Israeli Bank to Pay $400m to US in Tax-evasion Case
An Israeli bank has been fined $400 million USD for aiding and assisting Americans in evading payment of their taxes.Al Ray reports, via Press TV, that Israel’s second largest bank,…
Dozens of Israeli Public Officials Held in ‘Corruption Probe’
Israeli police say they have detained over 30 individuals, including former public officials, in an investigation into alleged corruption, and that one of those under suspicion is a deputy minister…
False Rocket Sirens Sound on Gaza Border
False warning sirens were reportedly heard, this Friday, in the Israeli border towns of Yad Mordechai and Netiv Ha’asara.The two towns are located near the northern border of the Gaza…
Israeli Court Allows Oil Drilling In Occupied Golan Heights
The Israeli Supreme Court ruled, Tuesday, in favor of allowing the Afek Oil Company headed by hardliner and former Minister of National Infrastructure, Effie Eitam, to dig for oil in…
Israel Turns Historic Mosque Into a Museum
Israeli authorities in the city of Beersheba, in a symbolic gesture, have recently converted an historic mosque into an Islamic museum, despite the fact that 10,000 local Muslims still have…
Israel Arrests 8 Palestinians For Facebook Posts
Eight Palestinian citizens of Israel were arrested, Monday, on charges of ‘inciting anti-Jewish’ violence through their online postings, in a move by the Israeli state to criminalize all dissent.Media website…
At Least 115 Jerusalemites Abducted by Israeli Forces since December
Israeli occupation forces have taken into custody, since the beginning of December, some 115 Palestinians from occupied Jerusalem, including 30 minors, a Palestinian official revealed.According to Al Ray Palestinian Media…
Nakba in Tel Aviv
Imagine if in the U.S. it were illegal to teach about the genocide of the Native Americans at the hand of the colonists, or about how violent and gruesome the…
Israeli Knesset to Vote on Dissolution December 12th
Israeli Knesset is expected to vote on Monday, the 12th of December, 2014, on dissolving itself and officially setting March 17 as the date for the next general election.According to…
Trial of American Activist Maimed by Israeli Military to Begin
Tristan Anderson’s civil trial against the Israeli Military will begin on Sunday 7 December at 10:00, Jerusalem District Court.5th December 2014 | International Solidarity Movement | Occupied Palestine Tristan Anderson…
Israeli Arrested After Threatening to Assassinate Netanyahu
PNN correspondence reports that Israeli police forces, on Friday, arrested a 52-year-old man who threatened to assassinate Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.According to the Jerusalem Post, the man also threatened…
Lapid: Netanyahu Lives in an Aquarium, Will Fail at Next Elections
Ya’ir Lapid, of the Yesh Atid party, announced Wednesday that he was running for Prime Minister, and will win over Netanyahu. Lapid addressed Netanyahu, saying that he lived in his…
Israeli Elections To Be Held March 17
Israeli daily Haaretz has reported that the bill to dissolve the Knesset passed the first reading, Wednesday, in a 22 to 0 vote, preparing to head for new elections on…
Netanyahu To Dissolve Knesset
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his current government became incapable of running the country’s affairs, and that he intends to dissolve the Knesset, to arrange new general elections as…
Netanyahu Fires Livni, Lapid
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired Justice and Finance Ministers for attacking his government’s policies, and criticizing him, bringing the country closer to new election. Israeli Ynetnews quoted Netanyahu stating…
Netanyahu’s Popularity Drops, According to Recent Poll
The latest poll of Israeli public opinion showed that the current Prime Minister’s popularity has dropped to 38%, compared with 77% towards the beginning of the recent aggression on the…
Israel to Build Water Barrier Along Jordan and Egypt
Following the first phase in approving a controversial bill to officiate Israel as a uniquely Jewish nation state, Israeli authorities now intend to build a water barrier to expand its…
Hunger Striking Detainee Refusing Water
Palestinian detainee Nahar Al Saadi, from Jenin, is now in his first week of hunger strike in protest of ill-treatment from the Israeli Prison Service (IPS) and their denial of…
