A view of Efrat’s Dagan (foreground) and Tamar (background) neighborhoods, near Bethlehem in Judea and Samaria, Nov. 10, 2020. Credit: Gershon Elinson/Flash90.
(Nov. 9, 2024 / JNS) Leaders and activists across the Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria were nearly unanimous in their response to the outcome of the U.S. presidential election: the defeat of Democratic candidate Kamala Harris by Republican contender Donald Trump.
Jews pray for the well-being of America at the Ancient Shiloh archeological site in the Binyamin region of Samaria on Nov. 3, 2024. Photo by Josh Hasten.
(Nov. 3, 2024 / JNS) Several hundred Israelis—men and women—gathered at Ancient Shiloh on Sunday for morning prayers and the recitation of psalms, for the well-being and prosperity of America, as the U.S. heads towards presidential elections this on Tuesday.
Luxury villas under construction in Samaria, exclusively reserved for Palestinians who have spent at least five years in Israeli prisons for terrorism-related offences. Credit: Josh Hasten.
(Oct. 1, 2024 / JNS) The Palestinian Authority is forging ahead with the construction of a luxury neighborhood in Samaria exclusively reserved for Palestinians who have served at least five years in Israeli prisons for terrorism-related offenses, a Binyamin Regional Council spokesperson has told JNS.
Cheli Ganot, whose son Ch.-Insp. Dan Ganot died protecting the residents of Kibbutz Be’eri on Oct. 7, 2024, and Master Sgt. Dean Elsdunne at the Friends of Zion Museum in Jerusalem on Oct. 9, 2024. Photo by Josh Hasten.
“On October 7, we were 100% the bulletproof vests of the nation.” This is according to Master Sgt. Dean Elsdunne, Israel Police international spokesperson, speaking to JNS on the sidelines of an emotional event at the Friends of Zion Museum in Jerusalem on Wednesday night, honoring the 67 police officers who died in the line of duty on Oct. 7, 2023, and over the past year, battling terrorists and defending the State of Israel.
The first graduating class from Ariel University’s Adelson School of Medicine, Sept. 25, 2024. Credit: Eyal Mass.
(Sep. 26, 2024 / JNS) Israel’s Ariel University on Wednesday evening celebrated the first class of graduates from its Adelson School of Medicine, which opened its doors in 2019.
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A freelance journalist and public relations consultant, he specializes in PR for nonprofits. Until recently, he served as the international spokesperson for the Yesha Council and Gush Etzion.
Max Margolis teaches victims of terrorism how to play golf. The Caesarea Golf Club, Sept. 15, 2024. Credit: Meir Pavlovsky.
California high-school golf phenom Max Margolis, 17, played 101 holes on Sunday at the Caesarea Golf Club, in the baking sun, to raise money for Israeli victims of terror.
Israeli troops during counterterror activities in the Jenin and Tulkarem areas in northern Samaria, August 2024. Credit: IDF
(September 6, 2024 / JNS) “The army is now seriously turning its attention to Judea and Samaria. The terrorists have raised their heads,” a regional Judea and Samaria security chief, who simultaneously is serving in the IDF reserves as part of the “Operation Summer Camp” anti-terror campaign in the territories that began on Aug. 28, told JNS on Wednesday.
A view from the Jewish community of Neve Daniel in the Gush Etzion region of Judea, Oct. 11, 2022. Photo by Gershon Elinson/Flash90.
(September 4, 2024 / JNS) Last month, the Israeli Defense Ministry’s Civil Administration set borders known as “blue lines” for a new 150-acre Gush Etzion town called Nahal Heletz, located in the Judean hills just outside of Jerusalem, in an area with a Jewish presence dating back thousands of years.
Brig. Gen. (res.) Amir Avivi, chairman of the Israel Defense and Security Forum (IDSF), opening the 2024 IDSF conference, Jan. 25, 2024. Credit: IDSF.
The lower house of the Italian Parliament passed a multifaceted pro-Israel resolution in July while condemning the surge in global antisemitism following the Oct. 7 massacre in southern Israel.