Son of Senior Israeli officer granted gag order in death threat case
An Israeli man whose father is a senior officer in the Shin Bet (secret service) was charged with issuing a death threat against members of an Israeli peace group. When…
Palestinian Prisoner Given Wrong Injection In Israeli Prison Hospital
A Palestinian prisoner who suffers from a chronic health condition was given the wrong injection at an Israeli prison hospital on Saturday, causing his health to deteriorate.Riyadh Al-Amor, 42, was…
Israeli sources: Bill to limit Israeli human rights groups’ funding stalled by Prime Minister
Unnamed Israeli sources in Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s office told Israeli reporters on Sunday that a bill to severely restrict funding to Israeli human rights groups, which was passed by…
Israeli Interior Ministry approves the construction of 4000 units in Galilee
The Israeli Ministry of Interior approved on Sunday, a plan to build 4000 new settlement units in Deir Al-Asad, Ash-Shagour, Be’ana, Nahariya, Keebuteen, Ashalhout and Rashaveem, the Maan News Agency…
Israel To Withhold Palestinian Tax Money
The Israeli Cabinet decided Monday to withhold Palestinian tax and customs money it collects on behalf of the P.A, The decision was made despite the opposition of Israeli Defense Minister,…
UNESCO Lodges Complaint Over Haaretz Cartoon
Eric Falt, a senior official at the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, sent for Israel ambassador to UNESCO, Nimrod Barkan to admonish Israel over a cartoon published in Haaretz…
Conviction Of Former Israeli President Upheld
The Israeli Supreme Court upheld on Thursday the conviction against former Israeli President, Moshe Katsav, after it rejected the appeal filed by his lawyer against two convictions of rape, and…
Peres Calls For Resumption Of Talks
Israeli President, Shimon Peres, called on the Palestinian leaders in the West Bank to resume direct peace talks with Israel in order to resolve all issues that are hindering the…
Likud Wants Tougher Restriction On Arab, Leftist Organizations
The Likud Party, headed by Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, filed a draft for a new law that calls for enforcing more restrictions on foreign funding to Arab organizations and…
Death Threat Graffiti Found On Home of Peace Now Settlement Watch Director
Israeli Peace Now Movement reported that the home of the director of the movement’s Settlement Watch Project, Hagit Ofran, was targeted for the second time in recent months. The act…
Fundamentalist Coalition Members Threaten To Quit Netanyahu Government
The fundamentalist National Union Party in Israel threatened to quit the coalition with the Likud party, led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, should the P.M. demolish random settlement outposts in…
Hackers Shut Down Israeli Military and Intelligence Websites
A group of hackers, calling itself Anonymous, managed to infiltrate sensitive Israeli websites that belong to the Israeli Army and security services, and was able to shut them down. The…
Kadima MK Files Complaint Against Zoaby, MK
Israeli Member of the Knesset (MK), Otniel Schneller, of the Kadima opposition party, filed a complaint against Arab MK, Hanin Zoaby, for travelling to South Africa to testify in a…
Israel Withholds Tax Revenues
Palestinians have expressed their outrage after the Israeli government made a decision to withhold tax revenue, to the tune of millions of dollars, while the ongoing settlements’ construction is continued…
Israel Conducts a Successful Test Firing of Ballistic Missile
Israel has conducted a successful test firing of a ballistic missile on Wednesday, from the military airbase of Palmahim, the Palestinian news agency, Ma’an reported.Many Israeli citizens thought the event…
Following P.A Admission to UNESCO; Netanyahu’s Government To Discuss Sanctions
After the UNESCO voted Monday to allow Palestine to become a full member, Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, decided to convene with his “cabinet of eight” on Tuesday to discuss…
Tens of thousands of Israelis protest economic conditions, military spending
A march of tens of thousands of Israelis took place in Tel Aviv Saturday, with thousands more gathering in Jerusalem, to call on the Israeli government to change its budgetary…
Fateh official: Israeli threats to assassinate Abbas are serious
Faisal Abu Shahala, a member of the Revolutionary Council of Fatah, issued an appeal on Wednesday to the international community to end what he termed Israeli terrorism. He described recent…
Lieberman: “Abbas Is An Obstacle To Peace”
Israeli Foreign Minister of the Yisrael Beiteinu far-right fundamentalist party, Avigdor Lieberman, stated that Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, is the immediate obstacle to peace, and that Abbas’ “his threats to…
Rabbi to Students: “Marrying Non-Jews Serves the Nazis”
Israeli Ynet News has reported that students of the Ohel Shem High School, in Ramat Gan, claim that Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau, who recently spoke at their school, preached that…
