Members phkrause Posted January 27, 2023 Members Posted January 27, 2023 Palestinian gunman kills 7 near Jerusalem synagogue JERUSALEM (AP) — A Palestinian gunman opened fire outside an east Jerusalem synagogue Friday night, killing seven people, including a 70-year-old woman, and wounding three others before he was shot and killed by police, officials said. It was the deadliest attack on Israelis in years and raised the likelihood of more bloodshed. https://apnews.com/article/politics-israel-government-palestinian-territories-benjamin-netanyahu-fb2251b5b6c8ef73a21f87620d20090c Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted January 28, 2023 Author Members Posted January 28, 2023 Israel to ‘strengthen’ settlements after shooting attacks JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday announced a series of punitive steps against the Palestinians, including plans to beef up Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, in response to a pair of shooting attacks that killed seven Israelis and wounded five others. https://apnews.com/article/israel-jerusalem-west-bank-6e424c48e20f7b3df67a04aa0957a67a Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted January 28, 2023 Author Members Posted January 28, 2023 Israel, Gaza fighters trade fire after deadly West Bank raid JERUSALEM (AP) — Gaza militants fired rockets and Israel carried out airstrikes early Friday as tensions soared following an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank that killed nine Palestinians, including at least seven militants and a 61-year-old woman. https://apnews.com/article/politics-palestinian-territories-government-israel-middle-east-c8e644c39b066d78b8e2accde0a11e23 Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted January 29, 2023 Author Members Posted January 29, 2023 Israeli-Palestinian cauldron tests US as Blinken visits JERUSALEM (AP) — An alarming spike in Israeli-Palestinian violence and sharp responses by both sides are testing the Biden administration as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken plunges into a cauldron of deepening mistrust and anger on visits to Israel and the West Bank this week. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-politics-united-states-government-israel-benjamin-netanyahu-00281032b69764afffc6f30c0db59741 Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted January 29, 2023 Author Members Posted January 29, 2023 Israel prepares to demolish home of Palestinian gunman JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Sunday sealed the home of an east Jerusalem man who killed seven people outside a synagogue, in a preliminary step ahead of the expected demolition of the building, as two Palestinian men died from Israeli fire. https://apnews.com/article/crime-benjamin-netanyahu-antony-blinken-west-bank-jerusalem-77ed3d0d4932996f7ee0ac5e427d9f23? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted January 30, 2023 Author Members Posted January 30, 2023 13-year-old Palestinian shoots 2 in Jerusalem as violence flares and government flexes (JTA) — A 13-year-old Palestinian boy shot and wounded an Israeli man and his son outside Jerusalem’s Old City walls, police said, in one of multiple incidents over the weekend during the latest incident in an escalation of Israeli-Palestinian violence. https://www.jta.org/2023/01/29/israel/13-year-old-palestinian-shoots-2-in-jerusalem-as-violence-flares-and-government-flexes? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted January 30, 2023 Author Members Posted January 30, 2023 In Jerusalem neighborhoods bound together by terror, anger and trepidation about what comes next JERUSALEM (JTA) — Time stops on Shabbat in Jerusalem, for the living and the dead. https://www.jta.org/2023/01/29/israel/in-jerusalem-neighborhoods-bound-together-by-terror-anger-and-trepidation-about-what-comes-next? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted February 27, 2023 Author Members Posted February 27, 2023 Israeli settlers rampage after Palestinian gunman kills 2 JERUSALEM (AP) — Scores of Israeli settlers went on a violent rampage in the northern West Bank late Sunday, setting dozens of cars and homes on fire after two settlers were killed by a Palestinian gunman. Palestinian medics said one man was killed and four others were badly wounded in what appeared to be the worst outburst of settler violence in decades. https://apnews.com/article/politics-palestinian-territories-government-israel-mahmoud-abbas-jerusalem-05e02cc8755cbbd86b43d68de849b26a? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted February 28, 2023 Author Members Posted February 28, 2023 Palestinians and Israelis agree to take steps to de-escalate tensions Senior diplomats and security officials from the U.S., Palestinian Authority, Israel, Jordan and Egypt convened in the Jordanian Red Sea resort of Aqaba on Sunday for regional talks aimed at de-escalating tensions between Israel and the Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. https://www.axios.com/2023/02/26/israel-palestinian-regional-summit-west-bank-violence? