September 19, 2016
4:32 pm

A man places flowers at the monument after a ceremony for victims of terrorism in Paris, Monday Sept.19, 2016. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, Pool)

France remembers victims of terror attacks in Paris ceremony

Tributes paid to those killed by Islamic extremists on Bastille Day, in Bataclan attack, and around the world

By AP

September 19, 2016
4:30 pm

French gendarmes secure the area as migrants gather before being evacuated from a makeshift refugee camp set up between the metro stations of Jaures and Stalingrad, in Paris, on September 16, 2016. (AFP/Christophe Archambault)

OECD: Better integration is key to tackling anti-migrant backlash

Faltering of Western governments in the face of record asylum requests is leading to rise of Europe’s right-wing populist parties, new report warns

By AFP

September 19, 2016
4:23 pm

Israeli police stand guard on Sultan Suleiman Street near the Herod's Gate entrance to the Old City of Jerusalem, where an East Jerusalem man stabbed and wounded two Israeli police officers on September 19, 2016. (AFP/Menahem Kahana)

Cops close East Jerusalem streets, sites after stabbing attack

Shops shuttered along Sultan Suleiman Street, other nearby locales as police investigate assault on two officers earlier in the day

By Judah Ari Gross

September 19, 2016
4:16 pm

US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov shake hands at a press conference in Geneva on September 9, 2016, where they announced a new plan for a ceasefire in the Syrian civil war and the foundation of a peace process. (AFP/Kevin Lamarque/Pool)

Syria truce set to expire Monday night, Damascus official says

7-day ceasefire brokered by US, Russia marred by allegations of breaches; unclear if it will be extended

By AFP

September 19, 2016
3:59 pm

A detail of an FBI poster, released September 19, 2016, calling on the public to help locate Ahmad Khan Rahami, 28, wanted in connection with bombings in New York and New Jersey. (screenshot)

NY police seek American of Afghan descent over bombing that injured 29

De Blasio says Ahmad Khan Rahami, 28, could be ‘armed and dangerous,‘ as Cuomo admits possible international terror link

By AP

September 19, 2016
3:50 pm

People who were stranded in Jerusalem during the major snowstorm that hit the capital arrive at the Tel Aviv Merkaz train station on December 14, 2013. (Gideon Markowicz/Flash90)

Prophets in a pissing contest

The closure of some Tel Aviv train stations has the Israelis complainometer cranked to 11 even before a single train is stopped, while a Netanyahu-Obama meeting has papers mostly congratulating themselves for having predicted it first

By Joshua Davidovich

September 19, 2016
3:17 pm

Election posters are on display in the Jordanian capital of Amman, September 18, 2016. (AP/Raad Adayleh)

Jordan election seen as small step toward democratic reform

Electoral changes see Muslim Brotherhood participate in pro-Western monarchy’s parliament vote Tuesday for first time in almost a decade

By Karin Laub

September 19, 2016
3:02 pm

Likud MK Yehudah Glick speaks to police officers outside the entrance to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem on September 19, 2016. (screen capture: Channel 10)

Turned away by cops, Likud MK denies trying to break Temple Mount ban

After suggesting he would defy prime minister’s directive keeping lawmakers off holy site, Yehudah Glick is seen being blocked as he approaches entrance

By Tamar Pileggi

September 19, 2016
2:33 pm

IDF soldiers stand guard near the site where a Palestinian attempted to stab a soldier before being shot dead in the West Bank city of Hebron on October 28, 2015. (AFP/Hazem Bader)

Two Palestinians shot dead in alleged Hebron stabbing attempt

Assailants killed after approaching border guards in flashpoint city with knives drawn, police say

By Judah Ari Gross

September 19, 2016
2:02 pm

Elor Azaria at a court hearing at a military court in Jaffa, August 28, 2016 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Terrorists must be killed, ex-deputy IDF head tells Hebron shooter trial

At hearing for manslaughter suspect Elor Azaria, Uzi Dayan expresses support for killing attackers even if they don’t pose danger

By Sue Surkes

September 19, 2016
1:50 pm

Israeli medics carry an injured man following a Palestinian stabbing attack outside the Old City of Jerusalem, on September 19, 2016 (AFP PHOTO / MENAHEM KAHANA)

Abbas’s Fatah party blasts Israeli ‘executions’ of stabbers

Suspect in NY, NJ bombings arrested after shootout; stabbed policewoman in ‘very serious’ condition after surgery