US to Provide 3,000 ‘Smart Bombs’ for Israel
The United States Department of Defense has announced that it will supply the Israeli air force with 3,000 smart bombs (precision-guided munitions designed to achieve greater accuracy).The funding for the…
Israel Takes Record for World’s Youngest Prisoner, 11 Months Old
11-month-old Balqis Ghawadra became the youngest prisoner in the world, after visiting her father in Eshel Israeli prison, occupied Beer Sheva.Nihal Ghannam Ghawadra from Bir Al-Basha village, near Jenin, waited…
‘Killing Hamas’ Taught as Basic Right for 2nd Grade Students in Tel Aviv
Teachers at an Israeli school recently delivered a worksheet to their students which includes, in a list of rights, the right of ‘Killing Hamas’.This surprised some students’ parents enough to…
Netanyahu Orders $18.1 Million for West Bank Settlement Expansion
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has given orders for the allocation of $18.1 Million in expansion funds for 300 units of Beit El settlement, illegally built near Ramallah, according to…
Livni ‘Prepared to be Fired’ over Opposition to Jewish State Bill
The Israeli cabinet, on Wednesday, is set to vote on and approve the controversial ‘Jewish Nation’ legislation proposed by Prime Minister Netanyahu, which was opposed by 7 ministers and approved…
Israeli Cabinet Votes in Favor of ‘National Jewish State’
The Israeli cabinet voted, on Sunday, in favor of a ‘Jewish State’ bill, which PM Benjamin Netanyahu says will balance democracy with Judaism. ‘Both principles are equal and must be…
Nowarah Shooting: Israeli Policeman Charged with Manslaughter
A Jerusalem court has charged an Israeli border policeman with manslaughter for the shooting death of a Palestinian teen, during a demonstration in the occupied West Bank, this past May.17-year-old…
Israeli Man Apprehended After Trying To Attack Palestinian Workers
The Israeli Police apprehended, Friday, an Israeli man in Hadera city (al-Khdeira), in the Haifa District, after entering a restaurant carrying a knife, and threatened to kill Palestinian workers.The man…
Lieberman Assasination Attempt Suspects Charged
Israel’s Shin Bet security service revealed, Thursday, that security forces had apprehended a Hamas-affiliated group in the West Bank who planned to assassinate far-right Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman.According to…
Israel as Jewish Nation-state Law Delayed
Attempts to pass legislation that would officially define Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people are being held up by internal problems within Israel’s ruling coalition, problems which may…
Israel to Admit 6,000 Ukrainian Jewish Refugees
The Israeli government plans to provide shelter to 6,000 Jews who were internally displaced by the Western-backed conflict in the Ukraine, according to Israeli newspaper Maariv.Al Ray correspondence reports that…
Prisoners Committee: 1,500 Palestinian Prisoners Are Sick
Head of Prisoners Committee Issa Qaraqe said, Monday, that some 1,500 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails are suffering from various diseases, including 25 cases of cancer.Mr. Qaraqe says that…
Israel to Reduce Electricity in Gaza and West Bank
Israel’s national electricity company has reportedly decided to reduce the amount of electricity supplied to the Gaza Strip and the West Bank due to debts on the part of the…
Israel Denies Lifelong Ban for Mads Gilbert
Israel has blocked Dr. Mads Gilbert from entering the country and, thereby, accessing the Gaza Strip but denied, Monday, that it had imposed a lifelong ban on the medic.’He has…
Al-‘Araqib Bedouin Village Demolished For 78th Time
Several Israeli military and police vehicles, accompanied by bulldozers, invaded on Monday morning the Bedouin village of al-‘Araqib, in the Negev, and demolished it for the 78th time.Salim al-‘Araqib, a…
Israel Further Discusses ‘Jewish State’ Law, Repeals Arabic as Official Language in Pre-1948 Lands
The controversial ‘Jewish State’ legislation, which would define Israel as a national home of the Jewish people, is up for discussion by an Israeli ministerial committee, on Sunday.According to the…
Barghouthi in Solitary Confinement Following Call for Armed Resistance
