Category: Israel

A forum of senior Israeli ministers met Tuesday to discuss the fate of the homes left behind by settlers evacuated from the Gaza Strip. The cabinet is expected to make…

The Israeli Foreign Minister Sylvan Shalom is expected in Mauritania on Tuesday in order to present the ‘Road Plan’ as Israeli calls it, which aims to expand the Israeli relations…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon harshly attacked Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday, reiterating claims that Abbas was strengthening rather than fighting terror. Speaking to visiting U.S. senators Bill Frist…

Minister of Diaspora Affairs Natan Sharansky submitted his resignation to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Monday in protest over the disengagement plan, Israeli Army Radio reported. ‘We are standing…

The Israeli army on Monday lifted a closure banning Palestinians from moving in and out of the city and the surroundings, Israeli sources reported. The closure was imposed on all…

Soldiers shot and seriously wounded Ahmed Salah 13, in the Village of Al-Khader near the West bank city of Bethlehem on Sunday. Salah was shot in the chest and moved…

Saturday morning, an Israeli military source reported a Palestinian resistance group fired a homemade shell at a settlement in the Gush Katif settlement Bloc in the Gaza Strip. The source…

Israeli police arrested on Thursday at least 20 Israeli right wing activists planning to block a major high way in the Tel Aviv area. Police stopped a bus that had…

A Jordanian environmentalist expert warned against danger caused by the Israeli Nuclear plant Dimona in the southern desert of the Negev, Al-Jazeera news website reported. Dr. Sufian Al-Tel, an international…

Two Palestinian youths were arrested at al-Jalameh roadblock in the West Bank city of Jenin on Wednesday morning, are claimed to posses explosives and weapons, Israel radio reported. The two…

Israeli media sources reported that a home-made Qassam shell fell in the Gush Katif settlement bloc where settlers are preparing a mass rally against the withdrawal from Gaza Strip.  one…

Israeli sources reported that the Israeli railway Authority is planning to link the Gaza Strip with the railway as part of a project that would cost some NIS 280 millions.…

Less than 100 days prior to pulling out of the Gaza Strip, Israel has decided to deploy a large number of troops at the Gaza-Egyptian borders. Israel says to deal…

Former Israeli president Ezer Weizman died Sunday evening at his home in Caesarea at the age of 80. Weizman body will be laid at the Or Akiva cultural center Tuesday…

Israeli security source said Sunday that soldiers patrolling the Har Dove area, near the borders with Lebanon, managed to escape unhurt as the spotted an explosive device and managed to…

Israel’s chief rabbis, Yonah Metzger and Shlomo Amar, said Sunday they are against the disengagement plan, but also said that soldiers must obey orders to evacuate settlements. Several rabbis have…

An Israeli military source reported on Sunday night a series of explosives detonated, in Shiva farms known in Israel as “Mount Dov area”, on the Lebanese borders. The source stated…

Israeli Police said Sunday that the four Palestinians who where caught early in the morning were Palestinians staying in Israel without a permit that allow them to do so, dismissing…

An Israeli military source reported on Saturday afternoon that an unidentified assailant stabbed am Israeli soldier guarding the West Bank settlement of Ghanim, and grabbed his weapon. The soldier sustained…

An Israeli military source reported that dozens of Israeli soldiers flee their military training base after not relieving food for three days. The soldiers were enlisted to the base two…

Israeli troops operating near the West Bank city of Ramallah on Friday have arrested a Palestinian, they suspected of volunteering to perform a suicide bombing, Israel Radio reported. The Radio…

The Palestinian Minister of civil affairs, Mohammad Dahlan and the Israeli defense Minister Shaul Mofaz agreed Thursday night to form ‘coordination mechanisms’ in preparation to Israel’s withdrawal from the Gaza…

Israeli military officials  decided Thursday to impose an entire closure on all Palestinian territories during the Jewish holidays. The closure order would be in effect from Thursday night until Monday…

An Israel soldier was moderately wounded Thursday as an explosive device detonated near a military jeep patrooling the Israeli side of the northern Gaza Strip security fence. army source said…

