Arab Israeli Conflict

"The complicated political situation in Israel cast a heavy shadow on the interests of the Zionist prisoners and their families."

The move was made in response to the decision by the Palestinian Authority to stop buying calves from Israel and to begin importing calves from other countries.

Increased settlement activity comes as Jordan Valley launches political campaign to get Blue and White Party to join effort to annex West Bank region

Sources in the Arabic media claim efforts are being made to persuade Hamas and the PIJ to accept a long-term ceasefire proposal that is planned last for five years.

In a recent sermon, a top PA religious official criticized Theodor Herzl as racist and Arthur Balfour as an antisemite.

"They threw the tzitzit in the garbage," wrote Markowitz. "They checked each one of us to make sure that there weren't tzitzit under our shirts."

Jordan is relevant and connected to virtually all the core issues at the heart of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, and it therefore has an important role in any future solution.

International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said that one reason that she would not open a criminal probe was that the case had been probed by the IDF legal division.

"America is a force that cannot be ignored and, if possible, we should have a dialogue with it on the basis of our people’s rights. All countries want to be friends with America.”

Despite winning rare joint support from both the Israeli government and Hamas, Palestinians have been critical of the foreign volunteers contributing to tourism in Israel.

The resolution will ask the UN to recognize the 800,000 Jewish refugees from Arab countries and Iran.

As a result, Malaysia opened an “Embassy to Palestine” in Amman, Jordan.

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin notified Foreign Minister Israel Katz about the decision to reopen the site as part of talks that began during a meeting with Jordanian officials in London.

1,500 rockets fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel in the past year alone.

The Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nikolai Mladenov is expected to meet with the leadership of Hamas in the coming days in order to complete talks about an agreement.

Delegates ‘remove’ head of Palestinian delegation to Bahrain economic workshop

The new policy will be introduced shortly in the security cabinet as part of a broader deterrence policy.

The study was conducted between May and August, and included focus groups and in-person interviews with several dozen women in different locations in the Strip.

“Let’s be clear: Israel adheres to international law,” wrote Gold, a former director-general of the Foreign Ministry.

The protests came in the aftermath of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s recent announcement that settlements are not inconsistent with international law.

Former IDF Brig.-Gen. Zvika Haimovich said Israel has to prepare for a multi-directional attack from Iran and its proxies.

According to the Arabic satellite television station Al Ghad based in Cairo and London, which showed a video of the baby crying, some ten Palestinians were injured by rocks during the incident.

Palestinian vehicles were torched and had their tires slashed, and graffiti was scrawled, in price tag attacks in four separate Palestinian villages near the West Bank cities of Nablus and Ariel.

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Arab initiative aims to repudiate BDS movement, renew Israeli-Palestinian dialogue

Israel attacked dozens of military targets belonging to the Iranian Quds Force and the Syrian Arab Army.

The UNSC has held that the Israeli activity over the pre-1967 lines is illegal under international law. This includes activity in east Jerusalem, the Golan Heights and the West Bank.

A senior defense official said it was the most widespread strike targeting Iranian infrastructure in Syria, and with the number of Iranian fatalities quite high, a retaliation is expected.

Syria responded quickly to the airstrikes, publishing numerous photos and reports.

Defense Minister Naftali Bennett to Iran: You are no longer immune. Wherever you stretch your tentacles-we will hack them off.

Following the incident, photo journalists from around the world posted on social media photos of themselves with one eye covered by a patch.

Iron Dome's 90 percent intercept rate encourages complacency among Israeli leaders while enticing her enemies to strike harder.

"The International Judo Federation showed its clear moral fiber by suspending the Iran Judo Federation," says Palestinian Media Watch, demanding the international football body to do the same.

Security officials urge the public to be careful, avoid approaching them and call security forces if they find any.

"Our security policy has not changed – not even slightly."

Shortly before the ceasefire went into effect on Thursday, the IDF struck a home belonging to Rasmi Abu Malhous, killing eight members of his family, including five children.

Press report released indicates ongoing perception of “Cold Peace” between Israel and Jordan after 25 years of peace

Some PIJ members expressed outrage that Hamas official Mahmoud Zahar and other Hamas leaders did not pay a condolence visit to the family of Bahaa al-Ata in the first days after his death.

Local councils in Gaza announced a return to routine on Friday, despite the fact that during the night, the IDF attacked Palestinian Islamic Jihad targets in the Gaza Strip.

Shalev sets the tone in an impressive and vivid account of a woman trying to deal with events she cannot control

Postmodernism and post-colonialism, combined with antisemitism, have created fertile ground for extreme anti-Israel demonization on campus.

"Although the decision is couched as an impartial effort to rule narrowly on a legal case and to ensure that consumers understand the provenance of their food, it in fact applies a double standard."

Both the IDF and Islamic Jihad can point to victories in this week’s conflict.

The prime minister and the Shin Bet chief, Nadav Argaman, met with workers and employees from the operational, technological and intelligence units.

Israel has long been concerned about the organization, and has argued that it helped promote a politicized idea of Palestinian refugee status that makes it hard to resolve the conflict.

This would be the first that Hamas cancels the protests since March 2019, over 6 months ago.

“This landmark case exposes a shocking and multi-layered planned conspiracy and campaign aimed at manipulating the public,” said Adv. Yifa Segal of the International Legal Forum.

