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IDF & Security / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem / Judea & Samaria / Israeli Arabs / Intifada

Shabak Foiled Hamas Plan to Kidnap, Murder Israelis, Bargain over Bodies

By Jewish Press Staff

They planned to murder their victim and bury the body, then negotiate for released prisoners in exchange for it.

Jewish / History / News Briefs / Media / Jerusalem

National Library Posts 220 High Resolution Jerusalem Maps on Wikimedia

By JNi.Media

Eran Laor (née Erich Landstein) was the manager of a shipping company in Haifa who accumulated an enormous collection of some 4,500 maps.

Terrorism / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs

Man Stabbed in Jerusalem

By Jewish Press News Desk

Border Police have entered the nearby Jabal Muckaber neighborhood looking for the attacker.

News Briefs / Jerusalem / Weather

The Snowman Cometh

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Weather models indicate that Hebron and Neve Daniel in Gush Etzion will see snow on the ground by Friday night.

News Briefs / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs

Police Uncover Terror Weapons at Arab Falafel Store in Jerusalem

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Police swooped down on two locations in eastern Jerusalem, uncovering rifles, ammunition, pipe bombs and bullets.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs / Jerusalem

IDF Soldier Stabbed in Jerusalem Terror Attack

By Jewish Press News Desk

The attack happened near the Center-1 shopping mall on Hatzvi street in Jerusalem.

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem / Judea & Samaria / Intifada

Shabbat Update: Two Terrorists Killed in Jerusalem and Samaria

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Jerusalem terrorist was shot and killed before he could cause injuries. A car ramming attack near Shechem, wounded one soldier. The terrorist was shot dead.

Jewish / Politics / News Briefs / The Knesset / Jerusalem / Religion

Get Out your Knives: MK Smotrich Bill Lets Jews Pray on Temple Mount

By Jewish Press News Desk

Things will not continue to be as they are now, based on the whim of a police officer who decides that Jews shouldn't pray.

Terrorism / Politics / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Health and Medicine

ZAKA Volunteer: I Took Care of Jewish Victims First, Critically Wounded Terrorist Had to Wait

By Jewish Press News Desk

"Usually at the initial phase on the scene the terrorist has been identified, and our policy is indeed to prefer the victims in giving medical care."

News Briefs / Jerusalem / Archaeology

Update: Antiquities Authority Mystery Solved: It's a Gadget

By JNi.Media

A few months ago, a maintenance worker at a Jerusalem cemetery discovered a suspicious object, concealed in an ancient structure on the grounds.

Terrorism / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs

Arab Girl with Knife Arrested Near Old City School

By Jewish Press News Desk

Police noticed a suspicious Arab girl (16) in Jerusalem's Old City, walking near the Moriah school.

IDF & Security / Politics / Police and Crime / Government / The Courts / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Religious & Secular in Israel / Judea & Samaria

Thousands Blocking Entrance to Capital Protesting Shabak Torture of Jewish Youths

By Jewish Press News Desk

Police arrested six demonstrators and attacked Makor Rishon reporter Miri Tzahi. She was taken to hospital with a bloody face.

News Briefs / Jerusalem

Netanyahu’s Daughter & Grandchildren Move to Staunchly Ultra-Orthodox Mea Shearim

By JNi.Media

Noa Roth is PM Netanyahu's Ultra-Orthodox daughter from his first marriage.

News Briefs / Jerusalem / Religion / Israeli Arabs

Jerusalem Silences Plan to Turn Down the Volume of Mosque Loudspeakers

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Jerusalem officials, who loudly proclaimed they will ease the ear aches of Jerusalem residents suffering from the wails from mosques, have whispered, "Wear earplugs."

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Intifada

Investigation Clears Police Officer Who Killed 'Scissors Terrorist'

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Government attorneys insisted the police sapper may have been guilty of murder. Public Security Minister: Why are officers judged for killing terrorists?

Terrorism / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs

UPDATE 6:15 PM: 11 Injured in Arab Citizen/Terrorist Ramming Attack

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The terrorist was shot and killed immediately. Baby girl seriously wounded.

