Both Turkish supporters and other Middle Eastern communities celebrated the victory of Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the second round of the presidential elections Sunday night. With a majority of just over 52%, Erdogan, a devout Muslim who is said to have dreams of rebuilding the caliphate, will continue to serve as president for another 5 years and will be able to complete a quarter century of being in office. Meanwhile, the long-standing Turkish leader's victory was celebrated by Palestinians on the Temple Mount in a blatantly antisemitic display.

29 May 2023

Read more: Palestinians Celebrate Erdogan Win With Antisemitic Chant On Temple Mount

Despite contrary advice from the security services, overnight between Sunday and Monday, Israeli civilians moved the controversial Homesh Yeshiva to State owned land just a few hundred meters from where it had been until today, on what had been ruled to be private Palestinian land. This is another stage in the development of the Yeshiva, a struggle for which the people of Homesh worked for years together with the head of the Samaria Council Yossi Dagan and others.

29 May 2023

Read more: In The Dark Of Night, Homesh Yeshiva Erected On State Land With IDF Present

A 9-year-old girl was injured, apparently by stray bullets from a Palestinian Authority-run village near Kochav Ya'akov in the Benjamin Regional Council, while she was walking on one of the streets of her community. A Magen David Adom team evacuated her fully conscious to Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem, where she was treated and released to recover at home.

28 May 2023

Read more: 9-Year Old Israeli Israeli Girl Struck By Celebratory Stray Bullet From Palestine

A terrorist armed with a knife was shot and killed Friday morning after he entered the Tana Omer settlement in the southern Hebron mountain and tried to stab people near a synagogue in the settlement. According to the residents, the person who shot the terrorist is a member of the settlement's emergency security squad. There were no casualties in the incident, except for the terrorist himself.

28 May 2023

Read more: Terrorist Shot Dead After Sneaking Into Settlement With A Knife

Tensions rise in the Israeli security system against the background of the exchange of statements between Israel and Iran and the possibility of a military flare-up just in time for the Jewish holiday of Shavuot.  According to a report “Israel Hayom”, Israel Defense Forces senior officials have been talking in closed discussions in recent days about the possibility of a security deterioration on Israel’s northern border with Lebanon. On the other hand, a senior political official said that there is no change in status currently, and only the public reviews of the IDF commanders at Monday's Herzliya conference caused the feeling that the situation has worsened.

25 May 2023

Read more: Israel's Security Cabinet Preparing For An Escalation On The Northern Border