Jerusalem

Two knife attacks as unrest returns to Jerusalem

A Palestinian carried out a knife attack at the Damascus Gate, the main entrance to Jerusalem's Old City, and was "neutralised".

Nov 10, 2015, 18:38 PM IST

'Strong probability' Egypt crash was result of attack: Israel

 Israel said on Monday that there was a "strong probability" a Russian Metrojet airliner crash in Egypt's Sinai last month that killed all 224 on board was the result of an attack.

Nov 09, 2015, 23:35 PM IST

Watch: Shocking footage of Palestinian woman stabbing Israeli security guard

A shocking footage has come into light showing a Palestinian woman stabbing a security guard near a West Bank settlement.

Nov 09, 2015, 12:13 PM IST

Netanyahu to meet Obama to discuss security aid

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said he hopes to lay out the grounds for US military support to Israel for the next decade when he meets US President Barack Obama on Monday.

Nov 08, 2015, 22:33 PM IST

Knife, car attacks in West Bank wound 5, attackers shot

A car-ramming attack and a stabbing wounded five Israelis in the West Bank on Sunday.

Nov 08, 2015, 17:56 PM IST

2,000-year-old Greek fort unearthed in Jerusalem

Archaeologists believe they have found the precise location of he Acra, a fortified Hellenistic citadel erected in the heart of Jerusalem by the Seleucid conquerors, after they first destroyed he city in 168 BC.

Nov 05, 2015, 09:42 AM IST

Israel court delays razing settler synagogue fearing reprisals

Israel's High Court on Wednesday said it agreed to briefly postpone demolition of a settler synagogue and seminary built on Palestinian land, after police requested a delay on security grounds.

Nov 05, 2015, 05:05 AM IST

Israel instigates religious war, says Palestinian government

Of the total 74 Palestinians killed since the spark of violence, 29 of them were from Hebron, the Palestinian Health Ministry stated.

Nov 04, 2015, 06:07 AM IST

Israel shuts down Palestinian radio station for 'incitement'

The Israeli army on Tuesday raided a Palestinian radio station and confiscated equipment.

Nov 03, 2015, 18:40 PM IST

Attacks on Israelis near Hebron after Palestinian killed

One Palestinian tried to stab Israeli soldiers at a military checkpoint near Beit Einun village north of Hebron and was shot dead by troops.

Nov 02, 2015, 01:20 AM IST

Israel denies link to 'tear gas death' of Palestinian baby

Israel's military refused to have any link between its use of tear gas during West Bank clashes.

Nov 01, 2015, 04:12 AM IST

Israel legalises hundreds of West Bank settler homes

Israel has retroactively legalised some 800 homes in four settlements in the occupied West Bank.

Oct 30, 2015, 20:44 PM IST

Palestinian stabs Israeli soldier and is shot in West Bank

Israeli military says a Palestinian stabbed a soldier in the West Bank and was shot by security forces.

Oct 29, 2015, 15:25 PM IST

Israeli MPs vote to make Arabic compulsory in schools

Israeli MPs voted on Wednesday to make Arabic classes compulsory for students from the age of six.

Oct 29, 2015, 00:05 AM IST

Arab MP visits Jerusalem's Aqsa despite Netanyahu ban

An Arab Israeli lawmaker said he entered Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound on Wednesday despite a ban on visits by members of parliament to the site.

Oct 28, 2015, 17:26 PM IST

American killed in Palestinian attack was peace activist

An American educator who marched for civil rights in the 1960s and advocated coexistence between Muslims and Jews when he moved to Israel has died after succumbing to wounds sustained in a Palestinian attack on a bus in Jerusalem two weeks ago.

Oct 28, 2015, 04:19 AM IST

Netanyahu moves to dampen inflammatory Al-Aqsa comments

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has moved to bring cabinet members into line after a deputy minister said she "dreamed" of seeing the Israeli flag flying over the flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound.

Oct 27, 2015, 15:30 PM IST

More bloodshed as bid to ease tensions over Jerusalem

Fresh anti-Israeli violence saw three Palestinians shot dead in the West Bank while efforts to douse tensions over Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound by installing cameras at the site ran into trouble.

Oct 27, 2015, 11:50 AM IST

Arab Israeli paraglides to Syria, possibly to join rebels: Army

An Arab Israeli has crossed into Syria using a paraglider with the apparent goal of joining rebel fighters there, the Israeli army said on Sunday.

Oct 25, 2015, 16:50 PM IST

Israel, Jordan working to ease holy site tensions: John Kerry

US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Saturday that Israel and Jordan have agreed on steps aimed at reducing tensions at a holy site in Jerusalem that have fanned Israeli-Palestinian violence.

Oct 24, 2015, 23:15 PM IST