Village of al-Araqib Demolished for Sixth Time
The Israeli Ministry Of Interior continued to demolish houses in the village of Al-Araqib, in Negev. Bulldozers of the Israeli Interior Ministry demolished houses after being rebuilt for the fifth…
Israeli MK: “Jordan Is the Palestinian State”
Member of the Knesset of the National Union fundamentalist party in Israel, Aryeh Eldad, stated on Tuesday that the “solution” for the conflict is to consider the Hashemite Kingdom of…
Netanyahu Offers Freeze In Return For Recognition Of Jewish State
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered on Monday, a new temporary freeze of settlement activities in the West Bank in exchange for an official Palestinian recognition of Israel as the…
Newly declassified documents show that Israel considered using nuclear weapons in ’73 war
Thirty seven years ago, during the 1973 war between Israel and surrounding states, then-Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir considered the use of nuclear weapons against Syria, according to recently unsealed…
Israeli Artists, Intellectuals Protest New Israeli Bill
Shortly after the Israeli cabinet of Benjamin Netanyahu passed a bill on Sunday requiring all non-Jewish citizens to pledge allegiance to Israel not only as a state but as a…
Lieberman To European Counterparts: “Go And Solve Your Problems First”
Israel’s Foreign Minister of the fundamentalist right-wing Yisrael Beiteinu party, told his French and Spanish counterparts that Europe should first solve its own problems before trying to complain about Israeli…
Israel To Require ‘loyalty Oath’ For Non-jews Seeking Citizenship
The Israeli Cabinet passed a law Sunday requiring all non-Jewish applicants for citizenship to take a ‘loyalty oath’ confirming their support for Israel’s ‘Jewish character’ as a state. A number…
U.S. Grants Israel Incentives Package In Return For Freeze Extension
Israeli Ambassador in Washington, Michael Oren, confirmed that the United States granted Israel further guarantees and incentives in return for renewing the freeze on settlement activities for two or three…
Maguire’s Deportation Appeal Denied
An appeal filed by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Mairead Maguire, was denied by the Israeli Supreme Court as its justices decided that the 10-year deportation order against her is valid,…
Netanyahu Places News Conditions For Extending Freeze
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said that he agrees to extending settlement construction freeze for a number of months, but in return he wants guarantees that it will not be…
Netanyahu Accuses the Palestinians Of Stalling Peace Talks
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, accused on Friday that Palestinian side for staling peace talks, and claimed that renewing the construction of settlements in the occupied West Bank should not…
Israeli Court Decides To Deport Maguire
The Petah Tikva District Court had turned down and appeal against the deportation of Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Mairead Maguire, and granted her lawyers a 48-hour period to file an…
Palestinian Residents of Israel Hold General Strike
Palestinian residents of Israel are holding a general strike, on Friday, marking the tenth anniversary of Ariel Sharon’s incursion of al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem.The Palestinians will commemorate the anniversary of…
Nobel Peace Laureate Still Detained By Israel
Nobel Peace Laureate, Mairead Maguire, is still imprisoned by Israel and awaiting deportation from the country. Maguire was arrested after landing at an airport in Tel Aviv. Israeli security officials…
Israeli Passengers From The Jewish Boat to Gaza Claim Military Statement Was False
Despite claims by the Israeli Military that the the boarding of the Jewish Boat to Gaza, the Irene, was conducted in a non-violent manner and was without incident, those onboard…
Netanyahu: “The Palestinians Must Recognize Israel As A Jewish State”
Israeli Prime Minister reiterated his demands that the Palestinians must recognize Israel as a Jewish state, and said that Israel will never abandon this demand.His statements came during a meeting…
Peres Phones Abbas, Tells Him Netanyahu Is “Trustworthy”
Israeli President, Shimon Peres, phoned Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, Thursday evening and told him that Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, “can be trusted as a partner for peace”.Peres told Abbas…
Lieberman Vows To Counter Any Settlement Freeze
Israeli Foreign Minister, Avigdor Lieberman, vowed to act against any decision to freeze settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territories, including in occupied East Jerusalem.Lieberman said that he will counter…
Israeli Soldier Convicted Of Killing British Photojournalist Gets Early Release
The Israeli soldier convicted of killing British human rights activist Tom Hurndall, was released from jail on Wednesday, after a special committee granted him an early release. According to Israeli…
Three Dying Israelis Saved With Organs Donated From A Palestinian Boy
4-year-old Abdul Hayy Salhout who fell from the balcony in his house in Jabal al-Mukabbir village in occupied East Jerusalem, became source of life for three dying Israeli patients when…
Adalah: Former Police Officer Convicted For Killing Arab Citizen Of Israel Got Financial Aid
The Palestine News Network published a report issued by Adalah, The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, which indicates that a former Israeli officer convicted of killing a…
Mortar shell hits Ashkol, causing no damage or injuries
An Israeli military source announced on Monday that a mortar shell hit Ashkol town in the southern part of Israel. According to the sources, the shell landed in open area…
Israeli Rabbis Defend Book’s Shocking Religious Defense of Killing Non-Jews
When I went into the Jewish religious book emporium, Pomeranz, in central Jerusalem to inquire about the availability of a book called Torat Ha’Melech, or the King’s Torah, a commotion…
