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JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The Israeli government approved on Sunday the creation of a mixed-sex plaza at Jerusalem’s Western Wall to accommodate Jews who contest Orthodox curbs on worship by women there.

The United States is now requiring goods originating from the West Bank (also known as Judea and Samaria) to be labeled separately from products from the rest of Israel, following the European Union’s crackdown on products from the disputed territories.

The Shin Bet on Wednesday released the full details of its investigation into Nashat Melhem, a terrorist who murdered three people in Tel Aviv this month, revealing recreational drug use, support for ISIS, and a bizarre message calling on US President Barack Obama to convert to Islam.

GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump said that George W. Bush and President Obama were “pretty equal” in reducing the US’ standing in the world and that he would move the US’ embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in an interview

TEL AVIV – In a harrowing scene caught on surveillance footage, a grocery store worker on Monday used a shopping cart to fend off two knife-wielding Palestinian terrorists attempting to enter the market to stab Israelis.

The Jerusalem Post reports: Anyone who gives up Jerusalem is a traitor and there will be no Palestinian state without the city as its capital, PA President Mahmoud Abbas said. He also reiterated his opposition to recognizing Israel as a

TEL AVIV –  In an interview with the independent Palestinian Ma’an news agency on January 19, Tawfik Tirawi, a member of the Fatah Central Committee, said, “Palestine stretches from the river to the sea… a Palestinian state in the 1967

The National LGBTQ Task Force announced on Tuesday that it has reversed its decision to cancel a reception hosted by American Jewish and Israeli LGBTQs at its annual conference. On Tuesday, Breitbart Jerusalem reported that under pressure from anti-Israel critics, the organizers

TEL AVIV – The mother-in-law of a pregnant woman stabbed and wounded by a teenage Palestinian terrorist on Monday said hours after the attack that Israel was “mishandling” relations with the Palestinians.  The stabbing victim’s father-in-law was the late Rabbi Menachem Froman, who

Republican presidential frontrunner said Tuesday that he is “100%” in favor of moving the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem–a reversal from his position in December. Trump announced his new position on the simmering controversy in an exclusive interview

TEL AVIV – In a horrific scene, a Palestinian terrorist broke into a civilian home and murdered an Israeli woman in front of her children. The terrorist attack took place in the West Bank Jewish community of Otniel, in the South Hebron Hills region.

Israeli soldiers shot and killed two Palestinians in a stone-throwing clash near the Gaza border on Friday, a Palestinian medical official said. An Israeli military spokeswoman said dozens of Palestinians had been rioting in the area and some had tried

TEL AVIV – A Jerusalem band paid tribute to late rock star David Bowie with the release of a new song, “Timebound.” The band, The Portnoy Brothers, hail from the UK but now reside in Jerusalem. Originally planning to release

The Jerusalem Post reports: Jordan has been selected to establish an international judicial committee to inspect Israel’s “violations” on the Temple Mount, the Amman-based daily Al-Rai reported on Sunday. This role was assigned to Jordan, which is recognized by many as

i24news reports: In mid-December, dozens of crosses were destroyed by vandals at a Christian cemetery west of Jerusalem, the Latin Patriarchate in the city said Saturday, urging Israeli authorities to bring the culprits to justice. The church did not say

Despite some international criticism, Israel remains steadfast in its policy of demolishing the homes of terrorists as a creative effort to deter terrorism. Ynetnews reports: The home of Muhannad Halabi, who carried out a deadly stabbing attack in Jerusalem in October, was

TEL AVIV – One week after carrying out a deadly shooting attack at a Tel Aviv pub, the suspected gunmen, Nashat Melhem, was killed after raising a weapon to police forces in his hometown in northern Israel on Friday.

Israeli police have released footage showing mounted officers eliminating an Arab terrorist in downtown Jerusalem. The incident, one of two terrorist attacks over Shabbat, took place Saturday afternoon at IDF Square in central Jerusalem, not far from the Municipality building.

JERUSALEM – Two Palestinian terrorists wounded at least three people in a stabbing attack near the Jaffa Gate entrance to Jerusalem’s Old City on Wednesday.

The Washington Post has the story: JERUSALEM — Christmas season in the holy city of Jerusalem is very low-key, which might surprise many. You have to look hard for a Christmas tree here. The Jerusalem shopping malls have no Christmas sales;

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli police say a Palestinian was shot and wounded after attempting to ram his car into troops at a West Bank checkpoint. The man was then arrested. Police spokeswoman Luba Samri says the assailant sped

Kim Kardashian and her husband Kanye West plan to visit Jerusalem again in April for the baptism of their son Saint.  Following Saint’s birth on December 5, Kim will spend the next three months in hibernation, reportedly undergoing a strict fitness regime and

After working all night to save the leg of an 18-month-old boy wounded by a Palestinian terror attack in Jerusalem, doctors at the Hadassah University Medical Center were reportedly forced to amputate his leg below the knee.

Contents: Egyptian scholar: The original al-Aqsa mosque may not have been in Jerusalem; BBC reporter confronts China’s military in South China Sea

The Times of Israel reports: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday ordered the installation of concrete safety barriers at hundreds of Jerusalem’s bus stops to protect civilians from terror attacks. The move came hours after a car-ramming terror attack that

JERUSALEM (AFP) –  A Palestinian attacker drove a car into Israelis at a Jerusalem bus stop on Monday (pictured) injuring eight people before being shot dead, police and rescue services said. “Terrorist attack at the entrance of Jerusalem minutes ago,” police spokesman

A fine thread running through many of our columns is that the legitimacy of Islam’s religious claims to Jerusalem is in inverse proportion to the volume and frequency with which they are made. Now comes along a renowned Muslim Egyptian scholar,

The video below shows the moment a suspected terrorist attacker is shot dead on a public street in Jerusalem. The dramatic footage, taken on a mobile phone, shows the 21-year-old walking towards an Israeli soldier before four shots are fired and

Two victims were lightly wounded Sunday evening in a stabbing in Jerusalem and a Palestinian attacker was killed by an IDF soldier at the scene.

The terrorist who carried out the shooting attack at the Hizme checkpoint outside of Jerusalem on Thursday was a member of the Palestinian security forces, the Bethlehem-based Ma’an News Agency reported. According to the report, the shooter was Mazen Hassan Oraiba

Archaeologists deciphered a seal impression bearing the name of the 8th century BCE biblical King Hezekiah recently found during excavations next to the Old City of Jerusalem, the Hebrew University announced Wednesday. The bulla, a stamp seal impression, was one

TEL AVIV – In the first such visit in 35 years, the head of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church attended the funeral of a local bishop in Jerusalem, sparking controversy in Egypt for Pope Tawadros and his decision to enter the Jewish state.

JERUSALEM (AFP) –  A Jerusalem court convicted two Israeli minors on Monday of the 2014 kidnapping and burning alive of a Palestinian teen in the run-up to last year’s Gaza war, while a third defendant will undergo a psychiatric evaluation. The

Boston (AFP) – US Secretary of State John Kerry warned Wednesday that the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians is at a “pivotal point” and could worsen beyond repair unless both sides make rapid compromises. “As you know, we’re very

Israeli fighter jets have carried out airstrikes in Syria against Hezbollah and forces loyal to the Assad regime, Syrian activists claimed. “After several hours of reconnaissance flights above the area, Israeli planes suddenly launched two raids on a joint Assad

The 2-year-old son of a Palestinian official made his father proud when on Palestinian Authority television, he requested that Pops purchase a “machine gun and a rifle, so that I will defeat Israel and the Zionists.”