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Dragnet for fugitive Tel Aviv gunman passes its fourth day

Dragnet for fugitive Tel Aviv gunman passes its fourth day

Israelis urged to stick to normal routine, send kids to school despite jitters.   Security remained high in and around Tel Aviv on Monday as… Read More ›

Netanyahu slams MKs for differentiating between attacks

Netanyahu slams MKs for differentiating between attacks

PM condemns Joint List MK Osama Sa’adi and Bayit Yehudi MK Bezalel Smotrich for refusing to equate all acts of terror.   Terrorism is terrorism,… Read More ›

Iran, Saudi Arabia and the Israeli angle

Iran, Saudi Arabia and the Israeli angle

Former head of Military Intelligence says the reverberations from the diplomatic crisis will be felt around the region.   Jerusalem on Monday was closely monitoring… Read More ›

Reporter’s Notebook: Sending your kids to school amid hunt for an armed gunman

Reporter’s Notebook: Sending your kids to school amid hunt for an armed gunman

My phone started buzzing with countless text messages from parents in my son’s preschool WhatsApp group. It seemed most of the parents were facing the… Read More ›

Hamas releases new footage of Shalit, barbecuing in captivity

Hamas releases new footage of Shalit, barbecuing in captivity

Video includes images of abducted soldier making coffee with his captors; family castigates ‘godless’ Hamas for skewed propaganda   The Palestinian terror group Hamas on… Read More ›

Anticipating Hezbollah action, Israel shells Lebanon border

Anticipating Hezbollah action, Israel shells Lebanon border

IDF fires artillery for fourth successive day amid concerns terror group will take advantage of poor weather to ‘avenge’ death of Samir Kuntar   The… Read More ›

Father, sister of on-run Tel Aviv gunman questioned

Father, sister of on-run Tel Aviv gunman questioned

Detention of alleged killer’s brother reduced by court; police warn public to be alert as hunt for ‘dangerous’ suspect continues   The father of the… Read More ›

Tel Aviv cabbie murdered in aftermath of Friday shooting laid to rest

Tel Aviv cabbie murdered in aftermath of Friday shooting laid to rest

Amin Shaaban ‘had no enemies,’ says relative; police suspect link to Dizengoff shooting attack an hour earlier   A 42-year-old taxi cab driver who was… Read More ›

Government approves Mandelblit appointment as AG

Government approves Mandelblit appointment as AG

The ministers approved the Cabinet Secretary’s appointment as the new Attorney General in a unanimous vote. The appointment is, however, expected to be challenged in… Read More ›

Flag with ‘Islamic State’ written on it found in Tel Aviv penthouse

Flag with ‘Islamic State’ written on it found in Tel Aviv penthouse

The flag was found in the balcony of a northern Tel Aviv apartment belonging to a family that has been staying abroad lately. Police are… Read More ›

Telephone of Tel Aviv shooter found in north of city

Telephone of Tel Aviv shooter found in north of city

On Friday afternoon a student found the telephone of the shooter who murdered three people in Tel Aviv on the same day, lying in a… Read More ›

Sights of a dystopian wasteland

Sights of a dystopian wasteland

“Obviously it’s Jerusalem’s responsibility to take care of its citizens, but at the same time it’s the country’s responsibility.”   Less than three days after… Read More ›

Duma indictments expected today

Duma indictments expected today

The Justice Ministry said four Israels would be indicted “for involvement in a range of grave terrorist activities against Arabs and their property.”   Four… Read More ›

What it’s like to volunteer in Israel

What it’s like to volunteer in Israel

  As the son of a Conservative rabbi, Daniel Hammerman, 22, grew up surrounded by all things Judaism and Israel. “I felt very connected at a… Read More ›

At scene of attack, TA residents vow to remain undaunted by terror

At scene of attack, TA residents vow to remain undaunted by terror

Amid a broken sense of safety and with the city far quieter than usual, hundreds visit site of deadly shooting to express solidarity   TEL… Read More ›

Gush Etzion residents have electricity cut off in suspicious circumstances

Gush Etzion residents have electricity cut off in suspicious circumstances

Various settlements in Gush Etzion in the West Bank had their electricity cut off for six hours on New Year’s Eve. An initial inspection revealed… Read More ›

Netanyahu vows to enforce rule of law

Netanyahu vows to enforce rule of law

Prime minister speaks at site of deadly Tel Aviv terror attack, saying officials have formulated a new plan to dramatically increase law enforcement among Arab… Read More ›

Tel Aviv shooting: Schools to reopen under heavy security

Tel Aviv shooting: Schools to reopen under heavy security

The manhunt for Nashat Melhem, the suspect in the Tel Aviv shooting, continues at full stretch and his brother’s arrest has been extended by five… Read More ›

Joint List leaders condemn attack

Joint List leaders condemn attack

Tibi: We denounce and reject this out of hand.   Israeli Arab leaders condemned the terrorist attack by an Arab citizen from the northern town… Read More ›

Tel Aviv shooting: Suspect is a loner, under security services radar

Tel Aviv shooting: Suspect is a loner, under security services radar

Milhem largely fits the profile of many of the lone-wolf attackers in the ongoing wave of terrorism.   To his family and residents of his… Read More ›