Dr. Ashrawi on New Netanyahu Coalition
PLO Executive Committee member Dr. Hanan Ashrawi stated: “Such a coalition betrays the true nature of the Israeli political system and promotes an anti-peace agenda and the language of racism,…
PLO Challenges Netanyahu’s ‘Government of War’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new right-wing religious ‘government of war’ is a blow to an already stagnating peace process, PLO officials said Thursday, vowing to fight it on the…
Moroccans Celebrate Cancelation of Peres’ Visit
Moroccans are hailing a decision to cancel the planned visit of former Israeli President Shimon Peres as a “victory” for popular efforts.Days of Palestine reports that, this past Friday, thirty…
Lieberman to Resign; Yisrael Beiteinu to Boycott Netanyahu Regime
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has announced that he will resign his position and that his political party will not take part in Israel’s incoming government.According to Al Ray correspondence…
Israeli PM Begins Forming Pro-Settlement Coaltion
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signed coalition deals with two parties on Wednesday, in his first steps toward constructing a new government, one week before the deadline to present a…
Apartheid and the Palestinian National Struggle
This Palestinian situation is tragic, in part, because there is no clear path to liberation, and the devastation of oppressive circumstances have gone on decade after decade with no end…
Israel Denies Entry Visas To SA Education Minister, Leftist Leader, And Officials
The South African Communist Party (SACP) issued a statement strongly condemning the Israeli decision to deny entry visas to South Africa’s Minister of Higher Education and Training, South African Communist…
Israeli Company to Build Surveillance Towers on Native American Land
The US had chosen an Israeli company called Elbit Systems Ltd. (an Israel international defense electronics company engaged in a wide range of programs) to build a surveillance system on…
Weakening and Discrediting the UN: Mission of Israeli QGOs
QGOs, along with Israeli and American diplomats, have managed to intimidate and neutralize the UN as a foundation of support for the justifiable grievances of the Palestinian people. In so…
Israel to Transfer PA Tax Funds
The Israeli government will transfer withheld PA tax funds, in full, on Sunday or Monday, senior Palestinian government officials have announced.In a statement released late Friday, Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah…
Israeli Forces Close Down Road to Beit Ummar in Hebron
Israeli forces Wednesday blocked off the main entrance leading to Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, and shut down the Jerusalem-Hebron main Road, hampering Palestinians’ movement, according to a local…
Palestinian Vehicles to be Allowed Entry into Jerusalem, 1st Time in 15 Years
Israel has reportedly accepted the allowance Palestinian vehicles to enter Jerusalem for the first time in 15 years, on Tuesday, the Israeli Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories said.COGAT…
Hebron Under Passover Siege
The southern West Bank city of Hebron is under what local Palestinians are calling a siege to enable tens of thousands of Israelis to celebrate the holiday of Passover this…
Israel to Close Ibrahimi Mosque to Muslims for Passover
Israeli authorities informed Muslim officials in Hebron that the Ibrahimi Mosque, also known as the Cave of the Patriarchs, will be closed to Muslim worshippers on Sunday and Monday, Hijazi…
AIC Report: “Israel to Consider Attacking Iran”
Israel should ‘seriously consider’ a military strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities in the aftermath of the framework agreement reached between Tehran and western powers Thursday, said Professor Efraim Inbar, who…
PLO: Tourism in Palestine Devastated by Israeli Policy
Through the blurring of territorial lines between Israel and Palestine, the Israeli Ministry of Tourism has both claimed and profited from Palestinian sites, the PLO Negotiations Affairs Department said, in…
VIDEO: Cable Car System in East Jerusalem
Despite recent setbacks, the Jerusalem municipality continues to promote construction of a cable car system in occupied East Jerusalem as part of its ongoing attempt to transform the area around…
Israel to Deduct Millions from PA Tax Revenues
Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah said, Thursday, that Israel has threatened to deduct 1.05 billion shekels ($276 million) from taxes withheld from the Palestinian Authority between January and March.During a visit…
Ex Israeli PM Olmert Found Guilty of Corruption
A Jerusalem court found former Israeli prime minister, Ehud Olmert, guilty of corruption on Monday, over allegations that he received envelopes of cash from a US businessman, Israeli media reported.According…
Israel to Release Tax Revenues to PA
Israel will release, to the Palestinian Authority, tax funds which it collects on its behalf and that have been withheld as punishment for its move to join the International Criminal…
Netanyahu Assigned with Forming of New Israeli Government
Israeli president Reuven Rivlin, on Wednesday, decided to assign Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to form the new government, after the Likud party won 30 seats, majority, in the Knesset elections…
