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Benjamin Netanyahu’s years as Israel’s prime minister see surge in West Bank settlements

By Dan Perry and Josef Federman - Associated Press

Illustration on Middle East violence by Julius/Horsens Folkeblad, Horsens, Denmark

CLIFFORD MAY: Israel’s Palestinian enemies are as barbaric as the Islamic State

By Clifford D. May

A Palestinian protester using a sling shot throws a stone towards Israeli security forces during clashes following a protest against Israeli restrictions to Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, at the Qalandia checkpoint near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Friday, Nov. 21, 2014.(AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Israeli forces disperse West Bank demonstration

Associated Press

The Dome of the Rock Mosque in the Al Aqsa Mosque compound is seen in Jerusalem's old city Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014. Tensions in the region have spiked in recent weeks, largely over the disputed holy site in Jerusalem sacred to both Muslims and Jews. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Israel to demolish homes of synagogue attackers

By Peter Enav - Associated Press

Israeli mayor of the costal city of Ashkelon Itamar Shimoni joins a rally in his support in Ashkelon, Israel, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014. Shimoni has suspended Israeli Arab laborers from work, renovating bomb shelters at local day-care centers. The move drew widespread criticism on Thursday, including from Netanyahu who said "there is no place for discrimination against Israeli Arabs." (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

Israeli mayor bans Arab construction workers, ignites uproar

Associated Press

Israeli police officers carry the flag draped coffin of Druze Israeli police officer Zidan Sif in the Druze village of Yanuh-Jat, northern Israel, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014. Sif, 30, died of his wounds on Tuesday after Two Palestinian cousins armed with meat cleavers and a gun stormed a Jerusalem synagogue during morning prayers Tuesday, killing four people in the city&#8217;s bloodiest attack in years. Police killed the attackers in a shootout. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Hamas says ‘intifada’ against Jews in Israel will continue

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Mourners attend the funerals of Aryeh Kupinsky, Cary William Levine, and Avraham Goldberg, three of the four people killed in a shooting attack in a synagogue in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014. Two Palestinian cousins armed with meat cleavers and a gun stormed a Jerusalem synagogue during morning prayers Tuesday, killing four people in the city’s bloodiest attack in years. Police killed the attackers in a shootout. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

CAL THOMAS: Teaching hate

By Cal Thomas

Sheikh Samir Assi, the imam of the Al-Jazaar mosque in the northern Israeli city of Acre, addresses Christian, Muslim and Jewish clerics outside the synagogue, where on Tuesday two Palestinians killed five Israelis, in Jerusalem on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014. The clergy met to plead for tolerance amid spiking regional tensions. (AP Photo/Olivier Fitoussi) ** ISRAEL OUT **

Clergy plead for interfaith tolerance in Jerusalem

Associated Press

Israeli soldiers run from tear gas, after Palestinians threw canisters fired at them back towards the soldiers, during clashes outside the Ofer military prison, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014. Two Palestinian cousins armed with meat cleavers and a gun stormed a Jerusalem synagogue during morning prayers Tuesday, killing four people in the city&#8217;s bloodiest attack in years. The attack ratcheted up fears of sustained violence in a city already on edge amid soaring tensions over its most contested holy site. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Israel military starts wrecking terrorists’ family homes to send ‘sharp message’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Israeli-Palestinian tension at highest point since summer war

By Guy Taylor and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

The Jewish neighborhood of Pisgat Zeev is pictured in east Jerusalem in 2009, with the Shuafat refugee camp in the background and Israel's separation barrier running between them. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner) FILE

Israel lifts Muslim age limits for Jerusalem site

By Ian Deitch - Associated Press

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the opening session of the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, Monday, Oct. 27, 2014. Netanyahu told parliament Monday that &#8220;the French build in Paris, the English build in London and the Israelis build in Jerusalem.&#8221; The government is currently advancing construction plans to build about 1,000 housing units in east Jerusalem. The Palestinians seek east Jerusalem as their future capital and oppose any Israeli construction there. The international community, including the United States, does not recognize Israel's annexation of the eastern sector of Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israel approves 200 new homes in east Jerusalem

By Josef Federman - Associated Press

Arab-Israelis flash victory signs during a protest of the fatal shooting of a 22-year-old Arab-Israeli who appeared in video footage to be retreating from police. Thousands of Arabs took to the streets Saturday to protest the shooting, with many hurling rocks and firebombs. (Associated Press)

Israeli police raise alert level in response to Arab protests

By Ori Wiesberg and Jacob Wirtschafter — Special to The Washington Times

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu makes an opening statement in his Jerusalem offices as he meets with EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini, Friday, Nov. 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Jim Hollander, Pool)

Jerusalem shrine surrounded by heavy security

By Peter Enav - Associated Press

Lady Gaga arrives at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Herzeliya near Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, Sept. 12, 2014. She has arrived in Israel for a concert on Saturday, according to her website. Her first concert on this tour in the region was in Dubai on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Amir Meiri) ISRAEL OUT

Let your travel senses go Gaga in Israel

By Curtis Ellis — Special to The Washington Times