Israeli Prison Service, on Wednesday, reportedly moved jailed Fateh leader Marwan Barghouthi to solitary confinement in Hadareim prison, just a day after he sent out a widely-published letter calling for…
Israeli Policeman Arrested in Connection with Teen Killings
An Israeli border policeman has been arrested in connection with the killings of two Palestinian teenagers, during a Nakba day protest on May 15, according to Israeli police.A spokesman told…
Palestinian Prisoner on Hunger Strike for 53 Days
35-year-old Palestinian prisoner Raed Moussa continues his hunger strike, now, for the 53 day in a row, in protest of administrative detention.Though his health condition has deteriorated severely, Israeli authorities…
Body of Palestinian Man Found With Signs Of Torture
Israeli sources have reported that the body of an Arab man was found near Mazare’ village, between Nazareth and Afula, and that the body showed clear marks of torture and…
Protests continue Sunday in northern Israel over killing of Palestinian citizen of Israel
Following the killing of 22-year old Kheir al-Din Hamdan, by Israeli police in Kfar Kana village in the Galilee on Friday, Israeli forces have moved into the area, attacking the…
VIDEO: Hamdan Killed by Israeli Police Without Provocation
22-year-old Palestinian Kheir Eddin Hamdan, from Kafr Kanna, near South Galilee, on Friday, was killed by Israeli police for no apparent reason, after they kidnapped his brother.According to the PNN,…
Thousand Attend Funeral Of Slain Palestinian
Thousands of Palestinians participated in the funeral ceremony and procession of Kheir Ed-Deen Hamadan, who was shot and killed, on Friday at night, by Israeli police fire in Kafr Kanna…
Following Fatal Shooting Of Young Man, Clashes Reported In Kafr Kanna
Cashes took place, Saturday, between dozens of Palestinians and Israeli police officers, in Kafr Kanna village, in the Galilee, following the fatal police shooting of a young man.Local sources said…
Israeli Police Kills Young Arab Man In The Galilee
The Israeli Police shot and killed, shortly after midnight, a young man in Kafr Kanna village in the Galilee, after alleging that he attempted to stab a police officer.The Arabs48…
Segregated Buses Mirror Israel’s Racist Society
As the lines blur between official Israeli state policy and the politics of individual extremists, Israel will have a hard time maintaining its shroud of “democracy,” particularly in the United…
Female Prisoners Face Medical Neglect in Hasharon
The Committee for Prisoners’ Affairs said, Monday, that 17 female Palestinian prisoners held in Hasharon Israeli prison are currently facing harsh conditions, including medical negligence and denial of family visits.Attorney…
Israeli Parliament Approves Bill to Ease Emigration by Converting to Judaism
PNN correspondence reports that the Israeli Knesset, Sunday, approved a law which will ease immigration restrictions via conversion to Judaism (by authorizing Rabbis in ‘Israel’ to head conversion courts following…
Israel to Impose 20-year Sentence for Stone Throwing
The Israeli ministerial committee for legislation is expected to approve a proposed law which imposes a prison sentence of 20 years against any Palestinian who throws stones toward Israeli vehicles.According…
Zoabi Deportation Order to be Debated Tomorrow
Israeli prosecution has demanded a list of charges be brought against Palestinian Member of the Knesset, Hanin Zoabi, saying that she ‘threatened’ and gave sharp criticism of a Palestinian serving…
Netanyahu: No Peace with Palestine Without Recognition of Israel as a ‘Jewish’ State
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stated that no peace agreement would be achieved unless through mutual negotiations without precondition, keynoting that lasting peace will only be possible via the…
Seven Palestinains killed in Gaz Strip
according to Palestinian sources in Gaza Strip.IMEMC & Agencies, April 21, 2004 The number of Palestinian killed in Beit Lahia today reached 7, according to Palestinian sources in Gaza Strip.…
Prisoners Suffer Intolerable Health Conditions
Lawyer for the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club (PPC), Shireen Nasser, stated Thursday that health conditions for prisoners are constantly deteriorating, with some detainees now awaiting critical operations for months and even…
