Category: Israeli Politics

Jonathan Pollard, a former US Navy analyst convicted of spying for Israel, will be released on parole November 21, after serving 30 years in prison, his lawyers said Tuesday.’The decision…

On Monday morning, the Israeli Ministerial Committee drafted an “anti-terrorism” law. According to Israeli Channel 7, the committee is expected to approve the bill, which amends and expands the definition…

A delegation from the European parliament, including ambassadors to Israel from European Union countries, was not allowed to enter the Knesset, Tuesday morning, for a meeting with members of the…

The Security Council met yesterday to discuss the humanitarian situation in Gaza. It was agreed that the current state of the Strip could not continue, and that the illegal Israeli…

Israeli Knesset passed, on Monday evening, a bill allowing Palestinian youth caught throwing stones to be held up to 20 years in prison.The bill stipulates that youth who throw stones…

US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, on Monday, signaled that Washington was ready to boost military cooperation with Israel, during a visit aimed at easing Israeli concerns over the nuclear deal…

Haaretz newspaper, on Monday, said that Israel finally responded to the European Union’s urge to revive the negotiations, by saying that there will not be any political talks with Palestinians.…

Israel’s Ministerial Committee for Legislation has passed a controversial “Jewish State’ bill that defines the country as Jewish national homeland, Israeli media reported Sunday.According to Al Ray, Likud Party deputy…

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a statement released on Wednesday, condemned the Israeli government’s decision to build a new section of the Apartheid Wall in the Cremisan valley near…

A secret deal between the Likud party and Yisrael Beiteinu party, in the Knesset, was exposed today. according to the PNN.The deal, agreed between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and…

Israeli politicians have voted to continue work on a bill to allow hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners to be force-fed. Those who oppose it have argued that this is meant to silence…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling coalition lost a parliamentary vote Wednesday for the first time since taking office with a knife-edge majority in May.The vote, on a technical issue…

The US opposition to the bid by the Palestinian Authority to bring Israel to the International Criminal Court for war crimes in Gaza is the result of pressure from the…

19 House Democrats signed a letter urging the Obama administration to make Israel’s treatment of imprisoned Palestinian minors a priority in the US-Israeli relationship.The letter, initiated by Rep. Betty McCollum,…

Israel’s Knesset has extended a law that bans Palestinians married to Israelis from living with their spouses in Israel for another year, according to Al Ray.The law was first passed…

Orange boss Stephane Richard has taken legal action after receiving death threats against himself and family members amid a row over withdrawing his brand from Israel, legal sources said Tuesday,…

The so-called ‘UN Watch’, which pretends to be an independent organization, was revealed to be receiving frequent funds from the Israeli government.The NGO, which claims to be a briefing body…

Israel has blocked a visit to the occupied Palestinian territories by a UN rights envoy, an official said Monday, just ahead of the publication of a United Nations report on…

Israel has prepared a report arguing its 2014 Gaza attack as lawful, a move aimed at pre-empting the release of findings of a U.N. war crimes investigation that Prime Minister…

The permanent Israeli mission at the UN was accused, on Saturday, of misleading envoys of permanent missions of other member states in New York.An official at one of the permanent…

Turkey will not accept normalization until Israel lifts its blockade of Gaza and ceases its use of massive force against the totally vulnerable Gazan civilian population.06/11/15 | Richard Falk |…

The United States House of Representatives has fast-tracked a bill regarding a free trade agreement between the US and Europe which would include a section barring EU countries from any…

Israel’s deputy parliament speaker, lawmaker Oren Hazan, has said he will sue privately owned Channel 2 over a report alleging his involvement in pimping and drugs.’I have ordered my lawyer…

The chairman of Orange told AFP on Saturday that he ‘sincerely’ regretted a ‘controversy’ over the French telecoms group’s relations with Israel, saying, the Orange Group ‘is in Israel to…

United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur Makarim Wibisono, today, repeated his call for the Israeli occupation to abandon its plans for the forced relocation of Palestinian Bedouins in the West Bank.PNN…

Zionist Camp representative Tzibi Livni said, today, that the crisis in Israeli-United States relations was not a personal or diplomatic issue but rather an issue in terms of Israeli security.In…

The German foreign minister, on Monday, called on Israel to lift the blockade of Gaza in return for Palestinian security reassurances during a visit to the beleaguered coastal enclave.Frank-Walter Steinmeier,…

The delegate of the Palestinian-Portuguese parliamentary friendship committee in the Legislative Council ended his visit to Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. According to the PNN, the committee was convened in…

Israeli president Reuven Rivlin , this week, warned that the Palestinian push towards Boycott, Divestment and sanctions against Israel, in international universities, and Footbal Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)…

Israeli Minister Ayelet Shaked has proposed a sentence of 20 years in prison for Palestinian boys throwing stones at Israeli forces, reports Days of Palestine.Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported, Thursday,…

‘The whole land of Israel belongs to the Jews”, said the new Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Tzipi Hotovely of the new coalition government led by Benjamin Netanyahu, during a…

Israeli media, on Wednesday, reported that US Congress has approved a new weapons deal with Israel. Hebrew Channel 7 said that the deal will include 50 model BLU-113 bombs and…

The Euromid Observer held a media conference, on Wednesday, highlighting the consequences of economic siege on Gaza which has now lasted eight years. A United Nations (UN) envoy warned about…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Wednesday, ordered the suspension of a controversial measure banning Palestinians from riding the same buses as Jewish settlers when returning from Israel to the West…

Tension is brewing between Israel and Finland over the Finnish World Village Festival’s decision to boycott the Jewish National Fund.The Jewish National Fund (JNF) in Finland registered to participate in…

The relation between oppressor and oppressed is a paramount precondition for sustainable peace. Unless the structural distortion and illegitimacy is acknowledged, no viable political arrangement will be forthcoming.As long ago…

If you think that the UN was wrong in labeling Zionism as a racist movement, think again.Of course, Zionist crimes, committed in the name of Judaism and the Jewish people,…

MK Moti Yogev touring a settlement in East Jerusalem’s Silwan/Photo: Moti Yogev Facebook Knesset Member Moti Yogev (Jewish Home) toured the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Silwan Thursday morning. The tour…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wife Sara has hit back at what she says is a smear campaign over her alleged mistreatment of domestic employees, media reported on Monday.She railed…

Israel’s new coalition government, under the direction of PM Benjamin Netanyahu, has taken on Rabbi Eli Ben-Dahan as its deputy defense minister, known for his previous assertion that Palestinian are…

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,…

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 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…

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 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 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…

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 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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:…

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…

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 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,…

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…

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’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…

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)…

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…

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,…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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 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…

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 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…

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…

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…

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…