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In 2021, American immigrants again moved to settlements far more than other arrivals

Fri, 12 Aug 2022 22:57:19 +0000

Fresh figures released by Central Bureau of Statistics show roughly one out of every 10 people who arrived to Israel from the US made their way to a West Bank settlement

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IDF: Palestinian man detained with loaded homemade gun in Gush Etzion

Mon, 25 Jul 2022 20:28:49 +0000

Footage shows suspect hurling molotov cocktail near Migdal Oz, fleeing area; military says he was also carrying fake bomb

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2 Israeli teens injured, one of them critically, in West Bank car-ramming attack

Fri, 16 Aug 2019 11:00:38 +0000

Driver shot dead by security forces; wounded treated at the scene next to the Elazar settlement and evacuated to hospitals; doctors fighting to save life of boy, 17

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Netanyahu vows to push Israeli sovereignty in West Bank after terror attack

Thu, 08 Aug 2019 09:04:59 +0000

Prime minister lays cornerstone for 650 new housing units in Beit El, says terrorists 'come to destroy, we come to build'

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Lawmakers blame government policies, push for annexation after student killed

Thu, 08 Aug 2019 06:44:54 +0000

Netanyahu vows to 'settle accounts' with off-duty soldier Dvir Sorek's killer after West Bank stabbing; Liberman blames 'capitulation' to Gaza terrorists

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Two killed in West Bank car accident days before celebrating 18th birthdays

Fri, 12 Jul 2019 12:12:44 +0000

Medics at crash scene forced to declare deaths of Amit Barlev and Hillel Lalum, who were returning from Dead Sea with a third friend, moderately wounded

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Toddler dies two days after near-drowning in Etzion Bloc pool

Fri, 28 Jun 2019 09:18:40 +0000

Health Ministry launches campaign to raise awareness of safety while bathing, amid two-year rise in drownings of children

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Snow dusts Jerusalem area as winter storm wallops Israel

Wed, 16 Jan 2019 20:51:40 +0000

Capital sees flurry for first time in years, with several roads closed as forecasts predict accumulation of 10 cm in Eztion bloc and other high elevation areas

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In first political comments, Gantz says certain settlements to remain ‘forever’

Thu, 03 Jan 2019 16:03:31 +0000

In newly released clips from 2018 interview, former IDF chief says he is most concerned by 'fragmentation' of Israeli society and the 'radicalization' of domestic politics

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Why some settler leaders oppose building as a direct response to terror attacks

Wed, 26 Sep 2018 03:30:07 +0000

There is lingering concern that calls for construction as a tit-for-tat against terrorism -- while politically expedient -- imply expansion is less legitimate on other days

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Thousands attend funeral for terror victim Ari Fuld, who is remembered as a hero

Sun, 16 Sep 2018 22:51:22 +0000

US-born father of four eulogized as someone who battled in word and deed for what he believed in, fought relentlessly for Israel with body and soul

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PM consoles terror victim’s family: ‘We are alive thanks to heroes like Ari’

Sun, 16 Sep 2018 20:47:45 +0000

Netanyahu, Knesset speaker Yuli Edelstein pay respects to relatives of Ari Fuld, who was stabbed to death by a Palestinian teenager

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Terrorist’s parents say they alerted PA, Israel before deadly stabbing of Fuld

Sun, 16 Sep 2018 17:08:47 +0000

Palestinian official says stabber's father informed PA forces of son's disappearance, while IDF says mother told soldiers that her son planned to commit an attack

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Terror victim Ari Fuld mourned as ‘larger than life’ hero, champion for Israel

Sun, 16 Sep 2018 15:49:54 +0000

Friends, family, students, and ideological opponents eulogize US-born victim's passion, bravery, and determination

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Gently breaking taboos, a settlement bloc moves gingerly toward LGBT acceptance

Fri, 08 Jun 2018 03:40:45 +0000

In first gathering of its kind in a religious community on either side of Green Line, Efrat event takes unambiguous stance against notion that homosexuality is a matter of choice

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