Retired IDF general who saved son during Oct. 7 Hamas attack joins Israeli opposition leader's party

by mgall74 | Nov 18, 2025 | Israeli News

[ad_1] Current sectionIsrael NewsThe new member of opposition leader Yair Lapid’s Yesh Atid party commanded several West Bank military units and served as the head of the IDF’s Northern Command. On October 7, 2023, he went to rescue his son Amir, a Haaretz...

In the West Bank, the IDF only arrests those who come to protect Palestinians

by mgall74 | Nov 15, 2025 | Israeli News

[ad_1] News Life and CultureColumnists and OpinionHaaretz Hebrew and TheMarkerPartnershipsHaaretz.com, the online English edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, gives you breaking news, analyses and opinions about Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World.©...

A Palestinian boy waited for his school bus. An Israeli soldier fired a tear-gas canister in his face

by mgall74 | Nov 15, 2025 | Israeli News

[ad_1] A boy gets up early in the morning, washes his face, brushes his teeth, eats a light breakfast, grabs his backpack and a cookie, and heads outside to the school bus with his older sister. It’s still early – 6:40 A.M. Three minutes later, a convoy of three...

Drought and settler violence make 2025 West Bank olive harvest worst in living memory

by mgall74 | Nov 14, 2025 | Israeli News

[ad_1] ‘Palestinian Farmers Are Fighting to Survive’ This year’s olive harvest will not exceed 10,000 tons – less than a tenth of the average over the past decade, according to the Palestinian Olive Council’s estimate. Unlike in Israel,...

A few lost boys? Jewish terrorism in the West Bank has a clear plan

by mgall74 | Nov 14, 2025 | Israeli News

[ad_1] Hundreds are taking part, not a small group of wayward Israeli youths. The violence is designed to instill fear among the Palestinians, shrink their living space and evict them from their land ■ A special panel provides the IDF chief with a road map for...