Palestinian medics said Israeli forces shot dead a 23-year-old man and wounded five others early Thursday during clashes in the occupied West Bank. Ahmed Daraghmeh was mortally wounded when Palestinian militants exchanged fire with Israeli troops that entered the city of Nablus to escort Jewish worshippers to a site known...
Netanyahu Says He Has Formed Government; Most Far-Right in Israel’s History.
Designated Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced late Wednesday that he has successfully formed a new coalition, setting the stage for him to return to power as head of the most right-wing Israeli government ever to hold office. Netanyahu made the announcement in a phone call to President Isaac Herzog moments...
Israel Deports Palestinian Activist to France
Israel on Sunday deported a Palestinian lawyer and activist to France after claiming he has ties to a banned militant group, drawing a rare condemnation from the French government. The expulsion of Salah Hammouri underscored the fragile status of Palestinians in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem, where most hold revocable residency rights...
Israeli Forces Bulldoze Palestinian Home
The home was still under construction according to Mohammad Naji, the Mayor of Kafr Ad-Dik, a Palestinian town west of Salfit. In a statement, Mohammed said the home was demolished under the pretext that it did not have a building permit. Palestinians are rarely granted Israeli-issued building permits which makes...
Israel’s Use of Deadly Force on Display in West Bank Footage
The footage shows a group of adults and teens throwing rocks and then backing off. Raed al-Naasan is then seen falling around a corner, badly wounded with a blood soaked shirt. He was one of four killed by Israeli troops that day in the occupied West Bank. The footage is...
Israel Election: 4 Things That Could Impact Outcome
JERUSALEM — Israeli voters appear to be hopelessly deadlocked as the country heads to elections once again on Tuesday, with opinion polls saying the race is too close to predict. Former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who governed for 12 years before he was ousted last year, is asking voters to...
Israeli Forces Raid Gunmen’s Hideout in West Bank; 5 Palestinians Killed
NABLUS, West Bank — Israeli forces raided a stronghold of an armed group in the occupied West Bank's second-largest city, blowing up a bomb lab and engaging in a firefight, the military said Tuesday. Five Palestinians were killed and 20 were wounded, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. The overnight...
How Israel’s Missing Constitution Deepens Divisions Between Jews and With Arabs
Renewed fighting has erupted again between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas, endangering a ceasefire instituted after an 11-day war in May. The conflict in Gaza is an early test of Israel’s new coalition government. Recently, parties across the political spectrum united to remove Israel’s scandal-plagued prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
Israeli Airstrikes Target Gaza Sites, First Since Cease-Fire
JERUSALEM — Israeli aircraft carried out a series of airstrikes at militant sites in the Gaza Strip early Wednesday, the first such raids since a shaky cease-fire ended the war with Hamas last month. The airstrikes targeted facilities used by Hamas militants for meetings to plan attacks, the Israeli military...
Israelis March in East Jerusalem in Test for New Government
JERUSALEM — Hundreds of Israeli ultranationalists, some chanting “Death to Arabs,” paraded Tuesday in east Jerusalem in a show of force that threatened to spark renewed violence just weeks after a war with Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. Palestinians in Gaza responded by launching incendiary balloons that caused at...