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted February 28, 2023 Author Members Posted February 28, 2023 3 dead after bloody day in West Bank, as settlers riot following Palestinian shooting attack (JTA) — A gunman shot and killed two Israeli brothers driving through a West Bank town, which was later rampaged by settlers who burned cars and buildings. https://www.jta.org/2023/02/26/israel/gunman-kills-2-israelis-in-west-bank-town-in-latest-shooting-amid-spate-of-violence? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted February 28, 2023 Author Members Posted February 28, 2023 American citizen killed in latest West Bank shooting amid escalating violence (JTA) — The American citizen killed in a West Bank shooting on Monday has been identified as Elan Ganeles, a recent Columbia University graduate who grew up in West Hartford, Connecticut. https://www.jta.org/2023/02/27/israel/israeli-killed-in-latest-west-bank-shooting-amid-escalating-violence? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted March 2, 2023 Author Members Posted March 2, 2023 Israeli Orthodox Jew raises hundreds of thousands of dollars for victims of settler riot (JTA) — An Orthodox Jew and Israeli left-wing political activist has raised more than $400,000 for victims of a recent settler riot in a Palestinian West Bank town. https://www.jta.org/2023/02/28/israel/israeli-orthodox-jew-raises-hundreds-of-thousands-of-dollars-for-victims-of-settler-riot? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted March 2, 2023 Author Members Posted March 2, 2023 The JTA conversation: Pogrom? Terrorism? What do we call what happened in Huwara? (JTA) — On Sunday, after a Palestinian gunman shot and killed two Israeli brothers in the West Bank, Jewish settlers rioted in the nearby Palestinian town of Huwara, burning cars and buildings. A Palestinian was killed and dozens were injured. https://www.jta.org/2023/02/28/opinion/the-jta-conversation-pogrom-terrorism-what-do-we-call-what-happened-in-huwara? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted March 2, 2023 Author Members Posted March 2, 2023 As Israel reels from violent attack on Palestinians, settler leadership remains unapologetic JERUSALEM (JTA) – Despite resounding condemnation from across the world and efforts by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to denounce the outbreak of Jewish violence against Palestinians in the West Bank, settler leaders remain defiant and are backing members of their community involved in what has been described as the one of the worst events of Jewish mass rioting against Palestinians. https://www.jta.org/2023/02/28/israel/as-israel-reels-from-violent-attack-on-palestinians-settler-leadership-remains-unapologetic? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted March 3, 2023 Author Members Posted March 3, 2023 With West Bank in turmoil, new Palestinian militants emerge JABA, West Bank (AP) — The stuttering blasts of M-16s shattered the quiet in a West Bank village, surrounded by barley fields and olive groves. Young Palestinian men in Jaba once wanted to farm, residents say, but now, more and more want to fight. https://apnews.com/article/palestinian-militants-israel-army-raids-west-bank-6c10467db2a5496639f3f8c5e7c96a40? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted March 7, 2023 Author Members Posted March 7, 2023 The settlers’ attack on Huwara is not the Orthodox Judaism I grew up on (JTA) — Nighttime in Huwara, a small Palestinian town in the West Bank. Jews in large skullcaps and sidelocks, prayer fringes dangling from their waists, responding loudly to the cantor: “Yehei shmei raba mevurach leolam u’leolmei olmaya” (“May His great name be blessed, forever and ever”) — the words of Kaddish, a regular daily prayer that can also be said to mourn the dead. https://www.jta.org/2023/03/02/opinion/the-settlers-attack-on-huwara-is-not-the-orthodox-judaism-i-grew-up-on? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted March 9, 2023 Author Members Posted March 9, 2023 Israeli police say 3 wounded in Tel Aviv shooting attack TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A Palestinian gunman opened fire on a crowded street in central Tel Aviv late Thursday, wounding three people before he was shot and killed, Israeli officials said. The shooting came hours after an Israeli military raid killed three Palestinian militants in the occupied West Bank. https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-killed-west-bank-raid-jaba-81499ff3a558a7b3e79642e922cdfaa1 Gunman wounds 3 at Tel Aviv cafe, is killed by police WASHINGTON (JTA) — A gunman shot and wounded three people outside a cafe on Dizengoff Street in Tel Aviv, striking a lively area of the city on Thursday night, the beginning of the weekend in Israel. It is the latest act of violence in a period of escalation in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. https://www.jta.org/2023/03/09/israel/gunman-wounds-five-at-tel-aviv-cafe-is-killed-by-police? