Middle East

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu approved Sunday night the construction of hundreds of housing units in Jerusalem and Maale Adumim, including 600 units for the Arab neighborhood of Beit Safafa, expanding the neighborhood into Givat HaMatos and creating Arab territorial continuity across southern Jerusalem. The housing plan approved Sunday night includes 560 units in Maale Adumim, […]

During the night IDF forces arrested two brothers of 17-year-old Mohammed Nasser Tarayra, the terrorist who murdered Hallel-Yaffa Ariel in Kiryat Arba. Tarayra’s sister was arrested yesterday after praising the attack and cursing the Jews. Continuing IDF operations concentrated on Hevron district and the village of Bani Na’im where the terrorist came from. During the

Hundreds of Israelis of Ethiopian descent took to the streets of Tel Aviv on Sunday to protest what they consider the unfair and discriminatory attitude of the authorities and police brutality in particular. Protesters blocked major roads as they marched northward starting from the Sarona complex to the HaShalom Interchange. Some even sat down in

Facebook said Sunday that it’s doing its best to remove abusive content from its site, defending its stance in the face of allegations from Israeli officials that the social networking website is “sabotaging” Israeli police efforts in stemming Palestinian violence. Israel’s Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan reportedly accused Facebook of being uncooperative when approached by

By Mohammad Ghazal , Khetam Malkawi – Jul 03,2016 – Last updated at Jul 03,2016 In this recent photo provided by a Syrian across the border, Syrians stranded in the no-man’s land wait for their turn to receive water rations (JT photo) AMMAN — Jordan on Saturday rejected any attempts to question its credentials when

In the background of a wave of terrorist attacks, Ministers, municipal leaders and members of the Knesset Lobby for the Land of Israel met tonight (Sunday) to begin a campaign to extend full Israeli sovereignty over Ma’aleh Adumim. Among the participants was Ma’aleh Adumim Mayor Benny Kashriel, heads of the Knesset Land of Israel Lobby,

COGAT (Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, the IDF unit responsible for implementing government policy in Judea and Samaria) head Major General Yoav (Poli) Mordechai has decided to sanction the governor of Hebron, Kamel Hamid, and to ban him from entering sovereign Israeli territory. These sanctions are the result of the governor’s visit to

Majd Atwan, a 22-year-old Palestinian beautician and activist, sits on the front steps of her family house on May 24, enjoying her recently regained freedom. Less than a week earlier, she was behind bars after an Israeli military court sentenced her to 45 days in prison and gave her a $749 fine. Her crime: posting