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Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan during a march to the biblical site of Joshua's Altar on Mount Ebal in Samaria, Oct. 2, 2023. Photo by Elihay Menachem/Samaria Regional Council.

Thousands march to threatened biblical site in Samaria

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Israeli politicians, local leaders, prominent rabbis and others marched on Monday as part of a Sukkot event to a threatened site in northern Samaria that many believe to be of major biblical significance. The...
One of the wounded shepherds at Hadassah Medical Center-Mount Scopus in Jerusalem, Aug. 29, 2023. Photo by Yoav Dudkevitch/TPS.

Jewish shepherds attacked in Binyamin region

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Four Jewish shepherds were wounded when dozens of masked Arabs attacked them as they were herding their flock in the Binyamin region of Samaria on Tuesday. Video said to be from the scene of the...
An Israeli man was killed by a Palestinian who tried to infiltrate the town of Kedumim in Samaria, July 6, 2023. Credit: TPS.

Israeli soldier killed in terrorist attack near Kedumim

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A Palestinian terrorist, who sought to infiltrate the town of Kedumim, killed an Israeli man on Thursday. Magen David Adom emergency medical personnel treated the victim at the scene, some six miles west of Nablus...
The family of brothers Hallel, 21, and Yagel Yaniv, 19, whom terrorists shot dead near Nablus, speak to reporters in Har Bracha, Feb. 27, 2023. Credit: Flash90.

Palestinian terrorists open fire near Samaria town; no injuries reported

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Palestinian terrorists on Wednesday opened fire from a moving vehicle at a police patrol car and a nearby store in the Mount Gerizim area near Nablus (Shechem) in Samaria. Minor damage was caused to a...
Israeli security forces at the scene of a deadly shooting attack near the Jewish Settlement of Eli, West Bank, June 20, 2023. Photo by Flash90.

What’s behind the escalating Palestinian terror offensive

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On Tuesday, two Palestinian terrorists affiliated with Hamas drove up to the gas station outside the town of Eli in the Benjamin District. Carrying M-16s, they boldly entered Hummus Eliyahu restaurant and opened fire...
Torah study at Homesh in Samaria. Courtesy of the Homesh Yeshivah.

Homesh Yeshivah foresees a full return to the once-abandoned community

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In March, the Knesset voted 31-18 to repeal parts of the 2005 Disengagement Law and allow Israelis to return to the destroyed northern Samaria communities of Homesh, Sa-Nur, Ganim and Kadim. In May, another step...
Visitors walk by the water tower in the ruins of the former community of Homesh, Aug. 27, 2019. Photo by Hillel Maeir/Flash90.

Gallant opens door to Jewish return to evacuated part of Samaria

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Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has instructed Maj. Gen. Yehuda Fox, head of the IDF Central Command, to sign an order that could allow Jews to once more live in Homesh, one of the four...
The curse tablet found on Mount Ebal. Photo by Jaroslav Valach.

Scholars expound on Mount Ebal curse tablet with oldest Hebrew text

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A lead tablet found at a site where millions of Jews and Christians believe the Israelite leader Joshua built an altar contains the oldest Hebrew text ever found in the Land of Israel as...
Roman columns at Tel Sebastia. Photo by Ovedc via Wikimedia Commons.

Israel to turn biblical Sebastia into archaeological park

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The Israeli Cabinet approved a nearly $9 million budget on Sunday for the restoration and development of Sebastia, a major archaeological site that served as the capital of the Kingdom of Israel nearly three...
The seal of the U.S. Department of State. Credit: Christopher E. Zimmer/Shutterstock.

US ‘extremely troubled’ that Knesset rescinded parts of disengagement law

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The Knesset voted 31-18 on March 21 to repeal articles of the 2005 Gaza Disengagement Law, which banned Israelis from entering and living in four communities in northern Samaria. Hours later, a spokesman for the U.S....