Israeli Bulldozers Demolish Homes In The Negev
Israeli bulldozers demolished on Wednesday morning a number of homes that belong to residents of Al Sadeer “unrecognized” Arab village in the Negev. The homes belong to members of Al…
Prominent Rabbis’ Wives Tell Fellow Jewish Women Not To Date Arabs
In a letter published Tuesday in the Israeli press, around two dozen wives of prominent Israeli rabbis followed a recent edict by their husbands for Jews to refuse to rent…
School Principal In Jaffa Prohibits Arabic
On Tuesday, dozens of residents of Jaffa held a protest in front of a school after its principal decided to prohibit Arab students from speaking Arabic inside the classrooms. The…
Israel to Boycott UN Summit Against Racism
Israel announced it will boycott a 2011 UN summit commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Durban declaration against racism, the Middle East Monitor said on Monday. Israel motivated its decision…
Israeli Activist in Jail for Protest Against Gaza Siege
Jonathan Pollak was handed a three-month prison term, on Monday, for taking part in a bicycle demonstration against the blockade on Gaza almost three years ago. Israeli activist Jonathan Pollak…
Netanyahu: “Temporary Peace Deal Is Possible”
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, stated on Monday at night that a temporary peace deal with the Palestinians is possible should the direct peace talks between the two sides fail.…
Israel To Issue Apology To Britain For Using Fake Passports To Assassinate Hamas Leader In Dubai
The Daily Telegraph reported that the Israeli Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations, Mosad, intends to issue an official apology to Britain as Israeli Mosad agents entered United Arabs Emirates…
Lieberman: “P.A. An Illegal Entity, Not Interested In Peace”
Israeli Foreign Minister, a leader of the fundamentalist Israel Beiteinu Party, claimed Sunday that the Palestinian Authority (P.A) is not interested in peace with Israel, and stated that the P.A…
P.A Returns To Israel Stolen Military Vehicle, Weapons, And Hands-in Five Palestinians
As part of the ongoing security cooperation between Israel and the Palestinian Authority of President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank, the Palestinian Authority returned to Israel a military vehicle…
Netanyahu Accuses the Palestinians Of Obstructing Peace
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, claimed that the International Community understands that the Palestinians, not Israel, are responsible for obstruction the efforts to achieve peace in the Middle East.Talking to…
Right-wing Israelis rally to kick Arabs out of Bat Yam
Around 150 Israelis shouting “Death to Arabs and to Jews who date Arabs” gathered in the town of Bat Yam this week for a rally called “Keep Bat Yam Jewish”.…
French Activist Detained At Ben Gurion Airport, Denied Entry
Sabbine Haddad, a spokeswoman for the Israeli Ministry of Interior, stated Tuesday that French peace activist, Olivia Zamour, was detained at the Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv, and…
Racist Slogans Displayed During Beit Yam Protest Against Interfaith Couples
On Monday evening, approximately 200 people gathered in the city of Bat Yam, southern Tel Aviv-Jaffa, to protest against interfaith couples, under the banner ‘We Want a Jewish Bat Yam.’…
Seven homemade shells fired into the Negev desert
Israeli news agency Yedioth Ahranoth reported Monday that seven homemade shells were fired from the Gaza Strip into the Negev Desert on Sunday. No injuries or damage were reported. The…
U.S. Envoys Arrive In Tel Aviv To “Restart Talks”
Israeli sources reported that two senior American officials arrived in Tel Aviv on Sunday in order to hold talks with Israeli officials in Tel Aviv, and Palestinian officials in Ramallah,…
Palestinian Women Suffer Harsh Violations in Israeli Jails
The P.A. spokesman in Gaza denounced, on Thursday, Israeli jailers for their treatment of Palestinian female prisoners, who suffer harsh and systematic violations, the Palestinian Information Centre reported. Riyadh al-Ashqar,…
Limits Set on the Stipends for Yeshiva Students
