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Ami Ayalon, left with Board of Deputies President Phil Rosenberg
June 25, 2024, 2:28 pm
‘We have to accept a Palestinian state. There is no other way’, says former head of Shin Bet
In London as a guest of left-wing Zionist group Yachad UK, Ami Ayalon tells Jewish News 'We are afraid, we lost confidence, we lost a sense of security, we are humiliated'.
By Sandy Rashty
Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir. Photo by Dudu Greenspan/Flash90
September 27, 2023, 11:32 am
Shin Bet arrests 3 Palestinians, 2 Israeli Arabs planning to assassinate Ben-Gvir
The order to assassinate Ben-Gvir came from Iran, according to Shin Bet.
By Jotam Confino in Israel
Israeli right-wing activist Amiram Ben-Uliel is brought to Central Lod District Court for a verdict in the city of Lod, Israel, on Monday, May 18, 2020, Ben-Uliel was convicted on three counts of murder in what's known as Duma arson attack where a 4 a.m firebomb attack on a Palestinian home killed three members of the Dawabsheh family, including a toddler, in July, 2015. Pool Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/UPI Credit: UPI/Alamy Live News
September 14, 2023, 10:48 am
14 lawmakers: Ease prison conditions of Jewish terrorist who killed Palestinian family
Amiram Ben Uliel is serving three life sentences in prison for firebombing a Palestinian family's home in the West Bank in 2015, killing a couple and their 18-month-old baby.
By Jotam Confino in Israel
A person stands in front of an Israeli police water cannon being used to disperse demonstrators blocking a road during a protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system, in Jerusalem, Monday, July 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
August 30, 2023, 7:05 pm
OPINION: Yes, Melanie Phillips, the Israeli government is a menace to democracy
The columnist unfortunately swallows whole a deeply dishonest populist tale which insists on dismissal and ridicule of opponents, writes Dan Perry, former chairman of the Foreign Press Association in Israel
By Dan Perry
Elisha Yered, a former spokesman for Jewish Power party lawmaker Limor Son Har-Melech, and Yehiel Indore. Courtesy: Twitter.
August 7, 2023, 7:18 am
Israeli ministers defend West Bank settlers suspected of killing Palestinian teen
One of the suspects is a former spokesman for Jewish Power party lawmaker Limor Son Har-Melech.
By Jotam Confino in Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir in the Knesset.
July 26, 2023, 10:40 am
OPINION: Israelis are asking for our support. Will we be there for them?
If we do not want this Tisha B’Av to be another harbinger of heartbreak and destruction we need to speak up – not apologetically – but with clarity and conviction, writes Sir Mick Davis
By Sir Mick Davis
Fire burns as people attend a demonstration after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed the defense minister and his nationalist coalition government presses on with its judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv, Israel, March 27, 2023. REUTERS/Nir Elias
July 22, 2023, 7:12 pm
Over 100 Israeli ex-security chiefs sign letter saying Netanyahu is ‘tearing country apart’
An unprecedented letter - signed by former IDF, Mossad and Shin Bet officials along with other military and policing experts - also backs the decision of Air Reservists not to report for service
By JN Reporter
Al Laban Al Sharkiyeh, Palestine. 21st June, 2023. View of a destroyed shop by Jewish settlers during an attack on the town of Al-Laban al-Sharkiyeh, in the northern West Bank. Jewish settlers launched an attack on the Palestinian town Al-Laban al-Sharkiyeh, burning farms, throwing stones at houses, and setting fire to dozens of cars and Palestinian property. Credit: SOPA Images Limited/Alamy Live News
June 26, 2023, 3:44 pm
‘Settler terrorism’: IDF, Shin Bet condemn revenge rampages in West Bank
Far-right ministers lashed out at the army and intelligence agency for calling the settler attacks terror, with one minister comparing them to the notorious Russian Wagner Group.
By Jotam Confino
Benjamin Netanyahu
June 13, 2023, 10:22 am
Netanyahu: Shin Bet should help fight spiralling Arab-Israeli crime ‘immediately’
The Prime Minister's demand comes as the murder rate among Arab-Israelis has skyrocketed in the past six months, with over 100 people killed in 2023.
By Jotam Confino
The town of Huwara near Nablus in Area A of the West Bank
March 20, 2023, 11:23 am
Israeli man shot and injured driving through flashpoint West Bank town
The former US Marine, who lives in a settlement, was hit by several bullets before the assailant fled on Sunday morning
By Jewish News Reporter
Israeli solder. Credit: IDF
March 15, 2023, 4:01 pm
Special forces kill terrorist wearing suicide belt in northern Israel
The IDF suspects the man crossed into Israel from Lebanon and might be associated with Hezbollah.
By Jotam Confino in Israel
An Israeli F-15 fighter jet takes off during an exercise dubbed " Juniper Falcon", held between crews from the U.S and Israeli air forces, at Ovda Military Airbase, in southern Israel May 16. Picture taken May 16, 2017. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
March 6, 2023, 12:17 pm
Pilots in Israeli Air Force reserve make U-turn after announcing refusal to serve
69th Squadron is considered one of the most elite units in the Israeli army, taking part in the 2007 Israeli bombing of Syria's nuclear reactor.
By Jotam Confino in Israel
Islamic Jihad, Gaza City, 31st Oct, 2017. Credit: Mahmoud Issa/Quds Net News/ZUMA Wire/Alamy Live News
November 29, 2022, 8:17 am
Islamic Jihad threatens to assassinate far-right leader Ben-Gvir
Ben-Gvir responded to the threats saying the new right-wing government in Israel will "crush the Islamic Jihad."
By Jotam Confino in Israel
Scene of the bombing attack in Jerusalem, November 23, 2022. Credit: Israel Police spokesperson.
November 23, 2022, 5:07 pm
Former intelligence chief says Hamas likely behind Jerusalem twin bomb attack
Exclusive: Ex Shin Bet chief Ya'akov Peri tells Jewish News Hamas wouldn't take responsibility out of fear it would be attacked in Gaza.
By Jotam Confino in Israel
Yasser Arafat, Hosni Mubarak, Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres during peace negotiations
May 24, 2021, 6:54 pm
‘There’s a difference between leaders like Rabin and small, petty politicians’
Stephen Applebaum speaks to Dror Moreh about The Human Factor, a new documentary exploring how personalities have impacted the Middle East peace process
By Stephen Applebaum
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