“We have shown that we can go to war without Hamas,” said a PIJ official. “We are no longer seen as the little brother of Hamas.”

According to Palestinian media, the IDF attacked four targets, with four Palestinians being lightly injured as a result.

Senior PIJ official claims this was just one round, not the end • PM: ‘We can reach everyone, even in their bed’

Israel killed PIJ leader Bahaa Abu al-Ata in a surgical strike in Gaza, marking Israel’s clear return to targeted assassinations.

While the battle against PIJ was limited and Israel only used a small amount of its capacity, the real challenge is in the North, and against Iran and its other proxies.

"There is no problem for the IDF to conquer the Gaza Strip. This is not an operational challenge. But you have to think about the cost," Cohen said.

Middle East Peace Process envoy Nickolay Mladenov has been in Cairo working with the Egyptians to bring Israel and the Palestinians in Gaza back from the brink of war.

After two days of heavy fighting between Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the two sides announced a ceasefire on Thursday morning, which went into affect around 5:30 a.m..

"The Al-Quds Brigades has not exhausted all its missiles and weapons against the enemy," warned al-Nakhla.

You could hear a pin drop, or a rocket fired

The ceasefire reportedly took effect at 5:30 a.m. Nonetheless, at around 6:00 a.m., rockets were fired from Gaza at Jewish communities on the border.

There are broader strategic reasons why Hamas has so far stayed on the sidelines, but part of it can undoubtedly be traced to Israeli intelligence success at liquidating Hamas’s weapons experts.

More than 350 rockets fired at Israel which deploys tanks, artillery batteries along Gaza border amid predictions violence will escalate but what should the Jewish state do? Have your say.

He stressed that "the government doesn't know what it's like. They should send MKs here to see what we go through, what the children of this city go through - it's the whole south. Not just us.

"The indiscriminate launching of rockets and mortars against population centers is absolutely unacceptable and must stop immediately."

“We do not mean to escalate [the situation],” Netanyahu said, “but we will know how to…protect the state of Israel and its citizens.”

J Street, non-Orthodox Jewish denominations backing Israel, while fringe radical left-wing Jewish organizations denounce Israel’s killing of Islamic Jihad commander and response to rocket attacks.

Born in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip in 1953, the father of six was first arrested by Israel in 1971 for his membership in the Arab Liberation Forces, a terrorist group.

Losses to businesses in the South and central regions were estimated to total approximately NIS 1.1 billion ($315m.) by Wednesday afternoon.

In 2009, after more than 250 rockets, Israel would have been at war already. Today, there is no need for a rush to action and disproportionate response.

The new defense minister also said that the terrorists are doing as much harm to Gazan civilians as they are to Israelis.

“We will not tolerate attacks on our citizens,” Netanyahu said. “In the last year, we accumulated a mass of these attacks.”

According to a report in the Arabic language al-Hayat newspaper, Israel’s message was delivered to Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) through United Nations Special Envoy for the Middle East Nickolay Mladenov.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: Israel will respond to every Palestinian Islamic Jihad attack.

Sources say the house belongs to the Abu Hadaid family.

*Close to 400 rockets target Israel in two-days * At least 26 Palestinians killed *

The video features the words "death to Israel" in Hebrew as well as clips from funerals of Israeli terror victims.

"Israel must immediately stop its ongoing aggression against our people in Gaza," Palestinian Prime Minister Dr. Mohammad Shtayyeh tweeted.

President says he was able to move the United States embassy to Jerusalem because he did not call back Arab leaders who opposed the move.

The National Security Advisor Meir Ben Shabbat updated security cabinet members on Tuesday Hamas told Egypt that it is not interested in an escalation, Channel 13 reported.

Talking about the 170 rockets fired at Israel from the Gaza Strip, Steinman began to laugh uncontrollably and apologized between giggles, shrugging it off by saying “Live broadcast.”

The writing was on the wall for Bahaa Abu al-Ata.

These wars and escalations are a bit repetitive. I’ve covered them since 2009 when I first volunteered in Sderot to help civilians. 2012. 2014.

Former chief military prosecutor explains that it is not clear

The NGO uploaded multiple videos and photos on their social media on Tuesday morning calling for a victory. Activists were also out and about hanging signs that said, "Bibi - Give Us The Order!"

#JiHadEnough, which was used in the IDF's tweet announcing the assassination of Baha Abu Al Ata, is the latest in the IDF's misguided social media campaigns.

PIJ says too early to talk about ceasefire

People wondered out loud whether or not there would be a war.

CNN's Jerusalem Correspondent Oren Liebermann was seen in the live video trying to maneuver away so he could continue reporting, but a hand kept blocking the camera and blacking out the transmission.

Netanyahu: Gaza Operation will take time; We will hit anyone who hits us.

Israel was saying very clearly – all of Islamic Jihad is in our sights and is a legitimate target. No one is beyond Israel’s reach.

As rockets fly, welfare institutions, public health officials issue recommendations.

The head of Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s (PIJ) Al-Quds Brigades in Gaza, Baha Abu al-Ata was considered one of the top terrorists in the blockaded coastal enclave.

Israel holds that such labeling helps the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement boycott such products.

Rockets test shaky ceasefire