Limor Son Har-Melech

Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh speaks in an interview, Paris, France, November 9, 2023. (France24 screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

November 9, 2023, 10:05 pm

PA premier: Israel can’t destroy Hamas as it’s an idea, and not just in Gaza

Shtayyeh charges main goal of Israeli op ‘not going to happen,’ alleges it’s a war on all Palestinians; IDF’s Halevi tells far-right MKs PA preventing Hamas rallies in West Bank

By ToI Staff

Security forces evacuate an illegal West Bank outpost, "Sde Givat Yonatan," September 27, 2023. (Twitter video screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

September 27, 2023, 11:55 am

4 arrested during razing of illegal Israeli West Bank outpost, drawing settler outcry

Police say they’ll probe commander who told residents he’ll ‘rip you into eight [pieces]’ during scuffles; occupants decry move by government ‘elected with the votes of settlers’

By Michael Horovitz

Hussein Dawabsha, center, grandfather of a Palestinian toddler who was burned to death with his parents at their family home, stands with Knesset members Ayman Odeh, left, and Ahmad Tibi, during the trial of the two Jewish men suspected of carrying out the attack, on June 19, 2018 at a court in the town of Lod. (AFP/AHMAD GHARABLI)

September 24, 2023, 3:58 am

Relative of slain Palestinian family urges end to wave of support for perpetrator

Grandfather of surviving Dawabsha family calls on PM to stop far-right MKs’ ‘campaign of incitement,’ says those backing Amiram Ben Uliel support murder of Palestinians

By ToI Staff

Amiram Ben Uliel, convicted of the Duma arson murder in July 2015, in which three members of the Dawabsha family were killed, attends a hearing on his appeal, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, on March 7, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

September 23, 2023, 1:40 am

US blasts ‘inflammatory rhetoric’ after far-right MK hailed Jewish terrorist

Security official says goal of recent fundraising campaign for Ben Uliel is to delegitimize the Shin Bet, deter it from pursuing Jewish extremists; warns of ‘danger to security’

By Jacob Magid

September 21, 2023, 10:59 am

Campaign to free Israeli killer of Palestinian family raises over NIS 1.2 million

6,000 people donate, reportedly including right-wing rabbis, head of ultranationalist Lehava, singer Ariel Zilber; Shalom Hanoch, Aviv Geffen back out of concert with Zilber

By ToI Staff

In a video clip released September 19, 2023, Otzma Yehudit MK Limor Son Har-Melech addresses a fundraising event on behalf of Amiram Ben Uliel, a Jewish extremist convicted of killing three members of the Palestinian Dawabshe family in a 2015 firebombing (Screenshot: X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

September 20, 2023, 12:43 pm

Far-right coalition MK calls Israeli killer of Palestinian family ‘holy righteous man’

Limor Son Har-Melech claims innocence of Amiram Ben Uliel, who is serving life for 2015 arson attack, says at fundraiser for him that he’s ‘suffering for all the people of Israel’

By Alexander Fulbright

Police and Civil Administration official take apart an illegally construction memorial and lookout point near the West Bank settlement of Yitzhar, September 4, 2023. (Courtesy)

September 4, 2023, 12:55 pm

Police demolish illegal settler structures, prompting outrage from coalition members

Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, also responsible for much of West Bank settlement activity, comes under fire as memorial to teenager slain in terror attack is removed

By Stuart Winer

Yehiel Indore, who is suspected of shooting and killing 19-year-old Palestinian Qusai Jamal Matan in the West Bank village of Burqa, arrives for a Jerusalem District Court hearing on August 14, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

August 15, 2023, 12:02 pm

Court releases main suspect in killing of Palestinian in Burqa to house arrest

Judge rejects law enforcement appeal of decision to release Yehiel Indore; police arrest 2 Palestinians suspected of taking part in violent clash earlier this month

By ToI Staff

Israeli forces demolish a building at an illegal West Bank outpost on August 14, 2023 (Screencapture/Twitter used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

August 14, 2023, 8:58 am

In rare move, security forces evacuate illegal West Bank outpost

Settlers burn tires and scatter spikes on road to outpost; settlers, security sources say Smotrich gave green light for evacuation; no comment from far-right leader

By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff

Elisha Yered, suspected of being involved in the death of 19-year-old Palestinian Qusai Jamal Maatan in the West Bank village of Burqa, arrives for a hearing at the District Court in Jerusalem, August 8, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

August 8, 2023, 7:04 pm

Settler suspected in fatal shooting of Palestinian released to house arrest

Court finds evidence against Elisha Yered, who did not pull trigger, not enough to justify custody; shooter, hospitalized since clash with Palestinians, still in remand

By ToI Staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar, at a pre-Passover toast on April 4, 2023. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

August 7, 2023, 9:12 pm

Netanyahu expresses support for Shin Bet head amid onslaught by his coalition

But a Likud lawmaker continues attacks on top security officials, claiming ‘leftist ideas’ are infiltrating the ranks

By Emanuel Fabian

Ronen Bar, head of the Shin Bet security agency, speaks at the annual Cyber Week event at Tel Aviv University, on June 27, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

August 6, 2023, 3:22 pm

Coalition MKs slam Shin Bet chief for warning against Jewish terror; Gallant hits back

Ronen Bar said to tell PM settler attacks are fueling Palestinian terrorism; lawmakers accuse defense officials of being unable to ‘distinguish between enemy and your people’

By Emanuel Fabian

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir holds a meeting with police officers from the Yasam unit, in Tel Aviv, August 2, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

August 6, 2023, 2:19 pm

Ben Gvir praises settler who killed Palestinian in clash: ‘Should get medal of honor’

After incident in Burqa, national security minister says ‘anyone who defends himself against rock-throwing’ should get award; 2nd suspect is ex-spokesman for MK in Ben Gvir’s party

By ToI Staff

Palestinian Authority Civil Affairs Minister Hussein al-Sheikh. (WAFA)

August 6, 2023, 3:22 am

Top Palestinian official calls on world to designate Otzma Yehudit a ‘terrorist party’

Far-right members of government have ‘history of inciting for the killing of Palestinians,’ Hussein al-Sheikh charges, as former aide suspected in fatal West Bank shooting

By ToI Staff

Head of the IDF Central Command, Maj. Gen. Yehuda Fuchs, during a TV interview on February 28, 2023. (Screenshot: Channel 12; Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

August 2, 2023, 11:12 pm

Breaking silence, Netanyahu defends IDF general attacked by coalition MKs

PM calls comments against central command head ‘unacceptable and unworthy’ after member of his party accuses officer of putting Palestinians before Israelis

By ToI Staff