Palestinian Children Assaulted While in Israeli Custody
The PA’s Department of Prisoner’s Affairs said, today, that dozens of Palestinian minors jailed by Israel have recently been assaulted by prison authorities, during their time in custody.According to Ma’an…
Human Rights Defender Abdallah Abu Rahma Receives Guilty Verdict from Military Court
On October 21st, Human Rights Defender Abdallah Abu Rahma was found guilty by an Israeli military court of “disturbing a soldier”.21st October 2014 | International Solidarity Movement | Bil’in “Demonstrating…
Forces Raid Rimon Desert Prison
Israeli special forces broke into section five of Rimon prison, yesterday, as part of a regular abusive search campaign, according to the Palestinian Prisoners Studies Center.Al Ray reports that dozens…
Bakr Saad Sentenced to 2 Years Imprisonment With Fine
Ahrar Center recently announced that Israel’s Ofer court has sentenced prisoner Bakr Sa’ad to two years of imprisonment, with a fine of 4,000 shekels (About $1,070) and a stay of…
Sick Palestinian Detainees Face Death in Israeli Prisons
Palestinian Minister of Prisoners’ Affairs, Issa Qaraqe, has warned that sick Palestinian prisoners are facing death in Israeli prisons, due to deliberate medical negligence by the Israeli prison administration.The ministry…
Ya’alon Confirms Israeli Agenda of Pro-colonization, Anti-Palestinian State
Israel’s Deputy Prime Minister, Moshe Ya’alon, outlined the nature of official Israeli government policy in an interview with Israeli ‘Hayom’ newspaper on October 15th, 2014. The PNN extracts from his…
Fanatic MK Calls For Firing Arab MK Tibi From Knesset
Israeli Member of Knesset (MK) Miri Regev of the Likud Party of Benjamin Netanyahu called for firing Arab (MK) Dr. Ahmad Tibi from the Knesset, and to strip him from…
Palestinian Prisoner on Hunger Strike for Over 3 Weeks
35-year-old Raed Moussa, currently being held in an Israeli prison, has been on hunger strike for nearly a month, now, in protest against being held without charge or trial for…
Administration In Negev Detention Camp Escalates Assaults
The Palestinian Committee of Detainee has reported that Israeli soldiers have escalated their attacks against Palestinian political prisoner, held at the Negev Detention camp, under arbitrary Administrative Detention orders without…
Hezbollah Claims Recent Attack On Israeli Troops
Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement, on Tuesday, claimed a bomb attack on the ceasefire line between the two countries which wounded two soldiers.According to AFP, the group said in a statement that…
Right-wing Israelis Rally Against African Immigrants; Raise ISIS-style Flag in Tel Aviv
A group of right-wing Jewish Israelis, including former Knesset (Parliament) members, held a protest in Tel Aviv on Saturday chanting racist slogans against African immigrants and waving ISIS-style black flags.The…
Israeli Cabinet Plans $4 Billion Privatization Campaign
Israel is planning to fully or partially privatize a number of state-owned companies, in a move reportedly aimed at ‘boosting efficiency, reducing the national debt and fighting corruption’.According to AFP,…
Israeli Military Officer: Upcoming War on Gaza Will Be Even Greater
An Israeli military officer recently stated that ‘the upcoming war on Gaza will be greater, and will down more victims,’ Israeli sources say.According to the PNN, Eyal Eizenberg, Israeli Occupation…
Bennet Says Taking Over Palestinian Houses a ‘Historic Achievement’
Israel’s Minister of Economy Naftali Bennett has described the recent settler takeover of Palestinian houses, in the neighborhood of Silwan, occupied East Jerusalem, as a ‘historic achievement.’ On Wednesday morning,…
Two Israelis Jailed for Refusing Army Service
Israeli teens Uriel Ferera and Udi Segal were sentenced to ten days in military prison for refusing to serve in the army. This is their eight and fourth prison terms…
Jews Against Genocide: Blood Bucket Challenge at Yad Vashem
Jews Against Genocide held memorials for the victims of Israel’s recent genocidal attack on Gaza during which the speakers poured buckets of blood like liquid over themselves at Yad Vashem…
VIDEO: Israeli Soldiers Train Children to Use Weapons in the Negev
