The Times of Israel reports: The sister of an Israeli student who was murdered by a Palestinian terrorist in Jerusalem’s Old City 30 years ago said the mysterious death of one of his killers marked the “closing of a circle”
i24 News reports: One Palestinian assailant was shot dead on Sunday and two arrested in three thwarted stabbing attempts in the West Bank as the storm over IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot’s comments continued to rage. At around midday
The Times of Israel reports: Police said lax security was partly to blame for a terror attack in a West Bank supermarket Thursday, and appeared intent to make an example of the store in order to pressure other businesses to
Israel’s top soldier is warning his troops not to use excessive firepower in combating a wave of Palestinian violence in which many youthful attackers have died in the act. In remarks to high-school seniors heading for compulsory military service, he
Ynetnews reports: The Israel Police said Monday morning that the first of ten bodies of terrorists who committed attacks in the recent wave of violence had been returned to the family overnight. The body of Ahmad Abu Shaaban was returned to his
Turkey and Israel are close to signing an agreement on compensation for the death of 10 Turkish activists by Israeli commandos in 2010, a Turkish ruling party official said on Monday. The former allies have stepped up efforts in recent months
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli police officers fatally shot two Palestinians who opened fire at them outside Jerusalem’s walled Old City on Sunday, police said, on a day when officials said three other Palestinian terrorists were killed in two other incidents. A
TEL AVIV – An Arab Member of Knesset justified his visit to terrorists’ families, saying that Palestinians who kill Israelis are neither “criminal” nor doing anything “illegal.” Instead, they are acting “in the turmoil of the struggle against the oppressive occupation,”
JERUSALEM (AFP) – Israeli opposition leader Isaac Herzog said Wednesday that no peace deal was possible for now and his country must begin unilaterally separating from the Palestinians “as much as possible” to restore security. Herzog made the comments while laying
JAFFA, Israel – Islamic State militants in the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula have burned large quantities of cigarettes slated for the Gaza Strip, a video released by the IS-affiliated Amaq news agency shows.
TEL AVIV – Israel’s Joint List, comprised of various Arab parties, said it “rejects and condemns the incitement led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu” in the wake of the Attorney General’s instruction to open an investigation into Arab Members of
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday he would advance legislation enabling the suspension of parliamentarians for “inappropriate conduct” after Arab MPs met relatives of Palestinian terrorists killed while attacking Israelis. “In a meeting with heads of the coalition parties,
The Jerusalem Post reports: The Israeli official responsible for accrediting foreign journalists said on Wednesday that he will consider revoking press credentials for media members who “are derelict in doing their jobs and write headlines that are the opposite of what
“Three Palestinians killed as daily violence grinds on.” This was the headline on the website of US TV network CBS on Wednesday, following a terror attack in Jerusalem in which Border Police officer Hadar Cohen, 19, was murdered and her
JERUSALEM (AFP) – The Israeli army blockaded a village in the northern West Bank on Thursday that it said was home to Palestinian terrorists who carried out a deadly attack in Jerusalem, officials said. Three men from Qabatiya, near Jenin, on Wednesday attacked
TEL AVIV – Three terrorists armed with a rifle, knives and an explosive device perpetuated a combined shooting and stabbing attack at Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate, one of the main entrances leading into the Old City.
