Judea and Samaria

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Spanish VIPs get the message: BDS is bad for everyone
Josh HastenJNS14.11.2018
Touring Israel, they are able to see joint partnerships between Israelis and Arabs at work, the high-quality produce prepared for export—and even witness firsthand the need to run for shelter as Hamas rockets fall.
A group of Spanish politicians on a visit, sponsored by the Ministry of Strategic Affairs and Jordan Valley Regional Council, to businesses, farms, factories and educational institutions throughout Judea and Samaria. Credit: Josh Hasten.
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Spanish VIPs get the message: BDS is bad for everyone
Josh Hasten14.11.2018
Touring Israel, they are able to see joint partnerships between Israelis and Arabs at work, the high-quality produce prepared for export—and even witness firsthand the need to run for shelter as Hamas rockets fall.
A group of Spanish politicians on a visit, sponsored by the Ministry of Strategic Affairs and Jordan Valley Regional Council, to businesses, farms, factories and educational institutions throughout Judea and Samaria. Credit: Josh Hasten.
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Israeli farmers take fight against BDS to consumers
Ariel KahanaIsrael Hayom12.11.2018
They plan to combat anti-Israel boycott efforts by more aggressively appealing to shoppers in Europe and America • Plan includes increasing product visibility, hosting public-opinion leaders in tours of Judea and Samaria, Golan and Jordan Valley.
A Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) protest against Israel in Melbourne, Australia, on June 5, 2010. Credit: Mohamed Ouda via Wikimedia Commons.
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Daniel KrygerMida06.11.2018
Israel’s ‘Auschwitz borders’
As long as Ramallah and Gaza prioritize Israel’s destruction over the well-being of their populations, the two-state plan will remain an unattainable pipe dream.
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International soccer group acquiesces to Israeli broadcast in Judea, Samaria
24.10.2018
The Union of European Football Associations relented to a request by Israel’s national broadcaster to televise the Euro 2020 and 2022 World Cup qualifier soccer games after a year of negotiation.
A FIFA World Cup qualifier match between Israel (blue uniform) and Italy at the Sami Ofer stadium in Haifa Sept. 5, 2016. Credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
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Israel Hayom
Dror Eydar19.10.2018
Jews tattling on other Jews is nothing new
What is keeping Gaza from becoming the Singapore of the Middle East? Who is using the millions of aid money sent to Gaza to dig tunnels to commit murder and terrorist acts?
Dror Eydar (Linkedin)
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In rare visit beyond Green Line, US Ambassador Friedman urges dialogue
Ariel KahanaIsrael Hayom17.10.2018
U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman attends an event in Ariel promoting commercial ties between Israelis and Palestinians • He says America is willing to help, but “are the Palestinians?”
U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman speaks at the official opening ceremony of the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem on May 14, 2018. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
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Fire claims the life of two young children in Beitar Illit
10.10.2018
Three of the family’s children managed to get out and get help with a neighbor, but 4-year-old Efrat Ginsburg and her 2-year-old brother, Tzvi, were not able to escape.
Forces at the scene where a 2-year-old baby and his 4-year-old sister were killed after a fire broke out at a home in Beitar Illit on Oct. 9, 2018. Photo by Nati Shohat/Flash90.
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Israeli broadcasting authority battling football association for right to show games in Judea, Samaria
08.10.2018
The Union of European Football Associations has refused to allow Israel’s national broadcaster, Kan, to broadcast the World Cup and Euro 2020 soccer games to Israeli television sets in Judea, Samaria or eastern Jerusalem, saying it will not agree to Israel broadcasting its games in the “Palestinian territories.”
A FIFA World Cup qualifier match between Israel (blue uniform) and Italy at the Sami Ofer stadium in Haifa Sept. 5, 2016. Credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
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Three Palestinians indicted for conspiring to carry out ‎terrorist attacks ‎against Israelis
Israel Hayom03.10.2018
West Bank residents Issa Shalalda, Amar Masud and Hazem ‎Hamail are believed to have been recruited by Hamas operatives on Facebook • They planned to target Israeli civilians and soldiers in Judea and Samaria, says Shin Bet security agency.
In March 2016 in the West Bank village of Deir Debwan, Palestinian mourners chant slogans while carrying the body of Mahmoud Shalan, a Palestinian-American terrorist who had tried to murder Israelis before security forces killed him. Credit: Photo by Flash90.
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Israel Kasnett16.09.2018
Ari Fuld: A staunch defender of Israel and the truth
Those who knew him think of “how the mighty have fallen.” He was a devout adherent to the laws of Judaism, he studied hard, and he fearlessly defended Israel and the Jewish nation against those he perceived to be fighting against Jewish values.
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SodaStream sold to Pepsi for $3.2 billion in cash
20.08.2018
The seltzer-machine sales company was founded in 1991, creating machines and accessories for home seltzer-making, including dozens of mix-in flavors. Approximately 500,000 devices are produced by its 3,500 employees monthly and sold in 46 countries worldwide.
Mayim Bialik, star of the “Homoschlepiens” video campaign, with a SodaStream machine. Credit: SodaStream.
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IDF arrests terror suspects in Judea, finds submachine gun in Barbie backpack
16.07.2018
Israeli security forces arrested 19 terror suspects and rock-throwers in raids across Judea and Samaria overnight on Sunday, confiscating multiple illegal guns in Hebron and confiscating thousands of shekels marked to fund terror acts.
Carlo-style submachine gun discovered in a Barbie backpack ditched by a Palestinian fleeing capture by the Israeli Border Police. Source: Israel Police.
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Martin Sherman11.07.2018
Rethinking the notion of incentivized Arab emigration
There is considerable evidence, both statistical and anecdotal, indicating a desire among widespread segments of the Arab population in Judea-Samaria (and Gaza) to seek a more secure and prosperous future elsewhere, even without there being any purposeful policy to provide tempting tangible inducements to emigrate. 
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Arab arrested outside Beit El with meat cleaver, knife
08.07.2018
A 28-year-old from an Arab town near Hebron was arrested Saturday when police discovered he was armed with a knife and meat cleaver near the Jewish community of Beit El in southern Samaria.
An Arab man was arrested outside the Samaria community of Beit El with a knife and meat cleaver in his car, admitting that he was planning an attack on Jews. Source: Israel Police.
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With ‘peace’ in doubt, Israelis search for alternatives to two-state solution
Josh Hasten02.07.2018
Proposals for new paradigms, including calls for Israel to extend sovereignty over territories currently occupied by Israelis and Palestinians, are gaining traction.
View of the Israeli settlement of Ma’aleh Adumin in Judea and Samaria on Jan. 1, 2017. Photo by Yaniv Nadav/Flash90.
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