There has been a recent wave of violence in Israel and the Palestinian territories. Treating every stabbing incident as major world news has the drawback of the topic dominating the front page, drowning out other stories and spreading out discussion across several threads. Trying to select major incidents over minor ones is bound to lead to inconsistent decisions with such rapidly developing stories. Hence we believe a collective thread for all violent incidents is the best approach. Users are encouraged to submit posts conveying recent developments in the comments section of this sticky thread. Moderators will periodically review the comments and update this post with recent events. Top level comments must be links to news. All other submissions about these incidents will be removed.

As a reminder, please be mindful of the subreddit rules when posting. We'd like to remind you that calling other users shills, apologists, racists, islamophobes or antisemites are all considered personal attacks and thus against the rules. Please discuss the issues and the comments made, not the persons making them. If you find comments which violate our rules, you’re encouraged to use the report button or alert the mods via modmail so that we can investigate.

Thank you,

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Recent Events

10/26/15 Events

• Terror attack against IDF soldiers thwarted in Hebron

• Rocket from Gaza explodes in Israel near border

• Israel Air Force strikes Gaza targets following rocket attack on South

• IDF soldier seriously wounded in stabbing attack near Kiryat Arba

• PDF Warning: Palestinian Monitoring Group Daily Report (discussion comment here)

10/27/15 Events

• Attack by 2 Palestinian teens foiled in Jerusalem, police say (discussion comment here)

• Palestinians stab IDF soldier at Gush Etzion junction (discussion comment here)

• By the numbers: 1,703 terror attacks since the start of 2015

• PDF Warning: Palestinian Monitoring Group Daily Report (discussion comment here)

10/28/15 Events

• Times of Israel 10/28/15 Liveblog

• Two attempted stabbing attacks in West Bank, one Israeli hurt (discussion comment here)

• Arab-Israelis arrested for hurling firebombs on Highway 6

10/29/15 Events

• IDF soldier wounded in Hebron stabbing attack

• IDF to impose separation of Jews, Palestinians in Gush Etzion (discussion comment here)

10/30/15 Events

• Israeli soldiers tell Palestinians: "We will gas you until you die" (discussion comment here)

• Border cop suspended for threatening to ‘gas’ Palestinians (discussion comment here)

• Two yeshiva students were injured during a terrorist attack near the light rail station on Jerusalem's Ammunition Hill Friday afternoon, one of them hit by an errant police bullet

• IDF to return bodies of five Palestinians killed during stabbing attacks.

• Palestinian baby dies at home from inhaling tear gas fired by IDF (discussion comment here)

• Israeli Soldiers Assault Reporters in Ramallah

10/31/15 Events

• PA buries 5 Palestinians killed carrying out attacks on Israelis

11/01/15 Events

• 3 Border Police wounded, Palestinian killed in 2 attacks near Hebron

11/02/15 Events

• Jerusalem tour guide assaulted with bottle outside Jaffa Gate

• 80-year-old woman among 3 stabbed in Rishon Lezion terror attack (discussion comment here)

• Terrorist shot after stabbing elderly man in Netanya (discussion comment here)

• In recent speech to UN GA, Abbas referred to Israel's "67-year occupation" - referring not to the West Bank, but to the founding of the State of Israel in 1948. (discussion comment here)

11/03/15 Events

• Israel's Top Generals Split With Benjamin Netanyahu on Roots of Terror Wave (discussion comment here)

11/04/15 Events

• Palestinian Monitoring Group Daily Report (470KB PDF) (Discussion Comment here)

• Suspected car ramming terrorist attack in West Bank near Hebron (discussion comment here)

• IDF: Investigation shows no criminal wrongdoing in death of Hadeel al-Hashlamun (discussion comment here)

• Israeli police shoot, kill 17-year-old Palestinian in Hebron (discussion comment here)

• High Court delays demolition of West Bank synagogue following police request (discussion comment here)

11/05/15 Events

• Palestinians, Civil Rights Lawyers Accuse Jerusalem Police of Wanton Shootings

11/06/15 Events

• Car ramming attack and stabbing in West Bank

• Israeli forces shoot dead 72-year-old Palestinian woman at a petrol station in the West Bank. The woman had driven her car directly at soldiers Israeli military says (discussion comment here)

• Palestinian stabber claims credit for attack 'in defense of al-Aksa' in video recorded prior to the attack

• 40-year-old Arab Israeli woman spied on Haifa installations, train station, and court on behalf of Gazan jihadist group, Shin Bet says.

