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A lion cub recovered from the yard of a home in the West Bank Palestinian town of Abu Dis, July 26, 2025. (Israel Nature and Parks Authority)
July 26, 2025, 10:57 am
Lion cub found chained in yard during police sweep in West Bank Palestinian town
Nature and Parks Authority says animal is thin but has no external injuries; cub in Abu Dis is 6th to be found amid months-long operation against illegal wildlife trade
By ToI Staff
A picture taken on June 3, 2021, shows Israel's security barrier separating East Jerusalem (bottom) from the Palestinian village of Abu Dis in the West Bank. (AFP / Thomas COEX)
September 12, 2023, 6:12 am
US, EU condemn plan for Jewish enclave in Palestinian Abu Dis
Washington says project undermines two-state solution, which US looks to advance via Saudi deal; municipal panel meets to approve plan as top Biden official arrives in Israel
By Jacob Magid
A general view of the security barrier and the town of Abu Dis, just outside Jerusalem. February 02, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
May 22, 2023, 7:45 am
Jerusalem planners give initial approval to Jewish enclave in Palestinian Abu Dis
Jerusalem committee gives first okay for proposal, advanced by the city together with right-wing groups, to build 400 new homes for Jewish residents in Palestinian town
By Shalom Yerushalmi
Horses walk in a farm belonging to a Palestinian family in Umm Tuba, with the Jewish neighborhood of Har Homa visible in the background, Thursday, February 23, 2023. (AP/Mahmoud Illean)
March 28, 2023, 8:33 pm
Jerusalem pushing plans for new Jewish enclaves inside Palestinian neighborhoods
Some 2,000 housing units in Abu Dis, Umm Tuba and Ras-al-Amoud, as well as a proposal for a new neighborhood, are being advanced by the city together with right-wing groups
By Shalom Yerushalmi
Yamen Nafiz Jaffal, 16, who was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers near Abu Dis on Sunday, March 6, 2022. The army accused him of throwing Molotov cocktails at a military post. (Courtesy)
March 7, 2022, 1:03 am
Palestinian, 16, killed by IDF in West Bank when throwing firebombs, army says
PA identifies alleged attacker as 16-year-old Yamen Nafiz Jaffal, the sixth Palestinian killed in violent altercations with Israeli soldiers in the past two weeks
By Aaron Boxerman
US President Joe Biden (right) meets with then-prime minister Naftali Bennett in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 27, 2021. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP)
September 28, 2021, 12:16 pm
Bennett suggested Biden reopen consulate in Ramallah or Abu Dis, US said no
PM touts plan similar to that previously proposed by predecessor Netanyahu, but White House demurs
By Shalom Yerushalmi
Ahmed Erekat. (Courtesy)
July 3, 2020, 4:29 pm
Ahmad Erekat’s family petitions High Court for body of alleged checkpoint rammer
Father says ‘political considerations’ led to Israeli reversal on returning remains of man shot after suspected attack, days after Gantz said to back keeping terrorists’ bodies
By Aaron Boxerman
Shani Orr Hama Kadosh, a Border Police officer who was injured in a suspected ramming attack on June 23, 2020, describes the incident in an interview the following day. (Screenshot/Channel 13)
June 25, 2020, 7:43 am
‘He looked me in the eye and turned the wheel,’ says cop hurt in alleged ramming
Shani Orr Hama Kadosh stresses incident was deliberate after questions raised about West Bank shooting
By ToI Staff
The scene of an alleged car-ramming attempt at a West Bank checkpoint near Abu Dis, east of Jerusalem, June 23, 2020. (Musa Al Shaer/AFP)
June 24, 2020, 5:04 pm
Amid questions over shooting, police release video of driver ramming checkpoint
Border Police push back on charges that Ahmad Erekat was killed without cause; in 2nd video family says is months old, Erekat vows he is ‘no snitch’ for Israel
By Alexander Fulbright and Aaron Boxerman
Ahmed Erekat. (Courtesy)
June 24, 2020, 1:06 am
PLO’s Erekat says cop ‘executed’ cousin en route to pick up sister for wedding
Top Palestinian official refutes Border Police account that 27-year-old sought to run over officer at checkpoint, says victim was supposed to get married himself next week
By Jacob Magid
Illustrative: Palestinian protesters use slingshots to throw stones towards Israeli soldiers during clashes with Israeli troops near the settlement of Bet El November 13, 2015. (FLASH90)
June 24, 2020, 12:37 am
Troops open fire on Palestinians throwing fire bombs near settlement, 1 hurt
Wounded man taken for treatment, IDF says a second person was arrested and searches were on for several others near Beit El, north of Ramallah
By ToI Staff
The scene of an alleged car-ramming attempt at a West Bank checkpoint near Abu Dis, east of Jerusalem, June 23, 2020. (Musa Al Shaer/AFP)
June 23, 2020, 5:54 pm
Driver tries to ram cops near Jerusalem, is shot and killed — police
Authorities say man drove into Border Police officers at checkpoint near Abu Dis in apparently deliberate attack, one officer lightly injured
By ToI Staff
Illustrative. Israeli soldiers take part in operations in the West Bank. (Israel Defense Forces)
May 16, 2020, 1:14 am
3 Palestinians attempt attack on army post near Jerusalem, are hit by IDF fire
No injuries to Israeli soldiers in incident in Abu Dis; comes amid heightened tensions in West Bank following killing of infantryman on Tuesday
By ToI Staff
Mayor Ahmad Abu Hilal standing on a building next to the security barrier in Abu Dis on February 3, 2020. (Adam Rasgon/Times of Israel)
February 5, 2020, 6:11 am
In Abu Dis, the notion of becoming capital of Palestine is deemed ‘preposterous’
Mayor of neighborhood on Jerusalem outskirts says Trump proposal makes no practical sense; activist worried by plan’s ambiguity on fate of residents living beyond security barrier
By Adam Rasgon
This September 30, 2018 photo shows a general view of the area near the West Bank town of Abu Dis and al-Eizariya to which the Bedouin villagers of Khan al-Ahmar are slated to be evacuated. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
October 24, 2018, 5:54 pm
IDF to investigate soldier who reportedly threw rocks at journalists
Reporters from Haaretz say they were attacked while documenting proposed site designated for residents to be evacuated from Bedouin hamlet of Khan al-Ahmar
By ToI Staff
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