A footage release from Hebrew TV Channel 1, on Sunday, shows armed Israeli children training with weapons at one of Israeli military sites in the Negev Desert.Al Ray Palestinian Media…
560 Palestinians Imprisoned by Israel in September
The Palestine Prisoners’ Society said, on Sunday, that Israeli authorities have imprisoned 560 Palestinian citizens since the beginning of this September alone, referring to legal files and records kept by…
Knesset to Fight High Court After Asylum Ruling
Prominent Knesset members propose curbing the powers of Israel’s High Court following Monday’s ruling that upended official policy concerning asylum seekers by ruling legislation illegal.23 September 2014 | Alternative Information…
Netanyahu: Gaza Talks Over Security Not Peace
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu says that his country’s participation in Egyptian-brokered talks to consolidate a Gaza ceasefire is aimed at bolstering Israeli security — not a peace deal with Palestinians.’These…
Knesset Passes New Bill Preventing Pardon for Palestinian Prisoners
The Israeli Parliament of the Knesset passed, on Monday, a bill which prohibits the grant of pardon or the ease of sentence for Palestinian prisoners by reducing it, in case…
Rearrested Shalit Swap Detainees Announce Hunger Strike
Palestinian prisoners rearrested this year, after being released in the 2011 Shalit swap deal, have announced that they would go on hunger strike this Tuesday, in order to pressure the…
Complaints Filed Against MK’s For Incitement During Aggression On Gaza
The National Democratic Assembly at the Israeli Knesset, in cooperation with dozens of Arab citizens, started a large campaign to lodge official complaints against Israeli Members of the Knesset (MK)…
Kindergarten For Special Needs Arab Children, Turned Into Kindergarten For Religious Jewish Children
Just one day before the new school year, the Lod City Council decided to turn an Arab kindergarten for children with special needs into a segregated kindergarten meant only for…
Mossawa: ‘Worsening Situation for Arab Community in Israel’
Mossawa, the advocacy centre for Arab citizens in Israel, recently published its latest report on systematic discrimination suffered by the Arab community within Israel. The latest Israeli offensive in Gaza…
Neglect and Disregard for Life in Israeli Prisons
The Israeli Prison Service maintains a systematic policy of medical negligence toward Palestinian detainees.17 September 2014 | Elizabeth Austwick | AIC Former hunger striker Samer al-Issawi, who was rearrested by…
MK Khenin Denounces Israel’s Approval Of “Admissions Committee Law”
Israeli Member of Knesset (MK) Dov Khenin of the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality (Hadash), strongly denounced Israel’s Supreme Court ruling, in which it upheld the “Admissions Committee law”,…
Israeli High Court Upholds Law Permitting Jewish Housing Developments to Exclude Arabs
The High Court of Israel, on Wednesday, decided to continue to allow Israeli Jewish communities to discriminate against Arabs and forbid them from living there.The Israeli Attorney General defended the…
Samer al-Isawiin ‘Deteriorating Condition’
Palestinian detainee and iconic former hunger striker Samer al-Isawiis in deteriorating condition, his family said following a visit with him.According to Ma’an News Agency, activist Badie Dweik said that al-Isawiwas…
Netanyahu Calls for Increase in Military Budget
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that the “security threats” surrounding Israel will require authorities to raise the military’s budget by billions of New Israeli Shekels, while pressing the necessity…
Israeli Intelligence Responds to Conscientous Objectors
Veterans of the elite Israeli intelligence unit ‘8200’ rallied to its own defense, Sunday, following a recent public denunciation by 43 of their former fellow teammates.According to AFP, Unit 8200…
Israel Court Says Officer Who Assaulted Palestinians Suffered More
An Israeli defense statement against a Palestinian plaintiff has claimed to the effect that an officer convicted of beating five demonstrators suffered more than the plaintiff. It further claims that…
Israeli Soldiers Refuse to Spy on Palestinians
Some 43 reserve soldiers serving in Israel’s top electronic surveillance unit have refused to wiretap Palestinians living under Israeli occupation, according to Al Ray Palestinian Media Agency.In a letter addressed…
