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In the coastal city of Acre, Arabs critically injured a Jewish man with rocks and iron bars, and then the crowd attacked the ambulance taking him to the hospital, the AP reported. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday said his government would begin using administrative detention - imprisonment without formal charge - against those involved in civil unrest. Human rights groups have criticised Israel’s broad use of it against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. The trigg...

I am deeply saddened by what is happening in my country. The war with Gaza is one thing. Sadly it occurs and reoccurs. It is simply a continuation of what has been before. The ethnic rioting is another thing altogether. Israeli society is loosely held together. There are undercurrents of resentment and anger between lots of ethnicities. Knitting together a multi-ethnic society is hard. The *Jews* in Israel often have a hard time of it – with tensions across lines of religious and national ori...

A rocket from Gaza killed a 5-year-old child in the Israeli city of Sderot, bringing Israel’s death toll to seven in its exchange of fire with Hamas in the Gaza Strip. In Gaza, 83 people have died, including 14 children, according to Save the Children, an aid group with a Gaza office. In addition, four Palestinians were killed in clashes with Israeli troops in the West Bank this week. Alongside the fighting between Israel and Hamas, several people have been wounded in clashes that have ra...

Holy ground In the wake of images of Israeli police firing tear gas into the mosque, Hamas issued an ultimatum: If Israel didn’t take certain steps by 6 p.m. that evening — the most important being the withdrawal of Israeli police from the Temple Mount — it would face Hamas’s retribution. It was a public, humiliating demand, designed to be ignored. And ignore it Israel did, prompting Hamas to launch the first mass salvo of the new rocket war. That context is vital. Hamas wanted a fight,...

Arab citizens in a Jewish state: What to know about Arab-Israelis as unrest sweeps the country Israeli Arabs participate in a protest in March 2021. (Jamal Awad/Flash90) Advertisement (JTA) — As Israel has begun yet another round of fighting with Hamas in Gaza, another conflict, inside the country, has caught some by surprise: clashes between Israeli Arabs and Jews.  On Tuesday, in the central Israeli city of Lod, Arab protesters burned synagogues, shops and cars. Photos showed Torah ...

The back-and-forth continued for a fourth day as sectarian violence broke out in cities across the region.

Gaza rocket kills Israeli child as Arab-Jewish violence rages in Israel May 13, 2021 9:24 am A dumpster is set on fire in Yafo amid violent protests across Israel, May 11, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash 90) Advertisement (JTA) — A rocket from Gaza killed a 5-year-old child in the Israeli city of Sderot, bringing Israel’s death toll to seven in its exchange of fire with Hamas in the Gaza Strip. In Gaza, 83 people have died, including 14 children, according to Save t...

Biden also called out indiscriminate rocket attacks into civilian areas  Israel called up 9,000 reservists to bolster its forces today as it deployed troops to the Gaza border in preparation for a possible ground invasion  Barrages since Monday have killed Hamas commanders, including Gaza City terror boss, top rocket designer Hamas requested ceasefire last night on mutual basis after launching 1,600 rockets - leaving 7 Israelis dead But Israel has vowed to press on with its military campaign ...

Get email notification for articles from Amos Harel Follow May. 13, 2021 8:57 PM Hamas demonstration of its abilities in recent days, culminating in the massive rocket barrages into central Israel, forced the military to bolster its efforts in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday. Alongside the preparations for the next phase, the army has been striving to cast a positive light on everything that has happened so far. The government and military have been wildly praising their own accomplishments, parti...

South and central Israel again battered by heavy Gaza rocket fire One projectile hits Ramle near Ben-Gurion International Airport, which has been directing incoming flights to the Ramon Airport near Eilat; Ashkelon and Ashdod bombarded by rockets largely intercepted by Iron Dome Ynet | Updated: 05.14.21 , 00:00 Gaza terror groups continued their heavy rocket fire in the late evening Thursday targeting the center of the country, including Ben-Gurion International Airport, and the southern ...