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‘Only a Listener’ – Lapid Slams Israeli Government’s Participation in Cairo Talks
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Israel’s opposition leader Yair Lapid has slammed the Israeli government, saying it sent a delegation to the Cairo negotiations to discuss a truce in the Gaza Strip as a “listener.” […]
Israel’s Netanyahu Fears Revolt within Likud – Israeli Media
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Calls have grown for holding fresh elections in Israel amid criticism of Netanyahu over his failure to acknowledge responsibility for Hamas’ operation on October 7. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu […]
Israel’s Opposition Leader Lapid Says Netanyahu ‘Must Go Now’
By Palestine Chronicle Staff In an interview with the Israeli Channel 12, Israel’s opposition leader Yair Lapid said that “Israel has lost faith in the prime minister.” Israel’s opposition leader, Yair Lapid, said on […]
US and Israel: Is the ‘Unbreakable Bond’ Finally Breaking?
By Ramzy Baroud Though much of Israel’s self-proclaimed ‘independence’ was an outcome of unconditional US support, Israelis hardly acknowledge this fact. Israeli President Isaac Herzog added nothing of great value in his speech at […]
Staggering Number of Israelis Consider Leaving the Country: Poll
An Israeli Channel 13 opinion poll indicated that Israel’s very demography will change as a result of the country’s current political crisis. The survey was conducted on Tuesday following the Israeli government’s vote to pass […]
Judicial Chaos in Israel: Settler Plows into Protesters, as Police Arrests Netanyahu’s Opponents
The Ayalon freeway near Tel Aviv was obstructed with crowds, fires, and barricades for several hours before law enforcement intervened. Three people were injured in Israel after an Israeli driver plowed into to a crowd […]
Thousands Protest as Israeli Knesset Meets to Vote on Judicial Overhaul
Israeli lawmakers on Monday prepared for a final vote on a major component of the far-right government’s controversial judicial overhaul, The New Arab reported. Voting is to begin at 12:00 midday Monday (0900 GMT) on […]
Israeli Protesters Block Highways, Mob Stock Exchange to Protest Judicial Overhaul
Dozens of protesters reportedly entered the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, tossing fake banknotes as symbols of corruption. Israeli protesters blocked highways and briefly mobbed the stock exchange on a so-called ‘Day of Disruption’ on Tuesday […]
Top Israeli Politician Declares: Washington is ‘No Longer Our Closest Ally’
In a Channel 12 news interview, he argued that the nation is being “torn in two.” Former Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid has reportedly warned that his country’s relations with the US have deteriorated so […]
Netanyahu Says Judicial Reform Will Return to Government Agenda
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that the controversial judicial overhaul will return to the legislative agenda, after the government successfully passed the state budget, Israeli media reported. […]
Israeli Opposition Leader Lapid Slams Netanyahu’s Speech
The leader of the Israeli opposition, Yair Lapid, said on Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has “lost control” in front of the nation, Anadolu News Agency reported. This came in response to Netanyahu’s […]
Special Video Report: Is Israel Losing the War?
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Following a security briefing with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the leader of Israel’s opposition, Yair Lapid, said that he “entered the meeting worried and left more worried”. Lapid also […]
Israeli Government to Go ahead with Judicial Overhaul amid Protests
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to proceed with the judicial law that has submerged his government in a new crisis, The New Arab reported. In a statement on Monday, Netanyahu appeared to accept […]
Mass Protests and False Hope: Israel’s Supreme Court is No Friend of the Palestinian People
By Ramzy Baroud As hundreds of thousands, throughout Israel, joined anti-government protests, questions began to arise regarding how this movement would affect, or possibly merge, into the wider struggle against the Israeli military occupation […]
Israeli Opposition Leaders Slam Netanyahu over Saudi-Iran Deal
Israeli opposition leaders slammed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the Saudi-Iran deal, Israeli media reported on Friday. Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed to re-establish diplomatic ties on Friday after talks in Beijing between top security […]
Active ‘Neutrality’: Why Is Israel Struggling to Maintain a Coherent Position in Russia, Ukraine?