150 Israeli Academics Pledge To Boycott Settlements
In a move that could cost them their jobs, 150 professors, researchers and other academic professionals decided this week to follow the lead of their peers in the theatre community…
53 Israeli Artists Boycott New Cultural Center In Ariel Settlement
Dozens of prominent artists in the Israeli theatre community – including actors, playwrights and directors — have signed a pledge that they will not perform in a newly-constructed cultural center…
Israeli Universities Condemn ‘Witch Hunt’ By Right-wing Groups
In a joint statement released by Israel’s largest and most prominent universities, the academic leadership challenged a foreign-funded campaign to undermine academic freedom in the name of Zionism, led by…
Rabbi Yusef Wishes Death To The Palestinians
The Israeli Radio reported that during his weekly sermon on Saturday, the spiritual leader of Shas movement in Israel, Rabbi Ovadia Yusef, wished that the Palestinians and their president be…
Bedouin Women Hold Non-Violent Demo Against Razing Of Villages
Around 700 Bedouin women held a protest in Jerusalem challenging the demolition of their villages by Israeli forces. They travelled to Jerusalem from the Negev desert in southern Israel, where…
Human Rights Watch to Israel: Stop Demolishing Bedouin Homes
The Israeli government should immediately stop demolishing the homes of Bedouin citizens in the Negev desert, in southern Israel, and should compensate those displaced and allow them to return to…
Israel Likely To Accept U.S Calls For Direct Talks
Israeli sources reported that the government of Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, will likely respond positively to U.S calls for starting direct talks with the Palestinian Authority of President Mahmoud Abbas.…
Jerusalem residents pray with exiled legislators in Red Cross tent
A number of Palestinian residents of Jerusalem have traveled to the Gaza-Israel border each day since Ramadan began last Wednesday, to break their daily Ramadan fast with legislators who have…
An Israeli female soldier poses in front of Kidnapped Palestinians
Photos of an Israeli female soldier posing in front of Palestinian detainees posted on the social networking site Facebook, were met with anger by Palestinians.The photos were posted by Eden…
Israeli right-wing activist accused of killing 4 Palestinians released from prison
An Israeli man suspecting of killing four Palestinians in 1998 was released from Israeli prison today and put under house arrest, due to an apparent lack of evidence. Chaim Pearlman…
Israeli police destroys 3 more homes in the Negev
Israeli authorities demolished three houses in the western Negev, southern Israel area on Monday, Palestinian media sources reported.The houses belong to at-Tantawi family in the Abda village, the source said.…
Israelis hold protests in 15 cities against demolition of Palestinian homes
More than 1,000 demonstrators gathered in cities across Israel on Friday (6 August) for a day of solidarity marking the one-year anniversary of the eviction and settler take over of…
Police Attacks Residents, Arab Members of Knesset, in the Negev
Salem Abu Mdeighim, field researcher of the Adalah center, stated that a large Israeli police force attacked on Wednesday the residents of al-Araqeeb village in the Negev, and demolished their…
Israel To Return Three Turkish Ships
Israel intends to return three Turkish ships that were violently boarded by the Israeli army during the attack against the Freedom Flotilla that was heading to the Gaza Strip in…
Israelis Demolish Bedouin Village Again
Wednesday morning Israel’s Land Administration razed the rebuilt village with the protection of Israeli security forces.The Bedouin village of al-Arakib was destroyed by Israel’s Land Administration last week as the…
Ashkelon Struck By Missile Fire
Qatar’s al-Jazeera network are reporting that a missile fired from the Gaza Strip has struck the south of the Israeli city of Ashkelon.No injuries have been reported, and at the…
Israel Won’t Pay Medical Bills Of Wounded Protester
The Israeli government has refused to pay the medical costs of Emily Henochowicz, who lost her eye to an Israeli tear gas canister.Emily Henochowicz lost her eye at a protest…
Israel destroys Bedouin village
1300 police officers and security personnel guarded the area as bulldozers demolished a Bedouin village near Rahat.Israeli security personnel and from the Israel Land Administration arrived at the Bedouin village…
Netanyahu paints Palestinians as avoiding direct talks
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said he will move to direct talks only after Israel makes clear certain defining issues for a future Palestine.The Palestinian Authority is determined to sabotage…
Radical rabbi arrested for incitement to violence
Rabbi Yitzhak Shapira was arrested Monday on suspicion of incitement to violence against non-Jews. The rabbi was arrested Monday on charges of incitement after the publication of his book ‘The…
Israel To Release Freedom Flotilla Ships
After a number of Turkish requests for a return of the ships used in the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, Israel has agreed to comply.Israel will release the three Turkish ships carrying…
Netanyahu Reveals Attitude Towards US, Oslo Accords in Video
A video recorded in 2001 of Israeli Prime Minister, Benyamin Netanyahu, shows him talking with settlers who lost family members in attacks made by Palestinians about Israeli military strategy, foreign…
Loyalty Oath Approved by Israeli Cabinet
The Israeli cabinet has approved a provision that would require all Israeli citizenship seekers to swear allegiance to a ‘Jewish democratic state’.On his part, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised…
Lieberman wants second disengagement of Gaza
The notorious Israeli Foreign Minister wants to cede all responsibility for Gaza to the Europeans.Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman is supposedly crafting a plan that would give any and all responsibility…
Palestinians may have to swear loyalty to ‘Jewish’ state with new law.
