Category: Israel

Despite declaring several times that the Philadelphi deal between Egypt and Israel is ready to be signed, Israel keeps delaying signing the deal which allows Egypt to deploy 750 Egyptian…

Israeli government, on Sunday, formally approved the evacuation of the last seven settlement enclaves slated for demolition under the unilateral disengagement plan, by 16-4 vote, Israeli sources reported. Similar to…

Muslim worshippers were shocked to find a pigs head in the yard of the Hassan Bek mosque in Jaffa near Tel Aviv in Israel, on Friday night. As worshippers were…

An Israeli police source reported on Friday that the police averted a disaster in Rehovot, south of Tel Aviv, after a pullout foe torched gas depot close to a residential…

An Israeli military source reported on Thursday morning that soldiers intensified their presence in the West Bank fearing further terrorist attacks carried out by extremist settlers against Palestinian residents, in…

General Dan Harel, head of the Southern Command at the Israeli Army claimed that the Israeli security discovered an explosive belt in Al Mawassi areas, close to Shirat Hayam settlement,…

Five Israeli soldiers were injured when an Israeli tank crew opened fire at them responding to an attack claimed to be by a Palestinian group near the Kfar Darom settlement…

Egyptian forces will be deployed on the border with the Gaza Strip starting next week as Israel starts implementing its withdrawal from the area, the Agence France-Presse reported on Friday..…

The United States State Department on Friday issued a security alert to Americans visiting Israel, warning them of violent protests by settlers and other pullout foes over the coming weeks. The…

As speculations about a political ‘big bang’ in Israel intensify, Yousef Lapid, chairman of the Israeli Shinui party and former Minister of Justice, said on Thursday that he does not…

An erstimated 40,000 to 50.000 pullout opponents conducted an anti-disengagement protest at the “Western Wall plaza” in Jerusalem on Wednesday evening, according to Israeli sources. Additional protestors had planned to join the…

Israeli human rights organizations called on the Israeli government to take the steps necessary to protect the Palestinians in case of an escalation in violence by settlers during and after…

Former Israeli Minister of Finance Benjamin Netanyahu would win over Prime Minister Ariel Sharon by a margin of 47 to 32 percent if primary elections for the Likud party leadership…

The Israeli government approved the 2006 State Budget by a 12-8 vote in the early hours of Wednesday, Israeli sources reported. The budget was prepared by Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,…

Two settlers were lightly wounded Tuesday night in a drive-by shooting south of the West Bank city of Hebron. Israeli police believe the attack was criminally motivated.   An Israeli military…

The Israeli cabinet, meeting Tuesday, is set to okay the disputed 2006 state budget, Israeli media sources reported. The ratification of the budget comes two days after the Benjamin Netanyahu…

Israel’s security cabinet on Monday decided to allow 40 collaborator families now living in the Gaza Strip to move into Israel. The collaborator families currently live in the al-Daheena area, in the southern…

The ministerial security council of the Israeli cabinet on Monday  approved the withdrawal of the Israeli army from the Philadelphi Route, which runs along the Gaza-Egypt border, by the end…

The Arabs48 news website reported on Monday that extremist settlers attacked a mosque in the coastal Lod town, placed porn pictures in the mosque and wrote graffiti calling for expelling…

Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee announced on Monday that Israel and Egypt are expected to reach a deal to deploy Egyptian troops on the Philadelphi route separating Sinai and…

Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz signed orders placing three extremist settlers who are members of the outlawed Kach movement in administrative detention. The three extremists were charged with attacking Palestinian residents.…

As the interim Israeli Minister of Finance, Ehud Olmert from Likud, is getting ready to present the 2006 State Budget on Tuesday, Labor party ministers are threatening to vote against…

Israeli finance Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Sunday his resignation from the Israeli government over his apposition to the pullout plan. Netanyahu announced his resignation shortly before the Israeli cabinet…

Israeli Ground Forces Command, Maj. Gen. Yiftah Ron-Tal, said on Saturday that he believes that another terrorist attack similar to Shfa-Amr attack is possible. During an interview with Reuters, Ron-Tal…

