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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks while US President Donald Trump listens before a meeting at the Palace Hotel during the 72nd United Nations General Assembly on September 20, 2017, in New York. (AFP PHOTO / Brendan Smialowski)
Trump to Abbas on peace prospects: ‘Who knows? Stranger things have happened’
By TOI staff
US leader assures PA leader his administration is working 'very hard' for peace in region, despite not mentioning Palestinians in speech to General Assembly
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right), Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan (center) and Intelligence and Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz (left) during a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem in 2016, file photo (Amit Shabi/POOL/Flash90)
July 24, 2017, 8:34 am
No decision after ministers discuss Temple Mount tensions overnight
Ministers reconvene Monday afternoon to continue debate on use of metal detectors at Jerusalem holy site
By TOI staff and Agencies
Assistant to the President and Special Representative for International Negotiations, Jason Greenblatt (l) meets Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem, March 13, 2017. (Matty Stern/US Embassy Tel Aviv)
July 24, 2017, 2:16 am
Trump sends Greenblatt to Israel to defuse Temple Mount crisis
Condemning Halamish terror attack, White House official says US 'committed to finding a resolution to the ongoing security issues'
By Eric Cortellessa
Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli soldiers ,while an army bulldozer closes the main road with dirt during their operation to search and measure the family house of Omar al-Abed, 20, the terrorist who perpetrated Friday's attack at the West Bank settlement of Halamish, in preparation for demolition, in the West Bank village of Kobar, near Ramallah, July 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
July 23, 2017, 11:42 pm
Security cabinet holds emergency meeting over escalating tensions
Ministers discuss security measures at Temple Mount, Halamish terror attack, violent Palestinian protests
By TOI staff and Agencies
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas gives a speech during a meeting of Palestinian leadership in the West Bank city of Ramallah on July 21, 2017, during which he announced freezing all contacts with Israel. (AFP/Abbas Momani)
July 23, 2017, 5:50 pm
Abbas confirms he halted security coordination, warns Israelis will ‘lose’
PA president indicates he is freezing security contacts until Israel removes Temple Mount metal detectors, ends incursions into Palestinian cities
By Dov Lieber
Illustrative: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on June 25, 2017. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool/Flash90)
July 23, 2017, 2:06 pm
Security cabinet meets over Temple Mount tensions, violence and terror attack
Wife of Elad Salomon says husband ‘fought back,’ saving their children; Salomon family members laid to rest in Modi'in funerals; 10 wounded in Qalandiya clashes
By TOI staff
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman, center at the site of a terror attack in the settlement of Halamish, where three Israelis were murdered and one seriously injured by a Palestinian in a stabbing attack. July 22, 2017. (Hermoni/Ministry of Defense)
July 23, 2017, 11:24 am
Liberman: Israel can manage without Palestinian security cooperation
Apparently confirming reports Abbas put coordination on ice, defense minister says arrangement benefits Palestinians
By Avi Issacharoff and TOI staff
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas gives a speech during a meeting of Palestinian leadership in the West Bank city of Ramallah on July 21, 2017, during which he announced freezing all contacts with Israel. (Flash90)
July 23, 2017, 8:55 am
In first, Abbas halts security cooperation meetings with Israel
As part of general freeze of contacts with Jerusalem over Temple Mount metal detectors, Palestinian sources say PA president suspending security ties for first time since he took office a decade ago
By Avi Issacharoff and TOI staff
Israeli security forces stand guard as Palestinian Muslim worshipers pray outside Lions Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, on July 22, 2017. (AFP/Ahmad Gharabli)
July 23, 2017, 1:23 am
UN Security Council to discuss escalation in violence Monday
EU calls on Israel and Jordan to work together to 'ensure security for all' in Jerusalem; Quartet urges 'maximum restraint'
By TOI staff and AFP
President Reuven Rivlin speaks during a ceremony for newly appointed judges at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, on July 20, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 22, 2017, 11:07 pm
Rivlin vows Israel will fight terror ‘without compromise’ after Halamish attack
President calls on international community to denounce attack, fight against incitement
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a Likud party meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, July 10, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 22, 2017, 9:07 pm
Netanyahu on Halamish killings: ‘An act of terror by a human animal filled with hatred’
At settlement where three family members were stabbed to death on Friday night, leaders vow continued growth
By TOI staff
MK Tzachi Hanegbi during a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on March 15, 2016 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 22, 2017, 8:17 pm
Palestinians are leading themselves to a new ‘catastrophe,’ minister warns
Tzachi Hanegbi says the Palestinians are deluding themselves in new violence against the Jews, just as they did in 1948 and 1967, insists Israel will not back down
By TOI staff
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman (center) walks before IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot (4th left) as they visit the site of a terror attack in the settlement of Halamish, July 22, 2017 (Ariel Hermoni/Ministry of Defense via Flash90)
July 22, 2017, 3:19 pm
Liberman: Abbas must immediately condemn Halamish ‘slaughter’
Defense minister visits scene of Friday terror attack, says perpetrator Omar al-Abed's home will be razed; army raids Abed's village, arrests his brother
By TOI staff
Palestinians run away from tear gas thrown by police officers outside Jerusalem's Old City, Friday, July 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
July 22, 2017, 2:25 pm
Israeli leaders can still contain Temple Mount crisis, but require political courage
The escalating violence brings to mind the events of September 2000, after opposition leader Sharon visited the Mount, but with a few significant differences
By Avi Issacharoff
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas gives a speech during a meeting of Palestinian leadership in the West Bank city of Ramallah on July 21, 2017, during which he announced freezing all contacts with Israel. (AFP/Abbas Momani)
July 22, 2017, 11:21 am
Fatah says ‘campaign for Jerusalem has begun’
PA ruling party calls for ongoing struggle 'to take control of Al-Aqsa' and defeat 'racist Israeli plot' on Temple Mount
By TOI staff
Masked Palestinian protesters throw stones towards Israeli police during clashes in the Shuafat neighborhood in East Jerusalem. July 3, 2014. (photo credit: Sliman Khader/FLASH90)
July 21, 2017, 11:57 pm
State Department says settlements, ‘lack of hope’ drive Palestinian violence
Annual US report on terrorism claims various Israeli policies spur Palestinian extremism, while PA has taken 'significant steps' to mitigate terror
By Eric Cortellessa
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