Israel’s cabinet is set to accept a host of new measures that will greatly increase the burden on Palestinians seeking to be with their families in Israel.This coming Sunday, Israel’s…
Under Suspicion of “Contacting Foreign Agent,’ Israeli Security Unit Kidnaps A Man in the Golan
Israeli officers of the “Regional Unit for International Investigation”, operating under the Israeli Security Agency, kidnapped an Arab resident from Majdal Shams in the occupied Golan Heights, under suspicion of…
Knesset Revokes Privileges of Arab MK Over Participation In Gaza Flotilla
The Israeli Knesset held a vote that led to revoking the parliamentary privileges of Arab Member of Knesset, Hanin Zoabi, as a punishment for her participation in the Freedom Flotilla…
Israeli Officials: ‘Mistakes Were Made’ In Attack On Humanitarian Aid Flotilla
Israeli officials have admitted that ‘senior-level mistakes were made’ during last month’s deadly raid on a Gaza-bound humanitarian aid flotilla. Results of an internal military probe were presented Monday, revealing…
Netanyahu: Peace Agreement Unattainable By 2012
The Israeli Prime Minster expressed doubts over negotiations as well as concerns about Iran as the ‘ultimate terrorist threat today.’In an interview held on Sunday, Benjamin Netanyahu said that he…
Israel Acting To Pressure Libya Into Voiding Its Solidarity Ship To Gaza
The Israeli government headed to the United Nations demanding it to pressure Libya into canceling its “Hope” solidarity ship that would be heading to Gaza to deliver humanitarian supplies to…
Haifa Mayor Calls For Turning Seized Turkish Ship Into Floating Hotel
After Israel attacked the Turkish “Marmara” solidarity ship trying to send humanitarian and medical supplies to Gaza, and killed nine nonviolent activists before towing the ship to Haifa, Haifa mayor,…
Clashes Reported In Wadi Ara As Israeli Bulldozers Demolish Arab Home
On Wednesday, bulldozers belonging to the Israeli Ministry of Interior, supported by dozens of armored military vehicles and police cars, demolished the home of No’man Abu Salem from Ara village…
Fayyad To Meet Barak
Palestinian Prime Minister, Dr. Salaam Fayyad, will be holding a meeting on Monday afternoon with Israeli Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, to discuss issues related to the siege of Gaza and…
Netanyahu: “Israel Willing To Release 1,000 Detainees, But Not To The West Bank”
In an exclusive interview with Israel’s TV Channel One, conducted by Ella Hason Nesher, Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, stated that Israel is willing to free 1,000 Palestinian detainees under…
Netanyahu: “Israel Willing to Pay High Price to Release Shalit, But Not Any Price”
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, stated that Israel is willing to pay a high price to secure the release of prisoner-of-war, corporal Gilad Shalit, but will not pay any price…
Commission Head Requests Increased Powers in Flotilla Probe
Israeli daily, Haaretz, is reporting that Israel will impart the commission to investigate the massacre aboard the MV Mavi Marmara with greater authority, yet it still will not be allowed…
Likud Approves Resumption Of Settlement Activities
The Likud Party, headed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, decided Thursday evening to resume settlement activities in the occupied territories directly after the declared settlement “freeze” expires on September…
Israel Launches Its Sixth Spy Satellite
The Israeli Defense Establishment successfully launched its six spy satellite on Tuesday evening, in a move that was described as another advancement meant to boost Israel’s intelligence-gathering capabilities. The Satellite…
Netanyahu Calls For Direct Talks
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, called on the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, to start direct peace talks with Israel without any delays. Yet, he did not offer any changes on…
Israel Drumming For War Against Hezbollah
The Lebanese paper, al-Mustaqbal, stated that France has information from different sources, mainly from Washington, revealing that Israel intends to wage a war against Lebanon to strike the Hezbollah party.The…
Israeli Organization Places Ad for Volunteers To Attack Solidarity Ships
An Israeli security organization placed an advertisement in the ads section in the Israeli newspaper Yediot Aharonot, seeking “women volunteers” to attack and remove women from the Lebanese aid flotilla…
Israel Decides To Use Force Against Lebanese Solidarity Ships
