Jerusalem Controversy

Snow began to fall Wednesday morning in the Golan Heights as winter storm Elpis blew into Israel, bringing cold and windy weather to most parts of the country. Later in the day, the heavy snowfall was set to reach high peaks in the Galilee region. Meanwhile, Jerusalem was expected to…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Retired general Yair Golan spent a significant part of his military career serving in the occupied West Bank, protecting Jewish settlements. Today, he is one of their most vocal critics. Golan, a former deputy military chief, is now a legislator with the dovish Meretz party, where he…

Israeli authorities said the building was built illegally Israeli police have evicted a Palestinian family and demolished their house in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah. Officers raided the Salhiya family home before dawn, arresting several people before a bulldozer moved in. There had been a two-day stand-off after…

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KILLING MACHINES 20:25, 19 Jan 2022Updated: 2:10, 20 Jan 2022A BOXING champion has been sentenced to death for "protesting" as part of Iran's chilling execution spree. Mohammad Javad, 26, could be killed over his protests in November 2019 against his country's economic corruption. 4 Boxer Mohammad Javad has been sentenced…

Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 15-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East, and the Jewish world, from Sunday through Thursday. Palestinian affairs reporter Aaron Boxerman and military correspondent Judah Ari Gross join host Amanda Borschel-Dan on today’s episode. Israelis awoke to news…

Israeli police on Wednesday (January 19) released a video showing its forces evacuating a Palestinian family from its Sheikh Jarrah home before demolishing the dwelling in the flashpoint East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah.Read More

JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli Cabinet minister on Wednesday dismissed claims that police used controversial spyware to surveil protesters, a day after a newspaper investigation prompted outraged lawmakers to seek a formal inquiry. On Tuesday, a Hebrew-language business paper published allegations that the Israel Police used NSO Group spyware to…

Palestinian girl stabs Israeli woman in Jerusalem in new wave of lone wolf attacks... (Third column, 22nd story, link) Drudge Report Feed needs your support!   Become a Patron...Read More

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Wednesday’s events as they happen. Coalition blocks committee to investigate claims guards were ‘pimped’ to prisoners Coalition lawmakers shut down an attempt by the opposition to establish a parliamentary inquiry committee to look into claims that female prison guards were “pimped” to Palestinian terror…