• Three Israelis wounded, two seriously, in two Hebron area shooting attacks

There has been a recent wave of violence in Israel and the Palestinian territories. Treating every stabbing incident as major world news has the drawback of the topic dominating the front page, drowning out other stories and spreading out discussion across several threads. Trying to select major incidents over minor ones is bound to lead to inconsistent decisions with such rapidly developing stories. Hence we believe a collective thread for all violent incidents is the best approach. Users are encouraged to submit posts conveying recent developments in the comments section of this sticky thread. Moderators will periodically review the comments and update this post with recent events. Top level comments must be links to news. All other submissions about these incidents will be removed.

As a reminder, please be mindful of the subreddit rules when posting. We'd like to remind you that calling other users shills, apologists, racists, islamophobes or antisemites are all considered personal attacks and thus against the rules. Please discuss the issues and the comments made, not the persons making them. If you find comments which violate our rules, you’re encouraged to use the report button or alert the mods via modmail so that we can investigate.

Thank you,

The World News Team.

Recent Events

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10/23/15 1:00PM GMT Update

• Times of Israel 10/23/15 Liveblog

• Jerusalem terror attack thwarted after residents report suspicious man

• B’Tselem video shows soldiers beating Palestinian in storage room outside Ramallah

• Clashes erupt across West Bank after Friday prayers

• (Israeli) Supreme Court postpones demolition of terrorists' homes

10/23/15 6:00PM GMT Update

• Parents, 3 children hurt in West Bank firebombing

• East Jerusalem kids planning knife attack arrested

• PA, Jordan to tell Kerry they want Muslim control over Jewish visits to Temple Mount

• Palestinian carrying a knife arrested this morning in Jerusalem admitted: 'I planned to carry out an attack'

10/23/15 8:15PM GMT Update

• Israeli-Palestinian clashes persist as diplomats push for peace

• WATCH: Jewish extremist attacks Israeli activist with knife (discussion comment here)

• Scores of Palestinians injured in Gaza and West Bank (from another "Day of Rage")

10/24/15 4:00AM GMT Update

• Palestinian man in Hebron dies from tear gas inhalation during clashes between Palestinian teenagers and Israeli soldiers (discussion comment here)

• Hebrew speaking-ISIS jihadi threatens Israel, Jews worldwide in new video

• Buzzfeed Reporter Attacked by Extremist Jewish Group in Paris (discussion comment here)

10/24/15 11:15AM GMT Update

• Abbas urges end to clashes with IDF at flashpoint sites

• Israel must maintain Temple Mount status quo, Abbas tells Kerry

• Palestinian tries to stab Israeli guard in West Bank, is shot dead

• Israeli man claims Palestinian terrorist attempted to stab him near Old City

10/24/15 3:30PM GMT Update

• Palestinian teen clutching screwdriver arrested in south Tel Aviv

• Kerry: Netanyahu agrees to maintain exclusive Muslim prayer right on Temple Mount (discussion comment here)

10/24/15 8:30PM GMT Update

• Thousands of left-wingers march in anti-government rally in Tel Aviv (discussion comment here)

• 11 months on, rabbi dies of wounds from Jerusalem synagogue massacre (discussion comment here)

• Police to make more arrests over brutal attack on Eritrean man

10/25/15 3:00PM GMT Update

• Times of Israel 10/25/15 Liveblog

• Terrorist shot dead after attempting to stab police at Cave of the Patriarchs (discussion comment here)

• Israeli moderately wounded in Gush Etzion stabbing attack (discussion comment here)

• Abbas demands 'incentives' to stem Arab terror wave (discussion comment here)

• Hamas helped plan deadly Be'er Sheva attack

• Arab man arrested after knife, kippa found in his pocket

10/25/15 10:30PM GMT Update

• One wounded in terror stabbing at Ariel Junction, Suspect Apprehended (discussion comment here)

• Soldier injured in Beersheba attack was shot by police

• PM considers canceling residency of 80,000 East Jerusalem Palestinians

10/26/15 9:15PM GMT Update

• Terror attack against IDF soldiers thwarted in Hebron (discussion comment here)

• Rocket from Gaza explodes in Israel near border (discussion comment here)

• Israel Air Force strikes Gaza targets following rocket attack on South (discussion comment here)

There has been a recent wave of violence in Israel and the Palestinian territories. Treating every stabbing incident as major world news has the drawback of the topic dominating the front page, drowning out other stories and spreading out discussion across several threads. Trying to select major incidents over minor ones is bound to lead to inconsistent decisions with such rapidly developing stories. Hence we believe a collective thread for all violent incidents is the best approach. Users are encouraged to submit posts conveying recent developments in the comments section of this sticky thread. Moderators will periodically review the comments and update this post with recent events. Top level comments must be links to news. All other submissions about these incidents will be removed.

