Posts Tagged: west bank
Surprise! Stabbing Jews Tends to Hurt Tourism
From Wafa: An estimated 80,228 guests stayed in West Bank hotels in the first quarter of 2016, marking a drop by 32% from the previous quarter and...
SodaStream CEO: To Improve Your Company’s Sales, Get Attacked by BDS Movement
While the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign aims to hurt Israeli companies, the movement's actions have actually had the opposite effect, the head...
Guardian Article Claims Golan Heights Was ‘Palestinian’
A Guardian article by Sian Cain ("Michael Chabon witnesses ‘grievous injustice’ in occupied territories," May 6) included the following paragraph, with background on the “Palestinian territories” that Israel “entered” during...
Hamas Beats Fatah in Student Elections at Major West Bank University for Second Year Straight
For the second year in a row, Hamas won Birzeit University’s student elections in the West Bank on Wednesday, indicating a growing shift in the overall...
Watchdog: UN Humanitarian Agency Operating in Israel Aids NGOs to Demonize, Delegitimize Jewish State
A UN humanitarian agency operating inside Israel “is responsible for coordinating a highly political and biased NGO network in the West Bank,” a watchdog group...
IDF Commanders Stress Protocol Requiring Soldiers to Maintain 25-Meter Radius From ‘Potential Threats’
West Bank commanders have emphasized IDF protocol obligating soldiers to maintain a 25 meter radius from "potential threats," such as a terrorist lying on the...
Hamas Envoy Denies Crisis in Relationship With Iran
A Hamas envoy rejected ongoing rumors of a crisis between his organization and Iran, Tehran’s semi-official news agency Fars reported on Thursday. Osama Hamdan, Hamas’ representative in Lebanon,...
Palestinian FM Says No More Direct Negotiations With Israel as Netanyahu Pans French Peace Initiative
The Palestinian Authority will never again sit down to conduct direct negotiations with Israel, PA Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki said in a press conference during an...
Gunmen Open Fire at Israeli Reserves Patrolling in West Bank Near Gilboa
At least two gunmen opened fire on Sunday toward Israeli reserves patrolling in the northern West Bank near Mount Gilboa, Army Radio reported. No soldiers were wounded in the shooting...
Israeli Man Stabbed in West Bank While Jogging Released From Hospital, Joins Race in Gush Etzion
On Tuesday, 28-year-old Israeli Tomer Ditur was stabbed while jogging on a road in the Gush Etzion bloc of settlements in the West Bank. By Friday, he...
Shin Bet: Downward Trend in Terrorist Attacks Continued Into January
The beginning of 2016 saw fewer terrorist attacks than the end of last year, continuing a downward trend, Israel's Shin Bet domestic security agency announced on Thursday. There...
Report: Palestinian Security Forces Arrest 5 Members of Iran-Backed West Bank Group
Palestinian Authority security forces arrested five Palestinians in Bethlehem on charges they were helping set up terrorist infrastructure for an Iranian-backed group in the West Bank,...
Wine Brings Judea and Samaria to Tel Aviv
JNS.org - Wine has long been considered a social lubricant, and it’s Nir Lavie’s hope that wine from his Har Bracha Winery in the Samarian hills...
UNRWA Tells Potential Employees Life in West Bank Is Wonderful; Tells World the Opposite
From an UNRWA job posting: The Director of UNRWA Operations acts as UNRWA’s representative in the West Bank where s/he directs UNRWA’s programmes... for a population of...
