Category: Israeli Politics

Israeli Finance Minister, Yuval Steinitz, refused a request from the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank to transfer NIS 380 Million to the P.A so it can pay salaries as…

Reuven Rivlin, head of the Israeli Knesset said on Wednesday that all ‘the land of Israel’ belongs to the Jewish people and peace will never prevail until the Palestinians accept…

Israeli political sources reported that Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has been holding talks, in recent months, with reserve Maj. Gen. Dani Terza, who drew a West Bank withdrawal map…

As part of the ongoing Israeli lobbying campaign against the Palestinian statehood bid at the United Nations this coming September, Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister, Danny Ayalon, arrived in Spain on…

The Israeli cabinet voted in majority against conducting a large-scale military offensive against the Gaza Strip, and decided to indirectly maintain the truce declared by the Hamas movement in Gaza,…

Officials of the Israeli Kadima opposition party, headed by Tzipi Livni, are currently demanding the Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu to launch a large-scale military offensive against the Gaza Strip,…

Israel submitted on Saturday an apology to Egypt over the death of three Egyptian soldiers who were killed by the Israeli army on Thursday following the Eilat attack carried out…

Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, stated that the chances of reaching a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians will diminish should the United Nations approve the Palestinian demand on…

A new law currently under consideration by the Israeli Knesset (Parliament) recognizes the inherent contradiction in Israel’s self-definition as both a ‘democratic’ and Jewish state, and calls on the government…

The Foreign Affairs and Security Committee of the Israeli Knesset stated that the Palestinian UN bid to seek international recognition of an independent state this coming September, will worsen Israel’s…

Unnamed government sources state that Netanyahu has reportedly agreed to begin negotiations with the Palestinians in accordance with boundaries offered by United States President Barack Obama, Ma’an News Agency reports.…

Israel announced Thursday that it will be holding official ties with the newly-born Republic of South Sudan, while Israeli officials visiting the country received an official letter recognizing the State…

A group of former Israeli army officials and diplomats have told the U.S. National Security Council that Israel’s 1967 borders are defensible and that a peace agreement with the Palestinians…

Sources at the office of Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, denied media reports claiming that Netanyahu instructed his National Security advisor to weigh the possibility of voiding the Oslo peace…

Palestinian-Israeli Member of the Knesset (Parliament) Hanin Zoabi has been stripped of her rights as a Parliamentarian, and will be prevented from addressing the Knesset and participating in votes until…

A coalition of Israeli peace groups have announced that they plan to file a petition with Israel’s High Court challenging the legality of a law passed earlier this week that…

The Israeli Education Ministry has published new guidelines to Israeli kindergarten school teachers to raise the Israeli flag and sing the Israeli anthem every week with their students. The directive…

Just one day after the controversial Boycott Bill was passed by the Israeli Knesset the Yisrael Beiteinu faction has announced its intention to table a vote on a law setting…

Israeli opposition politicians and civil society have come out against new legislation passed Monday in the Knesset that outlaws the boycott of Israeli goods, including settlement goods, in the state…

The Israeli Knesset is Monday set to vote on a bill that will make illegal the boycott of Israeli goods, including Israeli settlement goods, in the state of Israel. The…

The Israeli Defense Ministry awarded the “Israel Defense Prize” to the Calanit artillery tank shell, a new type of shell which has been deployed in tanks stationed along the Israel-Gaza…

An Israeli official close to Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, stated that Netanyahu fully opposes any Israeli withdrawal to the 1967 border, and believes that the proposal of land-swap is…

The Knesset’s Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee has approved an extended edition of a boycott bill which will prohibit the boycott of any person or product connected to Israel.The “Bill…

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his belief that Israel need to disengage from Palestinian areas in the West Bank in order to avoid the demographic nature of Israel as…

Israeli Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, stated that he believes that United States will use its Veto power at the Security Council in order to prevent an international recognition of an…

Israeli paper, Haaretz, reported Friday that Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, believes that there can be no peace agreement with the Palestinians unless they recognize Israel as a state for…

