"What enabled the Holocaust of October 7, which led us to horror and the continuing war, is directly the expulsion from Gush Katif and northern Samaria," Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan said.
Following Israel Hayom's publication of definitive video proof showing an intact Taybeh church, police confirmed no fire damage occurred to the holy site, prompting Ambassador Mike Huckabee to publicly clarify he never accused Jewish residents of arson.
"You had a Palestinian Catholic church burned to the ground. And if it was settlers from the West Bank, Israelis, I want them to be punished. I want accounting for what happened," Republican Senator Lindsey Graham added.
US envoy says killing of Florida man a "murder,' says he has "aggressively" asked Israel to investigate his death in Sinjil, where he was supposedly beaten to death by settlers.
In an unprecedented move, a significant change has been made to the long-standing status quo at the Cave of the Patriarchs: authority over the site has been transferred from the Palestinian-run Hebron Municipality to the Kiryat Arba-Hebron Religious Council by the Civil Administration, in order to conduct structural upgrades at the compound.
Combat veterans who served on the front lines during the current conflict will spearhead the establishment of a new settlement in the strategically vital Jordan Valley this summer, a place where assessments see as a primary route through which Iran smuggles military equipment via Jordan into northern Samaria.
Move comes a day after London, Ottawa and Paris threaten to issue "targeted sanctions" against entities that undermine the two-state solution and warned Israel might face concrete actions.
Newborn was found still attached to the Israeli mother's burned body by the umbilical cord. After an intensive investigation, the infant's father has been arrested as the primary suspect.
The Cabinet has now approved a five-year plan to close breaches along the border – from fence construction and reinforcement of IDF forces to settling the entire border line from Zemach to Eilat. The plan was first discussed at the Israel Hayom Security Conference, in partnership with the HaShomer HaChadash organization.
Italian activist Michela Cimenti's planned operations apparently include helping construct an unauthorized Palestinian school that she characterizes as "not just a brick building but a hard core of resistance."