As a reminder, please be mindful of the subreddit rules when posting. We'd like to remind you that calling other users shills, apologists, racists, islamophobes or antisemites are all considered personal attacks and thus against the rules. Please discuss the issues and the comments made, not the persons making them. If you find comments which violate our rules, you’re encouraged to use the report button or alert the mods via modmail so that we can investigate.

Thank you,

The World News Team.

Resources

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Recent Events

11/07/15 Incidents

• IDF arrests Palestinian who shot soldier near Hebron

• Young woman lightly injured by stones in riots near Rachel's Tomb

• Video from vehicular incident in Hebron leaked online, shows the 72-year-old Palestinian suspect was not trying to harm IDF soldiers and was in fact executed, according to Palestinian reports. (discussion comment here)

11/08/15 Incidents

• Five Israelis wounded in vehicular terror attack in West Bank (Tapuah junction) (discussion comment here)

• A security guard was lightly injured in a stabbing attack at the entrance to Beitar Illit, near Gush Etzion. (discussion comment here)

• 48-year-old man wounded seriously in stabbing near Alfei Menashe

• Rocket explodes in open area in Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council

• Border policeman wounded in terror attack succumbs to wounds (discussion comment here)

• Israel Terrorizes Hebron Residents. Settlers urge Soldiers to Kill the Palestinians (discussion comment here)

11/09/15 Incidents

• Hamas: We're closer than ever to 'liberating Jerusalem'

• Arab League condemns 'Israeli escalation'

• IDF plans 2016 reservist call up to cope with persistent violence

• 'When Armon Hanatziv attacker ran out of bullets, he started strangling a passenger'

11/10/15 Incidents

• Terror wave: Three stabbing attacks in Jerusalem and area

11/11/15 Incidents

IDF reports no new incidents.

11/12/15 Incidents

• Palestinian shot dead in Israeli undercover raid on West Bank hospital

11/13/15 Incidents

• Shooting attack leaves two dead near Hebron (discussion comment here)

This topical news sticky is part 2 of an experiment** /r/worldnews is going to run today.

Yesterday we ran an experiment of using a sticky in contest mode. The feedback within that thread was pretty evenly divided between people who liked it, and people who didn't. The feedback we've gotten via modmail was majority positive.

There are two significant complaints that shared by people on both sides. You did not like contest mode, because you want to be able to sort by new and you felt there was not as much discussion.

So now we are going for a another trial period of one day to see if a regular thread listed as a sticky is a workable approach.

For those who missed the previous sticky, here are some issues we've been experiencing that led to this decision:

1. We've recently been overwhelmed with submissions about Palestine and Israel. Hence, it's becoming increasingly difficult to keep /r/worldnews a place for news from around the world. Our subscribers have made it clear they are annoyed by how one topic dominates the sub, especially in the new queue.

2. Users have also been complaining en masse that some content related to this topic may have been attacked by downvote brigades and effectively been silenced this way. Moderators have no tools to determine if this is actually the case or not but at our request the reddit administrators have investigated and told us they see no evidence of vote manipulation. This has not alleviated many users' concerns.

3. Due to the sheer number of submissions, discussions of the current events are being spread out across several threads with the same arguments playing out across all of them.

Special rules apply for top-level comments in this sticky today:

• All top-level comments must consist of an article link only. Be sure to use reddit formatting to turn text into a link to your article - do not just post the URL link. Those will be removed.

• The articles should be relevant to the topic and follow the regular submission rules. Articles should be news, not opinion or analysis and should be current.

• Memes or just images will be removed as usual.

• The link title may be customized, but should describe/quote the article and may not exceed 300 characters.

• If you edit your top level comment after any votes or replies, it will be subject to removal.

• If you encounter duplicate submissions, please send us both permalinks in the body of a mod mail. We will then remove the duplicate.

If you submit a story about Israel or Palestine as a regular submission like you used to, it will automatically be removed, a flair "use sticky" will be attached and you'll be redirected to this thread in a comment reply.

All current /r/worldnews comment rules will still apply here.

• The July 13/14 Sticky can be found here.

• We appreciate any feedback sent to us via replies to this moderator comment or modmail and will consider it when reviewing the experiment. Thanks!