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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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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Arab states, including Egypt and Saudi Arabia, have asked Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to restore calm in the West Bank, Avi Issacharoff reported in The Times of Israel today. The Arab governments expressed concern that a full-blown intifada would lead to a loss of control over the Palestinian street and lead...

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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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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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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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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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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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Seven people were injured in three terror attacks by knife-wielding assailants in Israel today. In the first attack, an Israeli man was stabbed and seriously injured in northern Jerusalem, The Times of Israel reported. Police said the attacker, a 19-year-old Palestinian from East Jerusalem, was “neutralized” within minutes. He was unharmed and was...

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