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Illustrative: A Magen David Adom ambulance seen outside the Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem on December 13, 2018. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
April 28, 2019, 7:34 pm
Driver in Jerusalem hit-and-run turns himself in after week-long hunt
Police had been searching for suspect, who severely injured 11-year-old boy last week before fleeing scene
By TOI staff
Illustrative. Ambulances and emergency services in Beitar Illit, in the West Bank, on October 9, 2018. (Nati Shohat/Flash90/File)
April 22, 2019, 8:46 pm
3-year-old boy visiting from US killed by bus in West Bank settlement
Child reportedly from New York bolted into street in Beitar Illit before being hit; driver detained
By TOI staff
The scene of a suspected hit-and-run in Jerusalem on April 21, 2019. (screen capture: Ynet)
April 22, 2019, 12:12 am
11-year-old in critical condition after hit-and-run in Jerusalem
Police searching for driver, find suspected vehicle near settlement adjacent to capital, after crash on Golda Meir Boulevard
By TOI staff
Incendiary balloon discovered in West Bank settlement of Givat Ze'ev, October 26, 2018 (Police Spokesperson's Unit)
October 26, 2018, 2:31 pm
Incendiary balloon found in settlement north of Jerusalem
Police examine suspicious object in Givat Ze’ev and take it away for investigation; no damage or injuries reported
By TOI staff
An incendiary device attached to a balloon found the in courtyard of a home in the Givat Ze'ev settlement in the West Bank, October 8, 2018. (Israel Police)
October 8, 2018, 12:39 pm
Sappers neutralize incendiary balloon found in settlement north of Jerusalem
Device comes to ground in the courtyard of house in the West Bank settlement of Givat Ze’ev; no damage reported
By TOI staff
File: MK Moshe Gafni, right, and then-health minister Yaakov Litzman in the Knesset, September 6, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 26, 2017, 5:04 pm
Ultra-Orthodox UTJ threatens to torpedo ‘Greater Jerusalem’ bill
Party heads said to fear planned expansion of municipal borders will dilute religious voting power and lessen chance of controlling city hall
By TOI staff
A picture taken from the Israeli settlement of Kedar shows the West Bank Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim on October 26, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / THOMAS COEX)
October 26, 2017, 1:49 pm
PLO: Jerusalem ‘annexation’ plan means end of two-state solution
Hanan Ashrawi says ‘Greater Jerusalem’ bill to make settlements part of capital kills hopes for independent Palestinian state
By AFP and TOI staff
View of neighborhoods in Ma'ale Adumim, near Jerusalem, October 3, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
October 25, 2017, 3:06 pm
Ministers to vote next week on bill drawing key settlements into Jerusalem
Key committee to review plan expanding capital’s municipality to include Ma’ale Adumim, Givat Ze’ev, Beitar Illit and Efrat
By TOI staff
Transportation and Intelligence Minister Yisrael Katz at a press conference held at the Ministry of Transportation on April 5, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
July 10, 2017, 7:52 pm
Likud minister backs absorbing settlements into Jerusalem
Yisrael Katz wants Ma’aleh Adumim, Etzion bloc and other major communities to be part of capital, but doesn’t urge their full annexation
By Agencies
IDF troops arrest a Palestinian teenager suspected of being a member of a group that has thrown Molotov cocktails at West Bank highways over the past few months. (Screen capture: IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
February 7, 2017, 8:04 pm
Israel charges alleged Palestinian Molotov cocktail gang
Seven teenagers from Beit Anan accused of multiple attacks on routes 443 and 446, north of Jerusalem
By Judah Ari Gross
A building site in the Gilo neighborhood in south-western East Jerusalem, October 2, 2011. (photo credit: Uri Lenz / Flash90)
January 26, 2017, 6:41 pm
Israel okays 153 homes in East Jerusalem neighborhood Gilo
Announcement comes 2 days after over 2,500 settlements housing units approved throughout the West Bank
By TOI staff and AFP
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks a plenum session in the Knesset in Jerusalem on January 25, 2017. (Photo by Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)
January 25, 2017, 4:09 pm
New settlement homes are just a ‘taste,’ Netanyahu tells MKs
‘We are going to be doing many things differently from now on,’ prime minister says, confirms he’ll discuss settlement building with Trump
By Raoul Wootliff
Building in 2014 at the settlement of Ariel (Flash 90)
January 24, 2017, 4:07 pm
Israel okays 2,500 new settlement homes, 2 days after PM talks to Trump
‘We’re building — and will continue to build,’ Netanyahu says; Liberman also seeks green light for Palestinian industrial zone
By Judah Ari Gross
A panoramic view of the Etzion Bloc region of the West Bank (photo credit: Moshe Shai/Flash90)
January 22, 2017, 11:37 am
Challenging Netanyahu, senior minister floats annexation of Jerusalem-area settlements
Yisrael Katz pitches proposal after PM, citing a request from US administration, seeks delay of bill to annex Ma’ale Adumim
By TOI staff
A man watches his son during a training session of the Beitar Shabi Givat Zeev soccer club, in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Givat Ze'ev, near Jerusalem, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
September 26, 2016, 5:14 am
Settlement soccer clubs bring politics to the pitch
Palestinians are pushing FIFA to declare Israel’s West Bank teams illegal, while Israelis contend they are operating according to existing accords
By Tia Goldenberg
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