scene in the synagogue Friday’s attack outside the synagogue was the deadliest in the Jerusalem area since 2008. It took place in the neighborhood on land that Israel occupied after capturing Jerusalem in the 1967 Middle East war, in a move that was not recognized internationally. The gunman, Khairy Alkam, was a 21-year-old Palestinian from […]
Thousands of Israelis joined demonstrations on Saturday against judicial reform plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government, which protesters say would threaten the democratic checks and balances on ministers by the courts. The plans, which the government says are needed to curb encroachment by activist judges, have drawn fierce opposition from groups including lawyers, […]
“The more we make things difficult on the occupation, the more we confront and harm it, the more we can thwart its policies.” Last year saw the worst violence in the West Bank in more than a decade as the army carried out near-daily raids on cities such as Nablus and Jenin following deadly attacks […]
Palestinian officials said the Israeli army killed two Palestinians in a West Bank raid on Monday, as it demolished the homes of two Palestinians accused of killing an Israeli soldier. The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced the deaths of “Mohammed Samir Hosheh, 22, after being shot in the chest, and Fuad Mohammed Abed, 25, after […]
The UN General Assembly asked the ICJ to give an advisory opinion on the legal consequences of Israel’s “occupation, settlement and annexation … including measures aimed at changing the demographic composition, character and status of the Holy City of Jerusalem”. Huh.” Members of Netanyahu’s new government have pledged to fortify the settlements with development plans, […]
Netanyahu’s conservative Likud party now retains the defense and foreign ministries. But the optics around Ben-Gvir and Smotrich may still prove inflammable for him – for example, if one visits or prays at Jerusalem’s Al Aqsa Mosque compound, a symbol of Palestinian nationalism. It is also the holiest site for Judaism. Ancient Temple. Netanyahu’s last […]
