Tag: Security Barrier
On social media, German official calls on Netanyahu to ‘tear down this wall’
Michael Blume, the commissioner for combating antisemitism for the German state of Baden-Württemberg, has prompted criticism for his decision to share a social-media post drawing a parallel between the Berlin wall and Israel’s security fence.
Blume retweeted...
Israeli forces kill terrorist on his way to Tel Aviv to carry out attack
Israeli security forces operating in Samaria killed a Palestinian terrorist on his way to carry out an imminent attack, the Israel Defense Forces and Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) said in a statement on...
Israel’s State Comptroller highlights gaps in security for Judea and Samaria communities
The Israel State Comptroller’s annual report, released on Tuesday, contained a number of warnings regarding the security of communities in the Seam Zone, east of the Green Line and west of the security barrier.
The...
Gantz: Israel to grant tens of thousands of additional work visas to Palestinians
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said on Tuesday that he is advancing a plan to grant work permits to tens of thousands of additional Palestinians.
Currently, an estimated 100,000 Palestinians enter Israel legally to work...
IDF arrests terrorist’s brother, four other suspects, in raid near Jenin
In a counter-terrorism raid, Israel Defense Forces soldiers apprehended the brother of Diaa Hamarsheh, 27, on Wednesday, a day after Hamarsheh entered Israel illegally from the West Bank village of Yabad, near Jenin, and...
Google Maps removes ‘apartheid wall’ label from security barrier near Jerusalem
Google has announced that it has removed the label “Apartheid Wall” from a road adjacent to the security barrier on the outskirts of eastern Jerusalem.
While it is unclear how it came about, the company...