The Jerusalem Post reports: In a rare New York Times op-ed, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon scolded Israel on Monday for its criticism of his comments last week that Jerusalem interpreted as giving a tailwind to terrorism, chiding Israel for “lashing
The Algemeiner reports – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday stood by his criticism of what he called Israel’s “stifling occupation” of the Palestinian people, rejecting remarks by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he was “encouraging terrorism.” On Tuesday, Ban said the
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An Israeli woman died on Tuesday of wounds suffered in a stabbing attack in a Jewish settlement in the West Bank a day earlier in which two Palestinian terrorists were shot dead, police said. The incident pointed to
Ynetnews.com reports: The Shin Bet, in cooperation with the IDF, recently arrested 18-year-old Palestinian twin sisters Diana and Nadia Hawilah, it was cleared for publication Monday. The arrests of the sisters, residents of Shuwika near Tulkarm, followed a search of their
Israel’s Interior Minister Aryeh Deri said Thursday he has revoked the permanent residency permits of four Palestinians from east Jerusalem who allegedly killed Israelis in Jerusalem in recent attacks. The rare move is yet another Israeli attempt to stem the
Israeli troops shot and wounded a Palestinian teenager who stabbed a pregnant Israeli woman in the West Bank on Monday, amid signs of Palestinians stepping up attacks against Israelis inside Jewish settlements. The military ordered Palestinian laborers to leave their
A hip-hop track dedicated to an American Jewish student who was murdered by Palestinian terrorists while on a study abroad program in Israel has gone viral. The song, written and sung by fellow Americans in Israel, Samuel Kalnitz and Yaakov
Israeli troops shot dead on Saturday two Palestinian terrorists who tried to stab soldiers at a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank, the military said, as a surge in violence showed no sign of abating. Now in its fourth month,
A Salafi terrorist group associated with Islamic State claimed responsibility for the volley of rockets fired at southern Israel on Friday night. “We take responsibility for the rocket bombardment on the Sderot settlement at 11:07 p.m. Friday night. Praised God,
Israel Authorities are expected to release the bodies of more than 20 Palestinian terrorists who were killed while they were carrying out terror attacks, according to a report on Friday. On Thursday, the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories
Israel has returned the bodies of three more Palestinians killed while carrying out attacks on Israeli targets, the Palestinian news agency Maan reported Tuesday. The latest return saw the Palestinian Authority receive the bodies of Bassem Salah, Mazen Aribe, and
GAZA CITY (AFP) – A Palestinian wounded at the Gaza border in clashes with the Israeli army last week died early Monday from his injuries, the Gaza health ministry said. Yusef al-Buhel, 48, died after being shot east of the Maghazi refugee
Israeli forces shot dead two Palestinians who stabbed and wounded an Israeli soldier in the West Bank on Sunday, the army said, the latest attack in 12 weeks of heightened violence. Almost daily Palestinian stabbings, car-rammings and shooting attacks have
Two Israeli security guards were wounded in a stabbing attack at an industrial area near the settlement of Ariel, while a soldier was lightly wounded in a vehicular terror attack near Qalandiya on Thursday. In Ariel, the attacker, Muhammad Zahran,
TEL AVIV – A member of Fatah’s Central Committee sent a condolence letter this week to Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah mourning the death of Samir Kuntar, calling the Lebanese terrorist a “national hero” and a “Palestinian martyr.” In his letter, which
A Facebook post by an Arab journalist comparing the wretched condition of Syrian prisoners with that of well-fed Palestinians serving time in Israel has gone viral, eliciting surprising praise of Israeli practices from across the Arab world. The side by
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who often uses the opening of the weekly cabinet meeting to comment on hot topics on the national agenda, made no mention Sunday of the killing in Syria of Lebanese terrorist Samir Kuntar. While Netanyahu didn’t
TEL AVIV – A new report highlights the Arab media’s response to the growing number of Palestinian women involved in the current wave of terror against Israelis.
Near the church in Bethlehem’s Manger Square, built over the site where Christians believe Jesus was born, tour guides pace back and forth, waiting in vain for tourist buses that fail to show. Hisham Khamis, a guide for 10 years,
Israeli security forces shot dead two Palestinians who tried to ram them with their cars during an arrest raid in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, the Israeli army and police and Palestinian medical sources said. Soldiers shot and killed
JERUSALEM – In recent weeks, at least twenty members of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the so-called “military wing” of Hamas, have traveled abroad from the Gaza Strip to participate in combat training, according to a Palestinian security source.
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas referred to the last three months of violence Monday as a “justified popular uprising”. Abbas’s comments came as a new poll shows widespread Palestinian support for ongoing attacks on Israelis.
TEL AVIV – Palestinian terrorist organizations operating in the Gaza Strip have recently expelled dozens of members for supporting the Islamic State, illustrating ISIS’ rising popularity in the Palestinian coastal enclave.
TEL AVIV – A Christmas tree erected on the campus of a West Bank university is decorated with pictures of Palestinian terrorists in lieu of traditional ornaments.
