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Residents of the Shomron who wish to host a family from Israel's battered south this Shabbat, can call: 1700-700-0106.
The IDF opened fire on the terrorist as he was throwing a stone at a moving vehicle.
When a region experiences strife and instability, the first to come under threat are the Jews.
According to the MDA spokesperson, a baby was injured after being hit in the head with a glass marble that was shot at a group of tourists near the Kotel.
Arab rock-throwing terrorists attacked dozens of cars in western Samaria Wednesday evening, causing widespread damage but no injuries. The attackers fled the area when soldiers arrived at the scene on the road to Hashmonim, located between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv and near the city of Modi’in. Soldiers so far have not nabbed the attackers.
Approaching the anniversary of the Fogel family massacre, the IDF caught 4 armed Arabs trying to infiltrate into the town of Itamar on Friday night.
For the first time in decades, enemy forces can attack all of Israel’s cities.
On Saturday night a car rammed through the Rantis checkpoint heading towards central Israel. IDF troops opened fire and shot 8 bullets at the car, hitting the windows, wheel, and possibly the driver. The car continued on, and was found abandoned near Rosh HaAyin. There was blood in the car. A helicopter and trackers have […]
Iron Dome in its new temporary home.
On Friday afternoon, dozens of Israelis protested the ongoing terrorism on road 60 near the Arab village of Beit Omar.
On Friday afternoon, a Palestinian Authority terrorist threw a firebomb at Beit Haddasah in Hebron. An IDF soldier responded to the attack, shot and hit the terrorist. The terrorist's condition is not known.
On Monday, three Jewish shepherds were taken to the hospital after being beaten by a gang of Arabs and foreign anarchists near Susiya. One of the shepherds still requires hospitalization. He has a serious head injury and was beaten all over his body. The second shepherd was released overnight. His jaw, and nearly all his […]
Once again a terrorist attacked Rachel's Tomb, but this time he was shot.
The protesters do not want Netanyahu to free any terrorists on Tuesday.
UPDATE 7:34 PM: Police give the all clear. Passengers on Dan bus #25 in Tel Aviv evacuated the bus a short time ago, after a passenger found an unclaimed school bag at the back of the bus. The driver cleared the bus, and police and sappers are on their way to deal with the suspicious […]
At Mishor Adumim, near Maaleh Adumim, a taxi pulled up to the police checkpoint carrying three Arab men. When it came to the taxi's turn to be checked, three men got out, and one of the men pulled out a knife and began walking towards the policemen. The policeman saw the knife, subdued the man, […]
The snowballs are gone and the rocks are back. An adult and child were lightly injured from shattered glass after their car was hit by a rock on the Cross-Benjamin highway. After getting hit, the driver continued to the next IDF checkpoint where they were treated by an IDF medic.
A few incidents of gunfire exchange were reported Monday morning on Israel's northern border with Syria. In one incident an IDF patrol was fired on by shooters from the Syrian side of the border. The patrol identified the source and returned fire. At least one attacker in Syria was wounded. It is unclear if the […]
Archaeological artifacts are some of Israel’s most cherished treasures. They also are cherished by thieves, but the Antiquities Authority has caught one of them, a PA Arab, red-handed.
An IDF soldier was murdered by a knife wielding terrorist this morning, as he sat on a bus.
A mother and two children in the car were injured by the firebomb attack.
A 16 year old Palestinian Authority Arab approached an IDF position in Hebron and attempted to stab one of the soldiers with a screwdriver. The soldiers subdued the terrorist, without injuries. Initial investigation appears to indicate that the terrorist wanted to be arrested by the IDF for personal reasons. He was brought to the Hebron […]
On Road 446, near Modiin Ilit, an Israeli car was shot at by a passing vehicle. The Israeli car was hit with two bullets, one hit the engine, the second passed through the passenger section. The driver drove to a nearby IDF checkpoint following the attack. No one was injured in the attack. Roadblocks have […]
Police looking for illegal PA workers, and were surprised by the forged Israeli ID they found.
