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Analysis: New rules – Fire only when life is threatened

Analysis: New rules – Fire only when life is threatened

The new rules of engagement aim to level the playing field between police in Jerusalem and the IDF in the territories.   The cabinet’s decision… Read More ›

Netanyahu says Israel will keep Temple Mount order amid report Abdullah won’t talk to him

Netanyahu says Israel will keep Temple Mount order amid report Abdullah won’t talk to him

  The Prime Minister’s Office refused comment Thursday on a spate of reports that Jordan’s King Abdullah II is refusing to take phone calls or… Read More ›

Delta adds four weekly flights between Tel Aviv and New York

Delta adds four weekly flights between Tel Aviv and New York

Responding to demand following the termination of American Airlines flights to Israel, the Atlanta-based airline added four weekly flights to its New York-Tel Aviv line;… Read More ›

Why is Israel lagging behind in green building?

Why is Israel lagging behind in green building?

While countries around the world have already realized the economic potential of sustainable construction, only 7% of the housing units completed in Israel in 2014… Read More ›

Security cabinet relaxes open-fire rules, stiffens penalties against rock throwers

Security cabinet relaxes open-fire rules, stiffens penalties against rock throwers

Measures include police use of the low-powered Ruger sniper rifle in Jerusalem   The security cabinet approved a short menu of tougher steps against rock… Read More ›

Analysis: Should Palestinian parents pay for minors’ rock-throwing?

Analysis: Should Palestinian parents pay for minors’ rock-throwing?

If parents can be penalized for children’s rock-throwing, does that mean the state may get engage in penalizing parents when children are involved with alcohol,… Read More ›

Making charity last

Making charity last

Op-ed: The vision of sustainable giving is critical for our national fight against poverty because it instills within people the understanding that if they don’t… Read More ›

Minor violence as sweltering Yom Kippur comes to an end

Minor violence as sweltering Yom Kippur comes to an end

2,220 people treated by medical teams for bike injuries, dehydration; several stone-throwing incidents reported   The Yom Kippur fast passed without major incident Wednesday, despite… Read More ›

IDF troops arrest Palestinian carrying explosives in Jordan Valley

IDF troops arrest Palestinian carrying explosives in Jordan Valley

Suspect taken in for interrogation; several incidents of suspected arson reported across Jerusalem over high holiday   Israel Defense Forces troops manning a post in… Read More ›

Temple Mount closed to Jewish visitors, tourists for Muslim holiday

Temple Mount closed to Jewish visitors, tourists for Muslim holiday

Defense minister eases restrictions on Palestinian access to site for Eid al-Adha, the Festival of the Sacrifice   The Temple Mount will be closed to… Read More ›

Photos show soldier, Palestinian moments before shooting

Photos show soldier, Palestinian moments before shooting

Images capture Hadeel al-Shalom and a soldier after she reportedly pulled a knife and before she was fatally wounded. A video showing young Palestinian woman… Read More ›

Erdan rescinds Hirsch appointment to police commissioner

Erdan rescinds Hirsch appointment to police commissioner

After a month of uphill battles and rumors of shady business dealings abroad, Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan rescinds appointment of Gal Hirsch due to… Read More ›

Church of Loaves and Fishes to be compensated for June arson attack

Church of Loaves and Fishes to be compensated for June arson attack

Tax Authority initially rejected payout.   Attorney-General Yehuda Weinstein on Monday overturned the Tax Authority’s decision to deny the Galilee-based Church of the Loaves and… Read More ›

Abbas to Netanyahu: Chaos at al Aksa could lead to another intifada

Abbas to Netanyahu: Chaos at al Aksa could lead to another intifada

Following a meeting in Paris with French President Francois Hollande, the Palestinian leader said the situation in Jerusalem was “a very dangerous one.”   Palestinian… Read More ›

Senior Israeli official: World needs to see through Abbas’s ‘charade’

Senior Israeli official: World needs to see through Abbas’s ‘charade’

Official says world should finally hold Abbas “accountable” for his behavior.   The international community should end the “charade” whereby Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas… Read More ›

Israeli convicts make the most of High Holy Days behind bars

Israeli convicts make the most of High Holy Days behind bars

Like on the outside, the usual sparsely attended synagogues are bursting on Yom Kippur in prison, with seats in high demand.   As Franz Kafka… Read More ›

Iranian military chiefs deride US passivity, scoff at Republicans

Iranian military chiefs deride US passivity, scoff at Republicans

Speaking at military parade, Tehran’s army head says those who threaten use of force want to return to era of ‘crazy Bush’   TEHRAN —… Read More ›

Palestinian youth killed in West Bank explosion

Palestinian youth killed in West Bank explosion

Israeli troops find teen’s body while on patrol near Hebron. Army checking whether grenade detonated in his hands   A Palestinian youth was killed in… Read More ›

Abbas warns of ‘intifada risk’ over Temple Mount

Abbas warns of ‘intifada risk’ over Temple Mount

Ahead of Yom Kippur, Eid al-Adha, PA president calls situation ‘very dangerous,’ urges Netanyahu to stop uprising ‘we don’t want’   Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud… Read More ›

Palestinian woman shot trying to stab IDF soldier dies

Palestinian woman shot trying to stab IDF soldier dies

Assailant, 18, attacked soldier in Hebron, hours after suspected terrorist blew himself up nearby   An 18-year-old Palestinian woman who was shot while attempting to… Read More ›