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In a rare move, Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman approved a plan to shut off the West Bank and Gaza Strip for 11 days for the Sukkot holiday and the following Shabbat, his office said Sunday. An IDF spokesperson confirmed that this was the current decision. However, she stressed that the closure was subject to further

A man entered Yeshivat Hanegev in Netivot on the eve of Yom Kippur as the Kol Nidrei prayer was underway – drunk and holding a pistol in his hand. The three hundred students at the institute for Jewish religious study began to flee the scene, and police were alerted. Eyewitnesses said the attacker wore a

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday denied Turkish claims of covert involvement in Iraqi Kurdistan’s recent independence vote, reiterating however his “sympathy” for the Kurdish people. On Saturday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Israel’s intelligence agency played a role in the September 25 referendum, citing as proof the waving of Israeli flags during