April 19, 2014
12:48 am

Illustrative photo of the Kesher Israel Synagogue in Washington, DC (photo credit: AgnosticPreachersKid/Wikimedia Commons)

Synagogues urged to adopt new security measures

In wake of KC shootings, letter from Young Israel urges heightened awareness of suspicious individualsm packages

By Times of Israel staff

April 18, 2014
2:19 pm

Justice Minister and chief negotiator Tzipi Livni (second from left), Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat (second from right), Yitzhak Molcho, an adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and Mohammed Shtayyeh, aide to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (right), are seated across from Secretary of State John Kerry (not pictured), at an Iftar dinner at the State Department in Washington, July 29, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Charles Dharapak)

Israelis, Palestinians to hold separate talks with US envoy

Indyk meets with Erekat in Jericho; Netanyahu reportedly refuses to free, deport Israeli Arab prisoners

By AFP and Times of Israel staff

April 18, 2014
1:39 pm

In this 2003 photo released by the Fundación Nuevo Periodismo Iberoamericano (FNPI), Colombian Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez (left), is seen in Monterrey, Mexico, with Colombian journalist Jose Salgar. (photo credit: AP/Andres Reyes, FNPI)

World ‘a poorer place’ without García Márquez, Peres says

President eulogizes Nobel Prize-winning author, says his memory will be an ‘encouraging prayer’ for peace

By Times of Israel staff and AP

April 18, 2014
12:28 pm

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani attends a joint press conference with his Azeri counterpart Ilham Aliyev, after their meeting in Tehran, Iran, on April 9, 2014. (photo credit: AP/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Rouhani talks peace, outreach at army parade

‘We are not after war,’ Iranian president says, but warns that the Islamic Republic will crush any aggressors

By AP and Times of Israel staff

April 18, 2014
9:21 am

People take part in water battles in Bangkok as they celebrate Songkran, the festival that marks Thailand's New Year, on April 13, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/Christophe Archambault)

Lebanese man cops to Thai terror plot against Israelis

One of two suspected Hezbollah members nabbed in Bangkok this week admits to planned Bangkok bombing on Thai New Year, Passover

By Times of Israel staff and Aron Dónzis

April 18, 2014
8:43 am

Arab Israeli men stand next to graffiti reading in Hebrew "Arabs Out" on the wall of a mosque in the northern Israeli city of Umm al-Faham on April 18, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/ JACK GUEZ)

Vandals attack mosque in northern Israel

‘Arabs out’ spray-painted on wall of house of worship in Umm al-Fahm in suspected ‘Price Tag’ attack

By Times of Israel staff

April 17, 2014
10:48 pm

Balal Abdullah is brought to the gallows, April 15, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/Arash Khamooshi/ISNA)

With the noose around his neck, Iranian killer pardoned by victim’s mother

Parents choose to spare convicted murderer moments before he was to be hanged

By Times of Israel staff

April 17, 2014
10:03 pm

Israeli Arab journalist Majd Kayyal (screen capture: YouTube)

Journalist denies contact with foreign agents in Lebanon

Majd Kayyal, released to house arrest Thursday afternoon, is suspected of meeting with Hezbollah operatives

By Aron Dónzis and Times of Israel staff

April 17, 2014
6:43 pm

Crime boss Charlie Abutbul October 31, 2012. (photo credit: Yossi Zeliger/FLASH90)

Netanya crime boss found dead in his home

Police look at suicide as most likely cause in Charlie Abutbul’s death

By Times of Israel staff

April 17, 2014
4:34 pm

Police gather around the apartment building where Mohammed Merah barricaded himself in Toulouse in March 2012. (photo credit: AP/Bruno Martin)

Toulouse killer’s sister questioned

Police suspect Souad Merah blessed her brother Mohammed before his shooting attack in March 2012

