Here is the Facebook profile icon for UNRWA worker Sohaib Fayyad, who lives in Khan Younis: Fayyad, who is linking to lots of anti-Israel videos from Shehab News Agency and others, is clearly advocating that Arabs stab Jews. His main profile image shows rock throwing as well, associating it with...

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The mayor of Nazareth, Israel’s largest majority-Arab city, blasted Arab members of Knesset in interviews on Sunday, blaming them for inciting riots and violence. Over 200 residents of Nazareth rioted on Thursday night, setting fires and throwing rocks at security forces. Ayman Odeh, the chairman of the Joint (Arab) List...

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A Palestinian woman detonated an explosive device in her car, seriously injuring herself and an Israeli police officer who stopped her as she neared a Jerusalem-area checkpoint, The Times of Israel reported today. Police said officers noticed a suspicious vehicle driven by a woman heading toward a checkpoint on the...

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In a statement at a press conference on Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed the latest wave of terror against Israelis on “wild and mendacious incitement by Hamas, the Palestinian Authority [PA],” and others. While Mahmoud Abbas, president of the PA, has recently claimed that he seeks to avoid...

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Dr. Michael Satlow, a professor of religious studies and Judaic studies at Brown University, wrote today that the existence of a Jewish temple on the Temple Mount is “as historically certain a fact as one can get.” Satlow’s statement, published on his website, was prompted by a report yesterday in The...

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The recent wave of Palestinian terror attacks against Jews and Israelis is largely due to a pattern of extreme radicalization that has taken place in eastern Jerusalem over the past twenty years, a recently retired former Shin Bet official told The Tower. “This process began when the Palestinian Authority was established...

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The Israeli semiconductor company EZchip has been bought by the Silicon Valley internet network company Mellanox Technologies, with the share purchase valuing the company at approximately $811 million. Mellanox already maintains five offices in Israel. In 2011, Mellanox acquired the Israeli company Voltaire for $208 million. “The synergies between EZchip...

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Indian President Pranab Mukherjee will become the first Indian president to visit Israel when he arrives next week. Israeli President Rueven Rivlin said that the trip will “deepen the friendship between our states, in the fields of economy, science, medicine, and agriculture.” Mukherjee will address the Knesset and meet with Prime Minister...

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At an unusual press conference to address the escalating violence across Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, flanked by the nation’s top security officials, promised that the government would be “taking action” against inciters and perpetrators of violence, including enhanced security measures and stiff punishments for those involved in rock and...

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The terrorist organization Hamas is behind the latest wave of violence in Israel and the West Bank, aided by incitement from the Fatah party of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, counter-terror expert and Likud MK Anat Berko said today. Berko noted that both Hamas and Fatah will sometimes claim credit for...

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