Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas Sunday received three members of the Israeli Knesset from the left-wing Meretz party, two of whom are cabinet ministers, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Head of the […]
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz has said that Israel will not be removing any illegal Jewish settlements from the occupied West Bank and will maintain them in the long term, Foreign Policy reported yesterday. Speaking […]
Former senior Israeli official Haim Geron has been killed in a plane crash near the Greek island of Samos. Geron was among the witnesses in the ongoing corruption trial of ex-PM Benjamin Netanyahu. The light […]
A number of Israeli ministers are planning to ask the committee tasked with probing the Israeli Prisons Service over last week’s escape to put more restrictions on Palestinian prisoners. Al Hodhod news network reported that […]
Israeli security agencies are working together to overcome any potential impact of the recent prison escape by Palestinian detainees from the high-security Gilboa prison, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said yesterday. Following Escape,#Israel Imposes Restrictions on […]
A large Israeli army campaign is taking social media by storm. The unstated aim of what is known as the “#Untie_Our_Hands” initiative is the desire to kill, with no accountability, more Palestinian protesters at the […]
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett will grow illegal settlements and his coalition won’t facilitate the establishment of a Palestinian state, the Yamina chief said in an interview. This comes ahead of a key Thursday meeting […]
The diplomatic crisis between Israel and Poland has escalated with the Polish Ambassador to Israel being told by his government not to return to his post after his family holiday, agencies have reported. Ambassador Marek […]
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has prevented his Defence Minister Benny Gantz from meeting with Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas, Israeli TV Channel 12 reported on Friday. According to the TV channel, Gantz requested […]
With growing numbers of American Jews turning their backs on Israel and progressive movements like Black Lives Matter (BLM) and the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign on the ascendency, the country’s Diaspora Affairs Minister […]
After nearly two decades of trying, Israel has finally been granted observer status at the African Union, the Israel Foreign Ministry confirmed yesterday. Israel was a member of the AU’s forerunner, the Organization of African […]
When the Israeli Knesset (parliament) failed to renew what is commonly referred to as the Family Reunification Law, news reports and analyses misrepresented the story altogether. The even split of 59 MKs voting in favor […]
The corruption trial of former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been delayed for the third time due to disagreements between the prosecution and the defense over the handling of new evidence. The trial was […]
Israeli Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked has issued the head of the only Arab party in the country’s coalition government an ultimatum that if he does not support the extension of the controversial family reunification law, […]
A member of the Israeli Knesset, Yitzhak Pindrus, is accused of inciting genocide after calling for the killing of people in mixed marriages. Pindrus belongs to the United Torah Judaism, an ultra-Orthodox party that believes […]
Many Palestinians believe that the May 10-21 military confrontation between Israel and the Gaza Resistance, along with the simultaneous popular revolt across Palestine, was a game-changer. Israel is doing everything in its power to prove […]
Dozens of Palestinian families on Tuesday rallied in front of the Knesset (Israel’s parliament) against government plans to vote on extending the family reunification law, Anadolu Agency reported. Protesters held banners calling to save Palestinian […]
Israeli Defense Minister and leader of Blue and White coalition, Benny Gantz, called for a new investigation into Tel Aviv’s purchase of submarines from Germany in a case which sees former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu […]
Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly destroyed documents stored in safes before leaving office, according to Haaretz. Staff at the Prime Minister’s Office were ordered to shred the documents prior to Naftali Bennett taking […]
Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has refused to leave the postholder’s official residence in Jerusalem, the Times of Israel reported on Tuesday. According to his office, the leader of the opposition will not vacate […]
Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu refused to attend the inauguration of his successor Naftali Bennett, Israeli media reported yesterday. Bennett’s government won a narrow 60-59 vote of confidence in the Knesset on Sunday. Likud […]
Israel’s longest-serving leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, has been ousted from office by a loose coalition of rivals from across the political spectrum, united by their wish to end his 12-year run in power. Israel’s parliament voted […]
Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s 12 years in office are expected to end today as the Israeli parliament, Knesset, is scheduled to vote on a new government. Chaos and tensions at the Knesset session […]
The Israeli army Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi has categorically rejected the Ministry of Defense’s budget cuts. “The IDF [army] has many tasks. To win the war – we are developing methods that we enjoy […]
How did Benjamin Netanyahu manage to serve as Israel’s longest-serving Prime Minister? With a total of 15 years in office, Netanyahu surpassed the 12-year mandate of Israel’s founding father, David Ben Gurion. The answer to […]
Israel’s outgoing government Tuesday approved a controversial march by far-right Jewish nationalists through occupied East Jerusalem next week, according to a statement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office. “The march will be held on Tuesday, […]
Israeli police’s decision to cancel the Flag March, due to be held on Thursday in Jerusalem, over security concerns is a “shameful surrender to terror and Hamas threats,” a right-wing Knesset member said yesterday. Head […]
Israeli parliament will vote on Sunday on approving a new government, Reuters reported the speaker of parliament saying today, a move that is likely to unseat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the country’s longest-serving leader. Knesset […]
The Israeli Knesset Guard yesterday granted extra security protection to two other lawmakers of the right-wing Yamina Party after they claimed to have been threatened by protesters aiming at pressuring them against backing the country’s […]
The head of Israel’s domestic security service issued a rare warning on Saturday of possible violence during one of the most politically charged periods in decades, with the country on the verge of unseating Prime […]
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