Tel Aviv U: 850 Scholarships for Gaza Attack Service
Tel Aviv University (TAU) recently awarded scholarships to 850 students who took part in Israel’s military attack on the Gaza Strip last summer. Alternative Information Center (AIC) 24 March 2015…
Israeli Soldiers to Teach High School Classes
The Israeli army is targeting high schools with a new programme to increase enlistment to ground forces considered “less attractive”. The programme includes a booklet detailing all available units and…
Obama Administration on Israeli Election: ‘Enough With the UN Cover Up’
An earthquake could overwhelm the traditional and strong relations between the United States and Israel. An earthquake called Netanyahu. The re-election of the Prime Minister on Tuesday did not increase…
Settlers Raid Hebron’s Ibrahimi Mosque
A group of Israeli settlers entered the Isaac Hall inside the Ibrahimi Mosque, in Hebron, on Thursday under armed protection from Israeli forces, witnesses said.Local sources said that guards attempted…
Huge Victory for Netanyahu and the Right
Yesterday’s elections yielded a huge victory for Benjamin Netanyahu and the right in Israel. What we see from the results of the elections for Israel’s 20th Knesset: 1. Israeli people…
Israeli Military Police Arrests Soldier Who Threatened To Kill Leftist Leaders
The Israeli Military Police stated Monday it apprehended an Israeli soldier from the Central District after writing Facebook posts on his page threatening to assassinate leaders of Israeli leftist parties.…
Netanyahu Promises More Settler Homes in Jerusalem If Elected
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Monday that, if reelected, he will build thousands of settler homes in occupied East Jerusalem to prevent future concessions to Palestinians.Speaking ahead of Tuesday’s…
Lieberman Tours Ibrahimi Mosque, Incites Tensions
Israeli right-wing politician and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, Sunday afternoon, broke into Hebron’s Al Ibrahimi mosque. His provocative ‘visit’ came to claim that the mosque had a Jewish identity, and…
Israeli Elections: 6 Things You Should Know
The legislative elections will be held in Israel on March 17th. The voters will renew the 120 members of the Knesset, the unicameral parliament. Since the first elections in the…
Lieberman Suggests Decapitation for Disloyal Arabs
Israeli Foreign Minister and the head of Yisrael Beiteinu Party, Avigdor Lieberman, lashed out at Israel’s Arab citizens, Sunday, threatening to cut their heads off with an axe.’Those who are…
Netanyahu: “We Will Never Cede Lands To The Palestinians”
In a statement released by the Likud Party, Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu explicitly said Tel Aviv would never withdraw from any of part of the occupied territories“Israel will…
Likud Ad Draws Comparison Between Israeli Workers And Hamas Fighters
Israeli daily Haaretz has reported that the election headquarters of the Likud Party of Benjamin Netanyahu removed on Thursday at night a video ad that compared workers of the Israel’s…
Netanyahu Calls Off Hebron Visit
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has called off a planned 10 March visit to the southern West Bank city of Hebron following advice from the Israel Security Agency (ISA).Hebron News…
Israel Requests More US Aid Despite Congress Speech Tension
Despite current tensions with the American president over today’s speech to Congress, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his administration are requesting an additional $317 for Israel’s missile-defence programmes.Editors note:…
VIDEO: Netanyahu Addresses Congress on Iran Nuclear Deal
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the US Congress today, in an increasingly animated debate with the White House over Tehran’s nuclear power ambitions.Netanyahu has repeatedly attacked the emerging deal with…
Israeli Military Initiates Massive Training Drill in West Bank
The Israeli army has called up some 13,000 reservists, sending 3,000 to a surprise training mission in the occupied West Bank, in preparation for a possible escalation of violence in…
Israeli Attorney-General to Decide on Criminal Probe of Netanyahu
Israeli Attorney-General Yehuda Weinstein will decide, on Sunday, whether or not to launch a criminal investigation into the various affairs regarding the spending at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s official residence,…
Israel to Increase West Bank Power Cuts
The Energy and Natural Resources of the Palestinian National Authority said, on Thursday, that they had received an official notice from the Israeli power company stating their attention to cut…
Israeli Army Targets Girls for Tech Positions
The Israeli army has begun targeting girls for future service in its technological units through a new partnership project with 25 high schools throughout the country, according to the Israeli…
Israel Begins Cutting Off Electricity to West Bank
Israel’s Electric Corporation announced, Monday, that it will begin limiting the supply of electricity to a number of cities in the West Bank beginning from 2.00 p.m. today. The background…
Who is Netanyahu? Why Should Congress Boycott his Speech?
