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Jewish Home MK Bezalel Smotrich speaks during an Interior Affairs committee meeting at the Knesset, January 1, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
December 14, 2018, 12:00 pm
In coalition ultimatum, hawkish faction demands more roadblocks for Palestinians
Far-right Tekumah lawmakers threaten to topple government if their demands — which also include full services to illegal outposts — aren’t met
By Michael Bachner and Jacob Magid
In this photo from June 9, 2018, US President Donald Trump speaks as he leaves the G7 summit in La Malbaie, Quebec. (Lars Hagberg / AFP)
December 14, 2018, 10:56 am
Trump’s search for a new chief of staff has reality TV feel
List of potential candidates for senior White House post continues to grow, as reports say US president’s son-in-law Kushner now being considered
By Catherine Lucey and Jonathan Lemire
Illustrative: Israeli soldiers guard the scene of a terrorist shooting attack near Givat Assaf, in the central West Bank, on December 13, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
December 14, 2018, 10:02 am
Palestinian seriously wounds soldier in West Bank attack before fleeing
Army launches search for assailant near Beit El settlement, says serviceman taken to hospital with stab wounds, severe head injury
By Judah Ari Gross and TOI staff
Road blocks in the West Bank following a terror attack where two Israeli soldiers were shot by Palestinian terrorists, and two more seriously injured, December 13, 2018. (Gershon Elinson/FLASH90)
December 14, 2018, 9:51 am
The coming storm: 8 things to know for December 14
Thursday’s deadly attack in the West Bank underlines warnings about the flammability of the West Bank, but responses don’t come without controversy
By Joshua Davidovich
US comedian Leah Forster. (Courtesy of Forster via JTA)
December 14, 2018, 9:46 am
Kosher certifying body admits it warned eatery against hosting lesbian comedian
After initially denying it made threat, Vaad Harabanim of Flatbush says it rejects discrimination based on sexual orientation; Leah Forster hails ‘huge win’
By Josefin Dolsten
Israeli soldiers, medical officials and police inspect the scene of a terrorist shooting attack near Givat Assaf, in the central West Bank, on December 13, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
December 14, 2018, 9:33 am
Soldier wounded in West Bank terror shooting continues to fight for his life
Serviceman undergoes emergency surgery for serious gunshot wound to head; condition of civilian injured in the shooting improves, along with victims of other attacks
By TOI staff
Israeli soldiers carry out searches for terror suspects in the West Bank on December 14, 2018. (Israel Defense Forces)
December 14, 2018, 8:02 am
Israel continues manhunt, braces for violence as Hamas calls for ‘day of rage’
Army arrests 40 Palestinians during raids in West Bank overnight during searches for terrorists behind Thursday’s deadly shooting
By TOI staff and Agencies
Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers. (Courtesy Professional Staff Congress/via JTA)
December 14, 2018, 7:40 am
American Federation of Teachers building defaced with anti-Semitic graffiti
‘I want Jexit!’ spray-painted on headquarters of US union, whose head Randi Weingarten says incident will ‘mobilize us to come together’
By Ron Kampeas
Newly elected leader of Australia's Liberal Party, Scott Morrison addresses media at a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, August 24, 2018. (Lukas Coch/AAP Image via AP)
December 14, 2018, 5:52 am
Australia may recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital on Saturday — report
Officials say announcement will be made on Shabbat, as Canberra warns citizens to take care while traveling in neighboring Muslim-majority Indonesia
By AFP and TOI staff
Right-wing Israelis attend a demonstration outside the prime minister's residence in Jerusalem, December 13, 2018 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 14, 2018, 5:00 am
Crowd chants for Netanyahu to resign as 1,000 protest outside PM’s residence
Amid terror wave, some demonstrators burn pictures of PA head Abbas; settler leader tells crowd he doesn’t want PM to step down, but to ‘crush the terrorist authority’
By TOI staff
In this 2001 photo, Alter Wiener, born in 1926, holds up a photo of himself taken in July 1945, two months after he was liberated from a Nazi death camp, in his apartment in Aloha, Oregon. (Benjamin Brink/The Oregonian via AP)
December 14, 2018, 3:38 am
Holocaust survivor, who told his story to thousands, killed by car in Oregon
Alter Wiener recently appeared before lawmakers to press for mandatory statewide curriculum standards requiring teachers to educate students about the Holocaust and genocide
By AP
In this July 25, 2017 file photo, White House Senior Adviser and envoy, Jared Kushner, listens at right as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
December 14, 2018, 2:51 am
Trump said to be considering son-in-law Kushner for chief of staff role
Senior adviser tasked with administration’s plans for Middle East peace reportedly eyed for key White House role, as US president scrambles to find replacement for Kelly
By Agencies and TOI staff
Heather Booth, executive director, Americans for Financial Reform, at podium, cheers during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 15, 2010, to discuss financial reform legislation. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
December 14, 2018, 2:33 am
The Jewish backstory of the radical gang from Chicago’s Women’s Liberation Union
Four feminist icons — Heather Booth, Amy Kesselman, Vivian Rothstein and Naomi Weisstein — are about to get fresh groupies with the publication of Joyce Antler’s new book
By Penny Schwartz
Chaim Silberstein speaks outside the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem at a right-wing rally protesting the government's response to recent terror attacks in the West Bank, on December 13, 2018. (Screen capture: Twitter)
December 14, 2018, 1:59 am
Grandfather of baby who died after attack demands tough government response
At right-wing rally outside prime minister’s residence, Chaim Silberstein calls for action to prevent future terrorism and for a settlement to be founded in his grandson’s memory
By TOI staff
Natalie Portman arrives at Variety's Power of Women event on Oct. 12, 2018, at the Beverly Wilshire hotel in Beverly Hills, California (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
December 14, 2018, 1:45 am
Natalie Portman slams Israel’s nation-state law as ‘racist’
Jerusalem-born actress tells BBC’s Arabic channel she disagrees with legislation, which enshrines Israel as Jewish homeland, does not specify equal rights for all citizens
By Josefin Dolsten
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