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Lara Alqasem, a 22-year-old American graduate student, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on October 17, 2018, prior to winning an appeal against deportation for alleged BDS activities. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
October 19, 2018, 4:43 am
Entering Israel after 15-day ordeal, barred US student expresses relief
Lara Alqasem thanks lawyers, family and friends for supporting her through weeks of detention and court cases to be allowed to study in Jerusalem
By TOI staff and Alexander Fulbright
US student Lara Alqasem attends a hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on October 17, 2018. (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP)
October 18, 2018, 8:35 pm
Supreme Court nixes deportation of US student accused of BDS support
Lara Alqasem’s lawyers hail ruling rejecting state’s attempt to bar her entry to study; interior minister calls decision a ‘disgrace’; she starts at Hebrew U. next week
By Alexander Fulbright
The US consulate on Agron Street in Jerusalem. (CC BY-SA, Magister/Wikimedia)
October 18, 2018, 6:29 pm
In blow to Palestinians, US places Jerusalem consulate under embassy
Pompeo insists move doesn’t signal a change in administration’s position on city’s status; Ramallah accuses White House of adopting ‘Israeli narrative’
By Alexander Fulbright
A Palestinian throws a stone toward Israeli forces during clashes on the beach near the maritime border with Israel, in the northern Gaza Strip, on October 1, 2018. (Said Khatib/AFP)
October 16, 2018, 1:58 pm
Palestinians set off explosives at border fence during Gaza clashes
Army says some 100 Palestinians take part in violent demonstrations in Strip; incendiary balloons launched from enclave start 4 fires in south
By Alexander Fulbright
Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman arrives for a meeting in Jerusalem of the Agudath Yisrael faction's Council of Torah Sages on October 14, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 14, 2018, 2:08 pm
Ultra-Orthodox faction says it won’t topple coalition over enlistment bill
Agudath Yisrael expected to push for changes to legislation on ultra-Orthodox draft but signals it has no interest in early elections
By Alexander Fulbright
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah, right, and United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov meet at PA President Mahmoud Abbas' former official residence in Gaza City, on October 3, 2017. (AP Photo/Prime Minister Office)
October 11, 2018, 1:53 pm
PLO: UN peace envoy ‘no longer acceptable’ because of Gaza truce efforts
Top member of Palestinian group says Nikolay Mladenov has ‘gone beyond his role,’ accuses him of harming ‘the unity of our people’
By Alexander Fulbright
US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley meets with President Reuven Rivlin, not seen, at his official residence in Jerusalem on June 7, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 9, 2018, 9:18 pm
Israeli leaders, US groups praise Haley as a fighter for Jewish state at UN
Netanyahu says outgoing envoy led ‘uncompromising struggle’ for Israel; deputy foreign minister calls her greatest friend Israel ever had at world body
By Alexander Fulbright
In this illustrative photo taken on August 27, 2013, a Russian S-300 air defense system is on display at the opening of the MAKS Air Show in Zhukovsky outside Moscow, Russia (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, File)
October 8, 2018, 2:06 pm
Russia gave Syria S-300 missiles for free — report
Netanyahu says he’ll soon meet Putin, discuss Iranian presence on Golan border and arms transfers to Lebanon’s Hezbollah
By Alexander Fulbright
Israeli troops lead away a detained man during operations in the northern West Bank village of Shuweika on October 7, 2018. (Israel Defense Forces)
October 7, 2018, 1:58 pm
One West Bank terror victim to be buried Sunday night in hometown
Funeral of Kim Levengrond Yehezkel set for 10:00 p.m. in Rosh Ha’ayin; Ziv Hajbi, who was also killed in attack, to be laid to rest Monday
By Alexander Fulbright
Ben Deri, center, a Border Police officer accused of shooting to death a Palestinian man during clashes in Betunia in the West Bank, seen during a hearing at the District Court in Jerusalem on December 30, 2014. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 4, 2018, 1:50 pm
Border cop imprisoned for killing Palestinian teen requests pardon
Lawyer says Ben Deri, who was convicted for causing 17-year-old’s death in 2014, ‘acted out a feeling of a sense of mission for the state’
By Alexander Fulbright
Culture and Sports Minister Miri Regev speaks at an event marking the Jewish new year in the northern Israeli city of Safed on September 3, 2018. (David Cohen/Flash90)
October 3, 2018, 6:05 pm
Diplomatic ties or no, sports minister may attend Abu Dhabi judo tournament
Reported invitation to Miri Regev comes after UAE guaranteed equal treatment of Israeli athletes following last year’s discrimination
By Alexander Fulbright
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani arrives to speak at the General Debate of the 73rd session of the General Assembly at the United Nations in New York on September 25, 2018. (AFP Photo/Timothy A. Clary)
September 25, 2018, 2:00 pm
Iran’s Rouhani says Israel ‘the most daunting threat’ to world peace
Iranian president accuses Trump administration of plotting regime change in Tehran, calls US sanctions ‘economic terrorism’
By Alexander Fulbright
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman speaks during a conference at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem on September 3, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 16, 2018, 1:43 pm
Liberman said to ask for US to reveal Israeli official who worked with Manafort
Mueller probe tells Israeli daily it can’t reveal name of Israeli said to have worked with ex-Trump campaign chief to spread anti-Semitism accusations against Ukrainian politician
By Alexander Fulbright
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a Rosh Hashanah toast with top defense officials at the Defense Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv on September 6, 2018. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
September 6, 2018, 1:51 pm
Netanyahu: Not a day when Shin Bet doesn’t thwart terror plot
PM credits ‘defense, counter-action, and deterrence’ for preventing violence engulfing Middle East from reaching Israel
By Alexander Fulbright
Members of the Hamas terror group's military wing attend the funeral of six of its fighters at a cemetery in the Deir al-Balah refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on May 6, 2018. (Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
September 5, 2018, 3:08 pm
Majority of Israelis back truce talks with Hamas – poll
Survey finds most oppose a deal with the Gaza-based terror group that doesn’t include return of soldiers’ bodies
By Alexander Fulbright
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