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Effective Immediately: Moscow Orders Jewish Agency to Halt Operations in Russia

July 6, 2022

“Russia has ordered the agency in charge of organizing the emigration of Jews to Israel to halt activities immediately,” Bloomberg News, citing the Israeli government, reported on Tuesday.  The news is indicative of the rapidly […]

Wanted in the US for ‘Despicable’ Moving Fraud and Extortion: A Dozen Fugitives Live Openly in Israel

July 4, 2022

Israeli-run trucking firms duped US consumers into paying inflated prices to move apartments by holding their possessions ransom, David Sheen investigates.   Over a dozen men wanted in the United States for fraud and extortion crimes, […]

WATCH: Israeli PM Bennett Says He Will Not Run in Upcoming Election

June 30, 2022

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced on Wednesday that he will not be running in the upcoming election, news agencies reported. “I leave behind a thriving, strong, and secure country,” he told reporters. “We proved this […]

Israeli Minister Shaked Willing to Join Alternative Government Led by Netanyahu

June 23, 2022

Israeli Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked said on Wednesday that she was willing to join a government led by opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli media reported. The factions of the current coalition government are racing to […]

Israel’s Political Crisis Returns: Bennett Dissolves Knesset, New Elections Planned

June 20, 2022

In a joint statement on Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid announced that the government coalition will submit a bill to voluntarily dissolve itself next week, Israeli media reported.  According […]

Desperate and Isolated, Bennett is Reportedly Seeking Netanyahu to Form New Government

June 17, 2022

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is considering the possibility of forming an alternate government with opposition leader and former premier Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli media reported on Friday. Bennett met late Thursday with his political advisers, […]

Right-Wing MK Proposes Bill for Applying Israeli Sovereignty over West Bank

June 16, 2022

Leader of Israel’s Religious Zionism alliance, Bezalel Smotrich, is planning to propose a bill to the Knesset asking it to vote on applying Israeli sovereignty over the occupied West Bank, Israel’s Channel 7 reported on […]

Bennett’s Spokesperson Resigns, Increasing Prime Minister Woes

June 7, 2022

Matan Sidi, the spokesman of Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, resigned on Monday, making him the fourth person to step down from Bennett’s inner circle in just two months, the Middle East Monitor reported. Sidi, […]

Alleging ‘Immense Pressure’, Defecting Arab MK Returns to Israeli Government Coalition

May 23, 2022

A lawmaker from Israel’s Arab minority said on Sunday that she was returning to Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s government coalition after she briefly bolted in solidarity with the Palestinians, Reuters news agency reported. Ghaida […]

US Biden May Cancel Trip to Israel Due to Political Crisis

May 22, 2022

The White House has not yet set a date for US President Joe Biden’s visit to Israel, and this likely stems from the political crisis in Israel and the possibility of the government’s collapse, Israeli […]

‘Temporal and Spatial’ Division: Why Israel’s Endgame at Al-Aqsa Mosque Will Fail

April 27, 2022

Starting on April 15, the Israeli occupation army and police raided Al-Aqsa Mosque in Occupied East Jerusalem on a daily basis. Under the pretense of providing protection to provocative ‘visits’ by thousands of illegal Israeli […]

Settler Leaders Criticize Bennett for Saying ‘West Bank’ instead of ‘Judea and Samaria’

March 28, 2022

Israeli lawmakers and Jewish settler leaders have criticized Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett for using the term “West Bank” during a meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday, Isreali media reported. Speaking […]

Morality Cannot Be Divided: How Netanyahu’s Corruption has Exposed Israel’s ‘Democracy’

January 28, 2022

Former Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and his prosecutors are reportedly finalizing the details of a plea deal that would practically water down, shelve, or drop altogether all three major corruption cases that have led […]

Israel Records Worst Ever Score in Annual Corruption Index

January 26, 2022

Transparency International’s 2021 Corruption Perceptions Index has given Israel its worst-ever score in the global rankings of how countries deal with government graft, Israeli media reported on Tuesday. Israel is ranked 36th out of 180 […]

Netanyahu Says He Rejects Plea Deal Forcing Him from Politics (VIDEO)

January 25, 2022

Israeli opposition leader and former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Monday that he has not agreed to acknowledge “moral turpitude” as part of a potential plea bargain that would end his corruption trial, Israeli […]

Israel’s Former PM Netanyahu Negotiating Plea Deal in Corruption Trial

January 18, 2022

Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is negotiating a plea deal that could end his corruption trial, Israeli media reported on Monday. Netanyahu, 72, reportedly pleaded guilty to reduced charges in return for community service […]

WATCH: Right-Wing Israeli MK Itamar Ben-Gvir Draws Gun at Arab Guards in Tel Aviv

December 22, 2021

Right-wing Israeli Member of the Knesset Itamar Ben-Gvir drew his gun at Arab guards in Tel Aviv after they told him he had parked in a restricted spot, Israeli media reported. The Israeli official, a […]

Israeli Knesset Passes Bill Enabling Police to Storm Palestinian Homes without Warrants

December 15, 2021

Israeli parliament (Knesset) passed a bill on Tuesday that would allow police officers to storm and search Palestinian homes and confiscate cameras without court orders. According to the official Knesset statement, “in the vote, 60 […]

Former Netanyahu’s Aide Testifies in Corruption Trial

November 22, 2021

A one-time confidante to Benjamin Netanyahu began testifying against him Monday in the former Israeli prime minister’s corruption trial in Jerusalem, The New Arab reported. Nir Hefetz, a former spokesman for Netanyahu, is a key […]

Israeli Government Approves Bill Allowing Police to Search Homes without Warrant

October 18, 2021

The Israeli government on Sunday approved Justice Minister Gideon Sa’ar’s proposal to allow Israeli police to search homes of violent crime suspects without a prior court order, Israeli media reported. The law authorizes Israeli police […]

PA President Abbas Meets Israeli MKs, Cabinet Ministers in Ramallah

October 4, 2021

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 […]

Gantz: Israel Will Not Take down any Settlements from West Bank

September 16, 2021

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 […]

Prosecution Witness in Netanyahu’s Corruption Trial Killed in Fiery Plane Crash

September 14, 2021

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 […]

Israeli Ministers to Ask More Restrictions on Palestinian Prisoners

September 13, 2021

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 […]

Bennett: Israel Ready for Any Scenario after Prison Escape

September 9, 2021

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 […]

Hashtag ‘Untie_Our_Hands’: How Many More Palestinians Must Die for Israel’s ‘Security’?

September 8, 2021

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 […]

Bennett Says No Palestinian State under His Watch

August 25, 2021

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 […]

Diplomatic Crisis between Israel and Poland Escalates

August 17, 2021

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 […]

Bennett Prevents Gantz from Meeting with PA President Abbas

August 14, 2021

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 […]

‘We May Lose America’, Israeli Minister Warns

August 10, 2021

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 […]

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