TEL AVIV — The U.S. ambassador to Israel slammed the Israeli legal system in the West Bank, saying, “Too much Israeli vigilantism in the West Bank goes on unchecked.” Daniel Shapiro, speaking Monday at a Tel Aviv conference organized by the Institute for National Security Studies, added that “at times it seems Israel has two…
A Palestinian teen was arrested for the murder of Dafna Meir, an Israeli mother of six who was stabbed to death in her West Bank home. The suspect, believed to be 15 or 16, was arrested late Monday in a Palestinian village near the scene of the attack, where he was hiding out, the IDF…
A funeral for Dafna Meir, the slain settler mom of six, was held Monday amid a sea of grief. The gynecology nurse was set upon in the doorway of her home in the West Bank settlement of Otniel Sunday, authorities said. Her attacker fled and the manhunt for him continued Monday as Meir, 39, was…
A mom of six was stabbed to death in her West Bank home by a terrorist who escaped capture. Dafna Meir, a gynecology nurse, was set upon in the doorway of her home in the West Bank settlement of Otniel Sunday. Her attacker reportedly fled to the nearby Palestinian village of Khirbet Karameh, and the…
Israeli troops killed two knife-wielding Palestinian assailants in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, the army said, the latest in a months-long spate of street violence that Israel’s defense minister described as declining. Almost daily stabbings, car-rammings and shootings by Palestinians targeting Israelis have been fueled in part by frustration at failed statehood talks and…
TEL AVIV — Last month, rumors flooded the Internet that former Israeli President Shimon Peres was dead. True to form, the man who tirelessly trumpets his country’s high-tech sector took to Facebook to clear the air. “I wish to thank the citizens of Israel for the support, concern and interest, and wish to clarify that…
TEL AVIV — The number of terrorist attacks on Israelis decreased significantly in December over the previous month, Israel’s security agency said. The Israel Security Agency, or Shin Bet, recorded in December a total of 246 attacks by Palestinians on Israel compared to 326 in November, the organization said in its monthly report released earlier…
JERUSALEM – Israeli security forces on Thursday shot dead four Palestinians who launched two separate stabbing attacks in the occupied West Bank, the military said, as a surge in street violence entered its fourth month. The first attack occurred at Gush Etzion Junction, the scene of many similar recent incidents. Three Palestinians attacked a group…
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