The Israeli government instructed the army and the navy to intercept, and if necessary, to use force against the two Lebanese ships that would be heading to Gaza to deliver…
Ayalon: “Israel Might Agree To International Observers Monitoring Gaza Crossings”
Israeli deputy Foreign Minister, Dani Ayalon, stated that Israel might accept having international observers monitor Gaza Strip border crossings in order to supervise the transfer of humanitarian supplies to Gaza.His…
U.S. State Department: “Israel Not Doing Enough To Counter Human Trafficking”
The U.S. State Department stated, Thursday, that although Israel has managed to achieve significant progress in countering human trafficking, it still “lacks the awareness to battle it and the will…
Soldiers Ordered Not To Enter Arab Towns in Israel
The Israeli army issued strict orders to the soldiers to stay away from Arab towns in the country and not to interact with Arab citizens. Israeli online daily, Maariv, reported…
Mitchell To Meet Barak Thursday
Israeli sources reported that the U.S Middle East Envoy, George Mitchell, will be holding a meeting on Thursday with Israeli Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, and a number of other Israeli…
Israeli Military Kills One Person Near Eilat
The Israeli army killed one man on Wednesday morning after spotting a group of people, some of them armed, apparently attempting to infiltrate through the border from Egypt, some 40…
Gush Shalom Slams Decision To Hold An Israeli Probe Into Flotilla Attack
‘This is a cover-up commission, toothless and powerless. Even had it wanted to, it can’t probe the real issues. International friends of Dore Gold won’t bite’ This was the first…
New Knesset Bill To Demand Sending P.A Money To Settlements
25 fundamentalist members of Israeli Knesset submitted a bill proposing that the Knesset transfer money allocated to the Palestinian Authority to Jewish settlements, to punish the Palestinians for their boycott…
Israel Could Accept A British Proposal To Ease Gaza Siege
The UK submitted a secret proposal last week that suggested easing the siege on Gaza in return for what it called “a watered-down” investigation into Israel’s deadly attack on the…
Arab MK Receives Death Threat from New York Extremists
An extremist organization in New York, calling itself “The Pulsa Di Nura,” sent a letter to Arab member of Knesset Dr. Ahmad Tibi informing him that he has “180 days…
Israeli Army Chief of Staff Selects General for Flotilla Investigation
Israeli Army Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi appointed Major General Giora Eiland to lead the investigation into the Freedom Flotilla raid and to “draw lessons” from the botched operation. The…
Report: Israeli Government Asked The US For More Weapons
During his most recent visit to the US, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu requested that the US provide him with Joint Direct Attack Munition bombs, rockets, aircraft ammunition and other…
Knesset Revokes Privileges of MK Zo’by for Flotilla Participation
The Israeli Knesset house committee decided to revoke three key parliamentarian privileges of MK Zo’by for being part of the Freedom Flotilla that was carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza. The…
Israeli Interior Minister Recommends MK Zo’by Be Stripped Of Citizenship
Israeli Interior Minister, Elie Yishai, sent a letter to the Legal Councelor of the Israeli government, Yehuda Feinstein, recommending that he revokes citizenship rights of Arab MK, Hanin Zo’by, for…
Arab MK Receives Death Threats for Participation in Freedom Flotilla
Arab Member of Knesset Hanin Zo’by was given a security detail after she received several death threats for her participation in the Freedom Flotilla, the convoy of aid ships that…
Fundamentalist Israeli Legislators Interrupt Arab MK’s Speech, Call For Deporting Her To Gaza
Several fundamentalist members of Knesset attacked Arab legislator Hanin Zo’by, Wednesday, during a discussion of Israel’s deadly raid against the Gaza-bound humanitarian Freedom Flotilla.Zo’by was onboard one of the solidarity…
Palestinian-Israelis from Gaza Flotilla Face Extended Detention
A court hearing held in Ashkelon, Tuesday, resulted in the decision to extend the detention of four Flotilla detainees who are prominent Arab Israeli citizens. The Arab Israeli detainees are…
45 Flotilla Activists Released from Israeli Detention
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced, Tuesday, that Israel will release and deport the 620 peace activists who were arrested after Israel’s violent raid on the Gaza-bound Freedom Flotilla. Several…
Lawyers Say Spying Confession Inadmissible
