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Hamas, Fatah threaten ex-settler leader who thwarted terror attack

Hamas, Fatah threaten ex-settler leader who thwarted terror attack

Image posted to Twitter depicts ‘child killer’ Gershon Mesika with a target and blood splatter over his face   Hours after a former local politician… Read More ›

US condemns killing of American yeshiva student

US condemns killing of American yeshiva student

Jewish groups criticize tardy statements on Thursday attack that killed three, including teenager from Sharon, Massachusetts The Obama administration condemned in the “strongest possible terms”… Read More ›

Ezra Schwartz remembered as warm teen with ‘boundless energy’

Ezra Schwartz remembered as warm teen with ‘boundless energy’

In Boston, more than 1,500 mourners attend funeral of 18-year-old yeshiva student murdered by Palestinian terrorist on Thursday   SHARON, Massachusetts — Amid sobs of… Read More ›

Jerusalem cinema to remain closed on Shabbat

Jerusalem cinema to remain closed on Shabbat

Ultra-Orthodox sensitivities win another culture battle in Jerusalem as Cinema City branch owners reject petition to keep theater open on Shabbat. Jerusalem’s religious-cultural wars took… Read More ›

‘A sympathetic ear to whoever needed it’

‘A sympathetic ear to whoever needed it’

Hadar Buchris, a 21-year-old from Safed who was murdered in a terror attack at Gush Etzion junction, memorialized by students from midrasha she attended in… Read More ›

17% of Israeli Arabs support ISIS, expert says

17% of Israeli Arabs support ISIS, expert says

Overwhelming number of Israeli Arabs – 82% – agree that Islamic State is an extremist terrorist organization and that they, as Arabs, feel ashamed of… Read More ›

Jerusalem crime rate drops amid heightened police presence

Jerusalem crime rate drops amid heightened police presence

While no official figures have been published delineating the drop in crime, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld says thousands of officers on the ground.   One… Read More ›

Hundreds turn out to pay last tribute to slain US teen

Hundreds turn out to pay last tribute to slain US teen

Ezra Schwartz, killed in a terror attack on Thursday, flown to Boston for his funeral; ‘He had a wonderful life,’ father says   Several hundred… Read More ›

Washington – Kerry To Meet Israeli, Palestinian Leaders On Ending Violence

Washington – Kerry To Meet Israeli, Palestinian Leaders On Ending Violence

  Washington – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will meet next week with Israeli and Palestinian leaders in the region to try to stop… Read More ›

US academic association votes to boycott Israel

US academic association votes to boycott Israel

American Anthropological Association passes resolution to boycott Israeli academic institutions in landslide vote; Pro BDS groups praise ‘historic result.’ A major American Academic association, the… Read More ›

More Israelis prefer Gantz than Netanyahu as PM, poll finds

More Israelis prefer Gantz than Netanyahu as PM, poll finds

Margin significantly decreases if Gantz were to run as head of center-left party.   If former IDF chief of staff Benny Gantz ran for prime… Read More ›

UK’s Labor Party boycotts security firm with business ties to Israel

UK’s Labor Party boycotts security firm with business ties to Israel

The company has come under fire in recent years due to what pro-Palestinian activists say is its role in facilitating Israel’s control over the Palestinian… Read More ›

Terrorism victim’s wife: ‘What was will never be again’

Terrorism victim’s wife: ‘What was will never be again’

Beloved educator and father of four, Yaakov Don, laid to rest in Kfar Etzion.   Yaakov Don, 49, died on his way to do one… Read More ›

Jerusalem 2015: 264 streets are closed off on Shabbat

Jerusalem 2015: 264 streets are closed off on Shabbat

Entire neighborhoods in the capital are completely blocked to traffic during the Jewish day of rest and on Jewish holidays, in addition to roads which… Read More ›

Israel emigration to UK outstrips aliya, says report

Israel emigration to UK outstrips aliya, says report

Around 20% of Israelis in England hold only an Israeli passport; 21% hold dual citizenship, and 23% are dual citizens who were born outside of… Read More ›

ADL reports rise in anti-Israel activity on US campuses

ADL reports rise in anti-Israel activity on US campuses

Group documents 30 percent rise in events, amid efforts by BDS and others to delegitimize Jewish state   A report by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL)… Read More ›

Tel Aviv terrorist’s mother ‘proud’ of her son’s actions

Tel Aviv terrorist’s mother ‘proud’ of her son’s actions

Raid Halil bin Mahmoud, a father of five from a town near Hebron, says Palestinians’ plight motivated him to stab Israelis   The mother of… Read More ›

3 killed, several wounded in Etzion Bloc shooting attack

3 killed, several wounded in Etzion Bloc shooting attack

US citizen, Palestinian among dead in attack, bringing day’s toll to 5 — the highest in a single day in latest terror wave   Three… Read More ›

Slain US youth was bringing food to soldiers in West Bank

Slain US youth was bringing food to soldiers in West Bank

18-year-old Ezra Schwartz was youngest of Thursday’s 5 terror victims — the bloodiest day in recent wave of Palestinian attacks   Ezra Schwartz, the American… Read More ›

Charity boxes stolen from West Bank synagogues

Charity boxes stolen from West Bank synagogues

Police arrest suspects in theft of donations; suspect turns in partner, who leads police to a forest next to Rosh HaAyin where the money had… Read More ›