On Thursday evening, the IDF caught two Arab terrorists that had earlier in the evening thrown multiple fire bombs at buses and cars near Beit El.
An Arab mob blocked the car, broke the windows, and violently tried to pull out the passengers - in Jerusalem.
Following Arab disturbances on the Temple Mount, one policeman was injured and taken for medical treatment.
Residents of the "Nof" neighborhood of Beit El found themselves under a barrage of stones this evening as they were outside building their Sukkahs. The Arab assailants were very surprised to discover that these Beit El residents weren't very passive when it came to responding to the Arab attacks. The Beit El residents quickly reacted, […]
Arabs through stones and a firebomb at cars driving on road 60, near the northern entrance to Efrat. Earlier in the afternoon, Arabs through massive amounts of stones at cars at the El Hadr/Beitar junction. No injuries were reported in either attack
Two terror attacks just occurred near Ofra, resulting in no injuries, according to Hatzalah Yeuda and Shomron. In the first attack, Palestinian Authority Arabs threw paint at a car passing them in the opposite direction. The paint hit the Israeli car's windshield, but the driver managed to not lose control over his vehicle. In the […]
An alert IDF soldier saved lives.
Firebombs, carjackings, and stonings seem to be the rule this evening.
There was a concerted effort this morning by Arabs, to block Jewish entry onto the Temple Mount.
The Israeli Ministry of Education announced on Saturday evening that students should not take their gas masks to school, and classes will run as usual. The Ministry said they are in constant contact with the relevant security forces, and is following their directives to provide a secure learning environment.
Patriot missile batteries were involved in three friendly fire incidents, resulting in the downing of allied planes.
Hatzala of Judea and Samaria reports that Arabs were throwing stones at cars travelling along the road between Jerusalem and Gush Etzion. The rock throwing occurred near the El Hadr (Beitar) Junction on Highway 60. No injuries were reported.
A single rocket or mortar launched from Gaza hit an open area in Israel's south around 1 AM Thursday morning. No injuries or damage are reported. The siren did not go off.
Over Shabbat, at around midnight, there was an infiltration into the town of Karnei Shomron. The infiltrators stole a weapon and ammunition.
Residents say they saw the Haredi boy waving for help, inside a Palestinian car with fake license plates.
Ronit Minker, the Eshkol region spokesperson reports that there were two strikes in the southern Eshkol region at around 10:20 AM, from Gaza. No injuries or damage were reported. The alarm also did not go off. It's believed they were mortars and not rockets.
An emergency call-up happened at Ariel University, when an armed man, wearing a Kafiyah was spotted on campus.
Arabs threw 5 firebombs at IDF soldiers near the northern entrance of Efrat in Gush Etzion. No other details are available at this point in time.
Terrorist was released from Israeli Prison only a year Ago.
Despite their small number, Jewish women are among the most beautiful in India.
Early Tuesday morning, Arabs shot at an Afikim bus number 101, that was driving to the Tapuach junction in the Shomron. There were no passengers in the bus at the time. The driver was not injured. The army temporarily locked down Hawarwa, near Shechem, where the shooting occurred, while the IDF searched for the shooter. […]
Overnight, terrorists threw four firebombs at the Gush Etzion checkpoint near the tunnel entrance to Jerusalem. There were no injuries or damage from the attacks.
An Israeli civilian, after being attacked by Arab stone throwers on Tuesday near the Peduel-Eli traffic circle, decided to take action. The man chased down and captured one of the stone thrower. The terrorist was then turned over to Israeli security forces.
There are Muslims who don’t see Jews as pigs and Israel as a cancer. In this case, they are non-Arabs living in Canada. One speaker at an event honoring Jews said the PA issue was instigated by communists.