Chair of the Israeli Knesset Reuvene Revelen demanded the State’s Attorney General Minachem Mazuz, to urge Prime Minister Ariel Sharon not to sign the agreement in which Israel allows Egypt…

A public poll conducted in Israel revealed that the majority of Jewish Israelis support disengagement and believe that the tension between Jews and Arabs in Israel a grave threat to…

In an interview with Israeli newspaper Haaretz, Israeli Prime minister Ariel Sharon affirmed that his cabinet continue to expand West Bank settlements, despite international objections. ‘There, we are building 1,000…

Israeli army began moving equipment out of the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, in preparation to implementing the unilateral disengagement plan, Israeli sources reported. An army spokesman said, around 20 containers…

The central court in Tel Aviv ruled to end solitary confinement of Tali Fahima, an Israeli citizen arrested upon alleged accusations of helping Palestinians carry out attacks in Israel. Fahima…

Israel’s consul to Holland, Uriel Yitzhaki, 50, was arrested at Ben Gurion International Airport, after arriving in Israel for a visit on Tuesday. An Israeli source reported that the International…

The outgoing Israeli chief of staff Moshe Yaalon met with King Abdullah II of Jordan Tuesday in Amman, Israeli sources reported. The source did not mention topics discussed in the…

As the Israeli Defense Minister, Shaul Mofaz visited on Tuesday, Naveh Dkalim settlement, in the Gush Katif settlement Bloc, dozens of settlers called him a traitor and urged him to…

Israeli Interior Minister Ophir Pines-Paz decided Tuesday to ban nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu from leaving the country for a further 12 months, claiming his departure could harm Israel’s national security.…

In an interview with Israel Radio, Israeli infra-structure minister Benjamin Ben Eliazer (Labor) called Saturday for starting the pullout two weeks ahead of the originally set date. Eland strongly objects…

Two Israelis were wounded Monday afternoon when a Palestinian sniper opened fire at them in the southern Gaza Strip close to the border with Egypt, Israeli media sources reported. The…

The Shin Bet security services said on Sunday that it arrested three Palestinian residents of east Jerusalem on suspicion of ‘plotting to assassinate Shas spiritual leader Ovadia Yosef’. According to…

The Israeli Minister of Finance, Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Sunday against allowing Egypt to deploy more troops on its Borders with the Gaza Strip by the Philadelphi route. ‘Bringing Egyptian…

Israeli news sources said the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is considering a request by the chief of the disengagement administration, in the weekly cabinet session, to postpone the evacuation…

A probe conducted by the Israeli army revealed that the soldiers, who killed the three Palestinian youth in Rafah April 9, did not aim their weapons at the lower parts…

The “Israel’s Lands Department” bulldozed on Sunday, hundreds of agricultural Dunams in Sa’wa area, in the Negev. Department employees, supported by the Israeli Police and borders guard units, surrounded the…

Israeli cabinet on Sunday approved a plan for temporary homes for settlers who will be evacuated from the Gaza Strip. A sub-ministerial committee was set up to provide temporary homes…

The Israeli Peace Bloc, Gush Shalom, said that the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel is destroying the peace process, and trying to “convince the US president that the P.A has collapsed”.…

Friday morning, an Israeli security source reported on Friday that soldiers arrested an armed Syrian resident who infiltrated into the Golan Heights. {mosimage}The source claimed that the Syrian man was…

Israeli Prime Minister Office denied Friday news published by Yodout Ahranot that the premier is considering another unilateral disengagement.   Sources close to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon hinted Friday that…

Israeli Minister Haim Ramon (Labor) said Thursday that he would consider running for the Labor Party chairmanship if the party primaries are postponed until after the implementation of the disengagement…

Israeli defense minister Shaul Mofaz instructed Thursday army officers to collect all weapons, settlers received from the army, prior to the implementation of the disengagement plan. The directive did not…

The Israeli army plans to build roads parallel to the existing main roads used by Israeli traffic in the Gaza Strip, prior to the implementation of the disengagement, Israeli sources…

Wednesday afternoon, dozens of settlers, apposing Sharon’s disengagement plan, broke into a graduation ceremony for Israeli soldiers in Latrun, north of the country.   An Israeli source reported that two…