Benyamin Mileikowsky (aka Netanyahu) was born to Benzion Mileikowsky (later changed names to Netanyahu), a polish immigrant.His American father became secretary to terrorist leader Vladimir Yevgenyevich Zhabotinsky (aka Zeev Jabotinsky)…
White House Considers Punishment for Netanyahu’s Upcoming US Speech
As a reaction to the highly unanticipated speech of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Congress, next month, the White House is reportedly planning a series of procedures in reaction…
Shas Religious Jewish Party Tries To Appeal To Arab Voters In Upcoming Election
The Shas ultra-orthodox Jewish Party, headed by Aryeh Deri, started a campaign addressing the Arab citizens of Israel in an attempt to gain their votes in the upcoming general election,…
Ban on Zoabi Campaign Overruled
The Israeli Supreme Court, on Wednesday, overruled a ban on a member of Knesset from Israel’s Palestinian community, as well as another on an extreme right-wing Jewish activist, from running…
Israel’s ‘Dahiya Doctrine’ General Becomes New Chief of Staff
In the heart of Tel Aviv, inside Israel’s military headquarters known as Hakiyra, Israel’s 21st chief of staff was sworn in on Monday. Gadi Eisenkot replaced the outgoing Benny Ganz.…
Meretz Party Demands Investigation Into Likud Campaign Video
The Meretz Party in Israel demanded the Legal Counsel of the Israeli government to investigate a video issued by the election campaign of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claiming the…
Netanyahu Campaign Ad Compares Leftist Victory To “ISIS Triumph” in Israel
The Likud Party of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a video, as part of his campaign ads, showing a scenario in which a victory of leftists in Israel is…
Israel Sends Letter of Complaint to UN, Claims Hamas is Planning ‘New War Against Israel’
According to reports, Israel has sent a letter to the United Nations claiming that Hamas is preparing for a new war in Gaza Strip, against Israel.Israeli website Walla, reported that…
Leftist Jewish & Palestinian legislators call for end to racist attacks in Israel
A coalition of political parties in Israel that includes the two Arab parties and a left-wing Jewish party launched a campaign Saturday to call for unity and demand an end…
‘Archaeological’ Dig Harms Hebron Property
The Israeli Antiquities Authority (IAA) is conducting a dig in Hebron’s Tel Rumeida neighbourhood, a dig which is destroying the area.While financed by Israel’s Ministry of Culture and Sport, this…
Zoabi Banned From Israeli Elections
The Israeli central election committee, on Thursday, passed a vote to exclude Palestinian MK Hanin Zoabi from the Arab list of candidates running for Knesset elections, next March.PNN reports that…
Jafar Farah: Joint Arab List to Bring Changes
The creation of the joint list of Arab political parties for the March elections in Israel has generated enthusiasm and brings with it the possibility for change, notes Jafar Farah,…
PA Tax Revenues Will Continue to be Withheld by Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has given instructions to continue withholding tax revenues which Israel collects on behalf of the Palestinian Authority, Israeli media reported on Monday.Daily newspaper Israel Hayom…
Israel to Cut Electricity in PA Territories
Israel Electric Corporation (IEC), this past Wednesday, decided to reduce electricity distributed to territories governed by the Palestinian Authority, due to accumulated debts.IEC announced that it will reduce the electricity…
Islamic-Christian Commission: “Israel exploiting elections to Judaise al Aqsa mosque”
Israel is exploiting its upcoming elections in order to Judaise Jerusalem’s al Aqsa mosque, said the Islamic-Christian Commission in Support of Jerusalem and the Holy Sites.Dr. Hanna Issa, secretary-general of…
Netanyahu in Congress
Netanyahu will not hesitate to use his Republican friends to give new momentum to his election campaign that has failed to take off.The White House and State Department are furious…
Jerusalem: Interview with Dimitri Diliani
As part of the Alternative Information Center (AIC) series Jerusalem Watch, Dimitri Diliani, member of Fatah Revolutionary Council and resident of the city, gives us his perspective on repression and…
Netanyahu To Address U.S. Congress in March
Hours after the State of the Union address by U.S. President Obama, Boehner had invited Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to address Congress.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to address…
Israel Prepares Launch of Media Campaign Against ICC
At the weekly Israeli Cabinet meeting Sunday, Netanyahu railed against the International Criminal Court’s recent announcement that it will initiate a preliminary investigation into possible war crimes.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin…
Lieberman Threatens To “Dismantle” ICC
Following the decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to launch a preliminary investigation to determine “whether war crimes have been committed” during Israel’s last war Gaza in the summer…