Torkey family, which lost two daughters in the Shfa-Amr terrorist attack carried out by an Israeli settler-soldier, said that it received phone threats from a settler in Tapoah settlement, threatening…

Israeli Defence Minister, Shaul Mofaz, said on Saturday that the Israeli military establishment would consider placing right-wing activists in administrative detention without trial, which is a move he said that…

Several Arab leaders in Israel hinted that Israeli security officials were aware of the terrorist plan to target residents of Shfa-Amr, but failed to act against it in spite of…

The Higher Israeli Arab Monitoring Committee held a meeting on Saturday morning in Nazareth to discuss the suitable responses to Thursday’s shooting attack by an Israel settler-soldier in Shfa-Amr in…

The  existential threat Arab residents of Israel feel following the Shfa-Amr terrorist attack by an Israeli soldier could push them to lanuch a peaceful intifada (uprising), Abed Anabtawi, member of the…

Israeli soldiers late Friday night killed a Palestinian gunman attempting to plant an explosive charge near Ganei Tal settlement, in the Gush Katif settlement bloc in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli…

Fearing threats fromextremist settlers opposing his Gaza pullout plan, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon sleeps with a loaded gun under his pillow, according to the Israeli newspaper Maariv. In spite of the…

Tens of thousands of people crowded the churches and mosques of Shfa-Amr, in northern Israel, for funeral ceremonies for the victims of Thursday’s shooting by a settler-soldier. The sisters Hazar,…

After details were reveled about Natan-Zada, 19, the Israeli settler-soldier who carried out the Shfa-Amr shooting, Arab member of Knesset Azmi Bishara said that the Israeli military established news that…

After details were reveled about Natan-Zada, 19, the Israeli settler-soldier who carried out the Shfa-Amr shooting, Arab member of Knesset Azmi Bishara said that the Israeli military established news that…

Sheikh Raed Salah, head of the Islamic Movement in Israel said that the terrorist attack carried out by an Israel soldier on Thursday is a natural result of the Israeli…

Israel will be able to keep at least 180,000 settlers out of the 240,000 currently residing in the West Bank, with American blessing, a senior advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel…

The Higher Arab Follow-up Committee in Israel announced on Friday a general strike and called for public protests against the terrorist attack carried out by an Israel soldier in Shfa-Amr…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will discuss on Wednesday night, with his government, whether Israel will keep control of the border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt after the…

Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz charged on Tuesday that Palestinian armed factions are planning to move most of their activities to the West Bank. Mofaz said the Israeli security services…

Egyptian Foreign Minister, Ahmad abu al-Gheit, said that Israel and Egypt singed an official agreement to deploy 750 Egyptian troops on Gaza borders after the Israeli withdrawal. Abu al-Gheit said…

An Israeli Jewish citizen is suspected of driving the July 13 Netanya bomber to Israel, Israeli security sources reported on Tuesday. The Israeli Public Security Service, Shin Bet, believes that…

The Shin Bet, Israel’s domestic security service, claimed on Monday that it thwarted an attempt by the Palestinian resistance to carry out a series of suicide bombings in the Neveh…

Druze captain “R”, Israeli military commander charged with the confirmed kill scandal of the 13 years old girl, Iman al-Hams, in Rafah, October 2004, is expected to testify in front…

The Israeli Authorities intend to implement a new plan following the Gaza Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip that will oblige Palestinian workers crossing into Israel from Gaza to obtain visas.…

Israeli authorities cancelled recently 7,000 work permits that had been given to Palestinian workers in the Gaza Strip, a source at the Palestinian Authority reported. “In spite of the Israeli decision to…

At least 2,000 Israelis managed to sneak into Gaza settlements over the last several months and remain there,  an Israeli security source reported on Monday. According to Israeli police, the…

A senior official in the Israeli Air Force said on Sunday that the Israeli Air Force is currently forming a new brigade that will take part in the implementation of…

The Israeli online daily Haaretz, reported on Sunday that the Palestinian Authority and Israel will start this week, most likely on Tuesday, joint field tours between P.A and Israeli security…

The Israeli police is set to decide on Monday whether it will close the western Negev area to pullout foes who intend to arrive in the Negev for a march…

