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IDF strikes Syrian military targets in response to stray fire into Israel

IDF strikes Syrian military targets in response to stray fire into Israel

For second time in two days apparent errant fire from civil war in Syria lands in Israeli territory.   The IDF stuck two targets belonging to… Read More ›

Egypt leader defends ‘security measures’ along Gaza border

Egypt leader defends ‘security measures’ along Gaza border

At the UN, Sissi tells Abbas massive home demolitions in Rafah coordinated with the PA, further Palestinian security   CAIRO — Egyptian President Abdel Fattah… Read More ›

Erekat: New Israeli measures against stone-throwers ‘dehumanize whole nation’

Erekat: New Israeli measures against stone-throwers ‘dehumanize whole nation’

Chief Palestinian negotiator says relaxed rules on use of live fire are ‘pretext to justify escalating crimes against Palestinians’   Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat… Read More ›

Police gird for unrest on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount

Police gird for unrest on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount

Muslims granted entrance to holy site for last day of Eid al-Adha; activists stay overnight to head off Jewish attempts to enter   Police were… Read More ›

EU labeling of West Bank goods is a ‘red line,’ Israel’s top diplomat warns

EU labeling of West Bank goods is a ‘red line,’ Israel’s top diplomat warns

‘They, too, have something to lose,’ Tzipi Hotovely says of European states, referring to economic ties, regional influence   The introduction of a labeling regime… Read More ›

4 Palestinians arrested for deadly Rosh Hashanah rock attack

4 Palestinians arrested for deadly Rosh Hashanah rock attack

Shin Bet says suspects admitted to throwing stones at Alexander Levlovich’s vehicle, causing him to crash; suspects all teens (16-19). The Shin Bet and police… Read More ›

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 ›