Jews, Arabs use religion as tool to escalate conflict - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Akiva Eldar

Akiva Eldar

Nov 19, 2014

A bullet hole is seen in a door of a synagogue in Jerusalem where two Palestinian militants killed four rabbis and a policeman, November 19, 2014. Two Palestinians armed with a meat cleaver and a gun killed five people in the Jerusalem synagogue on Tuesday before being shot dead by police, the deadliest such incident in six years in the holy city. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun (JERUSALEM - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS RELIGION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTR4EP08 — A bullet hole is seen in the door of a synagogue in Jerusalem where two Palestinian militants killed four rabbis and a policeman, Nov. 19, 2014. — REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

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An Israeli soldier prays by a tank at an Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) staging area in the central Gaza border November 21, 2012. Israeli air strikes shook the Gaza Strip and Palestinian rockets struck across the border as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton held talks in Jerusalem in the early hours of Wednesday, seeking a truce that can hold back Israel's ground troops. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis (ISRAEL - Tags: CONFLICT CIVIL UNREST MILITARY RELIGION) - RTR3AOGQ

An inside look at IDF's 'faith-driven' warriors

Mazal Mualem

In Tel Aviv, reporting on politics

An Israeli police officer gestures as he holds a weapon near the scene of an attack at a Jerusalem synagogue November 18, 2014. Two suspected Palestinian men armed with axes and knives killed four people in a Jerusalem synagogue on Tuesday before being shot dead by police, Israeli police and emergency services said, the deadliest such attack in the city in years. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun (JERUSALEM - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTR4EK6L

Jerusalem terror attack shatters brief remission

In Tel Aviv, reporting on national security, Israeli politics, defense

An armed man walks in the centre of Jerusalem October 19, 2015. A surge in Palestinian attacks in Israel is raising concerns that the weakening economy could eventually be pushed into recession. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun - RTS538B

Feeling targeted, ultra-Orthodox take up arms

Mordechai Goldman

Mordechai Goldman

IDF rabbis find easy road to politics

Akiva Eldar