Israeli Foreign minister and leader of the right-wing Yisrael Beiteinu Party, Avigdor Lieberman, stated during his meeting with EU Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton, that Israel will void all related…

Labor Party member of Knesset, Yitzhak Herzog, stated that he recently met with a number of American government officials close to president Barack Obama. They allegedly told him that they…

Opposition head in Israel, leader of the Kadima Party, Tzipi Livni, stated that Israeli Prime Minister, head of the Likud Party, Benjamin Netanyahu, is a danger to Israel as he…

Israeli TV, Channel 2, quoted several Israeli political analysts stating that, during his congress speech on Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, crushed Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and managed to…

During his speech at the U.S. Congress on Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, called on the Palestinian Authority (P.A.) of Mahmoud Abbas to shun the Hamas movement, and to…

After a number of controversial posts on Facebook and other websites in recent months, the Israeli military has ordered its commanders to cut off access to the internet for nearly…

The Israeli High court of Justice froze a demolishing order against the homes of al-Bustan neighborhood near Jerusalem’s old city on Wednesday.The court ordered the Israeli municipality to halt demolition…

The Israeli Authorities placed the occupied Palestinian territories under a full and strict closure as it marks its “Memorial Day”, an official day in Israel dedicated for Israeli soldiers killed…

As the Palestinian leadership is gaining momentum among the international community in its intention to declare an independent state at the United Nations, several Israeli leaders started calling for isolating…

Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu of the Likud Party, denounced on Wednesday the draft agreement of Palestinian unity, and added that “Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas chose peace with Hamas instead…

Israeli Prime Minister, stated on Thursday that Israel is a “Jewish State”, and that the country will not bow to international pressures. His statements came in a speech to the…

Israeli Attorney-General, Yehuda Weinstein, informed Israel’s Foreign Minister, Avigdor Lieberman, that he is facing serious charges of money laundering, witness-tampering and fraud. Weinstein told Lieberman that he will be allowed…

U.S. President, Barack Obama, stated on Tuesday that “the wind of change is upon the Middle East”, and that the new changes require a much harder work in order to…

One of Israel’s largest banks, Bank Leumi, has agreed to an out-of-court settlement after being sued by the descendents of victims of the Holocaust. The Bank kept money deposited by…

In a law condemned by rights advocates as racist, revisionist and divisive, the Israeli Knesset (Parliament) voted Wednesday to prevent any commemorations of the Palestinian Nakba (Catastrophe) in which historic…

Israeli sources reported Wednesday that Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, approved a series of strikes in the Gaza Strip before he headed to Russia.The decision came during a meeting he…

Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, stated that the Palestinian Authority of Mahmoud Abbas must choose between peace with Israel and peace with the rival Hamas movement, the Israeli Radio and…

According to Israeli media reports, the Israeli intelligence service set up a special department several months ago to monitor groups involved in bringing humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, claiming…

Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, harshly slammed the reconciliation efforts between the rival Fateh and Hamas movements in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.In an interview with the CNN,…

Israeli deputy Foreign Minister, Danni Ayalon, threatened that should the Palestinian Authority declare a Palestinian state without reaching a comprehensive peace agreement with Israel, Tel Aviv will absolve itself from…

The Israeli government is planning to head to the United States to ask for a $20 Billion in additional military aid to “cope with the new changes in the Middle…

Extreme Israeli settlers have launched a ‘day of rage’ in protest against the demolition of a handful of illegal structures in the Havat Gilad outpost. Demonstrators briefly succeeded in blocking…

The Israeli Radio reported, Monday, that the Israeli Army intends to carry out specified and targeted attacks against certain areas in the Gaza Strip without conducting a direct confrontation or…

A senior Israeli military source reported that Israel continues to be cautious about making official statements on the situation in Egypt and the attempts to end the rule of its…

Israel’s High Court of Justice has given the Education Ministry and Jerusalem Municipality 5 years to improve the provision of state education in East Jerusalem.Approximately half of East Jerusalem’s children…