By JTA and Times of Israel staff

April 17, 2014
4:09 pm

A Palestinian man holds up a portrait of a relative during a demonstration to mark Prisoners Day in Hebron, on April 17, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/Hazem Bader)

Palestinians clash with IDF in Hebron over prisoners

Dozens of demonstrators hurl rocks at soldiers, who respond with tear gas and stun grenades

By AFP and Times of Israel staff

April 17, 2014
1:49 pm

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas meets with Israeli MK Hilik Bar in the West Bank city of Ramallah on April 16, 2014. (Photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

Abbas wants next stage of talks to focus on borders of ‘Palestine’

Israeli-Palestinian teams to meet Thursday with US envoy Indyk in latest bid to agree terms for extending negotiations

By Lazar Berman and Times of Israel staff

April 17, 2014
3:54 am

Abu Isa al-Andalus, a rebel fighter in Syria claimed to have once played for the Arsenal soccer club in England (screen capture: YouTube)

‘Arsenal player’ in Syria video IDed

British intelligence identifies ‘Abu Isa al-Andalus’ as Portuguese Celso Rodrigues Da Costa, after he calls others to join jihad

By Lazar Berman and Times of Israel staff

April 17, 2014
12:20 am

Palestinian rioters attack IDF position in Hebron

7 of the assailants reported injured

By JTA and Times of Israel staff

April 16, 2014
9:12 pm

Israeli police clash with Palestinians outside the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem on April 16, 2014. (photo credit: AFP PHOTO / AHMAD GHARABLI)

Israel: Palestinians stockpiling rocks inside al-Aqsa Mosque

After riots on Temple Mount, security officials quoted saying they will have to storm Jerusalem holy site

By Times of Israel staff

Writer: Times of Israel staff

Synagogues urged to adopt new security measures

In wake of KC shootings, letter from Young Israel urges heightened awareness of suspicious individualsm packages

Israelis, Palestinians to hold separate talks with US envoy

Indyk meets with Erekat in Jericho; Netanyahu reportedly refuses to free, deport Israeli Arab prisoners

World ‘a poorer place’ without García Márquez, Peres says

President eulogizes Nobel Prize-winning author, says his memory will be an ‘encouraging prayer’ for peace

Rouhani talks peace, outreach at army parade

‘We are not after war,’ Iranian president says, but warns that the Islamic Republic will crush any aggressors

Lebanese man cops to Thai terror plot against Israelis

One of two suspected Hezbollah members nabbed in Bangkok this week admits to planned Bangkok bombing on Thai New Year, Passover

Vandals attack mosque in northern Israel

‘Arabs out’ spray-painted on wall of house of worship in Umm al-Fahm in suspected ‘Price Tag’ attack

With the noose around his neck, Iranian killer pardoned by victim’s mother

Parents choose to spare convicted murderer moments before he was to be hanged

Journalist denies contact with foreign agents in Lebanon

Majd Kayyal, released to house arrest Thursday afternoon, is suspected of meeting with Hezbollah operatives

Netanya crime boss found dead in his home

Police look at suicide as most likely cause in Charlie Abutbul’s death

Toulouse killer’s sister questioned

Police suspect Souad Merah blessed her brother Mohammed before his shooting attack in March 2012

Palestinians clash with IDF in Hebron over prisoners

Dozens of demonstrators hurl rocks at soldiers, who respond with tear gas and stun grenades

Abbas wants next stage of talks to focus on borders of ‘Palestine’

Israeli-Palestinian teams to meet Thursday with US envoy Indyk in latest bid to agree terms for extending negotiations

‘Arsenal player’ in Syria video IDed

British intelligence identifies ‘Abu Isa al-Andalus’ as Portuguese Celso Rodrigues Da Costa, after he calls others to join jihad

Palestinian rioters attack IDF position in Hebron

7 of the assailants reported injured

Israel: Palestinians stockpiling rocks inside al-Aqsa Mosque

After riots on Temple Mount, security officials quoted saying they will have to storm Jerusalem holy site

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