JERUSALEM — When Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suspended his contentious plan to overhaul Israel’s judiciary this past week, easing weeks of unrest, he won the support of one of the most right-wing ministers in his coalition by promising to take the first steps toward forming a new national guard that the minister could control. Itamar […]
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West Bank Attack Kills 2 Israelis as Middle East Officials Meet in Jordan
JERUSALEM — Hours after a Palestinian gunman fatally shot two Israeli brothers as they drove through a town in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Sunday, Jewish settlers went on a rampage in the area to avenge the killings, stoning and burning dozens of Palestinian homes, stores and cars. The shooting occurred early Sunday afternoon on […]
As Israelis Grieve, Some Palestinians Exult, and Some Fear What’s Next
As grieving Israeli families sat shiva on Sunday for seven civilians killed over the weekend in East Jerusalem, the family of their Palestinian killer felt a different emotion. Pride. “He’s a legend and hero,” said the killer’s father, Moussa al-Qam, 48, whose own father was stabbed to death in 1998, in what Israeli officials later […]
Families of Israelis Killed at Munich Olympics Reach Compensation Deal
The Israeli and German governments announced an agreement after the families said they would boycott a memorial observing the 1972 attack over what they called insufficient recompense.