Jerusalem
“Hundreds of acres of forest have been burned, perhaps even more,” said Israeli forester Gidi Bashan.
A blaze that erupted on Har Haruach spread to Neve Ilan, Kibbutz Ma’aleh HaHamisha and Abu Ghosh.
The organizers have also called for demonstrations against the Temple Mount’s Mughrabi Gate, the only gate through which non-Muslims are allowed to enter the site.
Event organizers accuse police of “capitulating to terrorism” • Far-right MK Itamar Ben-Gvir calls on lawmakers to use parliamentary immunity to defy police orders.
“In the face of the wrath of the emerging far-left government, we will march in Jerusalem,” says Itamar Ben-Gvir of the far-right Religious Zionist Party.
Israeli defense minister says he won’t support the annual Israeli nationalist parade if it requires special security measures, sparking an outcry on the right.
On the heels of U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to the region, Mideast experts say America is misreading the situation in the West Bank and Gaza, and using smoke and mirrors as it works to appease Iran and placate Israel.
Tensions are still simmering in places like Jerusalem, and in Judea and Samaria, following violent riots that took place at the start of Ramadan in April, which carried over during the Gaza operation, spilling into in mixed Jewish-Arab cities throughout the country.
Two wounded, one severely, in suspected terror attack in Jerusalem
The assailant was shot and neutralized by police after stabbing two young men near the Ammunition Hill light-rail station.
The claim that Israeli law permits Jews to reclaim ownership of lands they owned prior to 1948 but denies Palestinians such a right is false in every particular.
Temple Mount reopens to Jewish visitors after 19 days
Despite reports of small-scale disturbances at the site, the visit by a group of 20 Jews to the compound went ahead as planned.
Violent unrest rocks Judea and Samaria as thousands take to the streets in solidarity with Hamas in Gaza.
