Tag: Jerusalem District Police

There have been 19 terrorist attacks in Jerusalem alone since the beginning of the year. Most of the terrorists were younger than 20.

Failure has rarely been described in more glowing terms.

No casualties were reported, but a patrol jeep was damaged in a separate incident as well earlier in the day.

This is not the first time terrorist weapons have been stockpiled in the mosque for use on the Temple Mount against police and Jews visiting the holy site.

"In the framework of the rules of the Temple Mount, in accordance with the status quo in the area, ritual activity with overt external features, including the four species, is forbidden."

The three Israeli Arab cop killers were killed as they were attempting the flee the scene.

It's not yet clear who was behind the attempt to re-ignite more violence this time.

Men under 50 were barred from entering the Temple Mount compound at all due to security warnings, so instead prayed in the streets.

Firefighters and Jerusalem Police were able to quickly bring the fire under control.

Police and security forces operated in the area along with firefighting crews as well.

Some 200 Muslims simultaneously flooded through the entrance to the Temple Mount, ostensibly for afternoon prayers.

"We will get to every person who had any connection at all to the attack and to anyone who dares to openly express support, or to utter inciting statements or encourages people to support terror ."

Meirav Hajaj, Shir's mother, said that watching the sealing process might give her some relief.

The family of 22-year-old Lt. Shir Hajaj, hy'd, witnessed the sealing of the killer's home, with police support.

The difficulty in establishing whether a fire was set deliberately has to do with the fact that in arson cases the fire destroys most of the evidence. In Haifa, on Thursday, for instance, investigators were certain that at least some of the fires were the result of arson, but they failed to come up with conclusive evidence.

Netanyahu ordered Knesset Speaker Edelstein to continue to prevent MKs and ministers from going up to the Temple Mount during this sensitive period, such sensitive period being defined as "always."

Israel Police changes the benefits package to make sure "it pays to be a cop in Jerusalem."

The Ethics Committee said it discussed the matter again on Tuesday following pleas by committee member MK Yousef Jabareen (Joint Arab List) and Jewish MKs.

Israel Police are watching with extra vigilance as Israelis and tourists stream through Jerusalem's Old City to pray at the Western Wall on Jerusalem Day.

Arab violence skyrockets in Jerusalem; one city council member says politics ties police hands.

IDF Radio reported that Jerusalem District Police has put out a red alert Sunday morning, in anticipation of a possible renewal of disturbances on...