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Topic: security barrier

May 14, 2013
12:47 pm

A portion of the security barrier under construction near Jerusalem (photo credit: Noam Moskowitz/Flash90)

Dutch won’t prosecute company in Israeli fence case

Palestinian group had sought war crimes charges for firm that rented equipment used to construct the West Bank security barrier

By Mike Corder

April 21, 2013
2:08 pm

Palestinians hold first Bethlehem marathon

Israelis not invited to participate; some runners sport T-shirts honoring Boston bombing victims

April 19, 2013
2:10 pm

Not flying for a while? Israeli airlines threaten to strike, starting on Sunday, over the EU 'Open Skies' agreement (photo credit: Moshe Shai/Flash90)

The not-so friendly skies

Israeli airlines threaten to strike on Sunday; IDF reservists win a battle for their wallets

By Yossi Nachemi

March 22, 2013
1:03 am

An ultra-Orthodox man within the heavily fortified space of Rachel's Tomb (photo credit: Sege Attal/Flash 90)

On Obama’s path to Bethlehem, a harshly fortified shrine

Rachel’s Tomb, perhaps the second-holiest place of worship in Judaism, is isolated, enclosed and frequently under siege

By Mitch Ginsburg

March 19, 2013
9:46 pm

A flustered 'Barack Obama' is frustrated by delays in getting to Ramallah, in a spoof video (photo credit: screen capture YouTube)

Palestinian video spoofs ‘Obama’

Palestinian song mocks US efforts to establish Palestinian state, US support for Israel

By Times of Israel staff

March 9, 2013
9:55 am

Members of Yachad tour the West Bank hills near Hebron. Britian's Zionist Federation recently rejected the group's membership application. (Courtesy of Yachad)

Left-wing Zionist group’s rejection ignites UK debate

A popular backlash follows a decision by the Jewish establishment not to recognize a new organization with liberal views on Israel

By Miriam Shaviv

January 29, 2013
12:22 am

Sunday Times cartoon depicting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu building a wall over Palestinians using blood for mortar (screenshot: The Sunday Times.co.uk)

Rupert Murdoch apologizes for Netanyahu cartoon

Sunday Times owner tweets ‘we owe (a) major apology for (the) grotesque, offensive cartoon’

January 16, 2013
10:28 am

The unregulated buildings of the Kufr Aqab neighborhood of Jerusalem, with the security barrier in the foreground (photo credit: AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Beyond the security barrier, building is booming

Jerusalem’s Kufr Aqab neighborhood, which is inside city limits, is a wild west of unregulated construction

By Karin Laub

January 15, 2013
3:13 pm

An illustrative photo of an activist painting graffiti on the security barrier during a protest near the Qalandiya checkpoint between Ramallah and Jerusalem. (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

Palestinian teen shot and killed near security barrier

Army says fire was in response to an attempt to infiltrate and damage the fence outside Ramallah

By Michal Shmulovich

January 6, 2013
11:35 pm

Qalqilyah, seen behind the West Bank security barrier, in 2009. (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

Qalqilya residents blame security barrier for flood damage

Water from weekend rains said unable to drain away from lands because of concrete section of wall abutting farmlands

By Ilan Ben Zion

September 12, 2012
9:00 pm

Israeli soldiers stand guard on Tuesday as Eritrean asylum seekers sit on the ground behind a border fence, after they attempted to cross illegally from Egypt into Israel. (photo credit: AP/Ariel Schalit)

New testimony shows Eritreans pleaded with Israel to not be forced back into Egypt

Maariv reports that accounts of migrants stuck at the border, given by 3 Eritreans let into Israel, contradict claims government made last week

By Michal Shmulovich

September 6, 2012
6:50 pm

Israel allows in two women, one youth stuck on Sinai border

After eight days camped out on the border with Egypt, three of 21 stranded Eritreans given permission to come in

By Yifa Yaakov and Times of Israel staff

September 6, 2012
11:23 am

Doctors barred from accessing Eritreans stuck between Egypt and Israel

Advocacy group ‘We Are Refugees’ petitions High Court to allow asylum seekers to enter; second hearing set for Sunday

By Michal Shmulovich and Yoel Goldman

September 6, 2012
7:15 am

High Court to hear petition on behalf of Eritreans stuck between Egypt and Israel

Advocacy group ‘We Are Refugees’ seeks order granting asylum seekers entry into country

By Michal Shmulovich and Yoel Goldman

September 5, 2012
3:06 pm

Dozens of African migrants cross into southern Israel through the border with Egypt in 2010. (photo credit: AP/Assaf Golan)

Eritreans stuck at Egyptian border won’t be allowed in, interior minister says

20 migrants, caught between two sets of barriers, left in sun for six days

By Michal Shmulovich

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The Times of Israel

The one-stop news site
covering Israel, the region and
the Jewish people worldwide

Founding editor:
David Horovitz

Fair, fresh and fast

The Jewish world's
fastest-growing
news site

Topic: security barrier

Dutch won’t prosecute company in Israeli fence case

Palestinian group had sought war crimes charges for firm that rented equipment used to construct the West Bank security barrier

Palestinians hold first Bethlehem marathon

Israelis not invited to participate; some runners sport T-shirts honoring Boston bombing victims

The not-so friendly skies

Israeli airlines threaten to strike on Sunday; IDF reservists win a battle for their wallets

On Obama’s path to Bethlehem, a harshly fortified shrine

Rachel’s Tomb, perhaps the second-holiest place of worship in Judaism, is isolated, enclosed and frequently under siege

Palestinian video spoofs ‘Obama’

Palestinian song mocks US efforts to establish Palestinian state, US support for Israel

Left-wing Zionist group’s rejection ignites UK debate

A popular backlash follows a decision by the Jewish establishment not to recognize a new organization with liberal views on Israel

Rupert Murdoch apologizes for Netanyahu cartoon

Sunday Times owner tweets ‘we owe (a) major apology for (the) grotesque, offensive cartoon’

Beyond the security barrier, building is booming

Jerusalem’s Kufr Aqab neighborhood, which is inside city limits, is a wild west of unregulated construction

Palestinian teen shot and killed near security barrier

Army says fire was in response to an attempt to infiltrate and damage the fence outside Ramallah

Qalqilya residents blame security barrier for flood damage

Water from weekend rains said unable to drain away from lands because of concrete section of wall abutting farmlands

New testimony shows Eritreans pleaded with Israel to not be forced back into Egypt

Maariv reports that accounts of migrants stuck at the border, given by 3 Eritreans let into Israel, contradict claims government made last week

Israel allows in two women, one youth stuck on Sinai border

After eight days camped out on the border with Egypt, three of 21 stranded Eritreans given permission to come in

Doctors barred from accessing Eritreans stuck between Egypt and Israel

Advocacy group ‘We Are Refugees’ petitions High Court to allow asylum seekers to enter; second hearing set for Sunday

High Court to hear petition on behalf of Eritreans stuck between Egypt and Israel

Advocacy group ‘We Are Refugees’ seeks order granting asylum seekers entry into country

Eritreans stuck at Egyptian border won’t be allowed in, interior minister says

20 migrants, caught between two sets of barriers, left in sun for six days

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