Nov 19 2014 - 11:48am The "Right to Revenge"
November 19, 2014

What's taking hold in Jerusalem is a vicious circle of violence based on the logic of a "Right to Revenge," embraced by both sides and expressed in many different forms of brutality.​

Nov 18 2014 - 11:19am PM Netanyahu blames Abbas, calls emergency meet in wake of attack
November 18, 2014

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon called emergency security consultations Tuesday in the wake of what Israeli leaders have termed a “massacre” by two Palestinian terrorists at a synagogue that left four dead and six injured

Nov 18 2014 - 11:18am Abbas condemns Jerusalem synagogue attack
November 18, 2014

President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday condemned an attack on a synagogue in Jerusalem that killed four Israelis earlier in the day.​

Nov 18 2014 - 11:16am Four Rabbis Are Killed in Jerusalem Synagogue Attack
November 18, 2014

Two Palestinians armed with a gun, knives and axes stormed a synagogue complex in an ultra-Orthodox Jewish neighborhood of West Jerusalem on Tuesday morning, the Israeli police said, killing four rabbis in the middle of their morning prayers.

Nov 17 2014 - 12:06pm Seize the day: A challenge to Netanyahu
November 17, 2014

The coalition is cracking, Arab Israelis are rioting, the Palestinian peace process is dead, and diplomacy is not going to stop Iran. The PM is still widely seen as unrivaled, but just surviving isn’t good enough. Israel needs more from ‘King Bibi’

Nov 17 2014 - 12:04pm Palestinian driver found hanged in Jerusalem bus
November 17, 2014

A Palestinian bus driver was found hanged in his vehicle on Monday, an incident that led to stone-throwing protests by Palestinians suspecting foul play but which Israeli police, citing autopsy results, termed a suicide.

Nov 17 2014 - 12:03pm EU document suggests recalling envoys if Israeli settlements threaten two-state solution
November 17, 2014

New details from the European Union’s “sanctions document,” first reported by Haaretz on Saturday, show that potential punishments for Israel could include the recalling of EU ambassadors if settlement construction is advanced in sensitive areas of the West Bank and East Jerusalem.​

Nov 14 2014 - 10:57am Palestinian boy critically wounded at Jerusalem protest - apparently by police bullet
November 14, 2014

An 11-year-old Palestinian boy was critically wounded in the face, apparently by a sponge-tipped bullet, during a violent protest Thursday afternoon in the East Jerusalem neighborhood Issawiya.

Nov 14 2014 - 10:50am Kerry Is Optimistic After Meeting Over Holy Site in Jerusalem
November 14, 2014

Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday that Jordan, Israel and the Palestinians were committed to taking “concrete steps” to ease strife over a volatile holy site in the Old City of Jerusalem.

Nov 14 2014 - 10:44am Israel lifts Muslim age limits for Jerusalem site
November 14, 2014

A Jerusalem holy site at the heart of recent tensions between Israelis and Palestinians was quiet on Friday, police said, after age restrictions for Muslim men who wanted to pray there were lifted for the first time in weeks, but minor clashes with Palestinian protesters continued in the West Bank.​


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