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Israeli police shoot a Palestinian after he allegedly stabbed a guard at a Jerusalem train station
JERUSALEM (AP) — A young Palestinian man allegedly stabbed an Israeli security guard at a Jerusalem light rail station on Thursday and was then shot and wounded by police. Police said the attacker is in serious condition while the security guard was lightly wounded. ...
Israel's Netanyahu is to meet Elon Musk. Their sit-down comes as X faces antisemitism controversy
JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet billionaire businessman Elon Musk during a trip to the United States next week, the Israeli leader's office said Thursday. Netanyahu's office said their meeting, which is scheduled for Monday, will include discussions...
Ultra-Orthodox men block Jerusalem traffic in protest against Israeli military draft
Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox men on Wednesday blocked a major Jerusalem intersection, snarling traffic and crippling public transportation across the city, in a demonstration against an attempt to force a community member to comply with the country’s mandatory military draft.. The...
Palestinian politicians lash out at renowned academics who denounced president's antisemitic remarks
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian politicians on Wednesday raged against dozens of Palestinian academics who had criticized President Mahmoud Abbas' recent remarks on the Holocaust that drew widespread accusations of antisemitism. They lambasted the open letter signed earlier...
Thousands rally in support of Israel's judicial overhaul before a major court hearing next week
JERUSALEM (AP) — Several thousand protesters supporting the Israeli government's judicial overhaul rallied in front of the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on Thursday, before a pivotal hearing next week on the legality of the first major bill of the overhaul. The bill, which Prime...
Palestinian attacker wounds 2 people in stabbing attack outside Jerusalem's Old City
JERUSALEM (AP) — A Palestinian youth stabbed two people, moderately wounding one of them, in an attack Wednesday outside a main entrance to the Old City of Jerusalem, authorities said. Israeli police said the teen carried out the attack near Jaffa Gate after getting off a bus. The...
In latest violence, Israeli police kill Palestinian teen assailant and West Bank bomb hurts Israelis
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police on Wednesday shot and killed a 14-year-old Palestinian boy who stabbed a man in a Jerusalem light-rail station, officials said, while Palestinian militants detonated a bomb near a convoy of Israeli troops escorting Jewish worshippers to a holy site in the occupied...
Court says Netanyahu's son must pay damages to woman he implied had affair with his father's rival
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's son must compensate a woman who sued him after he implied she was having an affair with his father's chief political opponent, a court ruled Wednesday. The court ordered Netanyahu's eldest son, Yair Netanyahu, to pay...
This year over 200 Palestinians and nearly 30 Israelis have been killed, highest since 2005, UN says
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has killed over 200 Palestinians and nearly 30 Israelis so far this year – already surpassing last year’s annual figures and the highest number since 2005, the U.N. Mideast envoy said Monday. Tor Wennesland told the U.N....
Israeli settler accused of involvement in killing of Palestinian moved to house arrest
JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli settler suspected of involvement in the killing of a 19-year-old Palestinian man in the West Bank last week was released from detention on Wednesday and transferred to house arrest, a Jerusalem court said. The Israeli judge said there was insufficient...
