August 22, 2014
11:51 am

Boxing Club Prishtina, an abandoned building in downtown Pristina, is believed to have once housed a Jewish institution in the Kosovo capital. (Ron Kampeas/JTA)

In Muslim Kosovo, a Jewish claim to nation’s past and future

A centuries-old and aging Jewish community validates Europe’s newest country. Will Israel follow suit?

By Ron Kampeas

August 22, 2014
12:42 am

Armed Palestinian masked men push back a crowd of worshippers outside a mosque in Gaza City after Friday prayers on August 22, 2014, before executing 18 men for allegedly collaborating with Israel. Six of them were grabbed from among hundreds of worshippers leaving the city's largest mosque, by men in the uniform of Hamas's military wing, witnesses told AFP. (Photo credit: AFP)

Hamas mortar fire kills Daniel Tragerman, 4; shell said launched near shelter

Israeli critically injured in rocket attack near Ashdod; 110 rockets fired Friday, smashing into homes, synagogue; Abbas, Mashaal seek UN timetable to ‘end occupation'; Hamas executes 18 ‘collaborators’

By Ricky Ben-David and Elie Leshem

August 21, 2014
12:28 am

Relatives of 27-year-old Widad Deif, the wife of Hamas's military commander Mohammed Deif, carry her body during her funeral procession at the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip on August 20, 2014. (photo credit: AFP Photo/Roberto Schmidt)

Europe to press for UN ceasefire; rockets persist after Israel kills 3 Hamas chiefs

Heavy rocket fire on south throughout day, one person seriously injured; three top Hamas commanders killed in strikes; Palestinians say 19 killed Wednesday night and Thursday; Muhammad Deif’s fate remains unclear

By Itamar Sharon, Marissa Newman and Lazar Berman

August 20, 2014
12:58 pm

Deputy head of the Republic of Crimea, Georgy Muradov. (screen capture: YouTube/VestnikKavkaza)

Crimean official claims Israel interested in partnership

Deputy head of government says several countries showing readiness for ties with controversial Russian-annexed republic

By Stuart Winer

August 20, 2014
12:27 am

A man holds part of a rocket that exploded and fell inside the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip on August 20, 2014. (photo credit: Edi Israel/Flash90)

Fate of Hamas commander Deif unclear after Israeli strike; heavy rocket fire on Israel

Netanyahu slams ministers who criticize his handling of Hamas war, mum on attack on Gaza terror chief; rockets shot toward Tel Aviv, airport amid day of heavy fire; Hamas spokesman says no return to talks; rocket hits home in Hof Ashkelon region

By Lazar Berman, Ricky Ben-David and Marissa Newman

August 19, 2014
5:46 pm

Smoke billows following an Israeli air strike in Rafah in the southern of Gaza Strip, on August 19, 2014. Israel ordered its negotiators back from talks in Cairo and Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza after Hamas broke a truce and resumed rocket fire on Israel. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90

Hamas breaches truce, fires 50 rockets; Israel halts Cairo talks, hits back

7 hours before truce’s end, Palestinians restart rocket fire; Hamas claims 2 members of terror commander Deif’s family killed

By Yifa Yaakov, Adiv Sterman and AP

August 19, 2014
12:48 am

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon at a visit to Ashdod Port on August 18, 2014. (Photo credit: Ariel Hermoni/Ministry of Defense/Flash90)

Hamas breaches truce, fires at south, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv; Israel quits talks, strikes back

Car burns after it’s hit by fragment in TA, but no injuries reported in series of Hamas attacks on center and south; Israel strikes Gaza, pulls out of negotiations for long-term truce

By Ricky Ben-David, Adiv Sterman and Ilan Ben Zion

August 18, 2014
12:37 am

20,000 pro-Israel protesters march in Kolkata, India, August 16, 2014. (courtesy Hindu Samhati)

New 24-hour truce agreed; Shin Bet reveals Hamas plot to topple PA

Israel denies reports that outline of ceasefire agreement reached; Hamas planned to start third intifada, stage attacks on Israeli targets, Shin Bet says

