The tomb of Rav Ashi, a Babylonian sage, is located inside an IDF military outpost on the Blue Line between the two countries.
By Canaan Lidor
If the captives, both living and dead, are not returned, Israel will expand the agricultural areas of the kibbutzim Be'eri and Nir Oz into the Gaza perimeter, said the Israeli finance minister.
"On the 7th of October, not only Israeli citizens were murdered but also the idea that was mistakenly called 'the two-state solution."
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The military order that establishes the municipal boundaries is the first step in legalizing Adorayim and Ahiya.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
"That's not good," the president said about the Jewish state's dimensions, adding that the country's achievements have been "amazing."
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Land of Israel Caucus wants to amend Basic Law: Referendum to prevent the establishment of a "Palestinian" state.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Trump administration officials, past and present, recently have made statements in favor of Israeli sovereignty in Judea and Samaria.
After achieving normalization with other Arab countries, discussions on sovereignty in Judea and Samaria could resume.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Israeli finance minister also called to encourage voluntary migration from Gaza, saying the Strip's population could be reduced by more than half within two years.
By David Isaac
Former Ark. Gov. Mike Huckabee, who boasts an impressive record of Israel support, called his appointment as an "extraordinary opportunity."
“Israel has effectively lost sovereignty in the northern quadrant of its country, because people don’t feel safe to go to their homes,” per the U.S. secretary of state.
By JNS & JewishPress.com News Desk
“The Biden administration must stop undermining Israel and facilitating efforts to delegitimize Israel. It is misguided and unconscionable.”
"Part of that message is not just to the Government of Israel, but also to . . . let them know that the United States Government is watching and will take action."
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Two-thirds of Israeli Jews favor IDF security control in Gaza post-war.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The exercise was one of various scenarios the IDF is preparing for in Judea and Samaria following the invasion by Hamas terrorists from the Gaza Strip.
MK Yair Lapid join the Jordanians, the PA and Hamas in condemning the march.
“The main goal of the Palestinian Authority is forcing [people] to forget the heritage."
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Trump administration reportedly assured the UAE that the U.S. would not recognize Israeli sovereignty over Judea and Samaria until 2024 at the earliest.
By David Isaac
Gush Etzion Regional Council head Shlomo Ne'eman said the illegal construction would surround the Israeli enclave.
Two of the new towns, Avigayil and Asael, are located in the South Hebron Hills, while the third, Beit Hogla, is part of the Megilot Regional Council near the Dead Sea.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Sovereignty Movement urged Netanyahu to refrain from using Judea and Samaria as a bargaining chip in normalization talks.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Clinton refused to let the Hebron or Kever Rachel remain in Israel's hands.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Amid U.S. pressure, Jerusalem reportedly will freeze for several months the legalization of additional young settlements in Judea and Samaria.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Defense Ministry body's responsibilities include approving construction in Area C of Judea and Samaria.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
While Washington's response is “understandable,” the Americans know that Israel’s government is “committed to the settlements,” said Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.
Last time, this bill led to Bennett's government imploding.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has been tasked with overseeing the body responsible for approving construction and handling other bureaucratic matters in Area C of Judea and Samaria.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Yuli Edelstein and Tom Nides speak about settlements, Iran and bilateral ties.
Security forces believed it would be a bad idea if Ben-Gvir has folded and not gone up after the Hamas threats.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
"If we have peace with Saudi Arabia, we are effectively going to bring an end to the Arab-Israeli conflict," Benjamin Netanyahu said.
Israel is very much afraid that Turkish President Erdogan will appoint Ufuk Ulutas.
By Josh Hasten
A tour of the contested area reveals heated opinions from Jewish and Arab residents on the future of the designated construction corridor.
The settlement prevents Ben & Jerry’s from boycotting Israel and ensures that Zinger will continue selling Ben & Jerry’s ice cream throughout Israel and Judea and Samaria without interruption.
The law fell 52 to 46.
