JERUSALEM (JWN and agencies)—This week’s historic move by Attorney-General Yehuda Weinstein enabling non-Orthodox rabbis to receive state funding has aroused a storm of opposition by the Orthodox … [Read more...]
Netanyahu: We’ll convert three outposts to new settlements
April 5, 2012 By
JERUSALEM (JWN and agencies)—Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu announced on Wednesday that the government is going to transform three West Bank outposts—Bruchin, Rehalim and Sansana—into new … [Read more...]
Settlers evicted from disputed Hebron building
April 4, 2012 By
HEBRON (JWN)—In a surprise operation on Wednesday afternoon, a contingent of some 150 Border Police SWAT team officers peacefully evicted the 15 settler families who had illegally occupied a Hebron … [Read more...]
Jerusalem mufti under investigation for incitement
January 24, 2012 By
JERUSALEM (JWN and agencies)—Talkbacks () Attorney-General Yehuda Weinstein on Tuesday ordered the police to open an investigation into remarks made by Jerusalem Mufti Sheikh Muhammad Hussein … [Read more...]