The IDF Spokesperson said that the search for a possibly kidnapped soldier has been called off this evening, after all soldiers in the Binyamin and Shomron region had been accounted for. Two separate soldiers reported seeing an IDF soldier being driven off in the back of a Palestinian car in the early evening. The IDF […]
On Monday night, two firebombs were thrown at the entrance to the southern tunnel leading into Gush Etzion (on the bridge side), according to the Tazpit News Agency. There were no injuries or damage reported in the attack. IDF soldiers searched the area but did not find the attackers. It appears the firebombs were thrown […]
Here is a small sampling from the list of overnight terror attacks. A number of Israelis were lightly injured overnight, and their cars damaged, due to stone throwing at their cars near the Beitar-60 (Hussein) junction in Gush Etzion. Stone throwing in other areas of Judea and Samaria were reported, but without injuries. Five firebombs […]
Arab terrorists ignited a large fire in Beit El
4: 36 PM Stone throwing near the Gush Etzion tunnel roads 4:51 PM Firebombs causes a fire near Atarot. Firefighters can't get near to put it out due to massive stone throwing.The firefighters were eventually rescued by Border Police who used live fire. 5:24 PM Stoning in Hebron near Gross Square at Israeli cars. 7:43 […]
A group of leftists interrupted a construction job undertaken by the Ministry of Defense, to pave a path between Kiryat Arba and Hebron. At first, it looked like they were not going to be able to block the work, but in the end, the MOD workers were forced to stop working. The work had all […]
As of 11:15 AM Israel time, the Nazi flag is still up there.
During a Passover tour, participants were shocked to see the monument of Joshua Salome desecrated with black spray paint.
As they have done for the past 21 years, on Saturday night some 50 Jewish men, women and children held evening prayer and read the Megillah at the Yad Yair outpost in the Talmonim bloc. Yad Yair was established in 1991, in memory of Dolev resident Yair Mendelson who was murdered there by Arab terrorists […]
Overnight, a group of Arabs infiltrated into Chavat Gilad (Gilad Farm) in the Shomron. They were attempting to, once again, steal a flock of sheep from the farm. Just before they got away with it, the farm's alarm system went off and the Arabs ran without their plunder.
The first-ever Hebrew language and culture conference in South Asia was hosted at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi and organized by none other than Muslims scholars in a show of Muslim-Jewish amity in India. Among a dozen Indian and Israeli institutions represented at the “Hebrew Language and Culture: Reception, Self Conception and Intercultural […]
Minutes after the Shabbat began, IDF forces captured four Arabs near the entrance to Kibbutz Migdal Oz in Gush Etzion. The four were all armed with knives, and during the initial interrogation admitted that they were planning to stab a soldier. Migdal Oz has been the site of repeated terror attacks emanating from nearby Beit […]
On Monday evening, a suspicious object was noticed on the road leading to the northern entrance of Efrat, in Gush Etzion. Upon further investigation is was discovered that a fake bomb had been planted on the road.
The town's security personnel were called out, just as Shabbat was beginning.
Following the disturbances, about 30 residents arrived from the entire Shilo area to Esh Kodesh.
Arab rioters injured 11 Israelis and destroyed numerous farms over Shabbat inside the Aish Kadosh settlement.
PA leader Rajoub: "The greatest Palestinian in history since Jesus is Yasser Arafat."
Moshav Sdei Avraham (near Gaza Strip)- Police report that at around 5:30 AM Monday, there was a break-in into the home of the Shalom family. The intruder stabbed a woman in the house and then ran away. The IDF declared an official terror infiltration into the town, and began searching for the suspect within the […]
The IAF dispersed leaflets above several locations in the Gaza Strip. These leaflets warn the residents of the Gaza Strip to stay away from Hamas, and other terror organizations' operatives and facilities that pose a risk to their safety. The leaflets state: "Important announcement for the residents of the Gaza Strip: "For your own safety, take […]
Stop the Bomb, a European coalition which works towards the enactment of economic and political sanctions against the Iranian Islamist regime, has criticized the lack of action by the Austrian authorities.
