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Beitar Illit

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Judea & Samaria

Five Arrested for Attacking Israeli Cars Near Betar Illit

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Over the last few weeks there were several incidents of Molotov cocktails and stones being thrown at vehicles on the highway in that area.

Terrorism / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Beitar Bus Bomber Captured

By Jewish Press News Desk

The bomber and 4 more terrorists were arrested in nearby Batir.

Featured / Terrorism / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Terrorist Infiltration & Bus Bomb in Beitar Illit

By Jewish Press News Desk

A terrorist infiltration alert has gone off in Beitar Illit, in Gush Etzion.

Where Am I

Where Am I: Book Corner

By Jewish Press News Desk

The corner of Nezikin and Kodshim.

Israel / Coronavirus

Israel Mulls Placing 8 Cities, 15 Jerusalem Neighborhoods, Under Closure to Stem Coronavirus Spread

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

The cities under discussion include Elad, Modi’in Illit, Migdal HaEmek, Beitar Illit, Ashkelon, Tiberias and Or Yehuda. Parts of Jerusalem and Beit Shemesh will also be shut down.

The Muqata

Are People That Stupid?

By JoeSettler

Once again irresponsible residents caused a security call-out, this time, someone was seriously injured.

Headline / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Building Collapses in Beitar Illit

By Jewish Press News Desk

Five people were injured. Rescue teams are searching for more victims.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs / Judea & Samaria

Massive Stoning on Beitar Ilit Bypass Road

By Jewish Press News Desk

An MDA ambulance was also heavily damaged by the rock throwers.

Featured / Terrorism / IDF & Security / Politics / Police and Crime / Palestinian Authority

Annals of Online Translations: Police Arrest Arab Worker over Mistranslated Facebook Post

By JNi.Media

The combination of an Arab man standing next to bulldozer and the call to slaughter immediately suggested to Police that the author was going out on a ramming attack against Israeli civilians.

Featured / Politics / Government / The Courts / Palestinian Authority / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Beitar Beleaguered Burghers Boo Bibi

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Several dozen residents of the Gush Etzion settlements block on Thursday gathered at the entrance to the town of Beitar Illit to call on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to intervene against a High Court of Justice decree to demolish Netiv Ha’Avot, a small neighborhood of 17 homes adjacent to the town of Elazar. Netanyahu was […]

Headline / Politics / Government / The Knesset / Anti-Israel NGOs / Settlements

Peace Now: Settlement Construction Up 34% in 2016

By JNi.Media

Peace Now reports remind us of the joke about the Jewish guy reading Der Stürmer in 1936 Berlin.

Haredim & Hassidim / Politics / News Briefs / Religious & Secular in Israel / Judea & Samaria

Report: Jewish Population Growth Rate in Judea, Samaria, Double Israel's National Average

By JNi.Media

The growth rate would have been even higher were it not for the construction freeze in Judea and Samaria.

Terrorism / News Briefs / Judea & Samaria

Spotlights vs. Stones Near Beitar

By Jewish Press News Desk

The army is apparently looking for passive solutions to the stone throwing problem.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Bus and 2 Cars Stoned Near Beitar Illit

By Jewish Press News Desk

In the past 2 days, 10 cars have been damaged on this stretch of road.

Terrorism / News Briefs / Judea & Samaria

Mother and Baby Wounded in Gush Etzion Stone Throwing Attack

By Jewish Press News Desk

A number of cars were damaged in this attack, and the attack on Friday.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Druze / News Briefs / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Friday Night Infiltation into Beitar

By Jewish Press News Desk

Hundreds of IDF soldiers searched in the fog and rain for the Arab infiltrators into the Jewish town.

Israel / Jewish / News Briefs

World's Youngest Hassidic Rebbe Gets Married

By Jewish Press News Desk

The only thing preventing the young Rebbe from getting the Admor job officially, was the fact that he was not yet married. Problem solved.

Terrorism / News Briefs / Judea & Samaria

Mother Injured in Attack in Gush Etzion

By Jewish Press News Desk

Earlier this morning, stone-throwers also hit a driver near Beitar Ilit, lightly injuring the driver.

US / Eye on "Palestine" / Government / News Briefs / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem / Settlements

Bennett Urges Annexing Major Jewish Centers in Judea and Samaria

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Either Kerry is smoking something weird, Livni is selling Israel up the creek or Bennett is about to break up the government. Kerry: We are close than ever to an agreement; Bennett: Start annexing.

Keeping Jerusalem

Post-Election Construction: Will It Happen?

By Hillel Fendel and Chaim Silberstein / KeepJerusalem.org

Gilo, Har Homa and Ramat Shlomo – among the Jerusalem neighborhoods liberated from Jordanian control during the Six-Day War – are scheduled to gain hundreds of apartments.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Hamas / Government / News Briefs / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem / Settlements

Gaza Terrorists Attack Israel with Mortar Shells

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The news is not that Gaza terrorists shelled Israel with mortars. The news is the IDF and the government did not comment. Perhaps the IDF will “retaliate” by bombing one tunnel but not enough to halt "peace talks."

Emes Ve-Emunah

The 'Tznius Chase': Is This Photo Immodest?

By Harry Maryles

This is the 'tznius chase,' a subset of the 'Frumkeit race,' also known as the move to the right.

Terrorism / Israel / News Briefs

Terror Attack in Beitar

By Jewish Press News Desk

A 17 year old Arab attacked and stabbed a 30 year old Jewish bus driver at the entrance to the town of Beitar Illit. The driver, a resident of Gush Etzion had just finished his shift, and was taking a walk. The driver was treated by MDA and taken to the hospital with light stab […]

Haredim & Hassidim / News Briefs / Media

Facebook Pictures Provide New 'Ammunition' for the Committee to Preserve Purity

By Tibbi Singer

Here’s the new method for combating modesty problems: on posters that were displayed publicly on Wednesday in Beitar Illit, Israel, signed by the Committee for the Purity of our Camp, a woman’s picture appeared including her full name and the ‘fact’ that she had gotten married not in accordance with halacha (Jewish law).

Photo of the Day

No Peeking…

By Jewish Press Staff

A mother in Beitar Illit (pronounced "ee-leet"), in the Judean Mountains west of Gush Etzion, 6 miles south of Jerusalem, lights Shabbat candles together with her daughter. Beitar Illit, named after the ancient Jewish city of Beitar, was established in 1984 and initially settled by a small group of young Religious Zionist families. The city […]

Serials

Getzlight – Chapter II

By Ruchama Feuerman

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