Livni: “Swap-Deal Served Hamas”
Israeli opposition leader and head of the Kadima Party, Tizipi Livni, stated that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made huge concessions to Hamas by approving the prisoner-swap deal, and that…
Poll: “Two-Thirds Of Israelis Support Swap Deal’
A poll conducted by Israeli TV’s Channel 10, revealed that two-thirds of the Israeli public approve of the prisoner-swap deal that was agreed upon between the Hamas movement and Israel.The…
Rabin’s Memorial Vandalized
A monument dedicated to former Israeli Prime Minister, Yitzhak Rabin, has been vandalized by an Israeli Jew in protest of the prisoner-swap deal to secure the release of over a…
Protest To Be Held In Nazareth In Support Of Striking Detainees
Thousands will gather for a popular protest in Nazareth to express solidarity with the Palestinian political prisoners held in dozens of Israeli prisons and detention centres across the country. The…
Israeli Court Orders Release Of Suspect In Mosque Attack
An Israeli court has ruled that there is little or no evidence to support the conviction of a man accused of setting fire to a mosque in the Upper-Galilee village…
Israel and Egypt To Swap Prisoners
An Egyptian source said that communication is proceeding between Cairo and Tel Aviv regarding a deal to exchange the Israeli spy Ilan Grabil for 81 Egyptian prisoners in Israel jails…
Israeli Cabinet Approves Prisoner Swap Deal
The Israeli cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, met Tuesday night after midnight and approved the mediated prisoner-swap deal between Israel and the Palestinian factions that have been holding…
Netanyahu, Deception, and His “Jewish’ Demand
Why can’t the Palestinians recognize a ‘Jewish state’?I tend to believe things that a son says to his father in private. To this end, we should go back to 2009,…
Israeli Right-wingers Vandalize Islamic And Christian Cemeteries In Jaffa
On Friday night, eve of the Jewish holiday Yom Kippur, a group of Israeli extremists broke into both an Islamic and a Christian cemetery in the city of Jaffa, damaging…
Israeli Police Captured On Video Violently Attacking Arab Family in Haifa
Two days ago, the Israeli Police violently attacked and evicted an Arab family who had been living in a vacant home in Salma Street, Haifa, mistreating the mother and her…
Israel Orders Sections Of Jaffa Mosque Demolished
The Israeli Authorities in Jaffa are demanding the removal of sections of Al Bahar Mosque, in Jaffa, under the claim that these sections were built without construction permits, the Wattan…
Al Arqeeb Village Demolished For the 30th Time
Dozens of Israeli policemen and members of the so-called “Israel Land Authority” demolished and removed all tents and structures in Al Araqeeb village in the Negev., the thirtieth such attack…
US Defense Secretary Discusses Latest Developments With His Israeli Counterpart
US Secretary of Defense, Leon Panetta, arrived in Israel on Monday to discuss the latest developments in the region with Israeli Defense Minister, Ehud Barak. Issues on the agenda include…
Mosque Torched In The Galilee
Similar to attacks by Israeli settlers in the West Bank, a group of extremists burned a mosque at the entrance of Toba Zanghriyya village in the Galilee on Sunday night,…
Israeli Author Allowed Israeli ID With No Religion Listed
An 81-year old Israeli intellectual has been allowed by an Israeli court to register a new identity card that does not list a religion – an anomaly in Israel, where…
Settlers Demand ‘Free Hand’ To Open Fire At Stone Throwers
Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank initiated a campaign meant to persuade Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to allow them to open the fire at Palestinians who hurl stones…
Israeli Report; Netanyahu To Support Quartet Initiative
Israeli sources reported that Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, along with eight senior members of his cabinet decided on Tuesday at night to support an initiative presented by the Quartet regarding…
Poll: One-third of Israeli Jews don’t support equal rights for Arabs
The annual poll of the Israeli Democratic Institute showed that 33% of Israeli Jews do not agree that Palestinian Arabs with Israeli identity cards should not have equal rights with…
Supporting Palestinian-UN Bid, Protest Held In Front of U.S Embassy In Tel Aviv
Dozens of members and supporters of the National Democratic Assembly held on Tuesday evening a protest in front of the American Embassy in Tel Aviv, demanding the U.S. not to…
Ami Ayalon: “Israel Must Vote For The Palestinian State”
Former head of the Israeli Shin Bet (Israel’s internal security service), Ami Ayalon, called on the Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu, to vote for the Palestinian State at the United…
Israel Plans 10 New Settlements In The Negev
The Israeli government is planning to approve a new project that aims at building 10 new Jewish-only settlements in the Negev, by displacing thousands of Bedouins from the area.The project…
Tel Aviv Claims Apprehending Salafist Cell
