTA)
August 12, 2018, 7:47 pm
Isaac Herzog: ‘Diaspora Jews are drifting away from Israel’
'I will do everything in my power to act against this trend that's increasingly dividing us' says new Jewish Agency head in New York
By JTA
July 31, 2018, 4:12 am
Leaving Knesset for Jewish Agency, Herzog vows to bridge Israel-Diaspora divide
Longtime cabinet minister and outgoing opposition leader says he sees a higher calling in leading efforts to mend strained ties between the Jewish state and the Jewish world
By Aron Heller
View of a plenum session of the Knesset, July 2, 2018. (Flash90)
July 30, 2018, 4:46 pm
27 gone out of 120: Knesset sees record number of dropouts
Almost a quarter of lawmakers have given up their seats since being elected in 2015, and the number is likely to rise
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on July 29, 2018. (Alex Kolomoisky/Pool Yedioth Ahronoth/Flash90)
July 29, 2018, 1:20 pm
Netanyahu dismisses criticism of nation-state law as ‘nonsense’
Prime minister calls on cabinet to 'fight for truth'; Livni claims Likud wanted opposition to vote against law so Netanyahu would be seen as more nationalistic than Zionist Union
By TOI staff
Mohammad Barakeh in 2011, when he was a member of Knesset for the Hadash party (Kobi Gideon / Flash90)
July 29, 2018, 4:12 am
Arab Israeli leader says Abbas will help fight nation-state law
Former lawmaker Mohammad Barakeh says he will turn to UN, EU to battle legislation critics slam as discriminatory
By TOI staff
Zionist Union MK Zouheir Bahloul in the Knesset on December 5, 2016. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
July 28, 2018, 10:13 pm
Left-wing lawmakers pay tribute to Arab MK who resigned over nation-state law
Meretz head invites Zouheir Bahloul to join her party as MKs say the move highlights the alienation of Israel's Arab minority; Likud lawmaker derides resignation as opportunism
By TOI staff
Arab Israel lawmaker from the Zionist Union party Zoheir Bahloul announces his resignation from the Knesset on July 28, 2018 to protest the nation-state bill (Screenshot/Hadashot news)
July 28, 2018, 8:09 pm
Arab lawmaker from Zionist Union quits Knesset to protest nation-state law
Zouheir Bahloul announces resignation in live TV interview, saying his conscience will not allow him to sit in a parliament that passed a law that discriminates against Arabs
By TOI staff
Outgoing Jewish Agency head Nathan Sharansky (3rd left) and new chief Isaac Herzog (4th right) welcome new immigrants on a special 'aliyah' flight organized by the Jewish Agency, at Ben Gurion airport on July 23, 2018 (Jewish Agency Facebook page/Dudi Salem, Zoog Productions)
July 25, 2018, 4:47 am
In changing of the guard at Jewish Agency, Sharansky and Herzog greet new olim
This week sees over 800 people from around the world move to Israel; outgoing agency chief: Immigrants ensure nation 'will grow stronger yet'
By TOI staff
Zionist Union MK Tzipi Livni during a faction meeting in the Knesset on July 16, 2018. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
July 23, 2018, 3:12 pm
Tzipi Livni to replace Herzog as Knesset opposition leader
Labor's Avi Gabbay clinches deal with Hatnua leader to run on joint Zionist Union ticket in next election
By TOI staff
Natan Sharansky, the chairman of the Jewish Agency, at his office in Jerusalem (Hadas , on September 22, 2014. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
July 18, 2018, 4:56 pm
Sharansky: Many in Israel think Reform Judaism is some kind of hostile sect
Outgoing Jewish Agency chief laments communication failures and ignorance that complicate Diaspora ties, but speaks positively about rising aliya and strengthening Jewish identity
By David Horovitz
Incoming Jewish Agency Chairman Isaac Herzog with outgoing chairman Natan Sharansky, at the board of governors conference of the Jewish Agency, at the Orient Hotel in Jerusalem, on June 24, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
July 18, 2018, 2:00 pm
Stepping down, Sharansky pleads for ‘advisory Knesset’ to heal Diaspora ties
Israel and Jews abroad have different needs, and often don't understand each other. The asymmetry threatens 'our capacity to live as one people,' warns departing Jewish Agency head
By David Horovitz
Opposition leader MK Isaac Herzog (Zionist Union) attends a discussion at the Knesset, May 8, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash 90)
June 28, 2018, 9:28 pm
Incoming Jewish Agency head walks back description of intermarriage as ‘plague’
Isaac Herzog says was using term as slang and not in any negative way, accuses critics of 'distorting' his words
By JTA
Zionist Union chairman Avi Gabbay leads a faction meeting in Knesset on May 7, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
June 26, 2018, 11:58 pm
Gabbay, other Labor heavyweights fined for excess campaign spending
Comptroller hands Zionist Union chairman NIS 90,000 fine for exceeding legal cap on funding in 2017 primaries; outgoing chairman Herzog also penalized
By TOI staff
Britain's Prince William (left) meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara at the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem on June 26, 2018. (AFP Photo/Pool/Thomas Coex)
June 26, 2018, 2:34 pm
Duke and hazards: 9 things to know for June 26
A prince visits; Syria heats up; Hamas may be looking to negotiate as plans proliferate for a Gaza without it; and new-old fights for the Jewish Agency
By Joshua Davidovich
Benjamin Netanyahu (R) with his father Benzion Netanyahu, in Benzion's house in Jerusalem, February 5, 2009. (Nati Shohat/ Flash90)
June 25, 2018, 9:49 pm
With Herzog at Jewish Agency helm, Netanyahu faces rerun of his father’s fights
Appointing a perennial critic of the PM to head the quasi-governmental body risks reopening an ideological chasm that goes back to the formation of the Israel-Diaspora relationship
By Raoul Wootliff
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