November 19, 2014
7:08 pm

A general view of the neighborhood of Ramot, most of which lies over the Green Line. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

78 homes approved in East Jerusalem Jewish neighborhoods

50 apartments to be built in Ramot; 28 in Har Homa; same committee last week okayed 178 homes for Arab residents

By Stuart Winer

November 19, 2014
5:45 pm

A relative of Abdelrahman Shaludi, a Palestinian who killed two Israelis with his car last month, walks inside his family home after it was razed by Israeli authorities in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, November 19, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/Ahmad Gharabli)

Terrorist’s home destroyed, marking return to controversial policy

Israeli forces knock down walls of Shaludi apartment in Silwan, in first demolition of terrorist’s home since 2009; three more homes in capital also slated to be razed

By AFP and Times of Israel staff

November 19, 2014
4:04 pm

Palestinians protest in Issawiya, East Jerusalem, against the introduction of cement blockades at the entrance to the village following a terror attack in West Jerusalem, November 12, 2014. (photo credit: Hadas Parush/Flash90)

The ‘Jerusalem Intifada’ is different, and harder to stop

Roadblocks and punitive measures can only go so far in halting the wave of Palestinian terror sweeping the capital

By Elhanan Miller

November 19, 2014
12:27 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem, September 15, 2010 (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

Negotiate, before it’s too late

Op-ed: The Har Nof terror attack underlined that Israel’s efforts to ‘manage the conflict’ have failed; new talks with Abbas are the only way to avoid the Third Intifada

By Avi Issacharoff

November 18, 2014
9:29 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a statement to the media at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, November 18, 2014. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Netanyahu okays checkpoints in East Jerusalem neighborhoods

Series of security-tightening measures include police raids into troublesome areas of the capital

By Stuart Winer

November 18, 2014
3:51 pm

Blood on prayer shawls and prayer books inside Har Nof's Kehilat Yaakov synagogue, where two Palestinian terrorists attacked worshipers at prayer, killing four, and a policeman who tried to thwart them, on November 18, 2014. (Photo credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO/FLASH90)

The Gaza connection to terror in Jerusalem

As long as Hamas knows that Jerusalem is afraid of confronting it, the terror group will continue inciting violence in East Jerusalem

By Avi Issacharoff

November 17, 2014
6:07 pm

Palestinian mourners attend the funeral of bus driver Yusuf Hasan al-Ramuni in Abu Dis on November 17, 2014. (photo credit: AFP PHOTO / AHMAD GHARABLI)

Autopsy of Palestinian bus driver rules out foul play

Family continues to reject claim of suicide; body handed over to family for burial; Hamas calls for revenge for ‘murder’

By Marissa Newman

November 16, 2014
11:52 am

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman, right, shakes hands with his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, January13 , 2014 (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Liberman: Israel will keep building in East Jerusalem

Foreign minister says construction in capital is not settlement activity; thanks German counterpart for ‘balanced approach’

By Spencer Ho

November 12, 2014
10:03 pm

US State Department Spokeswoman Jen Psaki (screen capture: YouTube)

US ‘deeply concerned’ at new E. Jerusalem housing plan

Reaction comes after local planning committee approves 200 homes in the capital’s Ramot neighborhood

By Stuart Winer

November 12, 2014
7:24 pm

Israel approves 200 new homes in Jewish E. Jerusalem area

Planning committee gives preliminary okay to construction in Ramot, and another 174 homes in Arab neighborhoods

By AP

November 11, 2014
10:56 am

Israeli soldiers seen placing large cement blocks at a bus stop near the Jewish settlement of Alon Shvut on November 11, 2014. (Photo credit: Gershon Elinson/Flash90)

Police probe anti-Arab vandalism, boost patrols as tensions swirl

Cars damaged in Jerusalem’s Beit Safafa; security forces bolster presence in major cities and West Bank; relative of Palestinian killed Monday night says incident was nationalist

By Times of Israel staff

November 11, 2014
6:41 am

Mayor Nir Barkat in East Jerusalem, November 10, 2014 (photo credit: Courtesy)

Barkat reaffirms commitment to Temple Mount status quo

‘We will not allow either side to disturb the peace,’ mayor tells Arab leaders in East Jerusalem

