Here are Thursday’s latest updates from Israel, Gaza, the West Bank and the Middle East:
■ Israel Police said that they attribute the offense of murder to a Palestinian bus driver who ran over an ultra-Orthodox protester in Jerusalem the day…
Category: 1. Israel
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Vance again downplays rising right-wing antisemitism as fringe influencers gain ground
JTA — US Vice President JD Vance again downplayed the idea that conservatives should safeguard their ranks against antisemitism, a week after his ally Tucker Carlson hosted yet another antisemitic conspiracy theorist on his web…
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Netanyahu says Negev is ‘out of control’ while touring south amid Jewish-Arab tensions
While touring southern Israel on Wednesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared the Negev region is “out of control” and promised to “rein it in” amid simmering Jewish-Arab tensions and intensive police operations in Bedouin…
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PA against E1: A dangerous turning point
The PA’s Jerusalem Governorate claims that issuing the E1 tenders is intended to establish facts on the ground that will block a Palestinian state.
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Israeli researcher trots out proof that walking more needn’t increase commuting time
A Bar-Ilan University researcher wants Israelis to take “small steps” and incorporate a few more minutes of walking into their daily lives.
Prof. Jonathan Rabinowitz of Bar-Ilan’s Weisfeld School of Social Work spoke to The Times of…
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Rabbi Uri Lupolianski, first haredi mayor of Jerusalem and Yad Sarah founder, dies at 74
He served as mayor of Jerusalem from 2003 to 2008, becoming the first haredi (ultra-Orthodox) politician elected to the role.
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Cultural heavyweights call for action to help mothers in Gaza after aid ban
Scores of leaders from across the arts and cultural sector, including celebrated Dames Judi Dench, Imelda Staunton, Joanna Lumley and Meera Syal, have lent their names to a campaign urging a popular online platform to join them…
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Former Jerusalem Mayor and Yad Sarah Founder, MK Uri Lupolianski, Dies at 74
MK Uri Lupolianski, the founder of the Yad Sarah volunteer organization and mayor of former Jerusalem, died Wednesday at the age of 74. His funeral will take place today on Thursday in Jerusalem.
Lupolianski was born in 1951 in Haifa. He was…
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Soldier filmed firing volley of shots toward Gaza said to get 20 days in prison
An IDF soldier who posted a video of himself firing a volley of shots at Gaza received a sentence of 20 days in prison on Wednesday, the Kan public broadcaster reported.
The report said the Israel Defense Forces would weigh whether he can…
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Trump to launch Gaza Board of Peace next week
<i>Axios</i> report: Trump is set to unveil the Gaza Board of Peace, a 15‑nation body overseeing a new Palestinian Arab technocratic government and Gaza reconstruction.
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