Israel Police
Israel targets top rabbis for anti-Arab incitement
Jul 03, 2011 03:07 EDT
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli police briefly detained a leading rabbi Sunday as part of a widening probe into a treatise suspected of inciting the murder of Arabs.
Top settler rabbi briefly arrested in racism row
Jun 27, 2011 15:47 EDT
Israeli police briefly detained a leading settler rabbi on Monday in connection with an investigation into a book justifying the killing of non-Jews in some cases, police said.
Three dead in Israel blast: police
Jun 16, 2011 19:03 EDT
A gas explosion in the Israeli town of Netanya, north of Tel Aviv, killed at least three people and injured others overnight Thursday, an Israeli police spokesman said.
Israeli police enter Al-Aqsa mosque compound
Jun 10, 2011 11:39 EDT
Israeli police briefly entered the flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound after Friday prayers and fired tear gas towards stone-throwing youths, police and mosque officials said.
Israel police arrest three over Golan town protests
Jun 09, 2011 10:40 EDT
Israeli police have arrested three people in the Golan Heights town of Majdal Shams, accusing them of throwing stones during protests, a spokeswoman said on Thursday.
Jewish settlers accused in West Bank mosque attack
Jun 07, 2011 16:40 EDT
AL-MUGHAYYIR, West Bank (Reuters) - Jewish settlers were accused of attacking a mosque in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Tuesday, setting alight carpets and daubing Hebrew graffiti on its walls.
Jewish settlers accused in West Bank mosque attack
Jun 07, 2011 11:19 EDT
AL-MUGHAYYIR, West Bank (Reuters) - Jewish settlers were accused of attacking a mosque in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Tuesday, setting alight carpets and daubing Hebrew graffiti on its walls.
Settlers try to burn down mosque: Palestinians
Jun 07, 2011 10:50 EDT
Vandals tried to set fire to a mosque in the northern West Bank, causing damage to the inside, Palestinian security sources said on Tuesday, blaming Jewish settlers.
Palestinians accuse settlers in W.Bank mosque attack
Jun 07, 2011 07:42 EDT
AL-MUGHAYYIR, West Bank (Reuters) - Jewish settlers were accused of attacking a mosque in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Tuesday, setting alight carpets and daubing Hebrew graffiti on its walls.
Pope agrees on 'urgent need' for Palestinian state
Jun 03, 2011 12:40 EDT
Pope Benedict XVI and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas met in the Vatican on Friday and said there was an "urgent need" for a lasting solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Israeli settlers, police clash at West Bank outpost
Jun 02, 2011 11:18 EDT
Six Israeli police officers and five settlers were injured on Thursday in clashes that erupted as police dismantled an illegal settlement outpost, a police spokesman told AFP.
Israel expels two Palestinian infiltrators from Syria
May 17, 2011 10:47 EDT
Two Palestinian protesters who infiltrated Israel from Syria on Sunday during huge demonstrations on the Israeli border were deported on Tuesday, a military spokeswoman said.
Israel hunts Syria infiltrators after day of bloodshed
May 16, 2011 16:31 EDT
Hundreds of police fanned out across the Golan Heights on Monday in search of refugees who crossed over from Syria in some of the bloodiest violence in years along Israel's borders.
Israel-Palestinian violence erupts on three borders
May 15, 2011 08:56 EDT
MAJDAL SHAMS, Golan Heights (Reuters) - Violence erupted on Israel's borders with Syria, Lebanon and Gaza on Sunday, leaving at least eight dead and dozens wounded, as Palestinians marked what they term "the catastrophe" of Israel's founding in 1948.
Truck crashes into vehicles in Tel Aviv, 1 dead
May 15, 2011 05:51 EDT
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - A truck driver drove into cars and pedestrians in Tel Aviv on Sunday, an annual Palestinian protest day, killing a man and injuring 17 people, and police said they were investigating whether it was a political attack.
Israel police stand back as Palestinian teen buried
May 14, 2011 16:16 EDT
Around 2,000 mourners laid the body of a Palestinian teenager killed in Jerusalem clashes to rest on Saturday as Israeli police kept a discreet watch but did not intervene, fearing more unrest.
Palestinian dies after protest in Jerusalem
May 14, 2011 07:19 EDT
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A Palestinian teenager who was shot during protests in Jerusalem died on Saturday, hospital officials said, and Israeli police, expecting further demonstrations, deployed heavily in the streets.
Jerusalem police brace for more Nakba unrest
May 14, 2011 03:16 EDT
Relatives of a Palestinian teen shot in Jerusalem clashes were to bury him on Saturday as Israeli police prepared for a possible second day of unrest as Arabs mourn the 1948 creation of Israel.
Clashes in east Jerusalem as 'Nakba' events start
May 13, 2011 15:19 EDT
A teenager was shot and wounded in clashes between Israeli police and youths in east Jerusalem on Friday, medics said, as Palestinians launched events to mourn the 1948 creation of the Jewish state.
Israel police on high alert as 'Nakba' events begin
May 13, 2011 03:40 EDT
Israeli security forces were on high alert on Friday for fear of violence as the Palestinians begin marking the "Nakba" or "catastrophe" which befell them following Israel's establishment in 1948.