On Sunday’s Parliamentary session, the Knesset pretends to limit to five years the stipends that yeshiva students receive from the government, Haaretz reported.According to the new passage of the budget,…
Shin Bet to Compensate PFLP Member After Torture
The Shin Bet security service agreed to compensate a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine for torturing him in what the Haaretz daily newspaper called ‘an…
In A Letter Send To Turkish PM; Likud MK Says Israel Should Have Killed All Marmara Passengers
Israeli sources reported Wednesday that Israeli Member of Knesset of the Likud Party, Dani Dannon, sent a sarcastic letter to Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, telling him that Israeli…
Knesset Members Call for Execution of Former MK Bishara
Several Israeli Knesset members have demanded the assassination of the ex-Arab MK Bishara after listing him as ‘terrorist’, Quds Press reported on Wednesday. The Knesset members made the call during…
Israel Deported 150 Sudanese Migrants
150 asylum seekers were sent back to Sudan, on Monday night, as Israeli officials believed they entered the country illegally in search of work, media agencies reported on Tuesday. Sudanese…
Israeli peace activists summoned by Israeli security forces
Over the last two days, several Israelis who have participated in anti-Wall demonstrations in the West Bank received calls from Israeli security officers with the Shabak (Shin Bet) intelligence service,…
P.A. Firefighters Refused Entrance to Israel For Honouring Ceremony
Israeli daily, Haaretz, has reported that Israel has cancelled its ceremony to honour the Palestinian firefighters that participated in the global assistance to the State of Israel, following the fire…
Rabbi Drukman Suggests Discriminating Between “A Loyal Arab”, and “An Arab Who Hates Israel”
Rabbi Haim Druckman, regarded as a ‘moderate’ leader of religious Zionism, presented his own version of resolving the issue of not renting homes at Arabs, by suggesting that a “loyal…
The Israeli NGO Breaking the Silence Launches a New Book
Marking the tenth anniversary of the beginning of the Second Intifada, Breaking the Silence is due to publish a new text, ‘Occupation of the Territories – Israeli Soldier Testimonies 2000-2010’,…
Sheikh Salah Released After Five Months Imprisonment
The Israeli Authorities released on Monday the head of the northern branch of the Islamic Movement, Sheikh Raed Salah, after serving a five-month sentence issued against him by an Israeli…
Netanyahu: “Israel Does Not Intend To Compensate Families Of Flotilla Victims”
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, denied reports stating that Israel intends to pay compensation to the families of the nine Turkish peace activists who were killed when the Israeli army…
Police Demolishes Seven Homes In Lod
The Israeli Police demolished on Tuesday seven Palestinian homes in Lod city after forcing the residents out. The police claimed the structures were built without obtaining the needed construction permits.…
Knesset Approves New Law Preventing Detainees From Meeting Lawyers For Six Month
The Legal Committee of the Israeli Knesset decided on Monday to approve a new draft submitted by the Israeli Interior Minister, Yitzhak Aharanovitch, in which he demanded that Palestinian detainees,…
Jewish Congress Leaders Demand Pope To Combat the ‘Delegitimization’ of Israel
On Friday, a delegation of the World Jewish Congress leaders met with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican, and urged the pontiff to combat what they called as a ‘new…
Mitchell To Meet Netanyahu Monday
U.S. Special Middle East Envoy, George Mitchell, intends to hold a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, in Jerusalem on Monday in an attempt to push the stalled peace…
Over 10,000 People Mark International Human Rights Day in Tel Aviv
About 10,000 people marched in Tel Aviv, on Friday, on the International Human Rights Day, reports have stated. Marchers gathered in Tel Aviv, at Habima Theater, on Friday morning to…
Israel Expects Next ‘Big’ War on Gaza
Israeli army chief has proclaimed that the next Israel’s offensive on Gaza will be ‘extensive’, a Press TV report said. Israeli army chief Lieutenant-General, Gabi Ashkenazi, stated: ‘The next round…