In a move to improve Israel’s deteriorating image in the world, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has decided to make an unprecedented move by hiring a network of European public relations…

Mike Huckabee, Republican Party US presidential frontrunner, visited the Israeli Knesset on Monday as part of a tour of Israel and the occupied West Bank.Huckabee took part in a special…

The World Zionist Organisation’s (WZO) Settlements Division is again under the control of the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office after a period of nearly four years with the Agriculture Ministry. The…

After publicly announcing his resignation from the Labor Party, Israeli Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, announced on Monday the birth of a new party, running under his command, called “Independence Party”.…

Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) chief Yuval Diskin said on Tuesday that he believed that international recognition of a Palestinian state will spread.In remarks during a meeting of the Knesset’s…

Interpal has responded in writing to a report in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, published last week, regarding Israel’s ban on 163 foreign charities suspected of ‘supporting terrorism’, the Middle East…

On Monday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s aides said the Prime Minister believes that the Labor Party split will actually help move forward the peace talks with the Palestinians.According to Netanyahu,…

The influential Jerusalem Institute for Market Studies (JIMS) has published a study which argues that financial aid to Israel from the United States is a net loss for the country.According…

Israeli President, Shimon Peres, stated during an interview with Israel’s daily, Haaretz, that the formation of a parliamentarian committee to investigate the sources of funding sent to non-governmental Organizations harms…

Israeli Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, intends to quit the already weakened Labor Party to form a new parliamentary bloc that would run under his command.Israeli Paper, Yedioth Aharonoth, reported Monday…

As a strike by Israeli foreign service workers enters its second month, a group of 20 Israeli ambassadors submitted a letter to the Israeli Prime Minister calling for his intervention…

Israeli Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, Ofir Gendelman, stated that the Hamas movement “should not test Israel’s patience”, and must act on halting the firing of homemade shells into adjacent Israeli areas.…

Israel increases funding for Birthright, a 10-day free educational trip to Israel, which aims to bring 51,000 Jewish young adults to Israel annually by 2013According to Ynetnews, last week, Prime…

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman stated that Israeli organizations which provided information to the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Commission) are “net collaborators with terror…

The office of Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, issued an official statement defending the demolition of East Jerusalem Arab Hotel “Shepherd”, and challenging international condemnations in this regard. The Hotel,…

Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, will be holding a meeting on Thursday with the Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak, and will be heading back to Israel during evening hours. The two…

Israeli Foreign Minister, Avigdor Lieberman stated during his Wednesday meeting with the visiting EU Foreign Policy Chief, Catherine Ashton, that the siege on Gaza can only be lifted if the…

The deputy Israeli Attorney-General has asked the police in Israel to investigate two Facebook groups for inciting racism against Arabs.Haaretz reports today that Israel’s deputy Attorney-General Shai Nitzan has instigated…

The Knesset will vote on Wednesday on a proposal initiated by Yisrael Beiteinu to establish a committee of inquiry into groups that are critical of human rights violations committed by…

Israeli hard right-wing foreign affairs minister Avigdor Lieberman, speaking to Agency France Press in an exclusive interview, stressed on Tuesday that at least a decade is needed to reach a…

Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, sent on Tuesday a letter to President Barack Obama asking that he releases Jonathan Pollard, who was spying on Israel’s best ally, the United States,…

In a letter published Tuesday in the Israeli press, around two dozen wives of prominent Israeli rabbis followed a recent edict by their husbands for Jews to refuse to rent…

Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, stated on Monday at night that a temporary peace deal with the Palestinians is possible should the direct peace talks between the two sides fail.…

Israeli Foreign Minister, a leader of the fundamentalist Israel Beiteinu Party, claimed Sunday that the Palestinian Authority (P.A) is not interested in peace with Israel, and stated that the P.A…

Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, claimed that the International Community understands that the Palestinians, not Israel, are responsible for obstruction the efforts to achieve peace in the Middle East.Talking to…