By Itamar Sharon, Ilan Ben Zion and Marissa Newman

August 17, 2014
12:14 am

Palestinian women walk between buildings destroyed during fighting between Hamas militants and Israel in the Al-Shaas neighbourhood, in the north of the Gaza Strip, on August 16, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/ROBERTO SCHMIDT)

As officials talk truce in Cairo, Israel braces for more rockets

Cairo proposal defers discussion of thorny issues; IDF could have conquered Gaza in days, says ex-NSC official; lift Gaza blockade for security, Hamas demands

By Elie Leshem, Lazar Berman and Marissa Newman

August 16, 2014
12:13 am

Palestinian boys with Hamas supporters hold toy guns and shout slogans during a demonstration in the West Bank city of Nablus on Friday, Aug. 15, 2014. (photo credit: AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)

Hamas rejects Egypt ceasefire terms; thousands in TA call for peace

Hamas threatens war of attrition, says many more issues to be resolved in Cairo negotiations; Israeli, Palestinian officials say odds slim of reaching ceasefire deal

By Yifa Yaakov, Ricky Ben-David and Ilan Ben Zion

August 15, 2014
12:18 am

Israelis gather at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv, August 14, to take part in a solidarity rally with residents of the south, demanding peace and quiet for communities on the Gaza border (photo credit: Flash90)

Israel silent, Hamas position unclear on Egypt ceasefire terms

Details of Cairo’s proposal published by local newspaper; Hamas negotiators discuss deal with leaders in Qatar, while Israel says security interests must be met; some militants say fighting over

By Ricky Ben-David, Ilan Ben Zion and Itamar Sharon

August 14, 2014
12:11 am

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) holds a joint press conference with New York Governor Andrew Mark Cuomo, at Netanyahu's office in Jerusalem, Wednesday, August 13, 2014. (photo credit: Haim Zach/GPO/Flash90)

New strains in Israel-US ties; in Tel Aviv, thousands call for end to Hamas rocket attacks

Hamas source reports breakthrough in talks for long-term quiet; senior ministers meet on ceasefire as shaky truce holds; opposition chief accuses government of ‘losing its senses’ in spat with US

By Itamar Sharon, Yifa Yaakov and Lazar Berman

August 13, 2014
12:26 am

Some of the more than 100 men and women who immigrated to Israel to join the IDF, Ben Gurion airport, August 12, 2014. (photo credit: Flash90)

Amid rocket fire, PA delegation chief confirms truce extended by 5 days

Rockets hit near Ashkelon, Eshkol; Hamas denies it fired; Israel moves troops to border as truce winds down; 5 killed by leftover IDF missile in Gaza; most ministers join Liberman’s call for boycott of UNHRC probe

By Ricky Ben-David, Ilan Ben Zion and Marissa Newman

August 12, 2014
12:17 am

Minister of Defense Moshe Ya'alon visits an IDF navy base in Ashdod. August 12, 2014. (Photo credit: IDF Spokesperson/FLASH90)

Defense minister warns fighting could resume; UK to halt some arms sales if it does

Amid conflicting reports on progress to a long-term ceaefire, Ya’alon says Hamas attacks could restart after truce ends Wednesday night; IDF ships fire warning shots at boat; UN investigator Schabas defends record; new Turkish flotilla planned

By Itamar Sharon, Ilan Ben Zion and Yifa Yaakov

August 11, 2014
12:25 am

Palestinian children hold posters outside an UNRWA school during a protest on August 11, 2014.( Photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

As truce holds, talks in Cairo said progressing toward an agreement

72-hour truce with Hamas has held since midnight; Lapid says Israel spoke too soon in declaring south was safe; foreign press group slams Hamas threats; Turkey transfers four wounded Gazans to Ankara hospitals

By Ricky Ben-David, Marissa Newman and Lazar Berman

Topic: Israel