Israeli Foreign Ministry: Isolation, Pressure in 2015
Israel’s foreign ministry has a bleak forecast for the country in 2015.01/13/15 | Alternative Information Center | Connie Hackbarth A classified document speaks of continuing European steps against Israel, including…
Israeli Soldier Aquitted of Minister Abu Ein’s Murder
The Israeli soldier whose direct involvement in the death of Minister Ziad Abu Ein, early December 2014, was acquitted of all charges after a military investigation.According to WAFA Palestinian News…
Israeli President Rivilin Against Palestinian Tax Freeze
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin said, Monday, that he opposed a freeze in the transfer of taxes to the Palestinians in response to their application to join the International Criminal Court.’Freezing…
Netanyahu Re-elected as Leader of Likud Party
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was elected to another term as leader of the ruling Likud party ahead of a snap election, his group said Thursday.According to Ma’an News Agency,…
Gaza: Feiglin says Invade, Keep It, And ‘Destroy All Who Fight Back’
A recently released video of a speech made by Deputy Knesset Speaker Moshe Feiglin, in July of this year, shows Feiglin calling for an Israeli sponsored bloodbath in Gaza, according…
Dozens of Israeli Public Officials Held in ‘Corruption Probe’
Israeli police say they have detained over 30 individuals, including former public officials, in an investigation into alleged corruption, and that one of those under suspicion is a deputy minister…
What are Actions Against Assimilation?
An Israeli judge has ruled that ‘actions against assimilation’ are not legal violations. This opinion is apparently correct in a number of states apart from Israel, including Iran, Pakistan and…
Israel Arrests 8 Palestinians For Facebook Posts
Eight Palestinian citizens of Israel were arrested, Monday, on charges of ‘inciting anti-Jewish’ violence through their online postings, in a move by the Israeli state to criminalize all dissent.Media website…
VIDEO: No Donkeys Allowed
Mohammad Saleh, a sixty-six-year-old Palestinian resident of Tel Rumeida, al-Khalil (Hebron), waited with his mule outside Shuhada checkpoint for nine hours over the course of two days. He spent four…
Israel to Demolish Family Home of Glick Shooting Suspect
Jerusalem’s Israeli municipality delivered, on Monday, demolition orders for the family home of Mutaz Hijazi, who is suspected of attempting to assassinate extremist American-Israeli rabbi Yehuda Glick.Mutaz’ brother, Uday, told…
P.A To Submit UN Sec. Council Application After Ministers Meeting With Kerry
The Palestinian Authority (P.A.) has officially decided to file an application to the United Nations Security Council, demanding a resolution to end the Israeli occupation of Palestine, and a clear…
Israel to Boycott Geneva Conference
Israel decided, this Thursday, to boycott the international Geneva conference scheduled for December 17th, and will also reconsider its relationship with Switzerland, according to Israeli sources.The decision comes following Switzerland’s…
Israeli Knesset to Vote on Dissolution December 12th
Israeli Knesset is expected to vote on Monday, the 12th of December, 2014, on dissolving itself and officially setting March 17 as the date for the next general election.According to…
Lapid: Netanyahu Lives in an Aquarium, Will Fail at Next Elections
Ya’ir Lapid, of the Yesh Atid party, announced Wednesday that he was running for Prime Minister, and will win over Netanyahu. Lapid addressed Netanyahu, saying that he lived in his…
Israeli Elections To Be Held March 17
Israeli daily Haaretz has reported that the bill to dissolve the Knesset passed the first reading, Wednesday, in a 22 to 0 vote, preparing to head for new elections on…
Netanyahu To Dissolve Knesset
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his current government became incapable of running the country’s affairs, and that he intends to dissolve the Knesset, to arrange new general elections as…
Netanyahu Fires Livni, Lapid
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired Justice and Finance Ministers for attacking his government’s policies, and criticizing him, bringing the country closer to new election. Israeli Ynetnews quoted Netanyahu stating…
Netanyahu’s Popularity Drops, According to Recent Poll
The latest poll of Israeli public opinion showed that the current Prime Minister’s popularity has dropped to 38%, compared with 77% towards the beginning of the recent aggression on the…
Israel to Build Water Barrier Along Jordan and Egypt
Following the first phase in approving a controversial bill to officiate Israel as a uniquely Jewish nation state, Israeli authorities now intend to build a water barrier to expand its…
Netanyahu Orders $18.1 Million for West Bank Settlement Expansion
