Author: Gavriel Dan

Gavriel Dan spent a number of years covering social movements in Israel, the wider middle east and Europe. He is considered an expert in embedding himself with various groups and causes in order to get accurate and rich information.
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Headlines June 14: Israel to Head UN Legal Committee, Temple Mount Ban Lifted, Paris ISIS Attack

Israel Makes UN History: Ambassador Danny Danon to Head UN Legal Committee
[The Jewish Press]

 

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Monday lifted the ban on Knesset Members and cabinet ministers visiting the Temple Mount.
[Arutz Sheva]

 

Paris Police Officer Stabbed To Death; ISIS Reportedly Claims Responsibility
[The Huffington Post]

 

Brazil regrets its vote negating Israel’s tie to Western Wall, Temple Mount
[The Jerusalem Post]

 

Johannes Hahn, the European Commission’s Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, arrived in Israel on an official visit to initiate a process of consultations with Israel ahead of the launch of the new Israel-EU bilateral cooperation program.
[Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

 

Miracle: Shot twice in the head, victim recounts Tel Aviv attack
[Arutz Sheva]

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Headlines June 13: Condolences to Orlando Victims, Attacks in Jerusalem, Incitement by Temple Mount Preacher

PM Netanyahu extended Israel’s deepest condolences to the American people following the horrific attack on the LGBT community in Orlando.
[Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

 

A Jewish woman and child were attacked by an Arab male in Jerusalem on Shavuot.
[The Jewish Press]

 

The Palestinians’ conflict with Israel, including the occupation in the West Bank and the blockade of Gaza, is the primary cause for Palestinian “humanitarian vulnerabilities,” according to a UN report published Monday.
[Times of Israel]

 

The nephew of Hamas de facto prime minister Ismail Haniyeh was hospitalized over the weekend at Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem.
[The Jewish Press]

 

Two Israeli teens were injured and several others in shock late Sunday in a rock-throwing attack on a bus in East Jerusalem.
[Times of Israel]

 

Watch: Temple Mount preacher calls to ‘annihilate the Jews’
[Arutz Sheva]
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Headlines June 9: Terrorists Kill 4 in Tel Aviv, Arabs Praise Attacks, Hamas Threatens More

Four people were killed and six others were wounded in a shooting attack at a food and shopping center in Tel Aviv on Wednesday, after two Palestinian gunmen opened fire on passersby. Netanyahu called a security briefing in Tel Aviv.
[Haaretz]

Hamas blames Tel Aviv attack on ‘Al-Aqsa violations,’ threatens more
[Times of Israel]

 

Palestinians in the West Bank and east Jerusalem took to the streets to celebrate the deadly terrorist shooting in Tel Aviv on Wednesday night that left four people dead and several others wounded. Upon hearing the reports of the shooting, dozens of Palestinians gathered at Damascus Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem, singing out loud and cheering the gunmen. In the West Bank city of Tulkarm, many young men took to the streets and distributed candies to the local drivers, while in the Dheisheh Refugee Camp in Bethlehem dozens of Palestinians participated in a march praising the terror attack.
[The Jerusalem Post]

 

Israel’s Defense Ministry said it was freezing tens of thousands of permits given to Palestinians to travel to Israel during the Muslim Ramadan holy month Thursday along with other punitive measures, in the wake of a terror attack in central Tel Aviv.
[Times of Israel]

 

Wednesday night’s terrorist cousins not first in the family to murder Jews. Uncle of Sarona terrorists murdered four in 2002.
[Arutz Sheva]

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Headlines June 8: Israel Strikes Syrian Weapons, Bibi & Putin, NASA & Israel to Mars

Israeli Air Force jets attacked a missile storage facility in Syria over the weekend, targeting a number of military sites said to be housing advanced weaponry.
[The Jerusalem Post]

 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the Kremlin, held a lengthy working meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. They discussed a large number of issues including Syria and other regional issues pertaining to the national security of both countries. The two leaders discussed the continuation of regional coordination between their respective militaries, which has worked very well up until now. They also discussed agricultural issues (milk production with the assistance of Israeli technologies), the pensions agreement that was signed between the two countries, tourism, health, the manufacture of medicines and other issues.
[Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

 

NASA chief expresses interest in Israel helping with manned mission to Mars‏
[Arutz Sheva]

 

Israel and Ukraine sign agreement for employment of Ukrainian construction workers
[Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs]

 

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Tuesday that in just one or two meetings a rapprochement deal with Israel will be reached, indicating that the normalization talks started last December are reaching a close.
[Arutz Sheva]

 

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Headlines June 7: Rare Coins Found, Iran Accuses Saudi Arabia, US Promises More Israel Aid

Susan Rice criticizes Israel but promises largest aid package in history
[i24 News]

 

NGO presents MK Glick with nearly 100,000 signatures of the Jerusalem Covenant affirming Jerusalem is the eternal Biblical capital of the Jews.
[Arutz Sheva]

 

Israel has challenged the accuracy and objectivity of a report submitted by the Palestinians to the World Health Organization (WHO), saying it is riddled with misleading or false captions to photos accusing the Jewish state of wrongdoing.
[Ynet News]

 

The Smith Research Center poll, commissioned by the “Commanders for Israel’s Security” movement, reveals that 57 percent of Israelis who don’t reside in Jerusalem fear visiting the city amid the months-long wave of Palestinian stabbing, car-ramming, and shooting terror attacks against Jewish Israelis.
[JP Updates]

 

Speaker of Iran’s Parliament claims Saudi Arabia shared intelligence with Israel during the Second Lebanon War in 2006.
[Arutz Sheva]

 

Anxious Callers Can Now Track Israeli MDA Ambulances Via GPS
[The Jewish Press]

 

A Rare Cache of Silver Coins Dating to the Hasmonean Period was Discovered in Modi‘in
[Israel Antiquities Authority]