Israeli Security Officer Wounded After Fighters Fired Mortars Into the Western Negev
Israeli sources reported that a security guard working at a kibbutz, in the Eshkol Regional Council in the Negev, was wounded, on Wednesday, at night after Palestinian fighters fired mortars…
Peace Group not Allowed to Operate Stand at Ben-Gurion Airport
The group Artists Without Walls was denied authorization, on Tuesday, to set up in Ben-Gurion airport a stand run by Jews and Arabs ‘who would be open to dialogue with…
Israel Criticized Over Renewed Detention of Palestinian Female Prisoner
Palestinian human rights center Ahrar slammed Israel for renewing the administrative detention of Kifah Jibril just few hours before her scheduled release, the Palestinian Information Centre said. The director of…
New Religious Ruling to Forbid Rental of Homes to Arabs
Dozens of top Israeli rabbis have signed on to a new ruling that would call on Jews not to rent homes to Arabs, Haaretz claimed.The religious ruling comes few months…
P.A. Denounces Israel for Testing Different Drugs With Palestinian Prisoners
On Monday, the Prisoner Affairs specialist of the Palestinian Authority, and former prisoner, Abdul Nasir Farawneh reported that Israel uses Palestinian prisoners to test the effects of different drugs, through…
Peres: ‘Israel Does Not Tell Spain How to Resolve its Problem of Terrorism’
During a meeting with Spanish media covering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Israeli President Simon Peres stated, on Sunday, that peace negotiations are ‘still half way’ and added that ‘any deal…
Carmel Fires Contained, 41 Dead and 50,000 Dunams of Land Burnt
On Sunday evening, after approximately 77 hours of battling the fire, firefighters have finally been able to contain the fires in the Carmel after it consumed 50,000 dunams of land.…
Netanyahu Thanks Abbas For Palestinian Firefighters Help
Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, received on Friday a phone call from Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, for sending Palestinian firefighters to help in controlling the fires in the north of…
Israeli And International Firefighters Continue To Combat Wildfires
Despite ongoing efforts of Israeli and international firefighters and rescue teams, fires continue to consume more areas in the Carmel while also spreading to Jerusalem Forrest, and to an area…
Efforts Continue As Fires Spread
Firefighters continued their efforts to control the fires in Haifa; more firemen were injured due to smoke inhalation while the fires reached Ein Hoad and Nir Tzion areas.The Israeli Police…
As Fires Continue To Consume More Areas in Haifa, Extremists Torch Islamic Graveyard
The Al Aqsa Foundation told the Maan News Agency that a group of Jewish extremists torched the Al Qassam Graveyard in Haifa under the guise of the ongoing fires that…
Controlling Carmel Fire Could Take At Least Several Days
As the fires continue to consume more areas in Al Karmel, and with 41 residents dead, 14.000 evacuated from their homes, and more than 20.000 Dunams burnt, Israeli sources stated…
Fires In Haifa Continue, 40 Dead, 13.000 Evacuated
40 persons died on Thursday, dozens were injured and at least 13.000 were evacuated in Haifa and other areas north of the country as huge fires continued to spread across…
Israel Arrests Man Believed To Be Collaborating With Hamas
Israeli sources reported that the Israeli Security Forces have recently detained an Arab man from al-Fredees Arab village, north of the country, who is suspected to be collaborating with the…
Poll: Only 51% of Israeli Jews Believe in Equal Rights for Arabs and Jews
According to a report released on Tuesday, conducted by the Israel Democratic Institute, almost half of Israeli Jews refuse the coexistence between Arab and Jews communities in Israel. Only 51…
Israel Tries to Improve Its International Image
The Israeli foreign ministry has called on 10 of its embassies in Europe to begin an advocacy campaign for Israel, starting with recruiting 1,000 public members. The new policy comes…
Golan Leaders Disown Likud MK Ayyoub Qarra
During a meeting led by dozens of Druze figures in the occupied Golan Heights, social and religious leaders and residents declared that they disown Member of Knesset Ayyoub Qarra of…