Israeli sources reported Wednesday that Israeli Member of Knesset of the Likud Party, Dani Dannon, sent a sarcastic letter to Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, telling him that Israeli…

Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, denied reports stating that Israel intends to pay compensation to the families of the nine Turkish peace activists who were killed when the Israeli army…

The Legal Committee of the Israeli Knesset decided on Monday to approve a new draft submitted by the Israeli Interior Minister, Yitzhak Aharanovitch, in which he demanded that Palestinian detainees,…

Israeli army chief has proclaimed that the next Israel’s offensive on Gaza will be ‘extensive’, a Press TV report said. Israeli army chief Lieutenant-General, Gabi Ashkenazi, stated: ‘The next round…

The leader of a Tel Aviv based neo-Nazi gang who eluded Israeli intelligence for years was arrested, Friday, after a Russsian investigative television show found him “living openly” as a…

The Israeli government made an offer to pay thousands of U.S. Dollars to the families of the of the nine Turkish citizens who were killed during the Israeli violent military…

The Israeli foreign ministry has called on 10 of its embassies in Europe to begin an advocacy campaign for Israel, starting with recruiting 1,000 public members. The new policy comes…

The son of Yitzhak Rabin and businessman Koby Huberman presented a plan in response to the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative, Haaretz said quoting a source on Friday.Yuval Rabin, the son…

During his last official visit to the U.S., the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had to apologize to a Republican congresswoman, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, for having praised Fidel Castro, after the…

Syrian and Palestinian officials condemned, on Tuesday, a new Israeli law that mandates a referendum must be held ahead of any withdrawal from annexed East Jerusalem or the Golan Heights,…

With a majority of 65 votes in favor and 33 opposing, the Israeli Knesset passed the Referendum Bill in the second and third readings, thus requiring a public majority referendum…

Israeli news sources reported on Sunday, that two soldiers were convicted of following their actions in 2008 during Israel’s war on Gaza. Despite being convicted of using a nine-year old…

George Sluizer declared that in 1982 he saw then Israeli defense minister Ariel Sharon shooting Palestinian children from near the Sabra-Shatilla refugee camp, Beirut, while he was filming a documentary.…

On Thursday, the U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon defined Israel’s decision to pull its troops out of the Lebanon’s Ghajar region as an ‘important step’ and hoped that it could…

An Israeli official presented an offer to Egypt to release a spy detained by Cairo in exchange for releasing a number of Egyptian detainees.The offer was presented by Ayyoub al-Qarra,…

In a step that was considered by Israel as an act of good will towards Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, Israel pardoned 75 Palestinians wanted by its army and security forces.The…

In an interview with Israeli Army Radio today, Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Dan Meridor said U.S. promises were needed in writing before the Cabinet votes on a 3 month settlement…

Clashes have occurred at the University of Haifa between students and police, following the arrival of Haneen Zoabi, MK of the Balad party.Zoabi was scheduled to speak at the university…

On 10 October 2010, the Israeli government proposed a bill obligating non-Jewish naturalized citizens to swear loyalty to a ‘Jewish and democratic state.’ The International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network (IJAN) deplores…

As Israeli Prime Minister was addressing the General Assembly of the Jewish Federations in North America, in New Orleans, on Tuesday, several activists disrupted his talk at least four times…

Israeli Public Security Ministers, Yitzchak Aharonovitch, issued a decision preventing Palestinian Prime Minister, Dr. Salaam Fayyad, from entering Jerusalem to dedicate new Palestinian schools in occupied East Jerusalem. Dr. Fayyad…

A study released by the International Transparency Organization on Tuesday, found Israel to be among the most corrupt countries in the Western World. The 2010 study ranked 178 countries. A…

After the United States reportedly backed a request by the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, the Israeli army is preparing for potentially not being able to invade P.A. controlled…

Israeli officials are considering declaring unilateral steps if the Palestinian leadership of Mahmoud Abbas implements its vows to walk out of the negotiations and seek international recognition of a Palestinian…