Eighty Palestinians and Anarchists burst into the Rami Levy supermarket in the Binyamin region (north of Jerusalem). The demonstrators were waving Palestinian flags and blocking the entrance to both the Binyamin Industrial Park where Rami Levy is located, as well as stopping traffic on Highway 60 which leads to it. The demonstrators are calling on Palestinians […]
At least two cars were shot at on Road 55 near Maaleh Shomron on Saturday night. One car was shot at on the curve leading into Maaleh Shomron. The shots were also heard by the guards at the Maaleh Shomron entrance. The marks on that car seemed to indicate the weapon used in the attack […]
Monday is proving to be a busy day for Arab rioters and terrorists throughout Judea and Samaria. It is believed that some of the riots are due to the financial upset with the Palestinian Authority. Arab terrorist threw a firebomb at IDF soldiers in Hebron. IDF shot and wounded the terrorist. Benjamin: Jilazun refugee camp […]
Arabs began by attacking Jewish hikers on Shabbat, but then the Mosque then called out the rest of the Arab villagers. 6 Jews have been injured so far in the Arab riots, and the IDF is doing its best to keep the Arabs from reaching the community of Aish Kadosh.
Following the High Court of Justice's ruling from last week, the residents of the community of Migron, in the Benyamin region, were forcibly removed from their homes this morning. Large police forces arrived at the community early this morning, knocking on doors and serving the residents a court order to evacuate their homes. A few families offered passive resistance, but most of the fifty families left on their own accord.
UPDATE: 7:30 AM - Police forced destroyed the 5 buildings of Ramat Migron, and then moved over to the Oz Zion outpost, and destroyed two building there. Altogether 3 minors were arrested. ---------- An unusually large number of police officers, SWAT and border police arrived at the Ramat Migron outpost at 2:15 Friday morning. Ramat […]
On Thursday evening Arabs launched a massive rock attack on Israeli cars driving on Highway 60, near Ofra. Numerous cars were damaged and one Israeli was injured. MDA services treated the injured Israeli on the spot and then evacuated him to a hospital. IDF forces are searching the area for the rock throwers.
A Jewish civilian was stabbed by a Palestinian terrorist near Ma'aleh Levonah. A group of residents from the town of Ma'aleh Levonah went down near the Arab village of Khan Luban to photograph and document the illegal land grab and construction that was occurring near their town. A group of Palestinians then attacked them with stones, axes […]
Cabinet Secretary Zvi Hauser arrived in the last hour to visit the new neighborhood established to accommodate the residents of Migron who are slated to be evicted from their homes today following a Supreme Court hearing.
Around 1 AM Monday night, large Border Guard and Civilian Administration forces arrived on a bus and in several other vehicles at two outposts in Gush Talmonim in the Benjamin region. They also brought with them a tractor.
7:06 AM: The Arab who was killed trying to break through the checkpoint has been identified as Badar Achram, and is alleged to be a leader in a Palestinian organization. 1:28 AM: Not all details are clear yet. What we know so far is that one person, apparently one of the Arabs in the car who was […]
A Palestinian tried to run over a female soldier at a Kalkilya checkpoint on Sunday morning. In response, the soldiers fired into the air, and then at the tires of the car. The terrorist got away into Kalkilya. No injuries were reported among the soldiers.
On Tuesday afternoon, a Border Guard police force raided the outpost of Ramat Migron in the Benjamin region, where two minors were detained without being arrested.
A protest race is being conducted in the streets of Jerusalem this afternoon, to raise public awareness of the importance of the proposed "Regulatory Law," the Tazpit news agency reports.
Hundreds of youths who rode from Hebron to Jerusalem on Sunday, Jerusalem Day, were struck on their way by the nightmare sight of an Arab attacking an IDF officer with a knife. Luckily, the attacker was overcome and ended up stabbing himself.