Terrorism / News Briefs / Jerusalem

Update: Ramming-Stabbing Attack in Jerusalem

By Jewish Press News Desk

Three people are being treated, following the terror attack.

News Briefs / Europe / Jerusalem

Austrian Minister Refuses to Meet Israeli Official in Eastern Jerusalem

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Israel's Science Minister said the scheduled meeting "will take place in eastern Jerusalem or nowhere. The Austrian chose "nowhere."

Government / News Briefs / The Knesset / Jerusalem / Health and Medicine

Minister Uri Ariel is Home After Heart Procedure in Jerusalem

By Jewish Press Staff

MK and Minister Uri Ariel was discharged home with orders to "rest for a while" after a blood clot was removed from his heart."

History / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Archaeology

King Hezekiah’s Seal Discovered in Jerusalem

By JNi.Media

This external evidence further establishes the veracity of the biblical account of the nation of Israel’s empires going back some 3,000 years.

News Briefs / Jerusalem / Religion / Archaeology / Judaism

Seal of First Temple Era King Discovered in Old City of Jerusalem

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The 2,700-year-old seal of King Hezekiah the "closest thing to the king," says archaeologist.

Terrorism / Government / News Briefs / Jerusalem / On Campus / Education

Court Sentences Jew for Arson Attack on Jewish-Arab School

By Jewish Press Staff

Yitzchak Gabai, 23, was sent to prison for the arson attack on a Jewish-Arab school that promotes coexistence.

Terrorism / News Briefs / Jerusalem

Stabbing in Jerusalem

By Jewish Press News Desk

The wounded man walked into a local bakery, where they then called for help.

News Briefs / Jerusalem

Committee Expected to Approve Kotel Plaza 2-Story Beit Haliba Project

By JNi.Media

The Jordanians, whose Waqf agency rules over the Temple Mount, are not happy about any changes to the area.

Terrorism / News Briefs / Jerusalem

Update: Woman Wounded in Second Jerusalem Stabbing, Suspect Captured [photos]

By Jewish Press News Desk

A bus driver jumped from his bus and pulled the woman to safety, The terrorist ran into a nearby building, a search is ongoing.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs

Update: Terrorist Killed in Jerusalem's Old City, Policeman Wounded, Children Saved

By Jewish Press News Desk

The policemen engaged the terrorist just as a group of 20 Jewish schoolchildren were passing by, and it appears a much worse attack was averted.

IDF & Security / Gaza / Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Islamists / Jerusalem / Judea & Samaria / Intifada

On This Violent 'Day of Rage,' a/k/a Friday, Closure Imposed on PA Villages

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Due to escalating violence on this 'Day of Rage,' the security cabinet voted to allow commanders to close Arab villages.

Terrorism / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs

Teenage 'Scissors Terrorist' Complains 'I Was Just Defending Myself'

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Arab girl who was wounded after her friend was killed while attacking people claims she had no intention of harming anyone.

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs

Light Rail Guard Prevents Stabbing Attack at Jerusalem Bus Station

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Cleared for publication: Arab teenager from Old City took a large knife from home to murder Jews.

Terrorism / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs / Jerusalem

Surrealism Reigns in Israel as Shopkeeper Stops Terrorist Girls Using a Chair

By JNi.Media

Minister Naftali Bennett wants to re-invade the Palestinian Authority and cleanse the terrorism. He might want to send in an army of psychiatrists instead.

IDF & Security / Hamas / Police and Crime / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem / Judea & Samaria / Intifada

'Ram-and-Stab' Terror Attack at Kfar Adumim Junction

By Jewish Press Staff

An Arab taxi driver attempted to kill Israelis on Sunday in a ram-and-stab terror attack. The terrorist was neutralized.

News Briefs / Jerusalem / Interfaith Relations

US Christians Deliver $600,000 to Boost Jerusalem Security

By JNi.Media

Along with the aid to victims, The Fellowship is providing a $375,000, state-of-the-art mobile-command vehicle to the Jerusalem municipality.

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs / Intifada

Masked Jerusalem Arabs Attack Police with Rocks

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Arabs from the eastern Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabel Mukahber bombarded Border Police with rocks in the adjacent Armon HaNatziv neighbor Wednesday morning. Police forced the rioters back with riot dispersal methods. No injuries were reported.

