‘Obviously, the challenges in Jerusalem are different than in Tel Aviv, where there are more criminal-related incidents than terrorism’ By Daniel K. Eisenbud Nearly a year into an unpredictable terror wave that has sporadically engulfed the capital – necessitating extraordinary security measures – the Israel Police is struggling to enlist 1,200 recruits to serve in […]
Route 443 between Jerusalem and Modi’in has been subject to dozens of attacks during the recent wave of terrorism due to its proximity to Ramallah and other Palestinian villages; The IDF is planning to put up more cameras to identify terrorists before they can carry out their attacks. By Yoav Zitun The IDF is expected to […]
JNS.org – The 2016 Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade was held Thursday, one year after convicted haredi killer Yishai Schlissel stabbed 16-year-old Shira Banki to death at the 2015 parade. Schlissel, who is already in prison for the crime, was rearrested (in his jail cell) for conspiring with his brother to attack the year’s parade. “Any and all attempts […]
By Micha Gefen Nir Barkat’s decision as well as his lowering of the pride flag from key areas like the Great Synagogue shows how much impact spirituality has in public expression in Jerusalem. “I am a partner to the aim of achieving more tolerance, but not every means brings you to that target,” Nir Barkat, mayor […]
Declaring the US needs a hawk in power, American film great James Caan threw his support behind Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. “It’s a pretty dangerous world,” said the 76-year-old Jewish actor, during an interview on Wednesday with reporters in Jerusalem, in the middle of his first visit to Israel. The Academy Award nominee, best […]
Other members of Schlissel family banned from Jerusalem as police crack down ahead of highly charged march The brother of a man who carried out a deadly attack on Jerusalem’s gay pride parade last year was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of planning an attack on the annual march set for Thursday, as police cracked down […]
By Ari Soffer Police in Jerusalem on Monday prevented a terror attack in Jerusalem’s Old City, by a determined repeat offender. Police and Border Police forces prevented an attack in Jerusalem’s Old City, by a Palestinian terrorist who had only been released from prison two days earlier. Officers stopped the 28-year-old Arab suspect in the […]
The summer season is upon us and with it come the annual ‘summer camps’ organised by Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip. The Tower reports: “Hamas has opened three-week-long training camps in Gaza for over 50,000 elementary, middle, and high school students, the Gaza-based terror organization said in a press release Sunday. Hamas official […]
A new Educational Walkway and the expansion and upgrade of the Jerusalem Garden at the Ammunition Hill National Heritage site in Jerusalem has been inaugurated. It was generously supported by Sydney UIA supporters Rhonda and Harry Triguboff. A moving ceremony took place on July 6 is dedicated in their honour. The work was carried out over […]
The news on the radio was awful. A suicide bomber attack in Jerusalem. The three young Israelis heard the report, and seemingly stopped for a moment to calculate its meaning to their lives? Had they been to the place? Did anyone they know live near there? The answers were no and so the conversation they’d […]
