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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 568

Jonathan Beck

Statues of naked women at the Capitoline Museums in Rome are placed in boxes so as not to offend Iranian diplomats, ahead of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's visit there on January 25 2016. (Screen capture Corriere Della Sera)
January 26, 2016, 6:55 pm
Rome’s nude statues covered up ahead of Rouhani visit
In further concession to Iranian president, official dinner with Italian PM does not include wine on the menu
By Jonathan Beck
Israeli soldiers stand guard at a junction in the West Bank on January 17, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 19, 2016, 7:37 am
Teen Palestinian arrested for killing Dafna Meir in Otniel
After 2-day manhunt, police and Shin Bet apprehend 16-year-old who was hiding out in a town near the scene of the attack
By Jonathan Beck and Judah Ari Gross
In this Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015 file photo, Israeli border police check Palestinians' ID cards at a checkpoint as they exit the Arab neighborhood of Issawiyeh in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
January 18, 2016, 2:22 pm
EU says agreements with Israel ‘inapplicable’ beyond Green Line
Announcement by 28-member bloc’s council also calls on PA to increase transparency, resume control of Gaza Strip
By Jonathan Beck
Arab League diplomats attend a meeting at the league's headquarters in Cairo on January 5, 2015. (AFP/Mohamed el-Shahed/File)
January 4, 2016, 1:59 pm
UN envoy in Syria talks heads to Riyadh, then Tehran
Staffan de Mistura ‘hopes that consequences of tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran do not affect peace process with the Syrians’
By Jonathan Beck
Still image from a new Islamic State video headlined 'A Message to David Cameron.' The clip shows what looks like the execution of five hostages claimed to be British spies. (screen capture)
January 3, 2016, 2:01 pm
Schoolgirl finds cellphone dumped by Tel Aviv gunman as hunt continues
‘Message to David Cameron’ from IS shows execution of five hostages said to be spies of ‘British intelligence’; boy jihadist threatens to ‘kill all apostates’
By Jonathan Beck
December 22, 2015, 8:07 pm
Arab party’s Facebook post compares PM to Islamic State
Hadash’s condemnation of Kuntar assassination includes image of IS fighter in Netanyahu mask; Herzog: They ‘crossed a line’
By Jonathan Beck
Gift boxes of West Bank and Golan Heights products sent out by Israel's embassy in Washington, December 2015. (Twitter screen capture)
December 22, 2015, 6:18 pm
Dermer sends settlement products as holiday gifts
Israeli ambassador to Washington rails against ‘fanatics and fools’ who are ‘singling out’ the Jewish state
By Jonathan Beck and ToI Staff
Uri Ariel (Flash90)
December 22, 2015, 2:06 pm
Uri Ariel wants to ‘close Jewish Division’ in Shin Bet
In Whatsapp exchange, Ariel and Jewish Home fellow MK Bezalel Smotrich go against views of party leader Bennett, who backed Shin Bet conduct
By Jonathan Beck
One of the suspects arrested in connection with the Dawabsha murders, December 3, 2015. Due to a government gag order, the identities of the suspects are classified. (Screen capture)
December 18, 2015, 8:24 pm
Minister seeks debate on claims Shin Bet tortured Jewish terror suspects
Demand by Jewish Home’s Uri Ariel, backed by civil rights NGO, comes after detainees’ lawyers cite ‘outrageous physical violence’
By Jonathan Beck and Judah Ari Gross
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan looks on at the US Chief of Mission’s Residence during a bilateral meeting December 1, 2015. (AFP Photo/Jim Watson)
December 17, 2015, 9:43 pm
Israel and Turkey on verge of dramatic revival of ties
Secret meeting paves way for warming relations; also provides for Israel selling gas to Turkey and laying pipeline
By Raphael Ahren and Jonathan Beck
US President Barack Obama delivers a statement about efforts to defeat the Islamic State group, on Monday, December 14, 2015 (screen capture: YouTube)
December 16, 2015, 2:12 pm
Obama set to sign bill targeting banks dealing with Hezbollah
Treasury to ban or impose sanctions on any organization facilitating transfer of funds to terror group
By Jonathan Beck
A picture taken on August 17, 2015 shows a general view of the northern Iraqi town of Sinjar, west of the city of Mosul. (AFP PHOTO / SAFIN HAMED)
December 8, 2015, 2:03 pm
Iraq to NATO: Tell Turkey to pull troops from our territory
Ankara defends move, says Turkish soldiers landed near Mosul several days ago to prepare for battle against Islamic State
By Jonathan Beck
Yossi Sarid seen at a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting during a discussion on the 40th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War on parliamentary oversight of defense then and now. October 15, 2013. (Photo by Flash 90)
December 4, 2015, 10:59 pm
Former Meretz leader, left-wing icon Yossi Sarid dies at 75
Veteran politician was an MK for 32 years, holding education and environment portfolios; will be laid to rest on Sunday
By Jonathan Beck and Sara Miller
Ziv Mizrahi, an 18-year-old IDF soldier from Givat Ze'ev, was killed in a stabbing attack at a West Bank gas station on November 23, 2015 (screen capture: Channel 2)
November 23, 2015, 2:19 pm
Terror strikes in Jerusalem, West Bank; Belgium battles threat on its doorstep
IDF soldier Ziv Mizrahi killed in gas station attack; Palestinian girls stab and wound elderly Arab, believing him to be Israeli Jew; Iran says Russia sending missiles
By Elie Leshem and Jonathan Beck
US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) and US Ambassador to France Jane Hartley address reporters following their meeting with the French President at the Elysee palace in Paris on November 17, 2015 (Dominique Faget/AFP)
November 18, 2015, 9:47 am
Kerry draws fire for explaining ‘rationale’ of Hebdo attacks
Republicans tear into secretary’s comments contrasting Friday’s ‘indiscriminate’ Paris massacres with strike on satirical mag
By Jonathan Beck
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