Netanyahu again stressed that a Palestinian State would be taken over by ISIS or other Islamic extremists.
The road is closed. No damage or injuries were reported.
Girls, ages 10-13, from Efrat in Gush Etzion will square off against girls from the Galilee Arab village Sakhnin tonight in a playoff game that will determine which group will advance to the semi-finals in the girls' league. "We are involved with soccer and not politics," one of the Efrat girls said. "We really want […]
An Arab tried to stab an IDF soldier at the Gush Etzion junction on Thursday evening.
Security noted a breach last night into Rosh Tzurim, and a suspicious person was spotted this morning inside the town.
Power outage just before Shabbat has little impact on residents of Efrat.
Police began chasing the stolen vehicle, and an IDF soldier shot the car thief.
The fluent Hebrew-speaking IDF veteran believes Israel's "right wing government" is the obstacle to peace.
Snow may fall, but not accumulate, in areas as low as Modi’in.
No injuries or damage were reported...
Rock-throwing is nothing less than attempted murder.
By Shalom Bear
M. was sitting at a red light when he saw the terrorist run past him...
An interview, in Hebrew, with Moshe Claud Kamon, who was attacked in Gush Etzion, near the El Hadr junction by a terrorist who threw a chemical in his face.
A terrorist threw chemicals into a car in Gush Etzion. The family was evacuated to the hospital...
Gush Etzion has become the number one target for terrorists.
A female terrorist was shot and seriously wounded Monday morning after stabbing a soldier at the bus stop at the Gush Etzion Junction, just south of Jerusalem on Monday morning.
Three Palestinian Authority terrorists linked with Hamas planned to murder Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman with a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) attack on his vehicle near his eastern Gush Etzion home, the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) revealed Thursday night. It did not say exactly when it uncovered the plot but revealed that the assassination plan was […]
By Shalom Bear
Cleared for publication: Security forces have determined that the hit and run near El Aroub in Gush Etzion was a terror attack and not a traffic accident.
Dalia Lemkos (26) of Tekoa has been identified as the victim in the Alon Shvut terror attack today. This wasn't her first terror attack.
A terrorist murdered a girl in Alon Shvut and injured 2 more in a terror attack. After failing to run them over, the terrorist stabbed them.
He is a Hamas terrorist.
"This can't be the 'West Bank,' that's ridiculous" my mother said to me.
The suspected driver of the terror truck turned himself in after his family members were arrested.
Security footage of the Gush Etzion run-over terror attack on Nov. 5, 2014.
The van used in the Gush Etzion terror attack has been found.
Now Kerry can concenrate on makes problems elsewhere.
A car tried to run through the Gush Etzion checkpoint near the tunnel roads.
In Giv’at Oz veGa’on in Gush Etzion, celebrations were held for Simchat Beit HaShoeva.
By Shalom Bear
Released for publication: The two Hamas terrorists who kidnapped and killed Gilad Shaar, Naftali Frankel, and Eyal Yifrach have been killed in an overnight security operation.
By Shalom Bear
Gush Etzion residents were surprised and angry when the issue of the fence was raised from the dead.
The exact location is secret because of safety concerns. How long before the PA claims it is theirs?
The cabinet is set to vote on the path of the security fence which would cut off Gush Etzion from Jerusalem as well as be a major eyesore.
A guide at the Gush Etzion Zoo (bet you didn't there was one of those in Gush Etzion) explains to Junior High School students how to extract the ram horn shell after it dried, and eventually make it into a shofar, on September 15, 2014.
By Zeev Ben-Yechiel / Tazpit News Agency
Hussam Hassan Qawasme, the Hamas mastermind behind the June kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teens, has been indicted.
Abbas does not have to push agenda because he has the Obama administration is his spokesman.
By Rachel Levy
The Obama administration has sharply condemned the Israeli government's decision Sunday to designate a lot in Gush Etzion as state land.
The IDF fails to protect Jewish drivers in Judea and Samaria from Arab rock-throwing terrorists.
The 40 year old Beitar resident was attacked after driving into the nearby Arab town of Hussan to buy cigarettes.
