Palestinian leaders are responsible for inciting teenagers into perpetrating the current wave of violence against Israelis, a leading Palestinian human rights activist has said. Acting Israeli Police Chief Bentzi Sau told the Knesset this week that more than half of those arrested on terror charges in recent weeks have been teenagers. Bassem Eid, the former director...

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NASA and the Israel Space Agency (ISA) signed a cooperation agreement during this year’s International Astronautical Congress, which is being held in Jerusalem, The Times of Israel reported today. The deal was signed by NASA administrator Charles Bolden and ISA director Menachem Kidron on the sidelines of the International Astronautical Congress in Jerusalem....

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Settlement construction has grown at a slower rate under the current tenure of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu than at any other time in the last twenty years, Ha’aretz reported today. The report explained that while the population of settlements has grown significantly over the past six years (largely due to high birth rates), new...

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A professor who was quoted in last week’s controversial New York Times article expressing doubt about the historical validity of the Jewish temples in the Old City of Jerusalem wrote a letter to the editors of the Times insisting she had been misquoted, saying that “no credible scholars … question the existence of the two temples or who deny that...

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Ahead of the first Democratic presidential debate tonight, leading contender and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton issued a statement demanding that Palestinian terror “must stop,” The Times of Israel reported today. “I am alarmed by the recent wave of attacks against Israelis, including more than a dozen separate attacks since last...

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This week, Washington, D.C. will bear witness to an ideological fusion of Christian anti-Semitism (repudiated by the Vatican a half-century ago) and Palestinian nationalism when the Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation (HCEF) holds its annual international conference. One could say many things about the conference, but based on the speakers,...

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A series of terror attacks in the cities of Raanana and Jerusalem left three Israelis dead and at least 20 wounded, The Times of Israel reported today. Early this morning, a 32-year-old Israeli man was stabbed and lightly injured by a Palestinian in central Raanana. Passersby who saw the incident...

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Putting their security concerns aside, thousands of Israelis attended a concert Saturday night by the Jewish reggae rapper Matisyahu, who played to a full house at the Sultan’s Pool, just outside the Old City of Jerusalem, The Times of Israel reported Sunday. More than the music, the full-house turnout despite the attacks...

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A national staff member of the activist group Code Pink, which protests Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, is active in a group that promotes Armenia’s occupation of a region of Azerbaijan. Nancy Kricorian is a leading proponent of boycotting Israel, especially products made by Ahava Cosmetics, calling them products of...

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A United Nations worker tasked with monitoring Palestinian workplace rights was injured by Palestinian rock-throwers on Friday, The Times of Israel reported. Mounir Kleibo, who heads the UN bureau of the International Labor Organization in the Palestinian Territories, sustained serious injuries to his jaw after coming under attack by Palestinian rock throwers in...

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