Dec. 21, 2020
An Israeli teen suspected of throwing stones at Palestinians died Monday in an accident during a car chase with the police. Four other suspects who were in the car were injured lightly and moderately and taken to a Jerusalem hospital.
The deadly accident led to protests in Jerusalem later on Monday, with dozens of settlers, including friends of deceased 16-year-old Ahuvia Sandak, demonstrating in front of the police headquarters in Jerusalem. Some of them tried to break into the compound, and police said at least 50 were detained during clashes with police.
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Ahuvia Sandak. Credit: Courtesy of the family
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Dec. 11, 2020
In an alternative reality, Route 55 could have been a symbol of coexistence. It stretches from the outskirts of the Palestinian city of Nablus in the West Bank to Kfar Sava northeast of Tel Aviv, and on the West Bank side of the road it is used by both motorists with yellow Israeli license plates and white Palestinian ones. It’s as if it were natural that the residents of the Palestinian town of Qalqilyah and the nearby Jewish settlements would be spending time together.
The road has one lane in each direction, but it will soon look different: it’s slated to be upgraded and widened. But the not-so-small details of the project reveal which motorists it seeks to benefit.
Haviv Rettig Gur is The Times of Israel s senior analyst.
Then-MKs Gideon Sa ar, right, and Naftali Bennett in the Knesset plenum on February 24, 2014. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
Last week, Naftali Bennett looked set to become Israel’s inevitable next prime minister. This week, with Likud MK Gideon Sa’ar announcing his own run for the premiership, a clear-cut race just got complicated.
An election hasn’t been called yet. It too was all but inevitable just a week ago; Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had left Blue and White leader Benny Gantz with nothing to lose, no longer even pretending to intend to follow through on their rotation agreement.