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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the 178th graduation ceremony of Israeli Air Force pilots at the Hatzerim base in the Negev desert, southern Israel, June 27, 2019. (JACK GUEZ/AFP)
June 27, 2019, 10:00 pm
After US-Russia summit, Netanyahu says Israel won’t stop hitting Iran in Syria
At air force graduation, PM also warns that war will break out if Israel does not maintain control of West Bank’s Jordan Valley
By Stuart Winer and TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R), US National Security Advisor John Bolton (C) and US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman tour the Jordan Valley on June 23, 2019. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
June 23, 2019, 9:12 pm
In West Bank, Netanyahu tells Trump officials he’ll give peace plan a fair shake
PM upbraids Palestinians for rejecting proposal outright, says Israel will never give up security presence in Jordan Valley
By Marissa Newman
The border between Israel and Jordan in the Jordan valley area called Naharayim, or Baqura in Arabic, in northern Israel, October 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
June 19, 2019, 1:33 pm
Jordanian man crosses into Israel with knife, is arrested
IDF soldiers take suspect in for questioning after nighttime incident in northern Arava region
By TOI staff
Firefighters extinguish the remains of a fire in Kibbutz Harel, on May 24, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
May 25, 2019, 2:59 am
Wildfire near Beit She’an spreads across border into Jordan
Firefighters contain blaze in northern Jordan Valley in second day of raging wildfires, fed by tinder dry conditions; authorities suspect massive fire ignited by arsonists
By TOI staff
A Carlo-style submachine gun and bullets, which were found by Israeli security officials at the Te'enim checkpoint between Israel and the northern West Bank on February 24, 2019. (Defense Ministry)
February 25, 2019, 11:46 am
Israeli checkers foil attempt to smuggle gun, bullets from West Bank
Truck driver and passenger arrested as Defense Ministry officials find firearm, ammunition hidden in side panels of the vehicle
By Judah Ari Gross
Dozens of pistols found by Border Police in a foiled smuggling attempt from Jordan into northern Israel on February 7, 2019. (Screen capture: Israel Police)
February 24, 2019, 10:34 pm
Border guards nab Palestinian smuggling 37 pistols from Jordan to Israel
Suspect spotted crossing into Jordan and coming back hours later with a backpack containing over 3 dozen handguns, police say
By Judah Ari Gross
An illustrative photo of an ambulance belonging to the Magen David Adom ambulance service. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
February 6, 2019, 2:24 pm
IDF servicewoman dies after being run over in Jordan Valley accident
Palestinian driver detained for questioning following collision
By TOI staff
Illustrative: Border Police officers guard a checkpoint in the West Bank on January 26, 2017. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)
December 11, 2018, 11:49 am
Two car-ramming attempts reported in West Bank; one suspected attacker shot dead
In separate incidents, one near Hebron, the other in Jordan Valley, Palestinians allegedly try to run over border guards
By Judah Ari Gross
Soldiers from the Kfir Infantry Brigade simulate war against the Hamas terror group in the Gaza Strip, in November 2018. (Israel Defense Forces)
November 29, 2018, 12:27 pm
IDF’s Kfir Brigade simulates war in Gaza ahead of deployment to border next year
The formerly West Bank-focused unit prepares to fight in the Strip, training inside tunnels and in cramped multi-story buildings
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative: An image showing the construction of a new West Bank outpost adjacent to the settlement of Adam, east of Ramallah on April 19, 2017. (Courtesy Peace Now)
October 28, 2018, 5:53 pm
Settlers establish illegal outpost at abandoned West Bank military base
12 families move into Camp Gadi in Jordan Valley, belying assurances by local council that it has no intention to build community there
By Jacob Magid
A Jordanian flag hangs on a bridge leading from Israel to Jordan in the Jordan valley area called Naharayim, or Baqura in Arabic, in northern Israel, Monday, Oct. 22, 2018 (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
October 27, 2018, 5:39 pm
Israeli farmers fear for future as Jordan claims back lands
King Abdullah II has notified the Jewish state that it intends to take back two areas captured in the wars before peace deal between the two nations was signed
By Clothilde Mraffko
Illustrative image of a mud brick house in the Palestinian village of Jiftlik in the Jordan valley. May 23, 2010. Photo by Matanya Tausig/Flash90
October 4, 2018, 4:51 pm
Man, woman found dead in burning building in Palestinian village
Two bodies recovered in Bedouin village of Jiftlik in the Jordan Valley; cause of fire unclear
By TOI staff
(From L-R) Shahar Glick, Shaun Vetshtein, Noam Hasson, Ayala Englander, Shay Nahum and Ofri Sela in the West Bank settlement of Peduel on July 18, 2018. (Jacob Magid/Times of Israel)
August 17, 2018, 11:43 am
Their parents settled the West Bank for ideology. They’re staying for the vibes
While a group of Israeli teens offer varying views on Palestinians and peace, they agree that life over the Green Line is more defined by hitchhiking than terror attacks
By Jacob Magid
Excavation of a 7,200-year-old level at Tel Tsaf in the Jordan Valley, July 2018. (courtesy)
July 30, 2018, 5:47 am
Dig in: Mediterranean diet first appeared in the Jordan Valley, 7,500 years ago
New research based on archaeological evidence from Tel Tsaf prehistoric site shows humans in the region ate a lot like your doctor’s heart-healthy recommendations
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Jordan Valley Regional Council chairman David Elhayani (L) speaks to Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid at a lookout point above the Jordan Valley on July 23, 2018. (Courtesy)
July 25, 2018, 12:50 am
Lapid doesn’t rule out evacuating Jordan Valley settlements for peace
During tour, Yesh Atid chairman voices support for ongoing military presence along Jordan river, but stops short of promising to keep residential communities
By Jacob Magid
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