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Israel & the Region
Diplomacy, defense, politics, Middle East affairs
The entrance to the settlement of Yitzhar in the West Bank (photo credit: Flash90/File)
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Yitzhar settlement viewed as epicenter of surge in ‘price tag’ attacks
By Jacob Magid
But officials in the northern West Bank community say it's due to an influx of 'hilltop youth' evicted from a nearby hardcore outpost last year
President Rivlin sends Israel’s congratulations to UK royals on new baby boy
By TOI staff and AFP
Blazing kites from Gaza set fire to Israeli wheat field
By TOI staff
Commander of US troops in Syria makes unannounced first visit to Israel
By Judah Ari Gross
A British Army soldier patrols with an armed police officer near the Houses of Parliament in central London on May 24, 2017. (Justin Tallis/AFP)
May 26, 2017, 8:19 am
UK election campaign resumes after Manchester attack
Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn had suspended campaigning after deadly concert bombing; authorities arrest 8
By Rosie SCAMMELL
Indonesians gather at the scene where two bombers allegedly linked to Islamic State carried out a terror attack in Jakarta on May 25, 2017. (Adek Berry/AFP)
May 26, 2017, 8:02 am
IS claims suicide attack on Jakarta bus station
Three police officers killed in ongoing terror surge in world's most populous Muslim-majority state
By AFP
President Donald Trump greets German Chancellor Angela Merkel outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Friday, March 17, 2017. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP)
May 26, 2017, 6:14 am
Slamming car sales, Trump reportedly says Germans ‘very bad’
US president vows to stop Berlin's 'terrible' exports of 'millions of cars' to US
By AFP
In this August 9, 2012, file photo, army trucks carry Egyptian tanks in a military convoy in El Arish, Egypt's northern Sinai Peninsula. (AP)
May 26, 2017, 5:08 am
Sinai jihadists kill 4 Egyptian troops in two attacks
Officials say security forces killed in shooting, roadside bombing by Islamic State fighters
By Ashraf Sweilam
Greek police experts search for evidence at the scene of an explosion site in Athens, on Thursday, May 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)
May 26, 2017, 5:02 am
Greek ex-prime minister hurt as letter bomb explodes in car
Two Bank of Greece employees also wounded in Athens blast; anti-terrorism police probing case
By Elena Becatoros and NICHOLAS PAPHITIS
Israel's Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon with Ruth Schwartz at the UN on May 26, 2017 (Courtesy)
May 26, 2017, 3:45 am
Slain US student’s mother to UN: PA must stop paying my son’s killer
'Ezra’s murder broke our family,' says Ruth Schwartz; says Palestinian stipend to terrorist amounts to thousands of dollars a month
By JTA
The Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs. (Screen capture: ABC News)
May 26, 2017, 3:43 am
‘Alt-right’ celebrates GOP candidate’s alleged attack on Jewish reporter
Far-right internet forums and commenters praise Republican Greg Gianforte for body slamming Guardian journalist
By JTA
Arab students rally in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners staging a hunger strike, calling for an 'intifada' against Israelis (screen capture: Channel 2)
May 26, 2017, 3:07 am
Arab students call for ‘intifada’ at Hebrew University rally
Faculty defends demonstration in solidarity with hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners, says nothing that was said is illegal
By TOI staff
US president's senior adviser Jared Kushner is seen during a welcome ceremony in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on May 23, 2017. (AFP/Thomas Coex)
May 26, 2017, 2:34 am
Jared Kushner said to be a focus in Russia investigation
US president's son-in-law and adviser reportedly named as top official under scrutiny in FBI probe, though not necessarily a suspect
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, board their airplane to Africa for an official state visit in the continent on July 4, 2016 (Kobi Gideon / GPO)
May 26, 2017, 1:44 am
Netanyahu to travel to Africa for second time in year
After last summer's historic four-country tour through East Africa, PM now heading to June 4 economic summit in Liberia
By Raphael Ahren
US President Donald Trump appears tp shove aside the prime minister of Montenegro in Brussels during a NATO conference, May 25, 2017. (Screenshot)
May 26, 2017, 1:41 am
Trump appears to shove Montenegro PM at NATO meet
Meeting in Brussels, president seems to roughly move aside ally to get ahead of a group of leaders
By TOI staff and Agencies
Likud MK Oren Hazan in a pose that makes him appear to be holding the Golden Dome atop the Temple Mount. (Oren Hazan)
May 26, 2017, 12:56 am
Likud MK provokes again with Dome of the Rock pic
Controversial lawmaker Oren Hazan follows up selfie with Trump with photo 'holding' the golden dome
By Sue Surkes and Raoul Wootliff
A picture released by British authorities of Salman Abedi, the suspect behind a suicide bombing that ripped into young fans at an Ariana Grande concert at the Manchester Arena on May 22, 2017. (Screen capture: YouTube via BBC News)
May 26, 2017, 12:30 am
‘Forgive me,’ Manchester bomber told mother before attack
Libyan officials say Salman Abedi called relatives to say goodbye; UK security measures stepped up as police find 'very important' clues
By Jill Lawless and Paisley Dodds
Pope Francis addresses journalists during the traditional press conference on his flight back to Rome, following a two-day visit at Fatima, Portugal, May 13, 2017. (Tiziana Fabi/Pool via AP)
May 26, 2017, 12:23 am
Talks underway for possible pope visit to Israel to push peace — report
Francis may travel to region in the fall to advocate accord; advance delegation said expected next month
By TOI staff
Young Arab girls seen studying during a lesson in the newly opened elementary school in the Arab neighborhood of Umm Tuba, in East Jerusalem in December 2011. (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)
May 25, 2017, 11:57 pm
Cabinet to discuss $50 million improvement plan for East Jerusalem
Priorities to include investments in education, improved sewage infrastructure and more efficient trash removal
By Sue Surkes
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