Israel
Israeli checkpoint nabs weapons disguised as salt
JTAMay 05, 2016
JERUSALEM — A shipment of 40 tons of salt set to cross into Gaza was discovered to contain four tons of hidden ammonium chloride, which is used to produce long-range...
Israeli airstrikes hit Hamas outposts in Gaza
TPSMay 05, 2016
TEL AVIV An Israel Air Force aircraft targeted four Hamas military posts in the southern Gaza Strip on Thursday, May 5, according to the IDF Spokesperson Unit. Prime...
Israel Police appoints first ever Muslim commissioner
Michael Zeff, TPSApr 14, 2016
TEL AVIV The Israel Police appointed the countrys first ever Arab Muslim commissioner in what was described as an emotional ceremony on Wednesday, April 13. Jamal...
Two Israeli mothers grapple with sons’ fate
JTAApr 07, 2016
By Noga Tarnopolsky, JTA KFAR SABA, Israel — One family lost their son in late July, 2014. The other lost theirs on the first of August in the same year. […]
Chipping away at Chief Rabbinate
Ben Sales, JTAApr 07, 2016
TEL AVIV A recent Israeli Supreme Court decision on Jewish conversion changes almost nothing. But down the line, it could change a lot. Under the March 31 ruling, the...
The great matzah fire of 2016
TPSApr 07, 2016
JERUSALEM Passover preparations in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Mea Shearim turned disastrous as two men in their 70s were moderately injured and a building was...
PA rejects Israeli offer to keep IDF out of Ramallah
JTAMar 17, 2016
JERUSALEM In recent secret Israeli-Palestinian talks first reported in Haaretz, the PA turned down an Israeli offer to stop military operations in the West Bank...
Jewish-Israeli charged with murder in Duma case
JTAMar 10, 2016
JERUSALEM The Jewish-Israeli charged in a West Bank firebombing that killed a Palestinian toddler and his parents was arraigned. At Amiram Ben-Uliels arraignment...
US student killed in Jaffa
JTAMar 10, 2016
JERUSALEM — A 29-year-old American business school student was killed in a stabbing attack in the Jaffa area of Tel Aviv on March 8. Taylor Force, a student at the...
IDF reservist dies after Gush stabbing attack
TPSFeb 25, 2016
GUSH ETZION Eliav Gelman, a 31-year-old IDF reserve officer, was accidentally shot to death after a stabbing attack was carried out at the flashpoint of Gush Etzion...
