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Operation Defensive Shield

Mohammad Bakri attends a Supreme Court hearing in Jerusalem about his film 'Jenin, Jenin,' on May 16, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
November 24, 2022, 3:36 am
Supreme Court rejects ‘Jenin, Jenin’ filmmaker’s appeal, upholds ban on screenings
Top court orders director Mohammad Bakri to pay damages to IDF officer and holds him responsible for slanderous film’s distribution on YouTube and screenings in Israel
By ToI Staff
An IDF soldier stands guard in Nablus during Operation Defensive Shield in 2002. (IDF Spokeserson's Unit/Flickr)
April 8, 2022, 11:33 am
Twenty years after Defensive Shield, Israel struggles to contain latest terror wave
As IDF marked anniversary of landmark success against Palestinian militants, Israelis were gunned down in Bnei Brak. Is Israel learning the right lessons?
By Lazar Berman
Clockwise from top left: The Abraham Accords signing ceremony on the White House lawn, September 15, 2020; Yasser Arafat confers with Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa before an Arab Information Ministers meeting in Cairo, August 15, 2001; Palestinian women view destroyed houses at the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank, April 28, 2002; The aftermath of the Park Hotel bombing on March 27, 2002. (AP/Alex Brandon, AP/Enric Marti, AP/Greg Baker, Flash90)
February 23, 2022, 4:15 am
3 days in March: How the 2nd Intifada’s bloodiest hours seeded today’s Middle East
In ‘Death Tango,’ ex-Mossad man and strategic analyst Yossi Alpher reflects on consecutive events during Second Intifada that he says doomed the peace process, possibly for good
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Mohammad Bakri at the Lod District Court on December 21, 2017 (FLASH90)
January 12, 2021, 11:34 am
‘Jenin, Jenin’ screenings banned in Israel as court orders damages for soldier
Judge accuses director of failing to investigate claims in widely discredited 2002 documentary that falsely alleged the IDF carried out a massacre in the West Bank
By ToI Staff
Screen capture from an interview with Israel-Arab film producer Mohammad Bakri. (YouTube/Stay Human The Reading Movie)
December 20, 2017, 6:26 pm
AG to assist in defamation suit against ‘Jenin, Jenin’ director
Reservist officer sues Mohammad Barki for NIS 2.6m over widely discredited 2002 documentary that alleged the IDF carried out a massacre during Operation Defensive Shield
By Judah Ari Gross
This file photo taken on November 1, 2010 shows British MP Gerald Kaufman walking past Israeli border police guards at the entrance of the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron. AFP/HAZEM BADER)
February 27, 2017, 3:12 am
Britain’s oldest MP, Jewish and vociferously anti-Israel, dies aged 86
Gerald Kaufman, who served 47 years in Parliament, urged sanctions against Israel and compared IDF troops to Nazis
By ToI Staff and AFP
Flowers and an American flag are seen on the ground near the Pulse Nightclub where Omar Mateen killed 49 people on June 13, 2016 in Orlando, Florida. ( Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP)
June 13, 2016, 7:27 pm
Terrorism: Stop the mud-slinging, fight the war
Op-ed: After Orlando, we can spend the next few weeks venting our fears and frustrations. Or we can get serious about thwarting death cult extremism
By David Horovitz
Naftali Bennett addressing the Knesset on March 28, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 28, 2016, 5:56 pm
Bennett: I’ll keep backing IDF operations in entire West Bank
Education minister and Jewish Home chair says threat of dismissal won’t alter his support for full access, including PA-run areas
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on April 10, 2016. (Amit Shabi/Flash90/Pool)
April 10, 2016, 9:43 pm
PM: Today’s counter-terrorism akin to IDF’s major intifada campaign
‘We are acting against terror hotbeds,’ Netanyahu says, drawing parallel to 2002’s Operation Defensive Shield
By ToI Staff
Palestinian protesters throw stones at Israeli security forces at the Hawara checkpoint, south of the West Bank city of Nablus, October 11, 2015. (Flash90)
January 15, 2016, 10:08 am
Why the West Bank refugee camps refuse to join the Third Intifada
In Jenin and Balata, they’re waiting for a one-state solution… or for Islamic State
By Avi Issacharoff
Gunmen from the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, stand guard during a parade marking the ruling Islamist terror movement's 28th birthday on December 11, 2015, in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip. (Said Khatib/AFP)
December 12, 2015, 7:07 pm
Hamas rocked by dispute over links with Islamic State, and a host of other frictions
Gaza’s terrorist rulers are short of funds, worried by Israeli intelligence successes, torn over how to interact with Iran and the PA
By Avi Issacharoff
Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon at the Israel Democracy Institute on Wednesday, November 25, 2015 (Ariel Hermony/Defense Ministry)
November 26, 2015, 3:47 am
Israel to build high-tech fence to stem Hebron-based terror
Defense minister says new barrier in southern West Bank will help prevent illegal crossings within a year; rules out massive military op to stop violence
By ToI Staff
Israeli soldiers in Hebron, November 6, 2015. (AFP Photo/Ahmad Gharabli)
November 24, 2015, 2:15 pm
More crackdowns are just more of the same
Security forces continue to expand operations in the West Bank, but without substantive change, terror will continue
By Judah Ari Gross
Commander of the 188th Armored Brigade Col. Nir Ben-David stands in front of his tank during an exercise in the Golan Heights on Oct. 19, 2015. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
November 1, 2015, 11:52 am
One IDF officer’s quest to teach his tanks how to turn on a dime
Col. Nir Ben-David says he wants his troops to become ‘experts in switching between different situations,’ and warns Palestinians not to ‘wake the lion’
By Judah Ari Gross
File. Israeli soldiers patrol a street, east of the West Bank city of Nablus, on October 3, 2015, as they search for the suspected Palestinian killers of Israeli couple Eitam and Naama Henkin. (AFP PHOTO/JAAFAR ASHTIYEH)
October 4, 2015, 12:49 pm
Senior minister threatens major West Bank crackdown
Amid uptick in violence, sources warn of ‘Defensive Shield 2,’ refering to massive 2002 anti-terror operation; closure on East Jerusalem Arab neighborhoods possible
By ToI Staff
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