Middle East

Army lauds actions of staff sergeant and his father, who intervened to end terror attack in which three people were killed By Judah Ari Gross Sgt. Ayin, who shot and injured a terrorist who killed three Israelis at the Halamish settlement on July 21 (IDF Spokesperson’s Unit) A soldier who intervened during a terror attack […]

Protesters assault police, security as Liberman makes condolence visit to mourning family in Jerusalem neighborhood By Stuart Winer and Judah Ari Gross Ultra-Orthodox protesters against the army draft gather in the Mea Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem as Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman paid a condolence visit to a family in mourning in the area, August 8,

Molad seeking NIS 140,000 from PM’s son for calling it anti-Zionist and ‘humiliating it publicly’ By Times of Israel staff Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s son Yair Netanyahu is seen at the Prime Minister’s Residence in Jerusalem on September 17, 2013. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool/Flash90) The left-wing Molad think tank filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Yair Netanyahu

TEL AVIV, Israel — It has all the hallmarks of a classic political scandal: a combative leader’s forceful denials, family members and intimates caught up in burgeoning but slow-moving investigations, prosecutors leaning on a tarnished former aide with tales to tell, arcane legal arguments over power and its limits. The setting is Israel, where Prime

Cairo (dpa) – Doha-based broadcaster Al Jazeera has vowed to take legal action against Israel after the Israeli government’s decision to close the TV network’s bureau in Jerusalem. “Al Jazeera denounces this decision made by a state that claims to be ‘the only democratic state in the Middle East’,” the broadcaster said in a statement

Micah Thau PRIDE: Posing at Jerusalem Pride in LGBTQ+ flag. A Haredi girl sits at her cracked window, her broken reflection peering back at her through the stained glass. From her perch she looks at the thousands marching on her street. They lay flowers at the site a young girl stabbed two years before at

43-year-old Haifa resident dies in training accident at base in southern Israel; his family has been notified By Judah Ari Gross and Times of Israel staff Major David ‘Dudi’ Zohar, 43, of Haifa was killed in a helicopter crash at a base in southern Israel on August 7, 2017 (IDF spokesperson’s office) The pilot killed

By JT – Aug 07,2017 – Last updated at Aug 07,2017 AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday discussed in Ramallah the latest developments in Palestine, according to a Royal Court statement. King Abdullah checked on the health of President Abbas, who has recently undergone a medical check-up. King

Police rescue civilian security guards attacked with Molotov cocktails in the capital; 16 Palestinians arrested By Judah Ari Gross Three East Jerusalem residents suspected of firebombing an armored security car were arrested on Sunday night, police said. While on a patrol of the Arab neighborhood of Silwan in Jerusalem, the armored car was bombarded with

Turkey is building up military forces on the Syrian border, while Turkish President Recep Erdogan steps up his rhetoric suggesting an imminent military operation into Syria. Ankara is reportedly courting Moscow for its support for a possible operation into Syria’s Afrin enclave, which is now under the control of the Kurdish YPG militia. Ankara accuses