The new division will have two battalions and 10 companies at its command.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
“All decisions regarding the Temple Mount and Jerusalem will be made by the Government of Israel, which is the sovereign of the city."
According to CNN, only 690 Ukrainian refugees have been admitted in the US since October 21, 2021.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The current leadership is putting itself on the wrong side of Zionist history.
The statement and the visit to Atarot were initiated and led by Chaim Silberstein, chairman of the “Keep Jerusalem” organization.
Im Tirtzu has resumed filming EAPPI's activities and put up large banners in Hebron informing IDF soldiers about the illegal presence of the accompaniers.
By Josh Hasten
“We need infrastructure for both populations, so we can all thrive,” said Matanya Shapira, deputy CEO of the YESHA Council, regarding the region’s Jewish and Arab residents.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The EU is enabling and funding the Fayyad Plan to take over Judea & Samaria.
“The Palestinian Authority considers us soldiers to defend the E1 areas and will not give up the outpost,” explained one of the family heads.
The petition begins with a quote from Israel’s first Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion who asserted that “without Jewish land, Zionism becomes a parody and is transformed into an empty vision.”
It's time to restore the Zionist vision to its proper place in public policy.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The march comes amid rumors that the government plans to destroy the yeshiva at Homesh and ban all Israeli entry to the area.
The Israeli government has informed the US that Israel won't be moving ahead with the construction of a much-needed neighborhood for Haredim (Ultra-Orthodox) in the Atarot section of northern Jerusalem.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The law would have imposed prison sentences for those working to remove Israel's sovereignty over Jerusalem.
By Ariel Kahana
In a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Israelis who have lost loved ones to terror warn that a consulate in Jerusalem for the Palestinians would be a “complete Trojan horse.”
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The destruction is expected to uproot about 170 dunams of orchards and vineyards in the Shiloh Valley, which constitute about 40% of the agricultural activity of the Achiya Farm industries, which cultivates the land.
The European Union's funding of illegal Arab construction in Area C of Judea and Samaria is a path to establishing a de facto Palestinian state.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
In Jerusalem’s Old City, prominent religious-Zionist rabbis pray the incoming government won’t “abandon the Land of Israel to the Arab takeover.”
Defense Minister Gantz handed over a victory to the enemies of Israel.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“Jews returning to producing wine in their indigenous homeland is something to be celebrated, not stigmatized.”
"The San Remo Conference is maybe the most unknown conference in Israel."
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
However, the report claims the language “is not meant to convey a position on any final-status issues to be negotiated between the parties to the conflict.”
"In cooperation with Prime Minister Netanyahu, we are mobilizing in full force to the battle against the hostile takeover of Area C," Hanegbi said.
By Josh Hasten
A new campaign has been launched by Israel’s Sovereignty Movement to encourage the application of Israeli law over those areas by the government, starting with the Jordan Valley and the northern Dead Sea area, before Donald Trump’s presidency comes to an end.
Music, speeches and candle lighting...
“It is still possible to correct the mistake made by the Israeli government when it did not keep its promise to apply sovereignty over the Jordan Valley."
The decision on labeling is part of the US's "reality-based foreign policy approach" under President Trump.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
It will be part of a 10-day visit by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to Europe and the Mideast, starting with France, Turkey and Georgia.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Kamala Harris said the Biden-Harris administration would oppose annexation and settlement expansion, and reverse Trump's steps against the Palestinian Authority.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman signed the amendments to the agreements in a special ceremony held on Wednesday at Ariel University, in Samaria
By HaKol HaYehudi / Yehuda Pearl
Quietly, a planting event conducted with PA regional governor accompanied by gunman, without coordination with the IDF.
A celebration in Gush Etzion: Around 1,100 housing units approved as part of construction plans for Pnei Kedem, Kfar Eldad, Metzad, and Har Gilo.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Castro also wants to condition U.S. military assistance to Israel on the Jewish state not applying sovereignty to the Judea and Samaria.