Israeli sources reported that the Shabak and the Police removed a gag order on the apprehension of a cell of five in the Lower Galilee allegedly planning to conduct several…
Israeli Settlers Deface The Home Of An Israeli Left-wing Activist
Israeli settlers defaced the home of an Israeli left-wing activist with graffiti proclaiming “death to the traitors” and “price tag Migron” on Monday, Israeli sources reported.The activist, who refused to…
Israeli cabinet announces plan to forcibly displace tens of thousands of indigenous Bedouins
In a cabinet meeting, on Sunday, the Israeli ministers approved a plan based on the ‘Prawer Report’, which involves the forced removal of 30,000 Arab Bedouin villagers in southern Israel…
Israel: “Shots Fired At Army Vehicle In Eilat
Israeli sources reported that a number of live rounds were fired Sunday from Egypt into Eilat, close to the site where eight Israeli soldiers were killed last month after gunmen…
Israel: “Snipers Fired Ten Rounds Into Homes Close To Gaza Border
Israeli sources reported Friday that “Palestinian sharpshooters fired ten rounds into homes in Nativ Hasara settlement, close to the border with Gaza. No injuries were reported.The sources said that at…
Settlers Vandalize An Israeli Military Base, As A ‘price Tag’ Act
The Yesha Council of Settlements, the central body representing Israeli settlers in the West Bank, condemned the ‘price tag’ operation carried out by a group of Israeli settlers at an…
French Fair Trade Activist Denied Access To Palestine Through Tel Aviv Airport
Michel Besson, director of the ‘Andines’ Cooperative, which develops Fair Trade cooperation with Palestine, was arrested Monday morning on his arrival at the airport in Tel Aviv and was placed…
Officials accuse Israeli Prime Minister of withholding information that could have prevented attack
At a hearing on Sunday, the Israeli Prime Minister and Defense Minister were accused of ordering Israel’s top intelligence officials not to share warnings and information that could have been…
Tel Aviv joins other Israeli districts in opening segregated schools
The Tel Aviv municipality in western Israel has become the latest of a dozen school districts in Israel to force children to attend schools segregated by race and nationality.Four new…
Israeli Finance Minister Refuses To Transfer Money to P.A
Israeli Finance Minister, Yuval Steinitz, refused a request from the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank to transfer NIS 380 Million to the P.A so it can pay salaries as…
Head of Knesset: Zionism is a Policyof Settlement
Reuven Rivlin, head of the Israeli Knesset said on Wednesday that all ‘the land of Israel’ belongs to the Jewish people and peace will never prevail until the Palestinians accept…
Netanyahu Holds Talks On “Possible Borders For Palestinian State”
Israeli political sources reported that Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has been holding talks, in recent months, with reserve Maj. Gen. Dani Terza, who drew a West Bank withdrawal map…
P.A Condemns Tel Aviv Arrack, Ongoing Israeli Escalation In Palestine
The Palestinian Authority (PA), headed by President Mahmoud Abbas, in the West Bank condemned the Tel Aviv attack that led to the injury of eight Israelis, and also condemned the…
Palestinian shell hits home in southern Israel, killing one and wounding four
A shell fire by Palestinian resistance fighters Saturday night hit a house in Be’er Sheva, in southern Israel, killing one Israeli and wounding four. Israeli sources report that at least…
Israel Knew Attack was Coming, Expected Kidnapping Attempt
An initial investigation carried out by the Israeli army on the armed attack that targeting a bus loaded with Israeli soldiers, close to the border with Egypt, in the Israeli…
Eight Israelis killed in two attacks in southern Israel
Although initial reports claimed that as many as 14 people were killed in two shooting attacks on Thursday afternoon, Israeli sources report that the official count in the attacks is…
81 US lawmakers in Israel on ‘tour’ sponsored by Zionist lobbying group
One-fifth of the US Congress is currently in Israel on a free trip sponsored by the American Israel Educational Foundation, an affiliate of the largest Zionist lobby in the US:…
Netanyahu Believes UN Recognition Of State Diminishes Peace
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, stated that the chances of reaching a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians will diminish should the United Nations approve the Palestinian demand on…
Israeli MK’s Petition Netanyahu to Immediately Increase Illegal Settlement of West Bank
Forty-two MK’s and cabinet members have petitioned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to resolve the housing crisis by building in East Jerusalem and the West Bank, according to Haaretz. The petition…
Knesset Report Does Not Predict Violence in September
A report to the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee indicates that intelligence officials do not expect Palestinian violence in September. It predicts peaceful protests, but recommends activating reserves as…