B’Tselem and Yesh Din: Israel Unwilling to Investigate Violations Against Palestinians
“Figures show that the Israeli authorities are unwilling to investigate human rights violations committed by security forces against Palestinians,” Israeli human rights organizations B’Tselem and Yesh Din recently revealed in…
Netanyahu Renews Efforts to Define Israel as Jewish State
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu intends to renew efforts at legally defining Israel as ‘the nation-state of the Jewish people’. Such a law would address ‘attempt(s) to undermine the national identity…
Israel Charges Suspect in Alleged West Bank Murders
An alleged prime suspect in the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers, in mid-June, has been officially charged with organizing and financing the crime, according to Israeli security officials.Israeli…
Bennett: “Palestinian State Is Not An Option”
Israeli Economy Minister of the extremist Jewish Home Party, Naftali Bennett, said that establishing a Palestinian State is not an option, or a viable solution, and called on Netanyahu to…
Netanyahu: No Israeli Delegation to Cairo Talks
According to Israeli media, PM Netanyahu does not plan to send a delegation for negotiations in Cairo, as stipulated by the recent ceasefire agreement.In a TV report, Channel 10 stated…
Israeli Court Extends Detention of Activist for Facebook Posts
Israel has extended the detention of a Palestinian activist who was first taken into custody for political activities on Facebook, a Ma’an News Agency reporter said.The detention of Suhaib Zahida,…
Half of Israeli Political-Security Cabinet Opposes Ceasefire Agreement
According to Israeli National Radio, Avigdor Lieberman (Foreign Minister), Naftali Bennett (Industry, Trade and Labor Minister), Gilad Erdan (Home Front Defense Minister) and Yitzhak Aharonovich (Internal Security Minister) oppose the…
Resistance Rocketfire Continues into Tel Aviv and Ashkelon, Several Injuries Reported
Palestinian resistance continues to launch missiles, from the Gaza Strip, into different Israeli targets around Gaza and beyond. This morning rockets were launched towards Ashkelon, Haifa and Tel Aviv, according…
Israeli Child Killed by Palestinian Rocket in Sderot
A 4-year-old child was killed, Friday afternoon, after being hit by a mortar shell fired from the Gaza Strip. The shell fell on the Sderot Negev area of southern Israel,…
10 New Prisoners Placed Under Israeli Administrative Detention
Israel has placed 10 new Palestinian prisoners under arbitrary administrative detention, a procedure which allows the military to hold individuals indefinitely, without charge or trial and, often, under severe conditions…
Israel Acts to Head Off War Crime Claims
Fearful of the growing international demand that Israeli officers be tried for war crimes committed during this last offensive against the Gaza Strip, the military has ordered a comprehensive internal…
“Concentrate” and “Exterminate”: Israel Parliament Deputy Speaker’s Gaza Genocide Plan
Moshe Feiglin, the deputy speaker of the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, has published a plan for the total destruction of the Palestinian people in Gaza. Ali Abunimah | The Electronic Intifada…
Israeli Troops Withdrawing from Cities, Redeploying Near Borders
Though far from declaring an end to the month-long military assault on the people of Gaza, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said, Saturday, that Israeli forces were redeploying out of Gaza…
Despite US Military Support, Israel Meets Its Limitations
Palestinian resistance managed to surprise Israeli military analysts and caught the military logistics unprepared; Israel was forced to call up an
16,000 Additional Israeli Reserves Mobilized for Gaza Assault
Israel has called up 16,000 additional reservists to the holster of its ongoing slaughter in the Gaza Strip, now in its third week of operations and during which over one…
Netanyahu Rejected Plan to Assassinate Hamas Leaders
According to Israeli media, Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a proposal to kill Hamas political leaders in response to the ongoing firing of rockets by resistance fighters from Gaza to Israel.Newspaper Israel…