Israeli Soldier Murdered by Member of the Palestinian Authority’s Intelligence Forces
An Israeli soldier was killed in a shootout in the West Bank when two Palestinian gunmen opened fire overnight Wednesday.
An Israeli soldier was killed in a shootout in the West Bank when two Palestinian gunmen opened fire overnight Wednesday.
According to a report in Vanity Fair, while he served as White House chief strategist, Steve Bannon heavily lobbied President Trump to move the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Israel’s capital, Jerusalem, but the move was blocked by Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser.
The army confirmed that a rocket launched from the Gaza Strip landed in southern Israel Wednesday night. There was no damage or injuries and no siren sounded as the rocket landed in open territory in the Negev, the IDF spokesperson’s unit said.
At the behest of the Palestinian Authority, Egypt on Thursday introduced a UN Security Council resolution demanding that Israel halt all settlement activity, meaning Jewish construction in eastern Jerusalem and the West Bank.
TEL AVIV – The Israel Defense Forces on Monday arrested 11 Palestinians in the West Bank city of Nablus and the surrounding refugee camps on suspicion of illegal possession of firearms, in the latest string of measures against the territory’s militants and one day after Hamas operatives were arrested for masterminding a bus attack in Jerusalem last month, in which 19 Israelis were injured.
A senior aide for the Palestinian Authority’s chief negotiator Saeb Erekat was arrested by PA security forces on suspicion of spying for Israel. In an interview about the arrest, Erekat said Netanyahu has destroyed the Arab’s “culture of peace.” Erekat