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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with Israeli soldiers during his visit at the Northern Command base in Safed, December 11, 2018. (Basel Awidat/Flash90)
December 13, 2018, 8:53 pm
After terror attacks, Netanyahu threatens Hamas, vows to approve settler homes
No ceasefire in Gaza if fire in West Bank, PM says; will authorize thousands of settlement buildings and speed up demolition of terrorists’ homes
By Stuart Winer and TOI staff
Illustrative: Palestinian workers try to remove scrap iron from an illegal garbage dump near the West Bank city of Ramallah. October 27, 2011. (Issam Rimawi/FLASH90)
August 13, 2018, 6:59 pm
Israel said to nix German plan for garbage dump to be used only by Palestinians
Despite previous approval for landfill to serve Ramallah district, Environment Ministry reportedly now insists site must also be available to settlers
By TOI staff
Illustrative: IDF troops in a raid in the West Bank. (Israel Defense Forces)
March 11, 2018, 12:15 am
IDF soldiers come under fire near Ramallah
No casualties reported; troops searching area after several bullet shells found at scene in central West Bank
By Jacob Magid
Illustrative: Young Palestinians smoke hookahs and play cards at the Sultan coffee shop in the West Bank city of Ramallah, September 11, 2011. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
February 2, 2018, 6:32 am
Palestinian police arrest 12 teens for smoking hookah
Move part of a new PA policy enforcing ban on selling cigarettes and water pipes to minors
By Khaled Abu Toameh
File: Israeli soldiers in a West Bank village, on May 22, 2017, in Dayr Sharaf, west of Nablus. (AFP Photo/Jaafar Ashtiyeh)
May 22, 2017, 7:00 pm
Palestinians stop work in support of prison hunger strikers
Shops close throughout West Bank, East Jerusalem in general strike, which coincides with Trump visit
By AFP and TOI staff
Illustrative: IDF soldiers during an arrest raid in the central West Bank on February 23, 2017. (Israel Defense Forces)
May 14, 2017, 2:49 pm
IDF arrests alleged senior terror figure in overnight raid
Wife of Ahmad Qatamesh denies he has PFLP connections, says he was likely detained for supporting prisoners’ hunger strike
By TOI staff
Ahmed Attoun is escorted by police as he leaves the Jerusalem's Magistrate's Court on October 3 2011. (Sliman Khader/FLASH90)
April 12, 2017, 11:54 am
Israel arrests Hamas officials in West Bank raid
Ahmed Attoun joins 13 other Palestinian lawmakers in Israeli custody; spokesman for Gaza terror group also picked up near Ramallah
By TOI staff
Illustrative: A Palestinian youth waves the national flag as the IDF searches for smuggling tunnels at the border east of Gaza City on May 15, 2016, the 68th anniversary of the 'Nakba,' a reference to the birth of Israel in 1948. (AFP/Mahmud Hams)
May 15, 2016, 10:39 pm
Palestinians mark Nakba Day with sirens, marches
Clashes reported along Israel-Gaza border; right-wing Israeli protesters crash Tel Aviv event ‘to emphasize the lie’ of Palestinian dispossession
By TOI staff and AP
Israeli police near the scene of a stabbing attack in the Old City of Jerusalem on October 3, 2015 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 5, 2016, 11:55 pm
Palestinian donations buy a new house for terrorist’s family
Millions of shekels gifted toward the rebuilding of attackers’ homes demolished by Israeli army
By Avi Issacharoff
Illustrative photo of power lines carrying electricity (Nati Shohat/Flash90, File)
April 4, 2016, 8:22 pm
Israel cuts power at second Palestinian city over unpaid debt
PA, Israeli officials say they weren’t informed in advance of Bethlehem outage, which comes days after similar move in Jericho
By Raoul Wootliff and AP
Hanan al-Hroub, a Palestinian teacher who won the $1 million Global Teacher award poses with her trophy during a public reception in the West Bank city of Jericho on March 16, 2016. (AFP/ABBAS MOMANI)
March 16, 2016, 8:43 pm
‘World’s best teacher’ returns home to Palestinian pride
After winning million-dollar prize, Hanan al-Hroub says she wants to offer scholarships to encourage kids to become teachers
By AFP
The office of the International Committee of the Red Cross that was temporarily closed after protesters repeatedly tried to storm it, in Gaza City, February 7, 2016. (AP/Adel Hana)
February 8, 2016, 10:41 pm
Palestinian protesters shutter Red Cross office in Ramallah
Demonstrators want the aid organization to intervene on behalf of Mohammed al-Qiq, a journalist held by Israel for alleged Hamas ties
By Tamar Pileggi
File: An Israeli soldier checks the documents of the Palestinian passengers of a taxi on their way out of Ramallah on February 1, 2016. (AFP/Abbas Momani)
February 1, 2016, 11:06 pm
Army lifts day-long closure on Ramallah
Clampdown came after Sunday’s shooting by PA officer, amid warnings of more attacks; IDF to also open town closed off since stabbing attack a week ago
By Lee Gancman, Judah Ari Gross and Avi Issacharoff
Israeli soldiers inspect a Palestinian car at a checkpoint close to the West Bank village of Beit Furik, east of Nablus, on October 2, 2015, after Palestinian gunmen killed an Israeli couple the night before. (AFP/Jaafar Ashtiyeh)
February 1, 2016, 12:16 pm
Army imposes partial closure on Ramallah after attacks
Measure follows Sunday’s shooting by a member of the Palestinian security forces, will remain in effect until further notice
By Lee Gancman, Judah Ari Gross and Avi Issacharoff
The Shin Bet security service reveals photographs of a laboratory allegedly used by Hamas operatives to create explosive devices for use in suicide bombings and other terror attacks in the West Bank, December 23, 2015. (Courtesy)
January 8, 2016, 11:49 am
East Jerusalem Hamas cell ‘planned to kill Netanyahu’
Hazem Ziad Amran Sandouqa, 22, and Fahdi Daoud Muhammad Abu Qaian, 19, indicted for aiding member of Gaza-based terrorist group
By Adiv Sterman and Judah Ari Gross
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