Officer Who Shot American Activist In Her Eye Exonerated
The Israeli District Police in the Occupied West Bank exonerated an Israeli Army officer who shot an American peace activist in her eye during a protest at the Qalandia terminal,…
Rabin’s Son Proposes Alternative Israeli Peace Initiative
The son of Yitzhak Rabin and businessman Koby Huberman presented a plan in response to the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative, Haaretz said quoting a source on Friday.Yuval Rabin, the son…
Israel Contributed to Hariri Tribunal
Israel’s Foreign Minister said Israel has contributed to U.S. backed tribunal probing the murder of ex-Lebanese Premier, Rafic Hariri, sources reported on Friday. Israeli Foreign Minister, Avigdor Lieberman, has acknowledged…
Israel Set to Vote on Holding Facility for ‘Infiltrators’
The Israeli cabinet is due to vote on Sunday on the planned holding facility for illegal migrants, media agencies reported on Thursday.Prime Minister Netanyahu’s cabinet will vote, on Sunday, on…
Extremists Attack Jordan Embassy Employees In Tel Aviv
An official Jordanian source reported Wednesday that a number Israeli extremists attacked on Tuesday at night two employees working at the Jordanian embassy in Tel Aviv. The Al Ghad Jordanian…
“Politeness patrols” in Israel
I read an article a few days ago in the Israeli press about how a group of college students in Israel have decided to implement a ‘politeness patrol’ on buses…
Shin Bet May Build Shortcut for Netanyahu through Nature Reserve
Shin Bet security service is considering building a private road through a nature reserve that would connect Prime Minister Netanyahu’s house to the Route 2 coastal highway, Haaretz claimed on…
Three Dead, Five Injured in Toxic Leak at Israel Oil Refinery
Two people died on Tuesday evening, a third person died on Wednesday morning, and five were hurt in an accident at an oil refinery in the city of Haifa, rescue…
Israeli Knesset Passes Referendum Bill
With a majority of 65 votes in favor and 33 opposing, the Israeli Knesset passed the Referendum Bill in the second and third readings, thus requiring a public majority referendum…
Palestinian Worker Shot by Israeli police in Ashkelon
On Monday, Israeli police shot a Palestinian worker who according to Israeli officials, was working in Israel without permission, Ma’an reported.Israeli police explained the shooting saying that the man was…
Israeli Soldiers Who Used 9-year Old As Human Shield Receives No Jail Time
Israeli news sources reported on Sunday, that two soldiers were convicted of following their actions in 2008 during Israel’s war on Gaza. Despite being convicted of using a nine-year old…
Barrier Along Israel-Egypt Border, Ready To Begin
Explained by Israeli government as an essential element to protect the State of Israel, the project will cost NIS 1.35 billion and intends to stop the transit of economic migrants,…
Al-Arakib Bedouin Village Razed for Seventh Time
On Monday morning, Israeli police destroyed the Bedouin town of al-Arakib, in the southern Israel, after the residents rebuilt their homes for seventh time in three months, Ma’an reported.Local sources…
U.S. State Dept. Report: Religious Freedom Under Attack in Israel
A new report by the U.S. State Department documents a rise in religious violence and state-sponsored discrimination over the last year. The report specifically mentions right-wing Haredi Jewish groups, and…
Israel Harbors Fugitive, Wanted For War Crimes in Colombia
International fugitive, arms trader and death squad leader, Yair Klein, has arrived in Israel a free man, despite warrants for his arrest in Colombia for training the death squads of…
U.N. Welcomes Israel’s decision to Withdraw From Northern Ghajar: Residents Angry
On Thursday, the U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon defined Israel’s decision to pull its troops out of the Lebanon’s Ghajar region as an ‘important step’ and hoped that it could…
Shin Bet Torture ‘Investigator’ Moved to Israeli Justice Department
The Israeli secret service, or Shin Bet, has always depended on ‘internal investigations’ to respond to allegations of torture and mistreatment. Now, the Shin Bet officer in charge of complaints…