A leading human rights activist from Israel’s Palestinian Arab minority was charged yesterday with the most serious security offences on Israel’s statute book, including espionage. Prosecutors indicted Ameer Makhoul, the…
Israeli Arab Women Join Israel’s Army Rescue Unit
Israeli Ynet news reported that several young women, some wearing a hijab, from Kafar Qassem and Kafar Bara, have enlisted in rescue units under the Israeli Army’s Home Front Command.…
Israeli Police Recommend Indicting Lieberman
The Israeli police recommended indicting Israel’s Foreign Minister, Avigdor Lieberman, who is under investigation for corruption and money laundering charges. The police recommended pressing new charges that involve corruption, the…
Dozens Protest Peres’ Visit to Shefa-‘Amr
Dozens of Arab residents of the northern Israeli city of Shefa-‘Amr met Sunday to protest Israeli President Shimon Peres’ participation in the city’s 100th anniversary celebration.The protesters carried posters decrying…
Israeli Nuclear Whistleblower Returned To Prison For 3-month Sentence
Mordechai Vanunu, the Israeli who served 18 years in prison for exposing a secret nuclear weapons production facility in Dimona, was sent back to prison Sunday for requesting that he…
Israeli Soldier Wounded By Palestinian Sniper Fire
Israeli military sources reported Friday evening, that one soldier was shot and wounded by Palestinian sniper fire near Khan Younis city, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The…
Mitchell Ends Tour, Netanyahu Affirms More Settlements
As the United States Special Middle East Peace Envoy, George Mitchell, concluded a new series of talks with Israeli and Palestinian officials as part of the proximity talks, Israeli Prime…
Israeli Report; P.A Runs Political Campaign Against Israel
Israel paper, Haaretz, reported Thursday that the Israeli Foreign Ministry recently prepared a document stating that the Palestinian Authority will continue its international political campaigns against Israel’s policies despite the…
British musician Elvis Costello cancels Israel tour as ‘matter of conscience’
After a campaign to boycott Israel targeted singer Elvis Costello with calls, letters and faxes, he decided that he could not, in good conscience, continue with a planned tour in…
Israeli Court Allow Makhoul To See His Legal Team
After 12 days of detaining him, Amir Makhoul, a Palestinian community leader from Haifa, is allowed to see his lawyers before a court hearing. The Israeli court at Petah Tikva…
Chief Palestinian negotiator questions Israeli commitment to peace talks
Saeb Erekat, who has been chief Palestinian negotiator with the Israeli government since the Oslo Accords of 1993, told an audience in Tel Aviv Sunday that the Palestinian people’s patience…
Vanunu Sentenced To Three Months
Israeli sources reported that Nuclear whistleblower, Mordechai Vanunu, was sentenced, Tuesday, to three months imprisonment after he refused to perform community service in West Jerusalem, fearing harassment from fundamentalist Jews.…
Barak: “Israel Must Present A Peace Plan”
Israeli Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, stated that the “deteriorating relations” with the United States should push Israel to come up with a serious initiative for peace with the Palestinians.His statements…
Israel Accuses Two Palestinian Community Leaders Of Spying For Hezbollah
Two Palestinian community leaders were accused by the Israeli Security Service of spying for the Lebanese-based armed group Hezbollah. The two were identified as Omar Said, a member of the…
FBI Director In Israel For Talks On Cooperation
Israeli sources reported Thursday that FBI director, Robert Mueller, arrived in Israel and held a meeting with Israel’s Police Chief, David Cohen, on cooperation against what was described as international…
Arabs In 1948 Areas Prepare For Boycott
Several popular movements, civil society institutions and women organizations in the 1948 areas are preparing to officially declare the launch of a boycott campaign targeting all settlement products as a…
Indirect Talks Starts Wednesday With A Netanyahu-Mitchell Meeting
United States special Middle East envoy, George Mitchell, will be holding a meeting on Wednesday with Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, in Jerusalem to mark the start of indirect talks…
Netanyahu Orders Media Blackout On Talks
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, ordered a full media blackout on the proximity talks between Israel and the Palestinians slated to start Wednesday.He instructed his government and officials in charge…