IDF commanders are instructed to minimize use of live fire in the West Bank, but recent attack triggers settler protest in hope of amending regulations.
by Chaim Levinson 5 commentsIsrael has experienced many leadership crises in the past but even in periods of anger, frustration and vast disappointment with the leaders there was still hope.
by Uzi Baram 0 commentsJewish settlers in the West Bank are allowed to use live fire to defend their lives or their property, but might the same law also enable Palestinians to act in self-defense?
by Ithamar Handelman-Smith 2 comments
A new Palestinian initiative seeks to revive the PLO's old-time strategy, abandoned following the Oslo Accords. It includes Israel's Jewish population, but without calling them by name.
by Amira Hass 24 comments
Migron, set up in 2002 on private Palestinian land on a hill near Ramallah, was evacuated in 2012, but around 50 prefabricated homes remained intact.
by Chaim Levinson 3 comments
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry asked his EU counterpart Catherine Ashton to put off the move as he tries to restart Israeli-Palestinian negotiations.
by Barak Ravid 28 commentsWhen Stephen Hawking visited here in 2006 he received the royal treatment; but then he decided to criticize Israel.
by Gideon Levy 10 comments
The land of the settlement Homesh, which was evacuated in 2006, was originally confiscated by the IDF.
by Chaim Levinson 6 comments
Unknown individuals - probably settlers from the nearby settlement - have started working land that belongs to Azmout, a Palestinian village near Nablus. A protest has been launched.
by Gideon Levy and Alex Levac 3 comments
The government’s intention to make the crime of settlement outposts kosher is in direct and flagrant contradiction to its masquerade that it wants to advance the peace process.
Haaretz Editorial 9 comments