Israeli Attorney General Menachem Mazuz supports not allowing the anti-disengagement right-wing protestors to reach the Gush Katif settlement in the Gaza Strip as planned for their march on Monday, Israeli…

An Israeli army officer linked to the killing of a Palestinian youth in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip was promoted to colonel. Israeli sources said Army Chief of Staff…

Dov Weissglas, Sharon’s senior adviser, is slated to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday to discuss the US demand that Israel should approve the Palestinian request…

Israeli deputy minister of defense Zeev Boim threatened to conduct a wide-scaled military invasion in the Gaza Strip if the Palestinian resistance fires at the army or the settlements during…

Israeli TV Channel 2 reported on Friday at night that Israel is weighing the possibility of allowing Egypt to provide the P.A with ammunition. “The development comes after the United…

Israeli authorities on Friday morning barred the transfer of a sick Palestinian infant to an Israeli hospital, a Palestinian medical source reported.   Taiseer Alloun, only a few days old,…

Israeli police said on Friday they plan to ban pullout opponents from protesting in the south of the country next week. The decision was made in an attempt to prevent…

Israeli Minister of Defense Shaul Mofaz has rejected a recommendation by senior army officers to launch a major offensive in the Gaza Strip shortly before or simultaneously with the pullout.…

For over six months, since the start of the construction of the separation wall near the village of Bil’in west of Ramallah, residents of the village joined by scores of…

The Knesset voted on Wednesday on law to limit citizenship rights of Palestinians married to Israeli citizens, the law passed by 59-12. According to the approved law, the state will…

The Knesset plenum approved on Wednesday amendments to a law called “Intifada law”, in order to limit the ability of Palestinian residents to sue Israel for damage occurred during the…

A sergeant in the Israeli army was dismissed from duty when he declared that he will refuse orders to evacuate settlers under the disengagement plan, Israeli sources reported on Wednesday.…

The U.S. administration has deepened the crisis with Israel over the Israel’s weapon-related exports by refusing to rescind the sanctions against Israel, Ze’ev Schiff, a prominent military expert wrote in…

The Israeli TV, Channel 1, reported in Tuesday evening, that Israel has decided to evacuate from the Philadilphi Route, between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, immediately after completing the Gaza…

Around five thousand soldiers and policemen started a rehearsal on Monday for the pullout from the Gaza Strip, shortly before the start of the operation, Israeli sources reported. Three army…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon slammed London Mayor, Ken Livingstone, for stating that members of the Likud and Hamas were “two sides of the same coin”, Sharon also slammed Likud…

Chief of Staff of the Israeli army Dan Halutz warned settler leaders on Sunday that their plans for mass refusal by right-wing religious soldiers to carry out disengagement related orders…

Israeli Vice Premier Shimon Peres said on Sunday that Israel must divide Jerusalem and leave the West Bank city of Hebron for a peace deal with the Palestinians to be…

An Israeli security source reported that soldiers arrested a Palestinian bomber from the Gaza Strip on his way to carry suicide bombing in Tel Aviv. “The bomber was arrested inside…

An Israeli military source reported on Saturday at night, that two settlers were killed after a Palestinian resistance group fired at their vehicle on a road leading to the Kissufim…

The Detainees Media Center reported on Saturday evening, that Israeli Prison Authorities intends to transfer 600 detainees from central prisons to the Negev detention camp, in the Negev desert. The…

Israeli police assaulted on Friday, three Palestinian workers in Israel, arrested two of them while the third was badly injured and hospitalized in Jenin. A Palestinian security source in Jenin…

US secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, met on Friday, with the Israeli prime Minister Ariel Sharon at his Negev Ranch, Sharon was reportedly “very pleased” with the outcome of the…

The Palestinian Ministry of Health reported on Friday, that the Israeli Authorities re-operated the X-ray search machine chamber at the Rafah Boder Crossing, in the southern part of the Gaza…

Israeli military officials admitted that the army failed to completely seal off the Gaza Strip to Israeli civilians, as it had intended to do in preparation for the upcoming evacuation of…

A committee of Israel’s Knesset is set to vote Monday on a bill that would make it virtually impossible for Palestinians to seek compensation from the state for damages caused…

