While the upcoming [Israeli] election is understandably focused on the economy and the coronavirus, an issue long in the background is beginning to emerge. Over the last couple of weeks, the Palestinian issue has emerged from its seemingly moribund
No Israeli soldiers were injured in the attack, according to the IDF.
Images from the scene, which were shared on social media, showed at least four soldiers surrounding the suspect, who lay prone on the ground. A knife was seen on the ground nearby.
The soldiers were members of the mixed-gender Ram Battalion of the IDF Home Front Command.
Yossi Dagan, the head of the local Samaria Regional Council, said the soldier involved in the incident was a new immigrant from the United Kingdom, who had moved to Israel without her family.
Dagan noted that the attack on the soldiers came a day after a resident of the Har Bracha settlement in the northern West Bank was attacked by Palestinians near the village of Burin while he was jogging. The man was taken to Meir hospital in Kfar Saba with mild injuries, according to Magen David Adom.
Illustrative: View of the Palestinian village Burin, near the Jewish settlement of Har Bracha (Flash90)
A resident of the Har Bracha settlement in the northern West Bank who was out jogging was attacked by Palestinians near the village of Burin, medics said Monday.
The man was taken to Meir hospital in Kfar Saba with mild injuries, according to Magen David Adom.
There were no immediate arrests announced following the assault. The Palestinian news site Ma’an reported that Israeli troops had placed roadblocks close to al-Burin and were preventing residents from entering or leaving the village.
Palestinians in Burin were subject to an alleged stone-throwing attack by settlers on Saturday from the nearby outpost of Givat Ronen. In a video widely circulated on social media, so-called hilltop youth can be seen hurling rocks as Israeli soldiers apparently stand by.
30-day mourning period for Israeli Esther Horgen to be observed online
30-day mourning period for Israeli Esther Horgen to be observed online
Benjamin Horgen said he has been focused on “continuing in Esther’s path of positive thinking and seeing the good in life,” while at the same time noting that he has been thrust into the realm of Israel advocacy.
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(January 19, 2021 / JNS) Family and friends of Esther Horgen, the 52-year-old Israeli mother of six who was murdered by an Arab terrorist last month, are organizing a Zoom event for the general public on Wednesday evening, Jan. 20, to mark her
One hundred of the units will be built in Tal Menashe, a community in northern Samaria that was home to Esther Horgen, a 52-year-old mother of six killed on Dec. 21 by a Palestinian terrorist while she was jogging in the forest near her house.
The European Union condemned the decision of the Israeli government to approve plans to build 780 new homes in Judea and Samaria and called on the government to reverse its decision.
In a statement, the EU said: ‘’Israel’s latest decision to advance plans for the approval and construction of almost 800 new settlement units in the West Bank, is contrary to international law and further undermines the prospects of a viable two-state solution.’’