IDF soldiers thwarted a terror attack in east Jerusalem near Abu Dis on Friday evening, when they opened fire at three Palestinian terrorists who lit a firebomb with the intent to throw it at them, an IDF spokesperson reported. Read full article here
Peretz will serve as minister of Jerusalem affairs and heritage, the post that was sought by two Likud ministers. Peretz will be responsible for religious Zionist education. Peretz will also join the Likud faction in the Knesset. Read full article here
Israeli Public Security Minister Gilad Erden extended for six more months an earlier decision to close Palestine TV’s office in East Jerusalem and ban the station’s activities in the Holy City and in Israel. Read full article here
Top officials in the administration of US President Donald Trump in Israel and elsewhere took to social media on Thursday to celebrate the two-year anniversary of the US Embassy in Israel’s relocation to Jerusalem, the capital. Read full article here
600 homes, hotels, office space and commercial stores and more have been approved on land stretching south from the city’s historic railway station. Read full article here