Palestine
Settlers attack olive harvest amid Jerusalem unrest
Israeli settlers torched some 100 olive trees owned by Palestinian farmers near Nablus as the year's harvest began—the latest in a pattern of such attacks.
Tag: Israel
Greater Middle East
Clashes in Egypt’s Sinai; militants attack Israel
Attacks in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula killed at least 30 troops, one day after militants fired an anti-tank missile at a military vehicle across the Israeli line.
Greater Middle East
US warns Lebanon over Iranian military aid
As Hezbollah claimed responsibility for a border attack that wounded two Israeli soldiers, the US threatened to cut off military aid to Lebanon if it accepts arms from Iran.
Palestine
Israelis and Palestinians clash at al-Aqsa mosque
Palestinian protesters clashed with Israeli police at East Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque after Israelis marking the Sukkot feast tried to invade the mosque.
Palestine
Israel plans relocation of Jordan Valley Bedouin
The Israeli military's Civil Administration on the West Bank has filed plans for a new settlement in the Jordan Valley, where thousands of Bedouins will be forced to relocate.
Palestine
Thousands attend funeral of killed Palestinians
Clashes broke out as thousands attended the funeral for two Palestinian men killed by Israeli forces overnight during an "ambush" in the Hebron area.
Greater Middle East
US expands Syria air-strikes; Israel downs fighter
As the US struck both ISIS and Nusra Front positions in Syria, Israel shot down a Syrian fighter plane it said had violated its airspace over the Golan Heights.
Palestine
Israel confiscates 1,000 acres of Palestinian land
Israeli authorities announced the confiscation of an unprecedented 4,000 dunums (1,000 acres) of private Palestinian land south of Bethlehem under an 1858 Ottoman ordinance.
Palestine
Israel detains Palestinian for Facebook posts
Palestinian activist Suhaib Zahida was ordered detained by an Israeli court for starting an "Intifada of Hebron" Facebook page and advocating a boycott of Israeli products.
Iraq
ISIS gets an air force after fall of Syrian base
ISIS supporters posted photos to Twitter of fighters from the militant group in control of warplanes, missiles and tanks seized after the jihadists overran the Syrian air base of Tabaqa.
Palestine
Hamas claims victory, celebration across Palestine
As a ceasefire went into effect, Hamas urged Gazans to take to the streets and "celebrate victory and the fulfillment of the Palestinian people's demands."
Palestine
Anti-Semitism and ‘cognitive infiltrators’
Common Dreams website claims to have conducted an investigation revealing that "more than a thousand" anti-Semitic comments posted to the site "were written with deceptive purpose."