JERUSALEM — Israeli police have arrested an American tourist at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem after he hurled works of art to the floor, defacing two second-century Roman statues. The vandalism late Thursday raised questions about the safety of Israel’s priceless collections and stirred concern about a rise in attacks on cultural heritage in Jerusalem. … Read more
Cars are burning after a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip hit a parking lot and a residential building in Ashkelon, southern Israel, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023.Tsafrir Abayov/AP Photo Hamas launched an unprecented attack on Israel on Saturday by the “land, sea and air,” the IDF said. Videos appear to show Hamas fighters entering Israel … Read more
Comment on this storyComment JERUSALEM — In a year of unprecedented public discord, the high-holiday period in Israel has devolved into a rhetorical — and occasionally physical — battle between secular and religious Israelis, with protesters disrupting gender-segregated public prayer services and one of the country’s chief rabbis lamenting that nonobservant citizens have grown stupid … Read more
JERUSALEM — Five family members were killed in a mass shooting Wednesday in an Arab town in northern Israel, police and advocates said, the latest victims of a recent surge of gun violence within the country’s Arab communities. Another Arab citizen of Israel was killed in a separate shooting earlier Wednesday. Israeli police said that … Read more
Comment on this storyComment AIN YABROOD, West Bank — Moeen al-Kateeb’s mother lives 21 miles from Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport, about 45 minutes in light traffic. He has visited her dozens of times from his home in the United States but has never gone through that airport. Instead, he flies to neighboring Jordan to reach … Read more
JERUSALEM — Israel arrested five Palestinians in a plot allegedly hatched in Iran to target and spy on senior Israeli politicians, including Israel’s far-right national security minister, the country’s internal security agency said Wednesday. The Shin Bet security service alleged that an Iranian security official living in neighboring Jordan had recruited three Palestinian men in … Read more
NOUR SHAMS REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank — Two Palestinians were killed during an Israeli military raid Sunday in the northern West Bank, Palestinian health officials said, the latest bloodshed in a surge of violence during a sensitive Jewish holiday period. The Israeli military said it moved into the Nour Shams refugee camp, near the town … Read more
JERUSALEM — Israeli airstrikes hit a militant site in Gaza on Saturday for the second time in as many days, the Israeli army said, after Palestinian militants sent incendiary balloons into Israeli farmland and Palestinian protesters threw stones and explosives at soldiers at the separation fence. There were no reported casualties from the strikes in … Read more
JERICHO, West Financial institution — A U.N. committee voted Sunday to checklist prehistoric ruins close to the traditional West Financial institution metropolis of Jericho as a World Heritage Web site in Palestine, a choice that angered Israel, which controls the territory and doesn’t acknowledge a Palestinian state. Jericho is among the oldest frequently inhabited cities … Read more
Kamaru Usman believes Israel Adesanya must take a while off after being dethroned by Sean Strickland. At UFC 293, most individuals didn’t anticipate Strickland to safe a unanimous determination win. But, the 32-year-old received the job finished, placing Adesanya in a tough place. ‘The Final Stylebender’ should now select between taking an prolonged layoff or … Read more