By Ariel Kahana
UAE Foreign Ministry director of policy planning says historic U.S.-Israeli delegation visit to Abu Dhabi was “promising,” but much work still remains.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Israeli sovereignty in Judea and Samaria and the Jordan Valley will happen, but not in the near future, says senior adviser Jared Kushner.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The anti-Israel bill is cosponsored by Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, Ayanna Pressley, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Andre Carson and Mark Pocan. The Squad+.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
According to the White House, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also agreed to the borders of a Palestinian state.
Greenblatt was one of the architects of the Trump peace plan which was introduced officially in late January.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The U.S. administration’s peace plan can serve as a basis for a process leading to peace and security, says Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Palestinian Authority has detained several PA Arabs who told Israeli TV journalist Zvi Yechezkeli that they support Israel’s plan to apply sovereignty in parts of Judea and Samaria.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“Recognizing sovereignty over Judea and Samaria ... will allow the administration to be remembered for restoring God’s people to His promised land,” said Pastor Mario Bramnick.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
"The national mission to exercise our historic right in the land of our ancestors may be in jeopardy," says Land of Israel Caucus chairman Haim Katz.
By Josh Hasten
After a 30-year legal battle, a Jerusalem court has ruled that the Sumarin family must vacate a property located in eastern Jerusalem and return it to its rightful owners. The family has been supported by some 30 left-wing organizations with many funded by the European Union.
By Orit Arfa
“Germany killed 6 million Jews in World War II, in the Holocaust, and now Germany wants to tell Israel how to defend its security,” said Marcel Goldhammer, a journalist with both German and Israeli citizenship.
By Eliana Rudee
Hundreds of parliamentarians from 20 countries wrote such a move has the potential to bring peace and prosperity closer to the region.
The movement promises to continue its activities with the ministers, members of Knesset and politicians to bring about essential changes leading to the first step of sovereignty.
Suddenly the Palestinian Authority remembered there are Arabs living in the Jordan Valley.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“I profoundly hope that annexation does not go ahead,” says the British prime minister in a Hebrew op-ed published by a major Israeli daily.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on the Palestinian Authority “not to lose another opportunity, not to waste another century trying to destroy Israel.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The E.U. must “review and be willing to suspend or downgrade” trade and cooperation agreements with the Jewish state, says U.N. special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories.
The PA official believes Israel will find it difficult in the near future to cooperate with local institutions managing civilian life in PA areas.
Chassidim said that the way to shun evil is through doing good; however, there is value in doing good for its own sake, said Rabbi Waldman.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“Palestinians will lose faith in a negotiated solution, I’m afraid Arabs too will lose interest in regional peace."
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“It’s hell in the E.U. to try to get a common position on this,” says one diplomat.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Q: "If elections were held today between Bibi and Abu Mazen, who would win?" A: "Bibi"
A large majority of 73% expects the new Israeli government to deepen the normalization steps with some of the Arab Gulf countries
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
E.U., U.N. representatives to participate in anti-sovereignty demonstration in Jericho on Monday, says Fatah Central Committee member Jibril Rajoub.
It also fires back against warnings that the move would undermine the U.S.-Israel relationship.
Various reports have emerged recently on Netanyahu’s intention to declare sovereignty in stages, or on only a small segment of the allocated territory.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“We do not see how any of these acute risks serve the long-term interest of a strong, secure Israel,” say U.S. congressional members.
Egypt's absence is a message to Ramallah as to how much they actually care if Israel applies Israeli law over Jewish communities.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The U.K. “strongly objects” to Israel’s plan to extend its law to parts of Judea and Samaria and “believes profoundly in a two-state solution,” says British prime minister, but was noncommittal regarding any possible sanctions.
By Israel Hayom
The message seems to be that while Abu Dhabi disagrees with Jerusalem on Israeli sovereignty, it won't be a roadblock to building relations with Israel.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Envoy says after spending more than three years traveling to Arab capitals, he “came to learn that we agree on far more than we disagree on.”
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Israel’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Lior Haiat tweeted that it is “a nice surprise reading a tweet in Hebrew” by a UAE official.