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2017 Temple Mount shooting
Israeli police clash with Palestinian protesters during a protest against metal detectors that were placed at gates to the Temple Mount, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on July 19, 2017 (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)
September 10, 2017, 5:28 pm
Shin Bet: Temple Mount crisis sparked huge increase in terrorist activity
Nadav Argaman says security service received three times more warnings of attacks in July than in June, warns West Bank still 'fragile'
By Judah Ari Gross
Israeli forces at the scene of a stabbing attack near Damascus Gate in Jerusalem on August 12, 2017. One man was injured and the Palestinian assailant detained. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 8, 2017, 9:56 pm
Terror attacks against Israelis drop following harsh July
Attacks in August resulted in two injuries, both from stabbings; there were no fatalities
An Orthodox Jew stands facing the Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem on July 24, 2013. (Lucie March/Flash90)
September 1, 2017, 3:18 pm
Court demands state justify Temple Mount metal detectors for Jews
In small victory for far-right activists, judge order government to explain its policy after security measures were removed from Muslim access points to holy site
By TOI staff
A wooden footbridge leads up from the Western Wall to the Mughrabi Gate of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City November 28, 2011. (Kobi Gideon/Flash90).
September 1, 2017, 12:43 am
Far-right activists demand removal of Temple Mount metal detectors for Jews
Petition filed with Supreme Court claims discrimination after security measures were removed from Muslim access points to holy site
By TOI staff
Omar Al-Abed, in handcuffs, is brought to a courtroom for his trial at the Israel's Ofer military court near the West Bank city of Ramallah on August 17, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 24, 2017, 4:16 pm
Halamish terrorist chose home because he heard laughter – indictment
Military prosecution files 10 charges against Omar al-Abed, including 3 of murder and 2 of attempted murder
By Jacob Magid
Amjad Jabarin arrives in a Haifa District Court on August 24, 2017, where he is charged with accessory to murder in connection with a terror attack on the Temple Mount in July. (Screen capture: Channel 10)
August 24, 2017, 12:24 pm
Arab Israeli man charged with aiding Temple Mount terrorists
Shin Bet says investigation of deadly shooting attack uncovered connections between the gunmen and banned Northern Branch of Islamic Movement
By Judah Ari Gross
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in Cairo on February 15, 2017. (AFP/Khaled Desouki)
August 22, 2017, 10:22 pm
UN chief to make first visit to Israel next week
Antonio Guterres to meet Netanyahu and Abbas, go to Gaza, during 3-day trip
By TOI staff and AFP
Illustrative: Israeli security forces arrest a Palestinian rioter in Wadi Joz, near the Old City of Jerusalem, July 21, 2017. (Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)
August 16, 2017, 7:25 pm
Police accused of assaulting staff, patients at East Jerusalem hospital
Left-wing group says border guards used violence while searching for rioters, may have caused the death of a patient
By TOI staff
Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli security forces in the West Bank town of Bethlehem on July 19, 2017, following a demonstration against new Israeli security measures at the Temple Mount. (AFP/Musa Al Shaer)
August 16, 2017, 5:35 pm
Police arrest 72 Palestinians suspected in Temple Mount riots
Officials say 43 of those detained in past week have been charged with violent offenses during clashes last month in Jerusalem
By TOI staff
Sheikh Raed Salah, head of the Islamic Movement's Northern Branch, arrives at court in Jerusalem, on November 5, 2009. (Kobi Gideon / FLASH90)
August 16, 2017, 6:53 am
The rise of Raed Salah, Israel’s Islamist leader who wants Jerusalem at the heart of a caliphate
The recently rearrested preacher has built a career ‘defending' Al-Aqsa against Israel's purported planned takeover, building vast support among Arab Israelis
By Dov Lieber
Sheikh Raed Salah, center, smiles as he arrives at the Israeli Rishon Lezion Magistrate's Court on August 15, 2017. (AFP/JACK GUEZ)
August 15, 2017, 5:15 pm
Court extends remand of top Islamic cleric by 2 days
Sheikh Raed Salah slams his arrest for incitement as a witch hunt aimed at diverting attention from Netanyahu investigations
By TOI staff
Arab Israeli Islamist leader Sheikh Raed Salah takes part in a large anti-government demonstration in Sakhnin, October 13, 2015 (AFP/JACK GUEZ)
August 15, 2017, 11:57 am
Lawmakers call for jailing of ‘inciting’ cleric Raed Salah
MKs from left and right praise arrest of head of banned Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement on suspicion of incitement to violence
By TOI staff
Israeli-Arab Sheikh Raed Salah the leader of the radical northern wing of the Islamic Movement in Israel, prayers with supporters in Umm al-Fahm after he was released from prison on January 17, 2017. (AFP Photo/Ahmad Gharabli)
August 15, 2017, 9:00 am
Police say top Islamic cleric held for incitement to terror
Sheikh Raed Salah taken into custody in overnight raid on his home after making public statements, some to media, allegedly supporting terror attacks
By TOI staff
Leader of the banned northern branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel, Sheikh Raed Salah center, in the Supreme Court in Jerusalem January 26, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 15, 2017, 5:08 am
Police arrest leader of banned Islamic group in northern Israel
Sheikh Raed Salah taken into custody in overnight raid on his home in Umm al-Fahm
By TOI staff
Knesset member Yehudah Glick sets up a make-shift office outside an entrance Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City, August 14, 2017. (AFP Photo/Menahem Kahana)
August 14, 2017, 8:43 pm
Likud MK holds ‘protest’ office at Temple Mount gate
Yehudah Glick works outside the contested holy site for a day to call attention to restrictions on lawmakers imposed by Netanyahu
By TOI staff and AFP
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