With Netanyahu Bribe, Washington Going For Broke
Watching the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians drag on year after year without conclusion, it is easy to overlook the enormous changes that have taken place on the…
Israeli Education Students Refuse Participate In An Educational Project In Ariel Settlement
A number of Israeli Education students, studying at the Beit Berl Israeli College, informed the College administration that they refuse to hold their final project at an educational institution located…
Meridor: ‘No cabinet freeze vote until U.S. gives proposal in writing’
In an interview with Israeli Army Radio today, Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Dan Meridor said U.S. promises were needed in writing before the Cabinet votes on a 3 month settlement…
Clashes at Haifa Uni. Over MK Zoabi Event
Clashes have occurred at the University of Haifa between students and police, following the arrival of Haneen Zoabi, MK of the Balad party.Zoabi was scheduled to speak at the university…
Carter: “Hamas Agrees To Allow Shalit To Send A Message To His Family”
Former American President, Jimmy Carter, stated during an interview with al-Jazeera on Friday, that the Hamas movement agreed to allow the captured prisoner of war, Gilad Shalit, held by three…
Two Officers Feared Dead As Israeli Jet Crashes In The Negev
Israeli sources reported, Wednesday, that rescue teams are now searching for an Israeli Air Force pilot and his navigator after their fighter-jet (F-16I) crashed in a canyon in the Negev…
The loyalty oath and Israel’s Zionist ‘left’
On 10 October 2010, the Israeli government proposed a bill obligating non-Jewish naturalized citizens to swear loyalty to a ‘Jewish and democratic state.’ The International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network (IJAN) deplores…
AFP: One in Four Israelis Living in Poverty, Mostly Arabs
One in every four Israelis lives below the poverty line due to economic misfortunes like layoff and payment reductions, AFP reported on Monday. The study ‘Poverty Indices and Social Gaps’,…
Hundreds of Israeli police demolish mosque; 1,000 Bedouins protest the demolition
A massive force of Israeli police, accompanied by officials with the Israeli Lands Administration, descended on the Palestinian Bedouin town of Rahat, in southern Israel, where they demolished a mosque…
Israeli Lieutenant Receives Lax Sentence for Abusing Fellow Soldier in ‘Hazing’ incident
According to an investigation made by the Israeli military, an Israeli lieutenant was convicted, Thursday, of beating a fellow soldier and sentenced to a demotion and 21 days of community…
Israeli Education Minister Proposes a ‘New Code of Ethics’ to Encourage Zionism
On Tuesday, during the meeting of the Knesset Education Committee, the Israeli Education Minister, Gideon Sa’ar, explained that the objective of the new code should be to end the present…
Anti-Arab Campaign Intensifies in Safed, With Public Humiliation of Elderly Man Who Rents to Arabs
An 89-year old Jewish man has become the latest target of an organized campaign to rid the Israeli town of Safed of Palestinian-Israelis (Palestinians with Israeli citizenship). On Tuesday, posters…
Israeli Rights Group Report Indicates Abuse in Israeli Detention
According to a report released on Tuesday by the Israeli rights groups B’Tselem and Hamoked, Palestinians detained for questioning by Tel Aviv’s security services Shin Bet are held in unsatisfactory…
Israeli Officer Charged With Handing Gun To Friend During Attack On Palestinians Last Weekend
On Sunday, an Israeli court charged two Israelis, a border officer and his friend, with firing live rounds at Palestinian-Israeli citizens last weekend in the town of Safed, while shouting…
Palestinian Children Prevented from Going to Tel Aviv Film Festival
Israeli soldiers refused to allow children from the West Bank village of Umm al-Kheir entry into Israel while on their way to the Children’s Film Festival in Tel Aviv, after…
Israeli-Arab Peace Activist Indicted on Civil Rights Charges
Israeli-Arab peace activist, Ameer Makhoul, from Haifa in northern Israel, was arraigned on Wednesday in an Israeli court on a variety of charges ranging from ‘contacting a foreign agent’ to…