Police report that a massive car bomb was found inside a car that was stopped at the Beitar Checkpoint.
Riots were widespread in Friday but there is no indication of a widespread “Arab Spring.”
An Arab driver swerved into a group of women and girls standing at a Gush Etzion Junction (Tzomet HaGush) bus stop.
Gush Etzion now only has a minute to get into the bomb shelter.
Arabs threw a firebomb at the checkpoint between Beitar and Tzur Hadassah this evening.
Volunteers came to help build the site now called Givat v'Gaon, to honor the memory of Gilad, Eyal and Naftali.
Gush Etzion residents are uniting to show their resilience in the face of terror with the 'One Flag' initiative.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Palestinians proudly show their affinity for the Nazis.
Police and rescue teams evacuated dozens of hikers and residents threatened by three fires.
By Nadia Matar
The local police chief and army commanders came to visit and promised to safeguard the new settlement.
A girl is under investigation for possibly falsely reporting a kidnapping. IDF and Police went into Beit Jala to rescue her after her call.
By Shalom Bear
The IDF is handing out Propaganda Pops. But will the Arabs get the message?
By Shalom Bear
The government has decided, that, even with Ramadan approaching, the IDF will continue the search unabated.
The man told investigators on the night of the kidnapping of the suspicious vehicles he saw. One of the cars is now believed to have been the burnt out car that was found near Hebron.
By JTA
The ad airs for 15 seconds twice every hour, which usually costs $15,000.
Here in Gush Etzion, most public buildings have been taken over by soldiers, moving in temporarily with mattresses and food supplies.
"They took him and cast him into the pit. (Gen. 37:24). Rashi: “There was no water; there were snakes and scorpions."
Hamas called a special press conference on the current situation, and said... nothing.
By Shalom Bear
The State Department called for restraint "on all sides", but their spokeperson couldn't even bother to learn the name of the kidnapped boy with American citizenship.
After posting a photo in support of the kidnapped boys he began receiving death threats.
By Rachel Levy
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appears to be retracting his condemnation of the terror kidnapping of 3 Israeli teens.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The IDF and Israeli security forces have continued their operation over night to locate the three abducted boys while decimating the Hama terror infrastructure in Judea and Samaria.
By Shalom Bear
"Palestinian" society reaches new lows as they post photographs of their children celebrating the kidnapping of Jewish children.
The prime minister has authorized funds for weekend buses to schools in Judea and Samaria.
Israel's Druze community has sent a letter of solidarity to the families of the kidnapped teens.
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
"It's especially scary for the kids but we have to continue our life as usual with a regular routine; to go to school and to work."
Israel says it is unlikely to negotiate a prisoner swap with the terrorists who kidnapped the three yeshiva boys from Gush Etzion last week.
Palestinian Authority Arabs opened fire near the tunnel road leading to Gush Etzion. Initial reports indicate that the shots were fired from a white Subaru. Police have reportedly identified the car and are currently in pursuit. Five bullet casings from a pistol have been found near the IDF post at the checkpoint, near the turnoff […]
The Kotel is packed with people praying for the safe return of the kidnapped boys, Eyal Yifrah, Gil-Ad Shayer and Naftali Frenkel.
A senior IDF officer said the IDF believes the boys are alive and in the Hebron area.
Ban Ki-moon couldn't mouth a simple condemnation, like he did for kidnappings in other countries.
Palestinian Authority Arabs are celebrating the kidnapping of the 3 Jewish boys. Sick people. Sick society.
By Shalom Bear
PM Netanyahu has confirmed that the 3 boys have been kidnapped.
IDF released videos of the search
By Shalom Bear
The missing boys, believed to have been kidnapped, have still not been found.
Three boys are believed to have been kidnapped from Gush Etzion. IDF has launched a massive search.
By Rachel Levy
The "only sane plan" is to annex Area C in Judea and Samaria, says Economy Minister Naftali Bennett. Coalition crisis ahead?
Hundreds of Efrat residents got up really early this morning for a 10 kilometer run around the town.
Terrorists shot a few bullets towards Kibbutz Migdal Oz on Thursday night.