Ex Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak said Wednesday that the government of Israel and the U.S. Administration are investing efforts to downplay their major differences concerning West Bank settlement blocks,…

Arab member of Knesset, Mohammad Barakeh, Hadash-Ta`al party, charged that Israel is downplaying threats by extremist settlers groups against the Arab residents of Israel. Barakeh said that the government and…

Israeli media sources revealed information about a planned visit by the Israeli police commissioner Moshe Karadi to Jordan on Wednesday morning. According to the Israeli source, the Jordanians asked that…

Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom presented the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak with an Israeli ‘road map’ to peace with Arab countries in their meeting in Cairo on Tuesday. According to…

The Israeli army reported on Tuesday that the Knesset is weighing the possibility of conducting amendments to some articles in the peace agreements which were singed between Israel and Egypt…

Security Guards, teachers and students of 167 schools and preschools in Tel Aviv, Holon and Ramat-Gan found themselves locked out of their schools on Monday morning as the gates of…

The Israeli Finance and Housing Ministries agreed on budget to absorb evacuated settlers from the Gaza Strip and northern West Bank in July in parks built in the Western Negev…

 In a news conference with Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon, U.S. president George Bush asked his guest not to undertake any activity that contravenes the road map or prejudices final…

Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz told Monday Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee members that Israel, at this stage, will not respond militarily to Palestinian resistance shillings of Israeli Gaza…

Awni Habash, a judge at the Central Court in Jerusalem, sentenced a Jewish youth to two consecutive years, and 18 months on parole, after trying to burn an Arab taxi…

Israeli official source reported on Sunday that the Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom will be visiting Cairo on Tuesday for meetings with his Egyptian counterpart, Ahmed Abul Gheit. Shalom’s quick…

Israeli army intends to disarm Jewish settlers in four West Bank settlements two week prior to evacuating the West Bank settlements, Israeli military officials said Monday. Settlers, however, said they…

 Israeli media sources reported on Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is expected to tell Bush that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s regime is on verge of collapsing, proposing to…

Right wing activists, Opponents of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s disengagement plan blocked the busy Ayalon Highway around Tel Aviv during Sunday morning rush hour, causing massive jams. Protesters blocked…

Labor MK Dani Yatum warned Saturday that a military coup could happen in Israel because national religious officers will soon constitute the majority in the army leading ranks. Yatum is…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will depart for the United States on Sunday to meet with U.S. President George W. Bush and Vice President Richard Cheney at Bush’s ranch in…

An Israeli military source reported on Saturday that the army and Israeli police started, over the last few weeks, training special army units to be deployed near settlements slated for…

Israeli official sources reported on Friday that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon leans to accept the recommendation of his defense minister Shaul Mofaz and retreat the cabinet decision to demolish…

 Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom downplayed Saturday the political significance of the hand shakes between Israeli Preisdent Moshe Katsav and both the Syrian and Iranina Presidents. ‘I hope that it…

The Israeli deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres told the US vice President Dick Cheney “not to worry about the constructions Israel intends to carry out near Maali Adumim settlement”, Israeli…

The Israeli Minister of Defense Shaul Mofaz told senior security officers that he wants the settlers’ houses that will be evacuated in Gush Qatif settlements after the intended Israeli pullout…

The Rabbis’ Union for the People and Land of Israel, headed by former Israeli chief rabbis Mordechai Eliyahu and Avraham Shapira, called Thursday security forces to refuse orders to evacuate…

Israeli vice Premier Shimon Peres met Thursday with U.S. Vice President Richard Cheney, and told him that for the time being Israel is not building new housing units near the…

A home made Qassam shell, apparently fired from Beit Hanun area of the northern Gaza Strip, landed in a cemetery in the Israeli Negev town of Sderot Thursday evening, causing…

Israeli army and police have recently set up a special command to coordinate the activities of selected elite combat units that will take part in the evacuation of settlements under…

Yonatan Bassi, Disengagement Department head proposed to temporarily allocate the evacuated settlers in Ashkelon until the construction of their permanent residencies is finalized. Bassi met on Tuesday with a number…

