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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday promised to wield a "heavy hand" against terrorists in response to a pair of shooting attacks in East Jerusalem. Netanyahu spoke after a Palestinian gunman killed seven people outside a synagogue in the city on Friday night and an attack on Saturday that left a father and son wounded. "We are not looking for escalation but we are prepared for any possibility," said Netanyahu, whose new far-right government has been in power for a month. "Our answer to terrorism is a heavy hand and a powerful, quick and accurate response," he said. Tensions be......

Unknown vandals desecrated a Protestant cemetery in Jerusalem, damaging more than 30 gravestones, according to Israeli media reports. Israeli radio reported considerable damage to the Zion cemetery on Wednesday, with gravestones damaged and crosses broken. The Jerusalem Post, citing Jerusalem University College, reported that the perpetrators were two Jewish teenagers, saying the damage amounted to the equivalent of $99,700. An Israeli police spokesman confirmed on Wednesday that an investigation was under way, but did not comment on the identity of the suspects. A video shared on social media......

An Egyptian-brokered ceasefire to halt a flare-up in fighting by Israel and Palestinian militants was holding on Monday. An Israeli army spokesperson said no new rockets had been fired at Israel from the Gaza Strip since the ceasefire to end three days of violence that Palestinians said left more than 40 dead took effect late Sunday. The Israeli army had not attacked any new targets in the coastal enclave, she said. Israel on Monday also announced the re-opening of border crossings into the Mediterranean coastal strip for humanitarian deliveries. The Israeli military had launched the "Breaking......

Tens of thousands of Israelis took part in a controversial flag march through Jerusalem's Old City on Sunday, after clashes erupted at a flashpoint holy site Palestinians. Every year, nationalist Israelis hold the march to celebrate the Israeli conquest of East Jerusalem during the 1967 Six-Day War. The event - which passes through the Muslim quarter of the Old City - is viewed as highly provocative by Palestinians who claim East Jerusalem as the capital of a future independent State. Some groups of marchers were heard chanting racist slogans such as "Death to Arabs" and "Mohammed is dead," ac......

The behaviour of police at the funeral of an Al Jazeera journalist killed this week while reporting on an Israeli military raid in the occupied West Bank sparked outrage on Friday. Images shared online and broadcast on TV channels appeared to show Israeli police beating people attending the funeral procession. Thousands attended the funeral of Shireen Abu Akleh, who is well-known in the Arab world. She was shot dead during an Israeli operation in Jenin on Wednesday. Police said hundreds of demonstrators had turned violent during the funeral procession, throwing stones at officers. Security for......

Police stopped an unauthorized flag march by right-wing nationalist Israelis planning to trace the walls of Old Town Jerusalem on Wednesday, with Israeli-Palestinian tensions over the city's holy sites spiking once again. Authorities had prohibited the march for security reasons, and Israeli police halted it with a blockade shortly after it began. Shoving ensued. In the evening, Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired a rocket at the Israeli border area. According to the Israeli army, warning sirens sounded in the town of Sderot and projectile was identified. Ahead of the march, militant......