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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 371

Irving Moskowitz

People carry the body of American philanthropist Irving Moskowitz during his funeral in Jerusalem on June 20, 2016. (AP/Sebastian Scheiner)
June 20, 2016, 10:25 pm
American patron of Israeli settlers buried in East Jerusalem
‘Prince of Jerusalem’ Irving Moskowitz donated millions to set up Jewish enclaves in capital and West Bank
By Agencies
Irving Moskowitz speaking at Beit Orot, November 2011. (CC BY-SA Mazel 123, Wikimedia Commons)
June 17, 2016, 3:25 am
Irving Moskowitz, US pro-settlement philanthropist, dies at 88
Right-wing donor gave millions toward construction of home for Jews in West Bank and East Jerusalem
By JTA
Sheldon Adelson, 2014 (Ethan Miller/Getty Images, via JTA)
March 9, 2016, 11:10 am
Palestinian-Americans sue Adelson, other settlement backers
$34.5 billion lawsuit also targets philanthropist Irving Moskowitz, Rev. John Hagee and Israeli businessman Lev Leviev
By JTA
State Department Spokesman John Kirby speaks during the daily briefing at the State Department on January 6, 2015 in Washington, DC. (AFP PHOTO/MANDEL NGAN)
January 9, 2016, 12:53 am
US condemns Israel’s plan to expand West Bank settlement bloc
State Department says adding compound to Gush Etzion will ‘only make achieving a two-state solution more difficult’
By AP and ToI Staff
Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon (left), with Efrat Mayor Oded Ravivi (right) in the Etzion Bloc settlement on September 30, 2015 (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
January 6, 2016, 9:06 am
Ya’alon said to approve construction of new settlement
Plot of land south of Etzion Bloc includes former church compound purchased in secret by Christian activists
By ToI Staff
Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon (left), with Efrat Mayor Oded Ravivi (right) in the Etzion Bloc settlement on September 30, 2015 (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
October 1, 2015, 11:27 am
Minister said to plan adding secretive new settlement to bloc
Moshe Ya’alon to expand Etzion settlement area south of Jerusalem to include former church compound next to al-Aroub
By Raoul Wootliff and Judah Ari Gross
Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 21, 2015, 12:13 pm
Defense chief said to okay West Bank church’s conversion to Jewish compound
Ya’alon reportedly allows right-wing group to refurbish abandoned Presbyterian complex near Etzion settlement bloc, but no permit requested for habitation
By Judah Ari Gross
Irving Moskowitz speaking at Beit Orot, November 2011. (CC BY-SA Mazel 123, Wikimedia Commons)
May 28, 2015, 4:58 pm
US millionaire ‘hid purchase of West Bank property’
Philanthropist Irving Moskowitz said to have used shell companies to conceal plan for outpost in abandoned church near Hebron
By Judah Ari Gross
Jewish boys play before a dedication ceremony for the Jewish neighborhood of Ma'ale HaZeitim, inside the Arab-dominated area of Ras el Amud in East Jerusalem, May 25, 2011. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
February 9, 2015, 4:28 pm
E. Jerusalem Jewish kindergarten hit with firecrackers
Masked men throw fireworks and stones at Ma’ale Hazeitim compound; residents chase them away
By Stuart Winer
A Palestinian youth prepares to throw a stone at Israeli policemen near Jerusalem's Lion Gate, October 2009 (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
May 10, 2013, 12:55 pm
Israeli ex-officials pelted by stones in East Jerusalem
A bus carrying three former ministers and a Nobel Prize laureate was attacked on the Mount of Olives, with no injuries
By Elhanan Miller
Marc Schulman
December 10, 2012, 2:27 pm
Marc Schulman
For the perplexed American Jew: a guide to dissent
Take a page from Sheldon Adelson and get involved on the ground.
Jewish residents of Ras al-Amoud call for better police protection during a demonstration Saturday, Nov. 3 (photo credit: Yishai Fleisher)
November 14, 2012, 3:50 pm
Four Arab teens arrested for stabbing Jewish man
East Jerusalem residents, aged 13-17, admit to planning attack carried out two weeks ago
By Stuart Winer
Irving Moskowitz speaking at Beit Orot, November 2011. (CC BY-SA Mazel 123, Wikimedia Commons)
April 16, 2012, 8:53 am
Irving Moskowitz gives $1 million to anti-Obama group
American billionaire has donated millions to Israeli settlement movement
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