Jewish / News Briefs / Jerusalem

Compromise Reached over Fear of Bloodshed: Synagogue to Be Dismantled and Replaced

By JNi.Media

In the near future a new, permanent building will be built on land that is not private nor claimed by alleged Arab owners.

Government / News Briefs / Jerusalem

Jerusalem Declares War on Israeli Govt. with Garbage Trucks and Psalms

By JNi.Media

Barkat posted on his Facebook page a call to “the Treasury and its leader” accusing them of forgetting Jerusalem.

News Briefs / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs

Rivlin Blames Everyone Except Jerusalem Arabs for Their Misery

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The President told a "Peace Conference" that Israel must understand the Arabs are here to stay but didn’t note that the Arabs must accept Jews.

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Intifada

300 Reservists Pulled Out from Jerusalem as Relative Calm Returns

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The decline in violence and fear has prompted officials to take the extra police officers off the streets.

IDF & Security / Hamas / Police and Crime / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem / Judea & Samaria / Intifada

8 Overnight Arab Terror Attacks on Israeli Motorists

By Jewish Press News Desk

There were eight road terror attacks overnight from Thursday into Friday morning in Judea, Samaria and Jerusalem.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs / Jerusalem

Survey: Israeli Jews Tense, Not Hysterical, Israeli Arab Really Frightened

By JNi.Media

Some 78% of Arabs answered that they are worried about being harmed and 53% reported changing their daily habits.

Terrorism / News Briefs / Jerusalem / On Campus / Education / Israeli Arabs

Education Dept. Letter to Arab Parents: How to Tell When your Child Became a ‘Shahid’

By JNi.Media

20 thousand copies in Arabic were distributed to the parents of schoolchildren in eastern Jerusalem.

Jerusalem / Archaeology

Ancient Mystery Solved: Hellenistic Citadel that Restricted Jewish Rule in Hasmonean Jerusalem [photos]

By JNi.Media

A recent discovery has solved one of Jerusalem’s biggest historical mysteries: the location of the Acra, the fortified compound in Jerusalem built by Antiochus Epiphanes, ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire.

US / Government / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs

Jerusalem Challenges US with Building Freeze on Arabs as Well as Jews

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The freeze comes just before Netanyahu is to visit Obama, but his office insists it is all a coincidence.

Terrorism / Jerusalem

Terror Attack in Jerusalem

By Jewish Press News Desk

Two people were injured in a terror attack in Jerusalem on Friday afternoon near Ammunition Hill.

The Courts / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs / Intifada

Israel Indicts 13-Year-Old Terrorist Whom Abbas Said Was 'Executed'

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

He was charged with attempted murder. The teen terrorist wanted to become a martyr.

Terrorism / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs

Jerusalem Police Raid Arab Hospital Twice in One Day, Clash with Guards

By JNi.Media

Jerusalem Police say that the medical staff at Al-Makassed have been collaborating with terrorists and rioters, especially those who are injured during riots, and allow them to hide within the hospital walls.

Politics / Government / News Briefs / Jerusalem

Police Interrogate Activist Offering $500 to Jews Who Pray on Temple Mount

By Jewish Press News Desk

The police alleged during the interrogation that Morris was a solicitor to committing a crime

News Briefs / The Knesset / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount

Netanyahu Says Police Removed Arab MK from Temple Mount

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Netanyahu: MK Ghattas went up to the Temple Mount, not in order to pray buy only to inflame the situation.

Terrorism / News Briefs / Islamists / Jerusalem / Health and Medicine

Pisgat Ze'ev Terror Victims Go Home

By Jewish Press News Desk

The two terror victims were brought to the hospital in critical condition.

News Briefs / The Knesset / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Religion / Israeli Arabs

Arab MK Breaks Netanyahu's Rule against Temple Mount Visits

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Prime Minister tried to ease tensions by banning all MKs from the holy site, but it apparently applies only to Jews.

Haredim & Hassidim / News Briefs / Jerusalem

Arab Worker for Yeshiva Fears Revenge, Disguises Himself as Hareidi

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Hebron Arab drives Hareidim to a Belz yeshiva, where he also works as maintenance man.