By Ramzy Baroud For a whole year, Israel has struggled in its attempts to articulate a clear and decisive position regarding the Russia-Ukraine war. The reason behind the seemingly confused Israeli position is that […]
UN Considers Funding Legal Advisory Opinion on Israeli Occupation
The Fifth Committee of the United Nations General Assembly discussed on Thursday the program budget implications for the year 2023 for a draft resolution related to Israel’s practices in the Palestinian territories, the Middle East […]
Reflections from Gaza after Israel’s Elections
By Haidar Eid When my refugee students ask me about the meaning of “Orientalism,” I tell them to look at Israel. Prejudice, fantasies, and racist clichés purveyed by Zionism about Palestinians and Arabs and […]
Lapid Says Mandating Netanyahu to Form New Government is ‘Black Day’ for Democracy
Mandating Likud Party leader and former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with forming the next government is a “black day for Israeli democracy”, outgoing Prime Minister Yair Lapid said on Sunday. In a statement posted on […]
The Lions’ Den Offers Details of What Has Actually Transpired in Nablus
By Palestine Chronicle Staff On Monday, Israeli forces killed five Palestinians and wounded at least 21 in a major assault on the Old City of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank. Two completely different […]
Israel, Lebanon Officially Approve Maritime Border Deal
Israel’s government approved a US-brokered maritime border deal with Lebanon on Thursday, a statement from Prime Minister Yair Lapid’s office said. Lebanese President Michel Aoun earlier signed a letter approving the deal, which will be […]
An Australian Setback for the Settler Regime
By Jeremy Salt Two Albaneses made international news in mid-October. One was the Australian Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, whose government withdrew Australia’s recognition of West Jerusalem as the zionist settler state’s capital, declared in 2018 […]
Lebanon’s President Approves Maritime Deal with Israel
Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun approved on Tuesday the final agreement of the deal that will settle maritime borders with Israel, The New Arab reported. The Information Office of the Presidency said that “the final version […]
Truss Condemned for Proposing Relocating British Embassy to Jerusalem
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The UK-based organization Friends of Al-Aqsa (FoA) condemned British Prime Minister Liz Truss’s proposed relocation of the British Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. In a statement, a […]
Hidden Motives: Why Lapid is Not Serious about a Palestinian State
By Ramzy Baroud Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid threw a wrench into the works when he declared from the United Nations General Assembly podium: “An agreement with the Palestinians, based on two states for […]
‘As You Know I Am a Huge Zionist’: Liz Truss Declares (VIDEO)
British Prime Minister Liz Truss described herself as a “huge Zionist” and “huge supporter of Israel” during a meeting with with a pro-Israeli Tory parliamentary group on Sunday. Truss was a guest of honor at […]
Lapid: Israel is Reviewing US Proposal for Lebanon Maritime Deal
Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid confirmed Sunday that Tel Aviv had received a US proposal for maritime border demarcation with Lebanon, Anadolu Agency reported. Lapid said on Twitter that his government was reviewing the final […]
New Poll: Support for Two-State Solution Declines among Arabs, Jews in Israel
Support for the two-state solution has declined to below 50 percent among Palestinian citizens of Israel and Jews in Israel, a poll conducted last week by the Israel Democracy Institute found. The poll was conducted […]
Ukrainian President Zelensky ‘Shocked’ at Israel’s Lack of Support
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky told French TV on Friday that he is “shocked” that Israel has not sent weapons to help his country’s military fight off Russian forces, RT reported. “I am shocked,” Zelensky told […]
Israel’s Lapid Slammed for Backing ‘Two State Solution’ in UN Speech
Israeli Interior Minister and head of the right-wing Jewish Home Party Ayelet Shaked said the Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid is using the United Nations as part of his election campaign, according to the Hebrew […]