Isabel Kershner

@IKershner

Correspondent in Jerusalem for The New York Times. From Manchester, U.K. Nuff said.

Joined March 2013

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    Surprisingly harsh words for Palestinian leaders from a senior member of the Saudi royal family and former ambassador to Washington. The days when the Palestinian cause was considered sacrosanct are gone.

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    Oct 6

    Saudi Prince Bandar’s extraordinary indictment comes amid a broader shift in Israel’s relationship with Arab states.

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  3. Oct 6

    In a stinging monologue, Saudi Prince Bandar excoriates Palestinian leaders: “The Palestinian cause is a just cause but its advocates are failures, and the Israeli cause is unjust but its advocates have proven to be successful.” with

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  4. Oct 6

    'No one can fully know what private torment might have lurked beneath the surface, but in a Japanese society that values “gaman” — endurance or self-denial — many feel pressure to hide their personal struggles.' Sad and informative story

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    Oct 6

    Number of deaths per million citizens. Israel comes out of nowhere to take the top spot. SAD.

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    Oct 5

    Ultra-Orthodox ignoring the lockdown, protesters defying Netanyahu's ban, cops beating all of them up, and no one really in charge: Israel is in chaos, it's become a global virus hotspot, and elections increasingly seem only a matter of time.

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  7. Oct 5

    There's a growing sense of pandemic pandemonium here, as a fractured Israel frays further under a second lockdown

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  8. Oct 5

    Lack of public trust? Israeli minister Gila Gamliel, who tested positive, reportedly misled epidemiological investigators after spending Yom Kippur at her in-laws in Tiberias, flouting lockdown rules. Now Health Ministry is apparently having trouble reaching her.

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  9. Oct 5

    גילה גמליאל לא עונה: אחרי דיווח שהפרה הנחיות ביום כיפור, במשרד הבריאות "מתקשים להשיגה

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  10. Oct 5
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    Sep 30

    When the white-supremacist Proud Boys are basically the only ones cheering, you know America lost last night's chaotic, unpresidential debate. There are not "fine people on both sides."

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    Sep 27

    BREAKING NEWS -- paid only $750 in taxes in 2016 and again in 2017, a vastly smaller tax bill than most working Americans, according to a sweeping new examination of his tax information by the .

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  13. Sep 26

    Weary of repeating his people’s longstanding grievances with Israel, Abbas calls for an international peace conference by

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  14. Sep 26

    Pushback from some on the Israeli left to AOC's reversal on Rabin event

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    Sep 25

    Back in April, I watched Rami Aman talk to Israelis, Americans and others about the hardship of life in Gaza and how he tried to hold onto hope. Hamas threw him in jail. Now it could be years before he gets out. ⁦

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    Sep 25

    Protests vs. prayers: Days of Awe take an awful turn as Israeli society, topping the morbidity charts worldwide, tears itself apart in rancor and mutual mistrust. ⁦

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    Sep 24

    Intense haggling in recent weeks over the lockdown has exposed the extent to which Israel’s response to the coronavirus has gotten bogged down in its political and culture wars. w/ photos by

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  18. Sep 24

    As Israel's per capita infection rate soared to the highest in the world, it boiled down to a culture war of protests vs. prayers. with haunting high holiday pix by

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  20. Sep 24

    hilarious. glad to see that at least Israeli satire is surviving.

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