Extreme right wing activists revert to new tactics to exhaust police forces as part of their anti-disengagement campaign. Israeli Police arrested Wednesday two right wing activists on suspicions that they…

  The Shin Bet revealed on Wednesday that it arrested a Palestinian man in late February on suspicion of connection with the Lebanon based Hezbollah party, and planning attacks against…

An Israeli military source said that soldiers arrested two settlers, after throwing stones and eggs at the soldiers trying to bar them from attacking a Palestinian home in the southern…

As the Disengagement plan is moving into the Knesset’s legislative agenda, a number of Mk’s are moving the business and homes to areas slated for evacuation. National Union Party leader…

    The Israeli government intends to bar all Palestinians workers from entering Israel for work by 2008; the Palestinian Authority warned that such a plan is considered a disaster…

Jerusalem’s city engineer Uri Shitrit listed Tuesday three reasons that could prevent establishing contiguity between the settlement of Ma’alee Adumim and Jerusalem. There is no more publicly owned land in…

Israeli vice Premier Shimon Peres said Tuesday he is going to Washington to seek U.S. financial aid for Israel’s intended withdrawal from inside the Gaza Strip and four small West…

The Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon adopted on Monday a law preventing Palestinian spouses of Israeli residents from obtaining Israeli residency. Sharon said during a meeting at his office with…

A poll conducted by Dahaf Institute on behalf of Madar, the Palestinian Center for Israel Studies, shows that a majority of Jewish Israelis believe that the state should encourage Israeli…

Around 70% of the settlers slated for evacuation under the terms of the disengagement plan will reach agreement with the disengagement administration, Yonatan Bassi, the head of the Disengagement Administration,…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said that Israel is holding talks with the Palestinian Authority on the release of 400 more Palestinian Prisoners, and 21 Jordanian detainees in Israeli prisons.…

Despite international treaties prohibiting occupying powers from making use of occupied territories for its own benefit, Israel has decided to transfer garbage beyond the Green Line and dump it in…

A Letter drafted by two right wing Rabbis called the Israelis for extensive anti disengagement activities in order to prevent what they described as “the expulsion and destruction”, saying that…

The Israeli police revealed that extremist Jewish groups are considering bombings at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem; and decided to increase police force at the mosque area. Yedioth Ahronoth, an Israeli…

  The Israeli Air Force received three Apache Longbow Helicopters equipped with advanced night-vision system, 17 more choppers are expected to arrive by the end of 2006. An Israeli military…

Vandals Sunday defaced the graves of former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and his wife Lea in the national cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem. Their names were erased from…

The Israeli cabinet approved on Sunday across-the-board cutbacks of NIS 750 million in ministry budgets, which is the amount promised to Shiuni in order to support the budget bill in…

Israeli ambassador to Ethiopia Doron Grossman, 49, died in Hadassah University Hospital, Ein Karem from his wounds on Sunday morning, days after shooting himself in the Ethiopian capitol Addis Ababa.…

A Jordanian official source reported on Friday that Israel informed Jordan that it intends to release Jordanian detainees next week. The source stated that apparently Israel will release 20 detainees,…

A Yodot Ahranot public opinion poll carried out on Friday shows that Likud party would lose considerably if elections are carried out this week.   The poll shows that Likud…

Minister Matan Filnaye (Labor) told Thursday Israeli newspaper Yodot Ahranot that in case any settler uses his weapon, soldiers should open fire, even if it results in killing him. Filnayee…

Israeli Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met privately with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Friday and agreed to ease the tension between them ‘for the sake of the unity of…

The Israeli peace bloc “Gush Shalom” said that the Gush Katif Settlers, who are willing to evacuate”, are unable to do so since the Israeli government did not decide yet…

Israeli Internal security minister, Gideon Ezra, said that police officers and troops participating in settlement evacuation in the Gaza Strip,  will not carry arms. The statements of Ezra came after…

Israeli soldiers attacked On Thursday a students’ procession in Aseera, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, after protesting near Checkpoint 17 which was erected since the beginning of…

In move described as an escalation of the extreme right wing’s campaign against disengagement, a group of rabbis and far-right activists led by former chief rabbi, Avraham Shapira has urged…