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has given orders for the allocation of $18.1 Million in expansion funds for 300 units of Beit El settlement, illegally built near Ramallah, according to…
Israelis Mock US Criticism of ‘Jewish State’ Legislation
Israeli officials, on Tuesday, mocked US concerns about the controversial new ‘Jewish State’ bill that was issued on Sunday, with the cabinet set to vote on and approve it Wednesday,…
Livni ‘Prepared to be Fired’ over Opposition to Jewish State Bill
The Israeli cabinet, on Wednesday, is set to vote on and approve the controversial ‘Jewish Nation’ legislation proposed by Prime Minister Netanyahu, which was opposed by 7 ministers and approved…
Israeli Cabinet Votes in Favor of ‘National Jewish State’
The Israeli cabinet voted, on Sunday, in favor of a ‘Jewish State’ bill, which PM Benjamin Netanyahu says will balance democracy with Judaism. ‘Both principles are equal and must be…
Israel Eases Gun Control for Civilians, Imposes Blockades and Curfews in Arab Neighborhoods
Israeli public security minister, Yitzhak Aharonovitch, has approved to ease the rules for private bearing of arms for Israeli citizens, under a pretext of defense against ‘terror attacks’, according to…
Israel to Reduce Electricity in Gaza and West Bank
Israel’s national electricity company has reportedly decided to reduce the amount of electricity supplied to the Gaza Strip and the West Bank due to debts on the part of the…
Israel Further Discusses ‘Jewish State’ Law, Repeals Arabic as Official Language in Pre-1948 Lands
The controversial ‘Jewish State’ legislation, which would define Israel as a national home of the Jewish people, is up for discussion by an Israeli ministerial committee, on Sunday.According to the…
Israel’s Weapon of Mass Deception
Fear is power: and Israel uses it aggressively to promote its goal of taking over the land. Itâ??s not new; long known were the essentials needed to create conflict: get…
Israeli Security & Jerusalem’s New Status Quo
Israeli security forums have expressed their concerns over the growing crisis in Jerusalem, expecting this to affect domestic and foreign tourism.The retaliative actions carried out by Palestinians, this past year,…
Israel to Impose 20-year Sentence for Stone Throwing
The Israeli ministerial committee for legislation is expected to approve a proposed law which imposes a prison sentence of 20 years against any Palestinian who throws stones toward Israeli vehicles.According…
UNESCO Condemns Israeli Violations in Jerusalem
The Executive Board of UNESCO has approved, upon its 195th session, the recommendation of Jordan and Palestine to redefine Israel, according to international law, as an occupying power.According to Al…
Zoabi Deportation Order to be Debated Tomorrow
Israeli prosecution has demanded a list of charges be brought against Palestinian Member of the Knesset, Hanin Zoabi, saying that she ‘threatened’ and gave sharp criticism of a Palestinian serving…
Netanyahu: No Peace with Palestine Without Recognition of Israel as a ‘Jewish’ State
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stated that no peace agreement would be achieved unless through mutual negotiations without precondition, keynoting that lasting peace will only be possible via the…
Seven Palestinains killed in Gaz Strip
according to Palestinian sources in Gaza Strip.IMEMC & Agencies, April 21, 2004 The number of Palestinian killed in Beit Lahia today reached 7, according to Palestinian sources in Gaza Strip.…
Jerusalem is Burning
Once upon a time, the state of Israel had real political leaders. Their ability to lie and hide their true (and ugly) goals under a cover of moderation and readiness…
Israeli Government Completes Plan to Impose Sovereignty on Area C
According to Israeli sources, the state has completed a plan, in the works since April of 2013, to impose its sovereignty over occupied Area C.Local sources say that Israel intends…
Israeli Policy of Segregation Continues to Dominate Occupied East Jerusalem and West Bank
The Israeli parliament of the Knesset is expected to decide on a new bill, this coming month, which would impose both a temporal and spatial division of al-Aqsa Mosque compound…
Ya’alon Confirms Israeli Agenda of Pro-colonization, Anti-Palestinian State
Israel’s Deputy Prime Minister, Moshe Ya’alon, outlined the nature of official Israeli government policy in an interview with Israeli ‘Hayom’ newspaper on October 15th, 2014. The PNN extracts from his…
Netanyahu Tries to Persuade Ki-moon to Halt International Investigation on Gaza
Israeli media reported, today, that PM Benjamin Netanyahu tried to convince UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon to eliminate the international investigation regarding the latest Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip.According to…
Fanatic MK Calls For Firing Arab MK Tibi From Knesset
Israeli Member of Knesset (MK) Miri Regev of the Likud Party of Benjamin Netanyahu called for firing Arab (MK) Dr. Ahmad Tibi from the Knesset, and to strip him from…