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted April 6, 2023 Author Members Posted April 6, 2023 Violence erupts at Jerusalem holy site for a 2nd night JERUSALEM (AP) — Violence resumed for a second straight night in Jerusalem on Wednesday when Palestinian worshippers barricaded themselves inside Al-Aqsa Mosque at the Old City’s sensitive compound and Israeli police used force to remove dozens of worshippers. https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-al-aqsa-fighting-ae1f960552300f6e7c72b3fdad4e3d73? Rockets fired at Israel from Lebanon raise risk of conflict JERUSALEM (AP) — Militants in Lebanon fired a heavy barrage of rockets at Israel on Thursday, the Israeli military said, forcing people across Israel’s northern frontier into bomb shelters, wounding at least two people and ratcheting up regional tensions a day after Israeli police raided Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site. https://apnews.com/article/israel-jerusalem-al-aqsa-temple-mount-d5eb317fe2a0083db0160297c4f494d7 Violence resumes at Jerusalem holy site https://apnews.com/video/violence-jerusalem-benjamin-netanyahu-law-enforcement-israel-government-8abce2ccd7b242a09d88bd6cd102fa81 Violence between Israel, Palestinians at Holy Site https://apnews.com/video/law-enforcement-religion-jerusalem-israel-protests-and-demonstrations-f38c8ec686d14b20b0ed2b72665a77dd Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted April 8, 2023 Author Members Posted April 8, 2023 Attacks in Israel, West Bank kill 3 in worsening violence JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian assailants carried out a pair of attacks on Friday, killing three people and wounding at least six as tensions soared after days of fighting at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site, officials said. Earlier in the day, retaliatory Israeli airstrikes had hit Lebanon and the Gaza Strip, sparking fears of a broader conflict. https://apnews.com/article/israel-lebanon-palestinian-jerusalem-alaqsa-hezbollah-19aabd8b5eeb9f972db0c35468a047eb? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted April 8, 2023 Author Members Posted April 8, 2023 Israeli air strikes hit Gaza and Lebanon in retaliation for rocket attacks (JTA) – Israeli combat aircraft hit targets in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip after a day of rocket attacks from both areas, as the fallout from clashes at a Jerusalem holy site rolled into their fourth day. https://www.jta.org/2023/04/06/israel/israeli-air-strikes-hit-gaza-and-lebanon-in-retaliation-for-rocket-attacks? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted April 8, 2023 Author Members Posted April 8, 2023 Rocket barrage from Lebanon into northern Israel escalates tensions after Temple Mount clash (JTA) — Dozens of rockets fired from Lebanon hit Israel’s north in a significant escalation of tensions that followed clashes between Israeli police and Palestinian worshipers at a Jerusalem holy site. https://www.jta.org/2023/04/06/israel/rocket-barrage-from-lebanon-into-northern-israel-escalates-tensions-after-temple-mount-clash? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted April 9, 2023 Author Members Posted April 9, 2023 2 British-Israeli sisters, ages 15 and 20, killed in West Bank shooting (JTA) — Gunmen shot and killed two British-Israeli sisters and critically injured their mother in an attack on a car in the West Bank on Friday. https://www.jta.org/2023/04/07/israel/2-israeli-sisters-ages-16-and-20-killed-in-west-bank-shooting? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted May 1, 2023 Author Members Posted May 1, 2023 Palestinian teen shot dead by IDF troops during clashes in West Bank A 16-year-old Palestinian was killed by live fire during clashes with Israeli soldiers near the West Bank town of Tuqu’, the Palestinian Authority Health Ministry said Friday. https://www.timesofisrael.com/palestinian-teen-said-shot-dead-by-idf-troops-during-clashes-in-west-bank/? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted May 3, 2023 Author Members Posted May 3, 2023 Israel responds to rockets fired from Gaza after death of Palestinian prisoner on hunger strike WASHINGTON (JTA) — Militant groups in Gaza are firing rockets at Israel — and the Israeli army is responding with rockets of its own — after a Palestinian on a hunger strike died in an Israeli prison. https://www.jta.org/2023/05/02/israel/israel-responds-to-rockets-fired-from-gaza-after-death-of-palestinian-prisoner-on-hunger-strike? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
Members phkrause Posted May 9, 2023 Author Members Posted May 9, 2023 Israel bombs Gaza as new military offensive begins (JTA) — Israel bombed Gaza early on Tuesday, killing three senior members of a terror group and marking the launch of a new military offensive in the coastal territory. Thirteen people in total were killed in the strike. https://www.jta.org/2023/05/09/israel/israel-bombs-gaza-as-new-military-offensive-begins? Israeli strikes on Gaza kill top militants and 10 civilians At least 15 Palestinians, including three commanders of the militant group Islamic Jihad, have been killed in Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-65529490? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60
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