Dan Williams

Position: Journalist
Dan Williams joined Reuters Jerusalem in 2001.

Articles

Three hurt in knife, gun attack at WBank settlement November 26, 02:04pm EST 

KIRYAT ARBA, West Bank, Nov 26 (Reuters) - A Palestinian stabbed and injured two women outside a Jewish settlement in the West Bank on Thursday before being himself shot and wounded, Israel Radio said. A Reuters witness saw at least 10 ambulances and ...  Full Article 

Blog Posts

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Frayed cloak, rusty dagger?

According to witnesses, a black-clad man in his 20's attached a magnetic replica bomb to the door of a car parked in Tel Aviv's tony port district, and tried to slip away. He was spotted by two diners at a nearby restaurant who, thinking him a terrorist or mob contract-killer, alerted police. Confronted by the cops, the suspect revealed that he was on a Mossad drill. The story surfaced on Tuesday evening, after government censors dropped a gag order.   Full Article | Comments [2] 

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Settlements, statehood and speechifying

Benjamin Netanyahu's much-anticipated policy speech on Sunday was lavishly covered by the Israeli press, though pundits sounded reservations about the significance of the prime minister's chief concession ...  Full Article | Comments [6] 

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Clear the fog of war... with a quiz

Israel's recent offensive in the Gaza Strip, with its heavy toll on Palestinian civilians, inflamed a long-running debate about how the laws of war can be applied to guerrilla-style fighting. Far from ...  Full Article | Comments [1]