Israeli Knesset considers bill to end ‘democratic’ element of Israeli state
A new law currently under consideration by the Israeli Knesset (Parliament) recognizes the inherent contradiction in Israel’s self-definition as both a ‘democratic’ and Jewish state, and calls on the government…
Knesset Committee: “Palestinian UN Bid Would Harm Israel Internationally”
The Foreign Affairs and Security Committee of the Israeli Knesset stated that the Palestinian UN bid to seek international recognition of an independent state this coming September, will worsen Israel’s…
Woman from Jenin Now Longest Serving Female Prisoner in Israeli Detention
The Palestinian Center for Detainees stated Tuesday that Hana Al-Shalabi has now been in Israeli administrative detention for longer than any other female prisoner, according to sources at Ma’an News…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Reportedly Ready To Restart Peace Talks
Unnamed government sources state that Netanyahu has reportedly agreed to begin negotiations with the Palestinians in accordance with boundaries offered by United States President Barack Obama, Ma’an News Agency reports.…
Israeli Municipalities Go on Strike as Israel Continues to Face Widespread Housing Protests
Most municipal authorities in Israel carried out a one day strike on Monday, as an act of solidarity with the popular protests which have arisen all throughout the country in…
Fire Exchanged on Israel-Lebanon Border
Lebanese and Israeli soldiers traded fire on the border early Monday morning. According to Israeli reports, one Lebanese soldier was killed but there were no other injuries.Israeli soldiers came under…
Bank Medic In Tel Aviv Refuses To Provide Aid To Injured Sudanese Man
Israeli daily, Haaretz, reported Thursday that a medic working for the Bank Hapoalim in Tel Aviv, refused to provide the needed first aid to a Sudanese refugee who was wounded…
Jewish American challenges denial of entry to Israel for ‘suspected conversion to Islam’
Last year, Israeli security forces at Ben Gurion Airport denied entry to 30-year old Jewish American Harold Fuller-Bennett because they claim he was ‘suspected of conversion to Islam’. Fuller-Bennett hired…
Netanyahu’s Office Denies Reports Regarding Voiding Oslo Deals
Sources at the office of Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, denied media reports claiming that Netanyahu instructed his National Security advisor to weigh the possibility of voiding the Oslo peace…
Israel Extends Family Unification Ban For A Year
The Israeli Knesset approved a request by the government of Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to extend the ban on family reunification for an additional year prohibiting granting Israeli citizenship,…
Yaalon: “Israel Will Not Apologize To Turkey”
Israeli “Strategic Affairs” Minister, Moshe Yaalon, stated Thursday that Tel Aviv will not issue any apology to Turkey for the Israeli attack against the Turkish Ship, MV Marmara, on May…
Israeli Knesset member stripped of rights for participating in 2010 flotilla
Palestinian-Israeli Member of the Knesset (Parliament) Hanin Zoabi has been stripped of her rights as a Parliamentarian, and will be prevented from addressing the Knesset and participating in votes until…
Israeli peace groups to file petition challenging anti-boycott law
A coalition of Israeli peace groups have announced that they plan to file a petition with Israel’s High Court challenging the legality of a law passed earlier this week that…
Israeli Kindergarten Teachers To Raise Flag And Sing Anthem Every Week
The Israeli Education Ministry has published new guidelines to Israeli kindergarten school teachers to raise the Israeli flag and sing the Israeli anthem every week with their students. The directive…
Fundamentalist Israeli Minister Seeks Additional 6 Months Ban on Family Unification
Israeli Interior Minister, member of the extremist Shas ultra-orthodox Jewish party, Eli Yishai, is demanding the Israeli cabinet to extend the ban on family unification for Arabs and Palestinians for…
Over Two Thousand Jewish Americans And Canadians Make Aliyah This Summer
Twenty-five hundred Jewish Americans and Canadians are expected to immigrate to Israel this summer of 2011. The immigrants will be residing in areas with a largely Palestinian population, as part…
Knesset Set To Vote On Law Allowing Probing Of Israeli Leftist Groups
Just one day after the controversial Boycott Bill was passed by the Israeli Knesset the Yisrael Beiteinu faction has announced its intention to table a vote on a law setting…
‘Boycott Bill’ Slammed By Israeli Civil Society Groups
Israeli opposition politicians and civil society have come out against new legislation passed Monday in the Knesset that outlaws the boycott of Israeli goods, including settlement goods, in the state…
Knesset Set To Vote On Boycott Bill
The Israeli Knesset is Monday set to vote on a bill that will make illegal the boycott of Israeli goods, including Israeli settlement goods, in the state of Israel. The…
Qaddafi Representatives Visit Israel
