April 21, 2014
4:57 am

Iftach Grady (photo credit: Iftach Grady, Facebook)

19-year-old stabbed to death outside nightclub

Iftach Grady of Givatayim killed during fight in Ra’anana, police arrest suspects

By Yifa Yaakov

April 21, 2014
2:00 am

The northern Israeli city of Yokneam, in the lower Galilee. (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)

Arab Israeli complains of Galilee price tag attack

Villager says tires slashed, star of David painted on his car while parked in northern Israeli city

By Yifa Yaakov

April 15, 2014
11:35 pm

Baruch Mizrahi, who was killed in a shooting attack outside Hebron on Passover eve, Monday, April 14, 2014 (photo credit: courtesy)

West Bank shooting victim named as Baruch Mizrahi, 47

Father of 5 killed in terror attack near Hebron was top police intelligence and crime officer, previously served in IDF intelligence force

By Yifa Yaakov

April 15, 2014
8:41 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, March 19, 2014. (Photo credit: Flash90)

Netanyahu blasts PA for failing to condemn deadly shooting

PM says Palestinian incitement to blame for ‘reprehensible’ Passover eve attack that left a father of 5 dead

By Yifa Yaakov

April 15, 2014
6:07 pm

Israeli troops on alert in the West Bank following a fatal shooting attack on Passover eve on Route 35, near Hebron, Tuesday, April 15, 2014. (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

Plot to stab soldier thwarted in West Bank

As search for Hebron shooter continues, Palestinian arrested near Nablus on suspicion of trying to knife guard

By Yifa Yaakov and AP

April 15, 2014
6:34 am

Illustrative photo of an Iranian warship in the Strait of Hormuz (photo credit: Alex Hicks, Wikimedia Commons)

Iran equips destroyers with anti-ship missiles

Advanced Ghadir cruise systems installed on warships, Iran’s navy chief says

By Yifa Yaakov

April 9, 2014
2:17 pm

Tourists in front of the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City in May 2012. (photo credit: Uri Lenz / Flash 90)

Jerusalem touted by top travel site

TripAdvisor lists the Israeli capital in 4th place among 10 ‘destinations on the rise’

By Stuart Winer and Yifa Yaakov

April 9, 2014
10:41 am

A masked Jewish settler swings a slingshot as he stands near the West Bank Jewish settlement of Yitzhar, on May 19, 2013. (photo credit: Mendy Hechtman/Flash90)

Teen arrested in Yitzhar for stoning police

Security forces detain 16-year-old for throwing rocks at cops in latest incident at hard-line settlement

By Stuart Winer and Yifa Yaakov

April 9, 2014
12:18 am

Shuafat, in northern Jerusalem, as viewed from the air. (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

Arab youth says Israeli cops beat, harassed him

Police to probe mobile phone footage of officers slapping East Jerusalem resident, slamming car door into him

By Yifa Yaakov

April 8, 2014
11:42 pm

Lydia Labuschagne. (photo credit: Facebook)

South African tourist’s organs save 5 Israeli lives

‘My sister would have really wanted this to happen,’ says brother of Lydia Labuschagne, who died of allergic reaction to sesame

By Yifa Yaakov

April 8, 2014
7:38 pm

A file photo of Palestinian ambassador to the Czech Republic Jamel Al-Jamal, who was killed in an explosion in his residence in Prague-Suchdol, Thursday, January 1, 2014 (photo credit: AP/CTK, Krumphanzl Michal)

‘Palestinian Prague envoy was killed by booby-trap bombs in books’

Trying to put house in order, ambassador leafed through books containing decades-old Semtex devices, paper says

By Yifa Yaakov

April 8, 2014
6:58 pm

The sun sets over the West Bank outpost of Yitzhar, May 19, 2013. (photo credit: Mandy Hechtman/Flash90)

IDF troops stood by as settlers wrecked their camp

Reservists were overwhelmed by ‘incensed’ mob that attacked IDF HQ at Yitzhar Tuesday morning, probe reveals

By Yifa Yaakov

April 6, 2014
11:15 pm

Hungarian far-right Jobbik party leader Gabor Vona waits to cast his ballot at a local polling station in Gyongyos, Hungary, Sunday, April 6, 2014. (photo credit: Attila Kisbenedek/AFP)

Far-right Jobbik gains ground in early Hungary poll results

‘A dark day and a wake up call for Europe,’ says Jewish leader as ‘xenophobic, unashamedly neo-Nazi’ party surges

By AFP and Yifa Yaakov

April 6, 2014
10:47 pm

Saeb Erekat (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90/File)

Sides are trying to save peace talks, PA negotiator says

Saeb Erekat tells Israeli TV that negotiations will ‘crash’ unless Netanyahu negotiates based on 1967 borders

By Yifa Yaakov

April 6, 2014
7:55 pm

Protesters throw rocks at supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood in the Nasr City district in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Nov. 22, 2013 (photo credit: AP/El-Shorouk newspaper, Sabry Khaled)

Brotherhood warns UK of violence over terror probe

Islamist movement says ban will put Britain at greater risk of attacks by alienating, radicalizing moderates

By Yifa Yaakov

Writer: Yifa Yaakov

Yifa Yaakov is a breaking news editor at The Times of Israel.

19-year-old stabbed to death outside nightclub

Iftach Grady of Givatayim killed during fight in Ra’anana, police arrest suspects

Arab Israeli complains of Galilee price tag attack

Villager says tires slashed, star of David painted on his car while parked in northern Israeli city

West Bank shooting victim named as Baruch Mizrahi, 47

Father of 5 killed in terror attack near Hebron was top police intelligence and crime officer, previously served in IDF intelligence force

Netanyahu blasts PA for failing to condemn deadly shooting

PM says Palestinian incitement to blame for ‘reprehensible’ Passover eve attack that left a father of 5 dead

Plot to stab soldier thwarted in West Bank

As search for Hebron shooter continues, Palestinian arrested near Nablus on suspicion of trying to knife guard

Iran equips destroyers with anti-ship missiles

Advanced Ghadir cruise systems installed on warships, Iran’s navy chief says

Jerusalem touted by top travel site

TripAdvisor lists the Israeli capital in 4th place among 10 ‘destinations on the rise’

Teen arrested in Yitzhar for stoning police

Security forces detain 16-year-old for throwing rocks at cops in latest incident at hard-line settlement

Arab youth says Israeli cops beat, harassed him

Police to probe mobile phone footage of officers slapping East Jerusalem resident, slamming car door into him

South African tourist’s organs save 5 Israeli lives

‘My sister would have really wanted this to happen,’ says brother of Lydia Labuschagne, who died of allergic reaction to sesame

‘Palestinian Prague envoy was killed by booby-trap bombs in books’

Trying to put house in order, ambassador leafed through books containing decades-old Semtex devices, paper says

IDF troops stood by as settlers wrecked their camp

Reservists were overwhelmed by ‘incensed’ mob that attacked IDF HQ at Yitzhar Tuesday morning, probe reveals

Far-right Jobbik gains ground in early Hungary poll results

‘A dark day and a wake up call for Europe,’ says Jewish leader as ‘xenophobic, unashamedly neo-Nazi’ party surges

Sides are trying to save peace talks, PA negotiator says

Saeb Erekat tells Israeli TV that negotiations will ‘crash’ unless Netanyahu negotiates based on 1967 borders

Brotherhood warns UK of violence over terror probe

Islamist movement says ban will put Britain at greater risk of attacks by alienating, radicalizing moderates

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