After landing in Israel on Thursday U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with the Israeli Foreign Minister, Silvan Shalom, and praised the Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, for what…

The Israeli army’s chief of staff, Dan Halutz, this week approved a series of steps to toughen disciplinary measures against soldiers who refuse orders, ahead of the planned disengagement from some…

Israeli police arrested on Wednesday at least 250 anti-disengagement protestors who managed to infiltrate to Gush Katif, declared by the army as a closed military zone, Israeli sources reported. Police…

Thousands of right-wing Israelis attempt to start their planned anti-pullout march towards the Gush Katif settlement bloc in the Gaza Strip, Israeli sources reported Wednesday evening. At least 20,000 Israeli…

Israeli Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres said on Wednesday that an agreement was reached, under American supervision, to sell hothouses in Gaza Strip settlements to the Palestinians. The Israeli radio…

The Israeli Knesset rejected bill postponing the disengagement plan on Wednesday afternoon, with a margin of 69-41 with members abstained from voting, Israeli sources reported. Two key Likud ministers, Finance…

On Tuesday the President of the Israeli High Court of Justice, Aharon Barak, instructed the state to provide buses for the return of anti-disengagement protestors from Kfar Maimon, in southern Israel, where a…

An Israeli military court sentenced a soldier charged of killing a Palestinian resident in Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip, to disciplinary measures but did not delay his…

Thousands of right-wing Israeli demonstrators defied a police ban to take part in a Monday evening rally against disengagement from the Gaza Strip, but the crowd was much smaller than…

Two Israeli soldiers from an infantry regiment were arrested on Monday on suspicion of placing a fake bomb on a Jerusalem bus last week, Israeli police said. The two soldiers…

U.S secretary of State Condoleezza decided to visit Israel and the Palestinian territories this week, after she altered her scheduled visit in response to the escalating violence in the area.…

Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz ordered the Israeli army on Friday evening to prepare for a large-scale military offensive in the Gaza Strip. Senior army commanders were ordered to wait…

An Israeli source reported in Friday that two former chief rabbis, Rabbi Avraham Shapiro and Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu, issued on Friday a “Halakhic’ (religious) ruling forbidding soldiers from closing the…

A large Israeli military force has positioned itself at the entrances of the Gaza Strip in apparent preparation for an invasion, Israeli military sources reported on Friday morning. ‘‘We are ready…

Shin Bet, the Israeli security service, reported that it arrested five Israelis residing in Ramat Gan, near Tel Aviv. The five Israelis are suspected of organizing traffic blocking demonstrations against…

Israeli Army Chief of Staff Dan Halutz remarked on Thursday that the army might keep Gaza Strip closed to Israelis ‘for as long as required.’ According to Halutz, the decision…

Wednesday afternoon, the Israeli police arrested several young Israeli right-wing women, who attempted to block central streets in Jerusalem during rush hour to protest the disengagement plan. The Israeli police…

Five Israeli soldiers refused military orders concerning the government’s decision to close the Gaza Strip to Israeli civilians prior to next month’s scheduled evacuation of settlers, an Israeli military source reported on…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon gave orders to close the Gaza Strip to non-resident Israelis in bid to thwart anti-disengagement plans by the right-wing organizations, to flood the strip with…

The Israeli army has sealed off the West Bank and Gaza Strip until further notice, Israeli sources reported on Wednesday. The closures came after a Palestinian bomber killed three Israelis and…

According to recent statements by Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom, Israeli diplomats will start to renew ties with Muslim nations following the disengagement plan, due to start mid-August, Israeli sources…

Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, said on Tuesday that he does not appose discussing the Israeli-Egyptian agreement of deploying Egyptian forces on the Philadelphi Route, and added that “he only…

Right-wing activists opposed to Israel’s disengagement from the Gaza Strip planted a fake bomb in a Jerusalem bus Monday evening. Israeli officials described the planting as a terrorist action. ‘This…

An Israeli military source reported on Tuesday that two soldiers were lightly injured when a roadside bomb exploded beside their jeep near a settlement in the Gaza Strip. The two…

The Israeli army recently put together a “code of ethics” for the pullout from the Gaza Srip, including guidance to soldiers on how to handle anti-pullout activists. A special team…