Military correspondent of Israel’s TV Channel 2, Roni Daniel, reported Sunday that Libyan envoys, representing president Moammar Qaddafi, arrived in Israel several days ago in order to hold a meeting…
Israel gives award to tank shell used against civilians in Gaza
The Israeli Defense Ministry awarded the “Israel Defense Prize” to the Calanit artillery tank shell, a new type of shell which has been deployed in tanks stationed along the Israel-Gaza…
‘Welcome to Palestine’ tour organizers: “We are NOT an air flotilla”
The organizers of a 300-person tour of Palestine this week have condemned Israeli efforts to derail the program by calling it an “air flotilla” and pre-emptively blocking participants from entering…
Organizers Of “welcome To Palestine” Campaign Deny Alleged Intention Of Airplane Take Over
The organizers of “Welcome to Palestine” campaign issued a press statement nullifying allegations of plans to take over airplanes on July 8 in Ben Gurion airports.The statement said, “The organizers…
Deal to transfer remains of 84 dead Palestinian fighters blocked by Israeli Minister
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barack has prevented the transfer of 84 bodies of Palestinians killed since 1967, then buried in unmarked graves in Israel. Barack made his decision after a…
Israel To Return Bodies Of 84 Palestinian Fighters Buried In Israel
Israel is to return the bodies of 84 Palestinian fighters killed in Israel since 1967. The deal, reached following extensive negotiations between Israel and Palestinian leaders, was announced by Palestinian…
Netanyahu Dubs Land-swap A “Joke”
An Israeli official close to Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, stated that Netanyahu fully opposes any Israeli withdrawal to the 1967 border, and believes that the proposal of land-swap is…
Rabbi Ya’akov Yosef Expected To Be Arrested For Justifying The Killing Of Non-Jews
After ignoring police summons, Rabbi Ya’akov Yosef faces arrest for a written endorsement of the Torat Hamelech, which justifies the killing of non-Jews, including babies, that pose a threat to…
Netanyahu reverses announcement to bar Journalists on Freedom Flotilla 2
Monday June 27, Benjamin Netanyahu reversed the announcement made by the GPO that would have barred foreign journalists on board the Freedom Flotilla 2 entry into Israel for up to…
Israeli Anti-Boycott Bill Prepared for Final Vote
The Knesset’s Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee has approved an extended edition of a boycott bill which will prohibit the boycott of any person or product connected to Israel.The “Bill…
Israel Claims Freedom Flotilla Activists Prepare For Violence
Israeli military sources claimed that international activists participating in the Freedom Flotilla 2, heading to Gaza to deliver the much needed medical and humanitarian supplies, are preparing for violent clashes…
Israel: Flotilla will be prevented from reaching Gaza
Israel has declared that the Freedom Flotilla 2 will not be allowed to enter into the besieged Gaza Strip by sea. Israeli and Egyptian officials have agreed that the Flotilla…
Israel Threatens Invasion Of Southern Lebanon
The Israeli Radio reported that a number of Israeli security and military officials threatened that Israel could invade southern Lebanon should the security situation in villages there continue to deteriorate.The…
Mosque In Beersheba To Remain An Islamic Museum
The Beersheba Municipality has rejected a petition by the Bedouin Muslims of the Negev to pray in the old mosque of Beersheba. The Baseiso Mosque was built in 1906 by…
Human Rights Organizations Make Joint Statement on Treatment of Gilad Shalit
Human rights organizations released a joint statement on Friday, the 5th anniversary of the capture of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, demanding an end to his “illegal” and “inhumane” treatment. Israeli,…
Netanyahu To Toughen Conditions For Palestinian Detainees
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he will toughen conditions for Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons in response to Hamas’s refusal to allow the International Red Cross access to…
Israeli Academics Support Acts Of Civil Disobedience
In an advertisment posted in Haaretz on Friday 17th June 300 Israeli academics from around Israel have signed their name to a letter supporting actions taken by the Israeli womens…
63% Of Israeli Public Support Mass Prisoner Exchange For Gilad Shalit
A poll released today by the Rafi Smith polling company on behalf of the campaign to release Gilad Shalit and published in Haaretz newspaper shows that a majority of the…
Israel High Court Issues Order Regarding Communities Law
The Israeli High Court presided over a hearing on Monday regarding two separate petitions brought against the controversial Israeli “Acceptance to Community Law”. The petitions were brought by the Association…
Israeli Officer Indicted On Charges Of Ramming Mentally Disabled Palestinian Boy
The Israeli military prosecutor has filed an indictment against an Israeli officer for illegally ordering the ramming of a mentally disabled Palestinian civilian in an incident in the West Bank…