Palestinians rioters at around 11 p.m. Monday blocked with stones the Benjamin-crossing highway near the settlement of Neve Tzuf in south-west Samaria. An Israeli vehicle with four Tel Aviv residents hit the barrier and was damaged. Last week a Jewish woman was attacked at the same spot.
After being told that the Meretz activists who came to see their homes were looking to stop at a Palestinian store to buy water, residents of the Bet El neighborhood welcomed their guests with cold water and cookies.
Seeing the dire necessity on the ground, a few young men have gotten together and established "Ha'Shomer Ha'Chadash," -"The New Guardian" - with the same objectives as the original. Maintaining a continuous physical presence, 700 volunteers at 21 locations help farmers secure their lands and property. Areas patrolled by the volunteers have experienced a significant drop in violent actions against farmers.
In order to provide a proper response to the extreme left wing and anti-Israel ambushes staged against the security forces in Judea and Samaria, Tazpit News Agency is establishing a team of photographers who will have a presence at all flashpoints in Israel.
Thousands of high school students from across Israel participated in a national walk on Sunday, April 22, from Yad Vashem on the “Connecting Path” to Mount Herzl, Israel’s national cemetery. Organized by Israel’s Ministry of Education, the walk took the students to different stations commemorating Israel's Holocaust day and its connection to its Memorial Day for Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terror, which falls on Wednesday.
When asked how he felt about the warm reception, the governor responded “it’s a little disorienting. I just got here 9 am this morning and did not expect to meet Americans from Tennessee, Minnesota, California, and New Jersey.” Chants of “2016” could be heard among the crowd, referring to the governor’s potential bid for the next presidential election in four years time.
The mountain aquifer situated in the Judea and Samaria area supplies an average of 600 million cubic meters of water. This is the most significant body of water in Israel, supplying Israelis and Arabs alike. In comparison, Lake Kinneret, which is the center of attention when relating to sources of water in Israel, supplies 570 million cubic meters.
When Sigmar Gabriel wrote on his Facebook page that Hebron was “an apartheid regime for which there is no justification,” the chairman of Germany’s main opposition party sparked an outcry that reverberated beyond his virtual wall. But such a conclusion is inevitable when one relies on sources and organizations that present Hebron in an extremely skewed light, like the Temporary International Presence in Hebron (TIPH).
This is not the first time Arabs have been engaged in the destruction of archaeological artifacts in Hebron. But recent acts of vandalism have been more methodical, leading to suspicion that they are purposeful and orchestrated by an entity bent on the erasure of archaeological artifacts that testify to the ancient Jewish roots in Hebron.
Following The Legal Forum for the Land of Israel's complaint, the Knesset's Ethics Committee rebuked MK Ahmed Tibi for praising "Shahidim" (martyrs) in one of his addresses.
Can there be successful athletes among the settlers in Judea and Samaria? Recent achievements show that the answer is yes! A very small geographic area has produced four international champions.
The military's latest estimate is that the rocket fire will continue in the coming days, and fears that the rockets' range will expand to the Tel Aviv area as well.
Rare landscapes, natural settings, springs, Biblical sites and the largest flying fox in Israel – these are just a few of the attractions you will find on a tour of Judea and Samaria
Anyone who travels through Judea and Samaria and sees the Arab cities and villages there will discover a highly-westernized living standard and rapid expansion, belying the the claims of suffering and discrimination.
The majority of eco-activists in Israel choose not to operate over the Green Line, neglecting to address the eco-needs of the people there, despite the fact that Judea and Samaria are dotted with unauthorized dump sites and stone quarries. Green Now, the only non-governmental organization dedicated to the issue of environmental hazards everywhere in Israel, has exerted legal and political pressure on the various governmental agencies responsible for addressing these eco-hazards, yielding some real successes.
Thirty sites, including Tel Arad, the Herodium, and Beit Ha'Aztmaut in Tel Aviv have been declared National Heritage Sites. So it turns out the Jewish people are not in occupiers in Judea and Samaria after all.