Taglit-Birthright will finally allow participants to see important parts of their heritage, hopefully they will expand this further to include more, important sites.
A surprised group of hikers stumbled across human bones in a Gush Etzion cave. But what they actually found was even more astounding.
Four Israeli citizens were hurt Thursday in a road terror attack near Tekoa in Gush Etzion.
It won’t happen so soon, but it is only a matter of time until Jewish in Efrat finally can be like Jews in Tel Aviv.
There is nothing like a bunch of yeshiva high schoolers to get everyone in the mood for Purim.
Palestinian Authority Arabs from the village of Al Aroob rioted and blocked the only road connecting Gush Etzion with Kiryat Arba-Hevron Thursday night and then attacked IDF soldiers with firebombs and rocks before they were dispersed with tear gas and rubber bullets. None of the soldiers were injured, an IDF spokeswoman told The Jewish Press, […]
A recently-discovered letter sent to Hitler in 1939 offered him 100,000 Palestine lira in exchange for allowing Jews to buy land in Gush Etzion and move to Israel. The proposal, which was sent in a letter dated April 9, 1939, but was not carried out. Researchers at the Kfar Etzion Museum found a copy of […]
The wife of Knesset speaker Yuli Edelstein, Tatiana (Tania) Edelstein passed away on Thursday night at age 63. The Edelsteins became religious while still living in the USSR, where Tatiana was a Hebrew teacher and promoted Aliyah until they were allowed to leave to Israel. While still in the USSR, Yuli was arrested, as Jewish […]
On Saturday night, a Palestinian Authority terrorist shot towards the entrance of the town of Migdal Oz in Gush Etzion. The shooting was done with a homemade gun. Three shots were fired. IDF forces captured the terrorist, and no one was injured in the attack.
If anyone likes crying over spilled milk, he is going to cry a river over this one.
The communities of Gush Katif were miraculous.
Approximately 30 Arabs and leftists blocked the entrance of the community of Elazar, between Efrat and Jerusalem, Monday morning until the IDF arrived to clear them away. Accompanied by media to film the blockade, the protesters said they wanted to headline their claim that Jews are living on occupied Arab land. They managed to block […]
Shortly after 8:30 PM on Tuesday, there was a drive-by shooting in Gush Etzion at some IDF troops. The shooting took place at the junction between Maaleh Amos and Tekoa, which is east of Efrat. No one was injured in the attack.
The Jerusalem municipality, along with the municipalities in Gush Etzion have decided that there will be no school again on Monday. It was decided that the road conditions are too icy for safe travel. Intercity buses have begun running again on a limited basis, but local Jerusalem transportation is still not running.
Jerusalem still is digging out of the “snowstorm of the century,” and the main highway from Tel Aviv was closed temporarily Sunday evening to allow workers to move freely to restore electricity to hundreds of families without electricity for more than two days. Schools will be closed in the capital on Monday. The road to […]
By Shalom Bear
Up to 60,000 households lost electricity during the snow storm, and Israelis are beginning to question the lack of preparedness in advance.
Highway 1 to Jerusalem was shut down on Saturday evening a mere hour after it was reopened to buses and taxis. The Ministry of Transportation decided that using the road was too risky because of icing conditions. The tunnel road connecting Gush Etzion to Jerusalem has been shut down too.
Snow began falling shortly before midnight in Gush Etzion, which includes some hills higher than all other locations south of Tzfat (Safed). Snow also was reported in Kiryat Arba, and 10 snow plows are on standby Jerusalem is expected to be covered with white in the morning. The snow is expected to reach the southern […]
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.
The Palestinian Authority for years has been trying to destroy evidence of the existence of the Holy Temples, and new fears have arisen that they may try to the same in a Gush Etzion location of artifacts from the Hashmonean Dynasty, when the Miracle of Hanukkah occurred. Artifacts and remnants of a fortress dating back […]
Palestinian Authority terrorists threw rocks and a firebomb at Jewish motorists in at least two locations in Judea and Samaria Tuesday, but they also widened their activities to include a PA official, whose empty car was riddled with bullets. Abu Zaida, a senior official for Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah movement, said that shortly after he parked […]