IDF & Security / US / Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs / Intifada

State Dept Press Pool Suggest Israeli Security Move is 'Ethnic Cleansing' and Wrong

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Members of the press attacked Israeli consideration of stripping eastern Jerusalemites of identity cards

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Intifada

Jerusalem Police Foil Axe Attack

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Alert police noticed two Arab teenagers acting suspiciously. They were armed with an axe and a knife.

Terrorism / US / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs

American-Israeli Dies from Armon HaNatziv Terror Attack

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Richard Lakin, 76, was the principal of a Connecticut school before moving to Israel in 1984.

Terrorism / News Briefs / Jerusalem

Canadian-Israeli Victim of 2014 Har Nof Massacre Dies

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Rabbi Chaim Yechiel "Howie" Rothman was critically injured in the Har Nof massacre last year.

Terrorism / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs

Teen Terror Cell Captured

By Jameel@Muqata

The armed teen terrorists planned to stab Jews in the Old City.

Terrorism / News Briefs / Jerusalem

Ministry of Education Hands Out Pepper Spray to Jerusalem Female Employees

By Jewish Press News Desk

The female employees at the headquarters of the Ministry of Education approached security to please provide them with the means to defend themselves.

News Briefs / Jerusalem

Hebrew U Students Caught Carrying Knives

By Jewish Press News Desk

So far, in all these cases the students were cleared of suspicion of terrorism.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs / Jerusalem

Report: Jew Who Was Shot in Jerusalem Yelled at Soldiers ‘I Am ISIS’

By JNi.Media

“This is a very complex event that requires immediate operational research to figure out what really happened, to prevent such cases in the future, regardless of the findings of the military police investigations.”

Terrorism / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs

4 East Jerusalem Terrorists in Hearing on Revoking their Residency

By JNi.Media

Silvan Shalom called the four men’s actions “a blatant breach of trust with Israel.”

Politics / Government / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Religion

Bayit Yehudi Minister Threatening to Resign over Temple Mount Status Quo

By Jewish Press News Desk

So far, none of Netanyahu's decisions has led to the departure of the Bayit Yehudi party or Ariel's T'kumah faction from the government.

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem

Abbas to Ban Ki-moon: Netanyahu Misleading on Al-Aqsa Status Quo

By Jewish Press News Desk

He called on Israel to observe scrupulously the rules guiding the Temple Mount.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Police and Crime / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs

Israeli Crackdown Bringing Back Deterrence More through Annoyance than Fear

By JNi.Media

Arab residents of Jerusalem are finally learning (non-violently) that there is a real price for their violence and terror.

Police and Crime / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs

Netanyahu Cancels Demolition of Illegal Arab Homes Due to Tensions

By JNi.Media

The PM’s office has been ordering the cancellation of demolitions of illegal construction in east Jerusalem. Some call it awarding terrorism, others an attempt to avoid an even greater escalation.

Jewish / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs

Israeli Police Evacuates Arab Squatters from Historic Silwan Yemenite Synagogue

By Jewish Press News Desk

The process of returning to the historic synagogue in Silwan, east Jerusalem, is complete, after police cleared the Arab squatters.

Terrorism / US / News Briefs / France / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount

Kerry Agrees with Israel: No Foreign Troops on Temple Mount

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Secretary of State said in Madrid, where the "peace process' officially started 24 years ago, that Israel knows it must keep the status quo.

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Intifada

IDF Guarding Jerusalem Buses and Light Rail

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Major traffic routes are being guarded by 300 Israeli soldiers to deter terrorism and reassure Israelis.

Politics / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Settlements

Leaked Secret Recording Reveals Netanyahu Admits Freezing Settlement Construction

By JNi.Media

“At the moment I’ve decided not to build,” Netanyahu is heard in the recording, “That does not mean that tomorrow it won’t change, on the contrary, the way it changed before, it will change [again].”

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Judea & Samaria

3 Terrorists Neutralized in 3 Stabbings Attacks

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Arab terrorists were busy on Shabbat, but our forces and civilians were ready and prepared.

