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Jacob Magid
Jacob Magid
Jacob Magid is the settlements correspondent for The Times of Israel.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plants an olive tree at the Netiv Ha'avot neighborhood in the Elazar settlement in the West Bank, on January 28, 2019. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool)
November 19, 2019, 7:58 pm
With softening of US settlement policy, is annexation train leaving the station?
With Israeli towns in West Bank no longer illegal in the eyes of superpower, it’s easier for the right to advance sovereignty plans and harder for the left to come out against them
By Jacob Magid
(From L-R) Gush Eztion Regional Council chairman Shlomo Ne'eman, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Yesh Council chairman David Elhayani in front of a Gush Etzion lookout point in the West Bank on November 19, 2019. (Haim Zach/GPO)
November 19, 2019, 3:17 pm
PM visits West Bank, says new US settlement policy will ‘stand for generations’
Netanyahu takes opportunity during celebratory meeting with settler leaders to chide them for not speaking out enough against Joint List-backed minority government
By Jacob Magid
US President Donald Trump holds up a signed proclamation recognizing Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks on in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington, March 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
November 18, 2019, 11:46 pm
Netanyahu and Gantz both fete US for changing tack on settlements
Right-wing and centrist lawmakers celebrate decision, but left says announcement will make two-state solution more difficult
By Jacob Magid
Illustrative: A new housing complex, where former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee laid bricks at a housing complex in the West Bank settlement of Efrat on August 1, 2018. (Jacob Magid/Times of Israel/File)
November 18, 2019, 11:13 pm
Settler leaders call for West Bank annexation after US shifts stance
Politicians and others say Trump administration’s pivot away from 1978 decision that found settlements inconsistent with international law gives Israel cover to lay claim to land
By Michael Bachner and Jacob Magid
Blue and White party chairman Benny Gantz (R) and No. 2 Yair Lapid at a faction meeting in the Knesset on November 18, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
November 18, 2019, 5:17 pm
Lapid: Netanyahu talking like adherent of Jewish Hebron terrorist who killed 29
After PM declares minority coalition backed by Arab MKs will be hailed in Tehran and Gaza, Blue and White leaders warn he’s ‘inciting violence’ against large section of public
By Jacob Magid
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a Likud party rally in Tel Aviv on November 17, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
November 17, 2019, 9:39 pm
Assailing Gantz coalition efforts, PM says Arab MKs ‘want to destroy’ Israel
Netanyahu tells Likud rally that a Blue and White-led minority government backed by Joint List would be a ‘historic terror attack’ against the state
By Jacob Magid
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a speech in Tel Aviv to members of his Likud party on September 18, 2019, after elections for the 22nd Knesset. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)
November 17, 2019, 2:47 pm
The Arabs are coming, the Arabs are coming! 6 things to know for November 17
PM appears in full panic mode after receiving ‘intelligence’ that Gantz is set on forming a Joint List-backed minority government, which would have him out of office by next week
By Jacob Magid
Don Salman in his home in Kibbutz Nahal Oz on November 14, 2019. (Jacob Magid/Times of Israel)
November 15, 2019, 3:34 am
At a Gaza border kibbutz, there’s no such thing as returning to ‘normal’
Nahal Oz residents describe bleak awareness that next round of violence is only a matter of time, but are adamant there’s still no place else they’d rather be
By Jacob Magid
Rockets are fired from the Gaza Strip toward Israel on November 13, 2019. (Anas Baba/AFP)
November 13, 2019, 1:16 am
Rocket barrage, IDF airstrikes and ceasefire reports cap day of Gaza fighting
Israeli source says ‘quiet will be met with quiet’ after terror group lays out demands; death toll in Gaza up to 26; at least 360 rockets fired out of Strip in two days of violence
By Jacob Magid and Joshua Davidovich
Neria Zarog attaches himself to a saw machine in Yitzhar to avoid arrest for violating an administrative order on November 10, 2019. (Honenu)
November 12, 2019, 7:12 pm
Court orders release of settler who violated ban from West Bank
But judge freezes ruling for a day to allow for state appeal, requires Neria Zarog to abide by IDF order and be under father’s supervision 24/7
By Jacob Magid
Palestinians inspect the damaged house of Islamic Jihad leader Baha Abu Al-Ata afther an Israeli attack in Gaza city, on November 12, 2019. (MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)
November 12, 2019, 4:16 pm
Operation Unity Government: 7 things to know for November 12
As right and left debate whether IDF elimination of PIJ leader was politically motivated, most agree the strike all but put to bed chance of a Gantz-led minority government
By Jacob Magid
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) and IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi during a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv on November 12, 2019 (GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP)
November 12, 2019, 2:46 pm
PM: Terror chief was ‘ticking time bomb’; IDF head says braced for escalation
Netanyahu stresses Israel not seeking further conflict with Gaza after killing Baha Abu al-Ata; strike was okayed 10 days ago, with ministers telling IDF to choose the time
By Jacob Magid
In this photo taken on October 21, 2016, Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror leader Baha Abu al-Ata attends a rally in Gaza City. (STR/AFP)
November 12, 2019, 10:36 am
Islamic Jihad declares ‘We’re going to war,’ after IDF kills its strongman
Speaking at funeral for Baha Abu al-Ata, Hamas says ‘your blood is our blood’; PIJ mobilizing fighters to hit back at Israel; PLO official condemns Jerusalem
By Adam Rasgon and Jacob Magid
Neria Zarog attaches himself to a saw machine in Yitzhar to avoid arrest for violating an administrative order on November 10, 2019. (Honenu)
November 11, 2019, 8:09 pm
State to indict fugitive settler who chained himself to machine to avoid arrest
Neria Zarog to be charged with violating administrative order barring him from West Bank; defense slams ‘draconian’ policy
By Jacob Magid
Nir Hefetz arrives for extension of his remand in case 4000 at the District Court in Tel Aviv, February 22, 2018. (Flash90)
November 6, 2019, 2:47 pm
Working on my fitness, he’s my state’s witness: 6 things to know for November 6
PM’s supporters are up in arms over latest revelations of police misconduct in interrogation of key witness, but opponents are not convinced news will cause case to fall apart
By Jacob Magid
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