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The entrance to the settlement of Yitzhar in the West Bank (photo credit: Flash90/File)
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Yitzhar settlement viewed as epicenter of surge in ‘price tag’ attacks
By Jacob Magid
But officials in the northern West Bank community say it's due to an influx of 'hilltop youth' evicted from a nearby hardcore outpost last year
Jewish Home MK Bezalel Smotrich attends a party conference at Bar Ilan University on September 26, 2017. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
April 24, 2018, 2:01 pm
MK back on Twitter after saying Palestinian teen deserved to be shot
After brief suspension from social network, Smotrich tweets thanks to site for spreading his message that soldier-slapping Ahed Tamimi is a 'terrorist'
By Michael Bachner
A Palestinian terrorist's home after it was demolished by the Israel Defense Forces in the West Bank city of Jenin on April 24, 2018. (Israel Defense Forces)
April 24, 2018, 9:16 am
Israeli officer injured by gunfire during demolition of alleged terrorist’s home
Palestinian rioters hurl explosives, open fire at soldiers who converge on Jenin home of Ahmed Kunba, charged as an accomplice in rabbi's murder
By Michael Bachner
Jewish Home MK Bezalel Smotrich at his party's weekly faction meeting at the Knesset, December 25, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
April 24, 2018, 3:41 am
Twitter suspends MK who said Palestinian teen ‘deserved a bullet’
Jewish Home's Bezalel Smotrich decries 'silencing opinions,' rejects social media site's demand he remove offending tweet about soldier-slapper Ahed Tamimi
By Michael Bachner
The entrance to the settlement of Yitzhar in the West Bank (photo credit: Flash90/File)
April 23, 2018, 7:37 pm
Yitzhar settlement viewed as epicenter of surge in ‘price tag’ attacks
But officials in the northern West Bank community say it's due to an influx of 'hilltop youth' evicted from a nearby hardcore outpost last year
By Jacob Magid
Hebrew graffiti proclaiming 'We'll take our fate into our own hands' daubed on a vehicle in the West Bank Palestinian village of Ramun, April 23, 2018. (Israel Police)
April 23, 2018, 9:41 am
In latest hate crimes, 2 West Bank villages find cars graffitied, tires slashed
Apparent 'price tag' acts are week's 6th and 7th such incidents; new Shin Bet stats show sharp increase in suspected attacks by Jewish extremists
By Jacob Magid and Stuart Winer
Jewish Home MK Bezalel Smotrich attends a party conference at Bar Ilan University on September 26, 2017. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
April 22, 2018, 9:47 pm
Jewish Home MK says jailed Palestinian teen ‘deserved a bullet’ in the kneecap
Bezalel Smotrich says he is 'very sad' Ahed Tamimi is only in an Israeli jail and wasn't maimed by the soldiers she slapped
By Tamar Pileggi
Illustrative: IDF soldiers conduct raids in the West Bank on September 27, 2017. (Israel Defense Forces)
April 22, 2018, 9:34 am
Security forces arrest 15 alleged Hamas men in West Bank
IDF says the Ramallah-area operatives received funding and instructions from Gaza to carry out 'activities' related to terror group
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (2nd L) and Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman (L), along with MK Avi Dichter and IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot, visit a new section of the security barrier between Israel and the West Bank near Tarqumiyah on July 20, 2016. (Haim Zach/GPO)
April 21, 2018, 4:40 pm
Liberman hails US decision to drop ‘occupied’ from West Bank terminology
Defense minister says State Department telling the truth, as new document refers only to 'Israel, Golan Heights, West Bank, and Gaza,' with no comment on status of the territories
By TOI staff and Eric Cortellessa
A view of construction in the West Bank settlement of Efrat on January 26, 2017. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
April 21, 2018, 2:11 am
Trump’s State Department no longer calls West Bank ‘occupied’ in annual report
In first, document on human rights abuses refers simply to 'Israel, Golan Heights, West Bank and Gaza,' with no comment on the status of the territories
By Eric Cortellessa
IDF's Samaria Brigade chief Gilad Amit depicted on a flier handed out by far-right activists on April 19, 2018. (Courtesy)
April 20, 2018, 2:02 pm
Judge cuts loose teens who accused IDF officer of ‘shooting at Jews’
Court rules that leaflets attacking Samaria Brigade commander after illegal outpost evacuation do not constitute incitement
By TOI staff and Jacob Magid
Israel Prize winner Miriam Peretz speaks during the ceremony at the International Conference Center (ICC) in Jerusalem on April 19, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
April 20, 2018, 1:54 pm
Israel, a new year: 7 things to know for April 20
The country officially turns 70, and local events offer a look at the good and the bad surrounding the Jewish state
By Adiv Sterman
Graffiti discovered April 20, 2018, in the West Bank Palestinian village of Burqa reads, 'Here live terror supporters. Expel or kill' (Mohammed Somrain)
April 20, 2018, 11:21 am
‘Expel or kill’ graffitied in Palestinian town in fourth such incident this week
Tires also slashed on some 40 cars in Burqa, near Ramallah, in suspected hate attack by far-right activists
By TOI staff and Jacob Magid
IDF's Samaria Brigade chief Gilad Amit depicted on a flier handed out by far-right activists on April 19, 2018. (Courtesy)
April 19, 2018, 2:28 pm
4 far-right activists held over fliers claiming IDF official ‘shoots at Jews’
Leaflets target Samaria Brigade chief Gilad Amit after he took part in evacuation of illegal outpost where soldiers shot in air to disperse non-compliant hilltop youth
By Jacob Magid
Illustrative: Border Police officers guard a checkpoint in the West Bank on January 26, 2017. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)
April 18, 2018, 6:04 pm
Independence Day terror attack said foiled as troops find hidden bomb
Inspectors discover 'powerful explosive device' in truck at West Bank checkpoint; Liberman vows to 'chase down the bastards'
By Michael Bachner and Jacob Magid
Tali Muskal (center) speaks about her brother Refanel at a Memorial Day event in Efrat on April 15, 2018. (Jacob Magid/Times of Israel)
April 18, 2018, 5:57 am
At salon Memorial Day event, bereaved sister tries to convey the unimaginable
Dozens of residents of West Bank Efrat settlement file into living room to hear Tali Muskal speak about her brother, who was killed in the Second Lebanon War
By Jacob Magid
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