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Judaism / Intifada

Abbas Wants UNESCO to Declare Western Wall Part of Al Aqsa

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Palestinian Authority has circulated a draft resolution to declare the Western Wall, Rachel's Tomb and the Patriachs Cave as "Palestinian."

IDF & Security / Jerusalem / Intifada

Police Foil Bombing in Jerusalem

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Police discovered an explosive device at a checkpoint near Hadassah Mount Scopus Hospital.

Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Judaism

Jews Plan to Ascend Temple Mount on Anniversary of Rambam's Visit

By '@israel_shield

An unusually large number of Jews plan to ascend the Temple Mount on Monday to mark the 850 years since the Rambam (Moses Maimonides) visited the holy site. On the same date last year, a Jerusalem Arab terrorist tried to assassinate Temple Mount activist Rabbi Yehuda Glick, who made a miraculous recovery. Police have barred […]

News Briefs / Jerusalem

Passengers Staying off Jerusalem Buses

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The number of passengers riding Jerusalem buses has dropped 30 percent since the recent wave of terror, according to unofficial estimates. The decline is not surprising, particularly after this week's Jerusalem Arab murder spree that claimed the lives of three Jews in a bus stabbing-shooting attack in the area of Armon HaNatziv, located between Talpiot […]

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Intifada

IDF to Enter Jerusalem

By '@israel_shield

Six Israeli army companies will back up the police on Wednesday to deter terrorists.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs / Jerusalem

Victim Identification Service ZAKA to Use Black Body Bags for Terrorists, White for Victims

By JNi.Media

Israelis have complained to the organization that it is sacrilegious to wrap the bodies of the terrorists in bags with the ZAKA inscription.

IDF & Security / Haredim & Hassidim / History / News Briefs / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Religious & Secular in Israel / Interfaith Relations / Religion / Judaism / Local

A Slice of Jewish Life in Jerusalem's Ancient City

By Shoshanah Selavan

Shoshana Selavan, chairperson of the Old City's Jewish Quarter community, launches a new column on Jewish Life in the Old City.

Terrorism / Government / News Briefs / The Knesset / Jerusalem

In Private Meeting Netanyahu Scolds Likud MKs for Abandoning Him

By JNi.Media

The Prime Minister did not like the behavior of some of the Likud ministers and MKs who criticized his government’s policy on confronting terrorism.

Terrorism / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs

Warning Graphic: Video of Geula Terrorist Neutralized

By Jewish Press News Desk

A bystander caught the scene on film of the terrorist on Malchei Yisrael Street in Jerusalem being neutralized.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs / Jerusalem / On Campus / Education

School School Trips to Jerusalem Canceled Due to Terror Wave

By Jewish Press News Desk

Most school trips in Israel planned for Jerusalem have been canceled due to the current wave of terror.

Terrorism / Police and Crime / News Briefs / Islamists / Jerusalem

Video of Arab Terrorist Stabbing Border Policeman

By Jewish Press News Desk

Security footage of the attack and subsequent neutralization of the terrorist.

Terrorism / News Briefs / Jerusalem

Update: Terrorist Killed After Stabbing Guard in Old City

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

A protective vest saved the Border Policeman guard's life. A policeman killed the terrorist.

Terrorism / Police and Crime / Jerusalem

Over 3,500 Israeli Police Officers Deployed Across Jerusalem to Bolster Security

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Netanyahu has asked top security officials over the weekend to reinforce police units in Jerusalem and throughout the rest of the country.

Haredim & Hassidim / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs / Intifada

Policeman in Life-Threatening Condition after Stabbing by Jerusalem Arab

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Two police officers were wounded by an Arab terrorist in the Old City. The attacker was killed.

Terrorism / Eye on "Palestine" / Police and Crime / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs

Shabbat Terror Update

By Jewish Press News Desk

Dozens of different attacks involving rocks, firebombs and shootings were registered over Shabbat.

Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Judea & Samaria / Settlements / Israeli Arabs / Intifada

The Arab Spring of Anarchy Has Come to Israel

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Muslim narrative of anarchy that played out in Iraq, Tunisia, Yemen, Egypt and Libya is going to destroy the Palestinian Authority, not Israel.

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