JERUSALEM—A 13-year-old Palestinian opened fire in east Jerusalem on Saturday, wounding two Israelis, officials said, a day after another attacker killed seven outside a synagogue in the deadliest attack in the city since 2008. The shooting in the Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan in east Jerusalem, near the historic Old City, wounded a father and son,…

JERUSALEM—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday announced a series of punitive steps against the Palestinians, including plans to beef up Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, in response to a pair of shooting attacks that killed seven Israelis and wounded five others. Netanyahu’s Security Cabinet approved the measures in the wake of a…

British Prime Minister Liz Truss has told Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid, she is considering moving the British embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Truss met Lapid at a United Nations summit in New York on Wednesday and told him she was reviewing the possibility of following the U.S. lead. Since the creation of Israel in…

British Prime Minister Liz Truss has told Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid that she is considering moving the British embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv. Truss met with Lapid on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Sept. 21, telling him she was reviewing the possibility of following the United…

GAZA/JERUSALEM—Israeli air strikes pounded Gaza while the Islamic Jihad terrorist group fired hundreds of rockets into Israel on Saturday as a cross-border clash continued into a second day. Hamas, the Islamist terrorist group which controls the enclave, said the children were among the dead from a blast close to the Jabalya refugee camp and blamed…

President Joe Biden is voicing support for an independent Palestinian state, and giving aid to Palestinians, reversing Trump’s policies. Tight races are expected in Maryland’s gubernatorial primaries. Four Republicans and nine Democrats are competing for nomination. Another Air Force general is taking command of the Pentagon’s F-35 Joint Program Office. What does the change in…

HEBRON, West Bank—A knife-wielding Palestinian woman threatened an Israeli soldier in the occupied West Bank and was shot dead on Wednesday, the army said, an account that was disputed by Palestinian officials. Violence in territories where Palestinians seek statehood has simmered since U.S.-sponsored peace talks stalled in 2014. Recent weeks have seen an escalation, including…

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu visited Israel last week, becoming the first Turkish foreign minister to do so in 15 years. The trip is a sign of budding rapprochement between the two countries whose diplomatic relations have remained in limbo since 2018. Experts attribute the move to Turkey’s desire to repair frayed relations with influential…

RAMALLAH, West Bank—Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, medics and a terrorist group said, in clashes that erupted after an arrest raid. It was the second time in two days that Israeli forces have killed a Palestinian during a late-night incursion. The Israeli military said its forces had…

Palestinians and Israeli police clashed at the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem on Friday as thousands gathered for prayers during the Islamic month of Ramadan. Medics said more than 150 Palestinians were wounded. In a statement, Israeli police said hundreds of Palestinians hurled firecrackers and stones at their forces and toward the nearby Jewish prayer area…