By Elie Leshem

September 19, 2016
11:24 am

Dennis Ross, center, on a panel with Raphael Ahren, right, and Avi Issacharoff at the Zionism 3.0 conference in Palo Alto on September 18, 2016. (Sarah Tuttle-Singer/Times of Israel)

Trump win could lead Obama to back 2-state move at UN, ex-diplomat predicts

Outgoing president would want to create standards his successor cannot undo, Dennis Ross says at Palo Alto confab on future of Zionism sponsored by The Times of Israel

By Raphael Ahren

September 19, 2016
10:35 am

Police in New Jersey rush to the train station in Elizabeth, New Jersey where 5 explosive devices were discovered in a garbage can on September 19, 2016. (screen capture: YouTube)

Device found near New Jersey train station explodes as FBI investigates

No injures reported when 1 of 5 suspicious objects found in garbage can detonates while bomb squad worked to disarm them

By AP

September 19, 2016
9:52 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during his visit to the United Russia political party's election campaign headquarters during parliamentary elections in Moscow on September 18, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / SPUTNIK / Alexei Druzhinin)

Putin consolidates power with crushing win in parliament vote

Near-complete results show President’s United Russia taking at least 338 of 450 seats in legislature, with rest of Duma made up of Kremlin-backing factions

By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber

September 19, 2016
7:59 am

Paramedics and police at the scene of a stabbing attack in Jerusalem on September 19, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

2 police hurt, one seriously, in Jerusalem stabbing; assailant shot

Female officer badly wounded after being knifed in neck outside Old City’s Herod’s Gate, second cop listed in moderate condition; attacker in critical condition

By Judah Ari Gross

Israel & The Region

Diplomacy, defense, politics, Middle East affairs

France remembers victims of terror attacks in Paris ceremony

Tributes paid to those killed by Islamic extremists on Bastille Day, in Bataclan attack, and around the world

OECD: Better integration is key to tackling anti-migrant backlash

Faltering of Western governments in the face of record asylum requests is leading to rise of Europe’s right-wing populist parties, new report warns

Cops close East Jerusalem streets, sites after stabbing attack

Shops shuttered along Sultan Suleiman Street, other nearby locales as police investigate assault on two officers earlier in the day

Syria truce set to expire Monday night, Damascus official says

7-day ceasefire brokered by US, Russia marred by allegations of breaches; unclear if it will be extended

NY police seek American of Afghan descent over bombing that injured 29

De Blasio says Ahmad Khan Rahami, 28, could be ‘armed and dangerous,‘ as Cuomo admits possible international terror link

Prophets in a pissing contest

The closure of some Tel Aviv train stations has the Israelis complainometer cranked to 11 even before a single train is stopped, while a Netanyahu-Obama meeting has papers mostly congratulating themselves for having predicted it first

Jordan election seen as small step toward democratic reform

Electoral changes see Muslim Brotherhood participate in pro-Western monarchy’s parliament vote Tuesday for first time in almost a decade

Turned away by cops, Likud MK denies trying to break Temple Mount ban

After suggesting he would defy prime minister’s directive keeping lawmakers off holy site, Yehudah Glick is seen being blocked as he approaches entrance

Two Palestinians shot dead in alleged Hebron stabbing attempt

Assailants killed after approaching border guards in flashpoint city with knives drawn, police say

Terrorists must be killed, ex-deputy IDF head tells Hebron shooter trial

At hearing for manslaughter suspect Elor Azaria, Uzi Dayan expresses support for killing attackers even if they don’t pose danger

Abbas’s Fatah party blasts Israeli ‘executions’ of stabbers

Suspect in NY, NJ bombings arrested after shootout; stabbed policewoman in ‘very serious’ condition after surgery

Trump win could lead Obama to back 2-state move at UN, ex-diplomat predicts

Outgoing president would want to create standards his successor cannot undo, Dennis Ross says at Palo Alto confab on future of Zionism sponsored by The Times of Israel

Device found near New Jersey train station explodes as FBI investigates

No injures reported when 1 of 5 suspicious objects found in garbage can detonates while bomb squad worked to disarm them

Putin consolidates power with crushing win in parliament vote

Near-complete results show President’s United Russia taking at least 338 of 450 seats in legislature, with rest of Duma made up of Kremlin-backing factions

2 police hurt, one seriously, in Jerusalem stabbing; assailant shot

Female officer badly wounded after being knifed in neck outside Old City’s Herod’s Gate, second cop listed in moderate condition; attacker in critical condition

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