By Times of Israel staff

November 11, 2014
6:04 am

Right-wing Jewish activists wave the Israeli flag as they attend a protest near the site where a young Jewish woman was killed by a Palestinian terrorist, and two people were injured in a stabbing attack at a bus stop at the entrance to the West Bank settlement of Alon Shvut, on November 10, 2014. This is the second terrorist attack of its kind in a day. Earlier today a young Israeli soldier was stabbed by a Palestinian man at a train station in Tel Aviv. (Photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Arab cab driver attacked as tensions seethe over terror attacks

Four teens in Jerusalem arrested for throwing stones at taxi; officials beef up police presence as unrest persists

By Lazar Berman and Times of Israel staff

November 11, 2014
2:34 am

Israeli security forces outside the Alon Shvut settlement in the Etzion bloc after a terror attack. (photo credit: AFP/AHMAD GHARABLI)

Palestinian man shot dead outside Israeli-Arab town

Police assess incident is criminal in nature; officials beef up police presence as terror wave, unrest persist

By Lazar Berman

November 11, 2014
1:08 am

Israeli envoy to the UN Ron Prosor speaks out On November 11, 2014 against the UN Security Council's silence on a spate of terror attacks against Israelis in late October and November. (Photo credit: Courtesy of the Israeli Mission to the UN)

Israel’s UN envoy: Ignoring terrorism is similar to supporting it

Ron Prosor chastises Security Council for silence on terror attacks, slams EU countries for efforts to ‘prematurely’ recognize Palestine

By Times of Israel staff

Topic: East Jerusalem

78 homes approved in East Jerusalem Jewish neighborhoods

50 apartments to be built in Ramot; 28 in Har Homa; same committee last week okayed 178 homes for Arab residents

Terrorist’s home destroyed, marking return to controversial policy

Israeli forces knock down walls of Shaludi apartment in Silwan, in first demolition of terrorist’s home since 2009; three more homes in capital also slated to be razed

The ‘Jerusalem Intifada’ is different, and harder to stop

Roadblocks and punitive measures can only go so far in halting the wave of Palestinian terror sweeping the capital

Negotiate, before it’s too late

Op-ed: The Har Nof terror attack underlined that Israel’s efforts to ‘manage the conflict’ have failed; new talks with Abbas are the only way to avoid the Third Intifada

Netanyahu okays checkpoints in East Jerusalem neighborhoods

Series of security-tightening measures include police raids into troublesome areas of the capital

The Gaza connection to terror in Jerusalem

As long as Hamas knows that Jerusalem is afraid of confronting it, the terror group will continue inciting violence in East Jerusalem

Autopsy of Palestinian bus driver rules out foul play

Family continues to reject claim of suicide; body handed over to family for burial; Hamas calls for revenge for ‘murder’

Liberman: Israel will keep building in East Jerusalem

Foreign minister says construction in capital is not settlement activity; thanks German counterpart for ‘balanced approach’

US ‘deeply concerned’ at new E. Jerusalem housing plan

Reaction comes after local planning committee approves 200 homes in the capital’s Ramot neighborhood

Israel approves 200 new homes in Jewish E. Jerusalem area

Planning committee gives preliminary okay to construction in Ramot, and another 174 homes in Arab neighborhoods

Police probe anti-Arab vandalism, boost patrols as tensions swirl

Cars damaged in Jerusalem’s Beit Safafa; security forces bolster presence in major cities and West Bank; relative of Palestinian killed Monday night says incident was nationalist

Barkat reaffirms commitment to Temple Mount status quo

‘We will not allow either side to disturb the peace,’ mayor tells Arab leaders in East Jerusalem

Arab cab driver attacked as tensions seethe over terror attacks

Four teens in Jerusalem arrested for throwing stones at taxi; officials beef up police presence as unrest persists

Palestinian man shot dead outside Israeli-Arab town

Police assess incident is criminal in nature; officials beef up police presence as terror wave, unrest persist

Israel’s UN envoy: Ignoring terrorism is similar to supporting it

Ron Prosor chastises Security Council for silence on terror attacks, slams EU countries for efforts to ‘prematurely’ recognize Palestine

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