Middle East

Tel Aviv (dpa) – A leading Israel opposition politician on Saturday defended the metal detectors newly installed at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque that have been the catalyst for violent clashes between Israeli police and Palestinian protestors. Three Israelis were stabbed to death in their home on Friday by a Palestinian man as tensions boiled over in

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan began on Sunday a key visit to the Gulf region aimed at defusing the standoff around Turkey’s ally Qatar, saying no one had an interest in prolonging the crisis. Erdogan arrived in Jeddah to meet the Saudi leadership before heading to Kuwait, and on Monday to Qatar for his first face-to-face

JERUSALEM (Press Release) – On Friday night United Hatzalah volunteer EMS personnel left their families at their dinner tables and ran into, not away from, a terror attack that took place right next to their homes. Doron Mah Tov lives in the town of Halamish and was the first medical responder at the scene of the heinous

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Tensions between Palestinians and Israel have been building up for some time now. The confrontation could have come, and may still come, in the South along the Gaza border, As Hamas that rules Gaza is losing ground, partly because of closer relations between Israel and the Gulf States, it

Tel Aviv (dpa) – A brother of the Palestinian man who stabbed to death three Israelis has been arrested after a raid on his home, according to Israeli and Palestinian media reports on Saturday. The 20-year-old Palestinian forced his way into a home in the West Bank settlement of Neve Tsuf, north-west of Ramallah, and

At the Lions Gate where a deadly attack on July 14 prompted the latest escalation, Palestinians insist metal detectors are part of an Israeli Temple Mount power grab, to be resisted at all cost By Dov Lieber As if they were in a mosque, thousands of men and women sitting along the walls of the

Qatar’s Emir says the country remains open to dialogue with four Arab nations that have isolated it, but that any resolution to the crisis must respect his country’s sovereignty. Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani made the comments in his first televised speech since a diplomatic dispute among the U.S. allies erupted more than a

The escalating violence brings to mind the events of September 2000, after opposition leader Sharon visited the Mount, but with a few significant differences By Avi Issacharoff The decision taken overnight Thursday-Friday to leave the electronic metal detector gates at the entrances to the Temple Mount compound — placed there after the July 14 attack

One cop, 8 Palestinians hurt in Wadi Joz as protesters throw rocks, water bottles and set off fireworks, police respond with tear gas; rioting at Qalandiya By Judah Ari Gross and Raoul Wootliff Israeli security forces stand guard in front of Palestinian Muslim worshipers outside Lions Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem, July 21,