The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/operation-defensive-shield/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Tue, 09 Jun 2026 10:04:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Operation Defensive Shield | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/operation-defensive-shield/ 32 32 Supreme Court rejects ‘Jenin, Jenin’ filmmaker’s appeal, upholds ban on screenings https://www.timesofisrael.com/supreme-court-rejects-jenin-jenin-filmmakers-appeal-upholds-ban-on-screenings/ Thu, 24 Nov 2022 01:36:47 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2881370 Top court orders director Mohammad Bakri to pay damages to IDF officer and holds him responsible for slanderous film's distribution on YouTube and screenings in Israel

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]]> Twenty years after Defensive Shield, Israel struggles to contain latest terror wave https://www.timesofisrael.com/twenty-years-after-defensive-shield-israel-struggles-to-contain-latest-terror-wave/ Fri, 08 Apr 2022 08:33:09 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2737055 As IDF marked anniversary of landmark success against Palestinian militants, Israelis were gunned down in Bnei Brak. Is Israel learning the right lessons?

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]]> 3 days in March: How the 2nd Intifada’s bloodiest hours seeded today’s Middle East https://www.timesofisrael.com/3-days-in-march-how-the-2nd-intifadas-bloodiest-hours-seeded-todays-middle-east/ Wed, 23 Feb 2022 02:15:18 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2697828 In 'Death Tango,' ex-Mossad man and strategic analyst Yossi Alpher reflects on consecutive events during Second Intifada that he says doomed the peace process, possibly for good

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]]> ‘Jenin, Jenin’ screenings banned in Israel as court orders damages for soldier https://www.timesofisrael.com/jenin-jenin-screenings-banned-in-israel-as-court-orders-damages-for-soldier/ Tue, 12 Jan 2021 09:34:37 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2466937&preview=true&preview_id=2466937 Judge accuses director of failing to investigate claims in widely discredited 2002 documentary that falsely alleged the IDF carried out a massacre in the West Bank

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]]> AG to assist in defamation suit against ‘Jenin, Jenin’ director https://www.timesofisrael.com/ag-to-assist-in-defamation-suit-against-jenin-jenin-director/ Wed, 20 Dec 2017 16:26:02 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1754854 Reservist officer sues Mohammad Barki for NIS 2.6m over widely discredited 2002 documentary that alleged the IDF carried out a massacre during Operation Defensive Shield

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]]> Britain’s oldest MP, Jewish and vociferously anti-Israel, dies aged 86 https://www.timesofisrael.com/britains-oldest-mp-jewish-and-vociferously-anti-israel-dies-aged-86/ Mon, 27 Feb 2017 01:12:01 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1569500 Gerald Kaufman, who served 47 years in Parliament, urged sanctions against Israel and compared IDF troops to Nazis

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]]> Terrorism: Stop the mud-slinging, fight the war https://www.timesofisrael.com/terrorism-stop-the-mud-slinging-fight-the-war/ Mon, 13 Jun 2016 16:27:26 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1408993 Op-ed: After Orlando, we can spend the next few weeks venting our fears and frustrations. Or we can get serious about thwarting death cult extremism

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]]> Bennett: I’ll keep backing IDF operations in entire West Bank https://www.timesofisrael.com/bennett-ill-keep-backing-idf-operations-in-entire-west-bank/ Thu, 28 Apr 2016 14:56:04 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1383522 Education minister and Jewish Home chair says threat of dismissal won't alter his support for full access, including PA-run areas

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]]> PM: Today’s counter-terrorism akin to IDF’s major intifada campaign https://www.timesofisrael.com/pm-todays-counter-terrorism-akin-to-idfs-major-intifada-campaign/ Sun, 10 Apr 2016 18:43:42 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1373345 'We are acting against terror hotbeds,' Netanyahu says, drawing parallel to 2002's Operation Defensive Shield

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]]> Why the West Bank refugee camps refuse to join the Third Intifada https://www.timesofisrael.com/why-the-west-bank-refugee-camps-refuse-to-join-the-third-intifada/ Fri, 15 Jan 2016 08:08:14 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1321770 In Jenin and Balata, they're waiting for a one-state solution... or for Islamic State

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]]> Hamas rocked by dispute over links with Islamic State, and a host of other frictions https://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-rocked-by-dispute-over-links-with-islamic-state-and-a-host-of-other-frictions/ Sat, 12 Dec 2015 17:07:26 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1301270 Gaza's terrorist rulers are short of funds, worried by Israeli intelligence successes, torn over how to interact with Iran and the PA

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]]> Israel to build high-tech fence to stem Hebron-based terror https://www.timesofisrael.com/yaalon-vows-to-build-smart-fence-in-south-west-bank/ Thu, 26 Nov 2015 01:47:06 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com?p=1291417&preview_id=1291417 Defense minister says new barrier in southern West Bank will help prevent illegal crossings within a year; rules out massive military op to stop violence

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]]> More crackdowns are just more of the same https://www.timesofisrael.com/more-crackdowns-are-just-more-of-the-same/ Tue, 24 Nov 2015 12:15:11 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1289684 Security forces continue to expand operations in the West Bank, but without substantive change, terror will continue

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]]> One IDF officer’s quest to teach his tanks how to turn on a dime https://www.timesofisrael.com/one-idf-officers-quest-to-teach-his-tanks-how-to-turn-on-a-dime/ Sun, 01 Nov 2015 09:52:12 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1275084 Col. Nir Ben-David says he wants his troops to become 'experts in switching between different situations,' and warns Palestinians not to 'wake the lion'

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]]> Senior minister threatens major West Bank crackdown https://www.timesofisrael.com/senior-minister-threatens-major-west-bank-crackdown/ Sun, 04 Oct 2015 09:49:06 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1260320 Amid uptick in violence, sources warn of 'Defensive Shield 2,' refering to massive 2002 anti-terror operation; closure on East Jerusalem Arab neighborhoods possible

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