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A 17-year-old Jewish boy was attacked Tuesday in a public park in Jaffa. According to him, his attackers were Arabs who screamed anti-Semitic slurs at him and stabbed him with pieces of a broken bottle.

Two Muslim men who had discussed terror attacks, support for Islamic State, and a desire to die as martyrs were convicted Tuesday for trying to join the terror group, and for abusing federal financial aid and committing bank fraud to fund their activities.

Turkey will continue to meet with Palestinian group Hamas in its efforts to promote a long-lasting peace in the region, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Wednesday, adding the meetings were not an obstacle in the normalization of ties with Israel.

TEL AVIV – 113 sheep said to have biblical ancestry will be flown from Canada to Israel to dwell in the land of their forefather, Jacob.

The IDF mistakenly killed a 15-year old Palestinian teen and mistakenly injured another Palestinian who where near a violent incident of stone throwing along Route 443 in the West Bank late Monday night.

TEL AVIV – Remains of animals found in Gath prove that the ancient Canaanites residing there were not using their own livestock for sacrificial offerings but imported animals from neighboring Egypt, Haaretz reported.

TEL AVIV – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah movement posted a photoshopped picture of Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman superimposed on an image of Islamic State terrorist known as Jihadi John.

The Palestinian Authority Minister of Education visited a school this week to “honor the souls” of three terrorists who had attended the school, including one who murdered an Israeli policewoman earlier this year.

TEL AVIV – Three people were reportedly killed, including the driver, and six more were wounded when a car plowed into a restaurant in central Tel Aviv on Saturday night.

Israel allowed hundreds of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip into Jerusalem for Ramadan prayers Friday, an official said, a week after revoking entry permits in response to a deadly attack.

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JERUSALEM – A children’s TV host on the Palestinian Authority’s official channel replaced Israel’s existence with “Palestine” in a special Ramadan quiz show.

TEL AVIV – Iconic British rock band Queen are the latest musicians to tell the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement where to shove it by announcing their debut performance in Tel Aviv with Adam Lambert as lead singer.

The Defense Ministry announced on Monday that it would unveil several new Israeli security technologies at the bi-annual Eurosatory defense exhibition in France.

Entertainment company Fox International released a statement saying that it has purchased the rights to the Israeli drama show “A Very Important Person,” starring local heartthrob Yehuda Levi. Fox reportedly intends to create its own version of the show, which is partially based on Levi’s life.

A 16-year-old girl from the United States died on Wednesday from hyperthermia (heat stroke) during a hike with her summer camp in the Negev. The teenager was transported to the hospital following her displaying symptoms on Wednesday, and the news of her death was released on Saturday.

It could have ended much worse. A dangerous terrorist, who had just shot dead a number of innocent civilians in a restaurant, was sitting in the the family’s living room, sipping a cup of water. But quick thinking and swift action enabled a young policeman to trap the terrorist and to save his family.

Last week, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed an Executive Order No. 157, directing state agencies to divest public funds from companies and organizations aligned with the Boycott, Divest, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against the State of Israel.

Hundreds of people turned out Friday afternoon at Yarkon cemetery in Petah Tikva for the funeral of Ilana Naveh, one of the four Israelis killed in Wednesday’s terror attack in Tel Aviv.

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Words of condemnation and support continue to pour in from foreign leaders, following the deadly shooting spree by Arab terrorists in central Tel Aviv on Wednesday night.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met with Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman and Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot upon the Prime Minister’s return from a state visit to Russia, Wednesday night, to discuss Israel’s response to the terror attack in Tel Aviv’s Sarona Market which left four dead and five wounded.

The Palestinian Authority issued a carefully-worded statement on Thursday condemning terror attacks against civilians, but failing to specifically mention the Tel Aviv shooting that claimed the lives of four Israelis.

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The left-wing J Street lobby has tried to brand itself as being both “pro-Israel” and “pro-peace.” The slogan is highly disingenuous because it implies those who disdain their support for pressure by the U.S. government to overturn the verdict of Israeli democracy are not in favor of peace.

The United Sates condemned an attack on a popular Tel Aviv market on Wednesday night as a “cowardly” and “horrific” act of terror.

British police detonated a suspicious vehicle parked outside the entrance to the Israeli Embassy in London on Wednesday, the Foreign Ministry said.

TEL AVIV – At least nine people were reportedly wounded in a suspected terrorist shooting attack in Tel Aviv’s Sarona Market, an upscale food and shopping center in the heart of central Tel Aviv.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, visiting Moscow on a state visit, formally receives an IDF Magach-3 tank captured by Syria in the 1982 Lebanon War.

TEL AVIV – Israeli archeologists unearthed 2,140-year-old shekel coins in Modi’in, a city in the center of the country, Fox News reported. The coins, which were found during excavations in preparation for the construction of a new neighborhood, date from

JERUSALEM – A Central Committee member of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah party praised terrorists who carry out stabbing attacks on Israelis, saying they “performed miracles” and adding that anyone who supports peace efforts with the Israelis is not a real Palestinian.

Meeting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Kremlin, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday expressed support for a “comprehensive and just” solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Former IDF lieutenant-colonel and current director of the American Jewish Committee Jerusalem office, Avital Leibovich, was bombarded by some dozen pro-Palestinian activists while giving a speech about social media on Tuesday afternoon in Washington, DC.

Israel and Russia agreed to strengthen their regional military cooperation, when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin met face-to-face in the Kremlin on Tuesday.

70-year-old Hindu priest Anando Gopal Ganguly was riding his bicycle to a temple on Tuesday morning in the Jhenaidah district of Bangladesh when three men on motorbikes shot him then slashed him with bladed weapons, nearly decapitating him. His body was found in a field near the temple.

Israeli Air Force jets attacked a missile storage facility in Syria over the weekend, targeting a number of military sites said to be housing advanced weaponry, according to Syrian Internet publication Al Wasil Time on Tuesday.