November 22, 2014
2:37 pm

Interior Minister Gilad Erdan on July 8, 2013. (photo credit: Flash 90)

Interior minister mulls revoking residency of ‘terror promoters’

Following Har Nof terror attack, Gilad Erdan instructs staff to advise whether his authority can be widened to include such a move

By Times of Israel staff

November 22, 2014
8:42 am

The home of Palestinian terrorist Abdelrahman al-Shaludi in East Jerusalem after it was destroyed by Israeli authorities on November 19, 2014 (Photo credit: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)

Razing homes of terrorists’ families a war crime, rights group says

Human Rights Watch blasts Israel’s return to practice, saying ‘One person should not be punished for another’s crime’

By Itamar Sharon

November 21, 2014
12:56 pm

Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein (Photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Attorney general, once opposed to home-razing, later acquiesced

Yehuda Weinstein had viewed demolitions of terrorists’ home as collective punishment, but approved move upon Shin Bet urging

By Marissa Newman

November 21, 2014
11:36 am

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 underway, and it’s going to get worse

The 1987 uprising began with a falsely reported traffic accident in Gaza. Today, in the seething neighborhoods of East Jerusalem, its latest incarnation can be tied to the disputed suicide of an Arab bus driver

By Avi Issacharoff

November 20, 2014
10:28 pm

A car stands destroyed beneath the bombed out home of Palestinian terrorist Abdul Rahman Shaloudi in Silwan, November 19, 2014 [photo credit: Elhanan Miller/Times of Israel]

In Silwan, after a terrorist’s home is demolished, bitterness abounds

Asked to explain a neighbor’s murderous act, locals cite municipal discrimination and lack of opportunity, along with dark conspiracies about Israeli plans for Temple Mount

By Elhanan Miller

November 20, 2014
5:46 pm

The two terrorists from Jabel Mukaber who carried out the attack on a Har Nof synagogue, November 18, 2014 (screen capture: Channel 2)

Har Nof killers’ families said to receive demolition orders

Relatives say they have 48 hours to appeal decision; High Court rejects bid to raze home of tractor killer

By Marissa Newman

November 20, 2014
4:23 pm

Weapons seized at the Ashdod Port on November 20, 2014. (photo credit: Courtesy Police Spokesman's Unit)

Police bust massive shipment of firecrackers, knives bound for capital

Container marked as Christmas lights contained 18,000 firecrackers and thousands of other weapons meant to supply Palestinian rioters, officials say

By Tamar Pileggi

November 20, 2014
1:36 pm

Palestinian politician Hanan Ashrawi (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

PA said to bar officials from talking about synagogue attack

Palestinian source says leadership wants to avoid embarrassment with US after Kerry blames incitement for terrorist killings

By Spencer Ho

November 20, 2014
5:33 am

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

US slams Israeli construction in E. Jerusalem, renewed home demolitions

State Department says approval of 78 new units ‘inconsistent with goal of lowering tensions,’ punitive razing of terrorists’ homes ‘counterproductive’

By Stuart Winer and Times of Israel staff

November 19, 2014
11:15 pm

Israeli border police check the ID's of Arab-Israelis outside the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber on November 19, 2014. Photo credit: Nati Shohat/FLASH90)

Police set up checkpoints at East Jerusalem neighborhoods

Elite unit volunteers offer to bolster Civil Guard, as new efforts are made to secure city after Har Nof attack

By Stuart Winer

November 19, 2014
7:08 pm

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

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

Topic: East Jerusalem

Interior minister mulls revoking residency of ‘terror promoters’

Following Har Nof terror attack, Gilad Erdan instructs staff to advise whether his authority can be widened to include such a move

Razing homes of terrorists’ families a war crime, rights group says

Human Rights Watch blasts Israel’s return to practice, saying ‘One person should not be punished for another’s crime’

Attorney general, once opposed to home-razing, later acquiesced

Yehuda Weinstein had viewed demolitions of terrorists’ home as collective punishment, but approved move upon Shin Bet urging

The Jerusalem Intifada is underway, and it’s going to get worse

The 1987 uprising began with a falsely reported traffic accident in Gaza. Today, in the seething neighborhoods of East Jerusalem, its latest incarnation can be tied to the disputed suicide of an Arab bus driver

In Silwan, after a terrorist’s home is demolished, bitterness abounds

Asked to explain a neighbor’s murderous act, locals cite municipal discrimination and lack of opportunity, along with dark conspiracies about Israeli plans for Temple Mount

Har Nof killers’ families said to receive demolition orders

Relatives say they have 48 hours to appeal decision; High Court rejects bid to raze home of tractor killer

Police bust massive shipment of firecrackers, knives bound for capital

Container marked as Christmas lights contained 18,000 firecrackers and thousands of other weapons meant to supply Palestinian rioters, officials say

PA said to bar officials from talking about synagogue attack

Palestinian source says leadership wants to avoid embarrassment with US after Kerry blames incitement for terrorist killings

US slams Israeli construction in E. Jerusalem, renewed home demolitions

State Department says approval of 78 new units ‘inconsistent with goal of lowering tensions,’ punitive razing of terrorists’ homes ‘counterproductive’

Police set up checkpoints at East Jerusalem neighborhoods

Elite unit volunteers offer to bolster Civil Guard, as new efforts are made to secure city after Har Nof attack

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

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