On Monday, Rabbi Ari Smaja of the Ramat Shlomo community met with the mukhtar (communal leader) of Shuafat, the adjacent Arab neighborhood. Said Israeli journalist Shmuel Ben-Atar, "There has never been a meeting like this...if the rabbis and sheiks ran the state – there would have been peace a long time ago."
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Fatah has claimed responsibility for a shooting attack Tuesday night at on IDF position along Route 443, the highway leading from Modi'in to Jerusalem, when Palestinian terrorists opened fire at a "pillbox" overlooking the road.
No injuries were reported in the attack, which reportedly came from a car that fled to the nearby Palestinian...
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Hundreds gathered in Jerusalem on Friday morning to bury Rabbi Meir Chai, a father of seven who was shot by Palestinians near his West Bank home. The 40-year-old teacher was buried at the Mount of Olives cemetery.
The Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades and the Islamic Jihad both claimed responsibility for the attack.
Friday night elite IDF troops...
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