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Israeli journalist and filmmaker Yuval Abraham and Palestinian journalist and filmmaker Basel Adra accept the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature for their film “No Other Land,” during the 97th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on March 2, 2025. Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images.

Oscar-winning filmmakers caught on video pestering IDF troops

The scene in "No Other Land," described in the film as "settler violence and IDF cruelty," was a staged provocation, according to the local council.

March 5, 2025

Palestinian Authority construction vehicles in the Judean Desert. Credit: Regavim.

‘National Catastrophic’: PA paves over Judean Desert ecosystem

Regavim, an Israeli NGO focused on land issues, recently exposed damage in the Judean Desert by Palestinian Authority construction.

JNS Staff

Jan. 29, 2025

Palestinian Authority security personnel in Jenin, northern Samaria, on Dec. 16, 2024. Photo by Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90.

16 PA security personnel killed while attacking Israelis

The Palestinian Authority "not only fails to oppose terrorism, it actively endorses it," Regavim report finds.

Josh Hasten

Jan. 6, 2025

A new neighborhood under construction in Ma’ale Hever, Judea and Samaria, on Dec. 28, 2022. Photo by Gershon Elinson/Flash90.

IDF extends urban renewal legislation to Judea and Samaria

"This is a historic decision which could impact change," a spokesperson for Construction and Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf told JNS.

Josh Hasten

Dec. 19, 2024

An illegal Palestinian resort in Battir, Gush Etzion. Credit: Regavim.

Israel takes down illegal Palestinian structures in Gush Etzion reserve

For the first time since Oslo, the Civil Administration enforced the law against illegal construction inside a nature reserve in Judea and Samaria.

Dec. 13, 2024

The demolition of an illegally built structure in the Judea city of Hebron, Dec. 28, 2021. Photo by Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90.

Dramatic drop in illegal Palestinian construction in Area C

This marks the first time in a decade that illegal construction has dropped, accompanied by increased enforcement by Israel's Civil Administration.

Josh Hasten

Dec. 13, 2024

U.S. President Joe Biden listens as Mark Anthony Thomas, the President and CEO of the Greater Baltimore Committee and Baltimore Tech Hubs coalition, introduces him at an event at the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House on Oct. 23, 2023 in Washington, D.C. Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images.

Latest US sanctions on Israelis an ‘insult to most basic elements of democracy’

"I'm a loyal and law-abiding Jewish citizen of the State of Israel, I expect Israel to let me continue working and back me and all of our citizens possibly impacted by this decision," said Shabtai Koshlevsky, one of the targets of the U.S. administration's new round of sanctions.

Josh Hasten

Nov. 21, 2024

Holiday resort guest houses under construction in a Judean Desert nature reserve under Palestinian Authority control, Aug. 21, 2024. Photo by Josh Hasten.

Israelis demand Civil Administration reclaim Gush nature reserve from PA

"It will not be easy to enforce this decision, but I hope the Civil Administration will now act," said Knesset member Simcha Rothman.

Josh Hasten

Aug. 22, 2024

Israelis protest against aid trucks entering the Gaza Strip at the Kerem Shalom border crossing, Jan. 29, 2024. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.

Israeli-Americans explain why they are suing Biden over sanctions

"The administration targeted individuals for engaging in legitimate protest activities," says a lawyer involved in the case.

Ariel Kahana

Aug. 16, 2024