Likud Members Form Israeli ‘Tea Party’
On Sunday, the group will hold a rally at the Zionist Organization of America House in Tel Aviv, under the banner ‘Say No to Obama.’ Their objective is to push…
MK Hanin Zoabi Wounded By Israeli Fire
Arab member of the Israeli Knesset, Haneen Zoabi, stated that she was hit by two rubber-coated bullets fired by the Israeli police during Wednesday clashes in Umm al-Fahm, after the…
Israeli Police Car Kills Palestinian Child
Israeli sources reported that on Tuesday night, a Palestinian boy from the town of Yatta, south of Hebron, was killed by an Israeli police car that ran over him in…
Extremist Settlers To March In Umm al-Fahm
Under police protection, right-wing extremists intend to march in the town of Umm al-Fahm, in the north of Israel to demand the expulsion of Arabs from the country and to…
Study Reveals Israel Among the Most Corrupt Countries
A study released by the International Transparency Organization on Tuesday, found Israel to be among the most corrupt countries in the Western World. The 2010 study ranked 178 countries. A…
Netanyahu Considering Three Months Freeze On Settlements
The Israeli paper, Maariv, reported Tuesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu intends to weigh the possibility of offering a three-month freeze on settlement activities in order to give peace…
Rightist Settlers Paint Slogans Praising Kahane in Jaffa
On Tuesday morning, the slogan ‘Kahane Tzadak’ (Kahane was right) was found written on the walls of restaurants, stores and on the walls of the Latin church in Jaffa City.According…
Ancient Mosque Vandalized by Rightist Israelis in Nazareth Area
On Sunday, vandals attacked an ancient mosque in Ma’alul village near Nazareth, inside Israel. They removed the stones and spray-painted slogans of the Israeli settler movement on the walls. According…
Former Chief Rabbi of Israel says non-Jews born only to serve Jews
On Saturday, the spiritual leader of the right-wing Israeli ‘Shas’ movement, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, made a speech to followers in which he compared non-Jews to donkeys, and said that they…
Extremists Settlers Assualt Arab Students In Safad
On Friday midnight, a group of extremist settlers hurled stones at students dorms, at the Academics College of Safad, in the Galilee.The Arab students resisted the extremists until the arrival…
Israel Considers Unilateral Moves
Israeli officials are considering declaring unilateral steps if the Palestinian leadership of Mahmoud Abbas implements its vows to walk out of the negotiations and seek international recognition of a Palestinian…
Netanyahu Agrees With Rabin’s Approach
At the 15th anniversary memorial of Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination, the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, claimed: ‘I am a partner to Rabin’s approach that we must always continue pushing for…
Netanyahu Orders to Redraft the Israeli Loyalty Oath
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a change in his controversial amendment to the Citizenship Act, so that the loyalty oath would also apply to Jews immigrating to Israel. On…
Rabbis Issue Letter Urging Jewish Landlords to Refuse Palestinian Tenants
Eighteen prominent Israeli rabbis recently issued an open letter calling on Jews to refuse to rent or sell property to Arabs, and to ostracize any Jew who rents or sells…
Bulldozer Driver And Ground Commander To Testify In Corrie Trial
The following is a press release from the Rachel Corrie Foundation For Peace And Justice, quoted in full.The military commander in charge of the unit on the ground and the…
Israeli Inquiry Calls on Flotilla Attack Witnesses to Testify
After promising, on multiple occasions, to arrest any participants in the humanitarian aid flotilla to Gaza, Israeli officials have now made an ‘open call’ to those same participants to testify…
Detainees in Nafha prison Attacked by Israeli Military
Detainees in Nafha prison reported to the ‘Wa’ed’ society for detainees and ex-detainees that Israeli military invaded, on Friday afternoon, the Nafha prison and attacked detainees.The society confirmed that clashes…