Arson

West Bank security situation rapidly snowballing, forces will be reinforced, military officials say

A total of 26 battalions are now operating across the sector, with a security official warning on Sunday that the situation was "a snowball rolling downhill."

|ByAMIR BOHBOT
IDF soldiers operate in the village of Tell, near the West Bank city of Nablus, July 25, 2026.
A view of a Japanika restaurant branch owned by businessman Barak Abramov that was damaged in a shooting in Herzliya, central Israel, July 14, 2026.

Japanika saga: Police arrest 28-year-old suspected of attempted arson on sushi chain's Haifa branch

Most recently, the investigation into the attacks on Japanika has expanded internationally, with the FBI and Romanian police now involved, N12 reported on Friday.

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
Former US Vice President Mike Pence outside of the funeral service of former Vice President Dick Cheney at the National Cathedral on November 20, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Former US vice president Mike Pence denounces alleged arson of Israeli flag in Indiana hometown

The town later announced that the FBI had joined the investigation and that officials were examining whether the arson “may have been motivated by bias” but said no determination had been made.

|ByGRACE GILSON/JTA
Weapons and ammunition seized by Israel Police in a raid in Kfar Yarka on July 10, 2026.

Police uncover massive weapons cache in Druze village, complete longstanding investigations

The suspect, a 22-year-old resident of Kfar Yarka, was arrested and taken to the local police station for questioning, after which he was detained. 

|ByMAYA ZANGER-NADIS

Suspects in Netanyahu residence arson attack released to house arrest after court hearing

Four suspects involved in the September arson attack near Prime Minister Netanyahu's residence were released to house arrest after a court hearing on Sunday.

OCTOBER 26, 2025BySARAH BEN-NUN
Four activists arrested for setting fire to recycling bins and a car near the Prime Minister’s residence arrive at a court hearing at Jerusalem District Court, October 26, 2025.

UK charges two men connected with Russia’s Wagner Group for arson, terror plot

Dylan Earl, 20, and Jake Reeves, 23, were sentenced under the UK’s National Security Act for activity linked to a foreign state. 

OCTOBER 26, 2025ByCORINNE BAUM, REUTERS
A flag with the logo of Wagner private mercenary group is attached to a car during an automobile rally at a patriotic festival marking Russia's National Flag Day in the Moscow region, Russia, August 23, 2023.

Father of Duma killer seeks pardon from president, citing 'wrongful conviction'

Amiram Ben Uliel was convicted in 2020 of the murder of three members of the Dawabsheh family in an arson attack in the West Bank village of Duma.

OCTOBER 17, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Amiram Ben Uliel, accused of the Duma arson murder in July 2015 where three members of the Dawabshe family were killed, arrives to a court hearing on his appeal, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, on March 7, 2022.

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Anti-Israel arsonist Casey Goonan gets 20 years for Berkeley and Oakland firebombings

The 35-year-old Oakland and Pleasant Hill resident received 235 months in prison and was ordered to pay over $94,000 in restitution.

SEPTEMBER 25, 2025ByMICHAEL STARR
A molotov coctail erupting beneath the fuell tank of a police car in California.

Florida man arrested for Chabad fire after tip offs from his family

Police arrested Blake Richard Hoover, alleging that Hoover was motivated by antisemitism when he is thought to have set fire to the Chabad.

SEPTEMBER 24, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Blake Richard Hoover.

Multiple fires break out in northern Israel, investigators hunt for cause

The origin of the fires has not yet been determined and a fire investigator will examine the circumstances of the cases.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2025ByELI ASHKENAZI
In a separate incident, firefighting teams from the Ashdod Regional Station responded on Wednesday to a large fire that broke out at an open waste disposal site in the northern industrial zone of Ashdod

Suspect arrested for burglary, arson attempt at Israeli embassy in the Hague - report

No embassy employees were harmed in the incidents, according to reports.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Shashed door at the Israeli embassy at The Hague.

Dover Heights vandalism targeted Jewish leader, Australian police confirm after mastermind charged

Authorities are seeking additional men that "they believe may be able to assist with their inquiries."

SEPTEMBER 13, 2025ByMICHAEL STARR
Alex Ryvchin.

UK Labour MP's office set ablaze, arsonist suspected to have been motivated by Gaza war

The arsonist graffitied: "328 days blood on your hands” on MP Sharon Hodgson's office building.

SEPTEMBER 11, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Sharon Hodgson, Labour Member of Parliament for Washington and Sunderland West introduces at the launch of the Labour party’s local manifesto ahead of Sunderland’s council elections at The Fire Station in Sunderland on February 14, 2022.