Category: Israeli Politics

Former Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Barak, said on Tuesday that the current PM Ehud Olmert should resign over his failures in handling the war with the Lebanon-based Hezbollah party last…

Sheikh Na’im Qasim, Hezbollah Deputy Secretary-General, denied Israeli claims that the Leann-based party met with or received any intelligence reports from the former member of Israeli Knesset Dr. Azmi Bishara…

Thousands of Israelis poured into the Rabin Square in Tel Aviv on Thursday at night and rallied against the Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, for his and his government’s conduct…

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The Arab member of Knesset Mohammad Baraka said that he does not rule out an Israeli mlitary offensive against Gaza especially following the Winograd Committee report which blamed the Israeli…

Israeli online daily, Haaretz, reported on Monday that the partial report prepared by the government appointed commission to probe the Second Lebanon War accused the Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert,…

Thousands of Arab residents of Israel protested on Saturday in Nazareth in support to Dr. Azmi Bishara, the former Arab member of Knesset, after the Israeli Authorities claimed this week…

Tension is rising in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank following several Israeli assassinations of resistance fighters. As Hamas fighters, along with fighters of several other groups, vowed…

It is not by chance, not accidental that only a few days after the Arab Follow-up Committee assigned Jordan and Egypt to start holding talks with Israel, to present the…

Arab Member of Knesset Dr. Azmi Bishara submitted his resignation to the Israeli Embassy in Cairo- Egypt on Sunday. Israel closes his office in Jerusalem and his successor Sa’eed Naffa’…

Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya said Monday that the prisoner swap deal is advancing and that a list of Palestinian prisoners will be delivered to the Egyptian mediators, then to…

Israeli sources reported on Tuesday at night that the Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, is “disappointed” by the list of detainees that the Palestinian demand to be freed in a…

Israeli sources claim that Bishra will resign from the Israeli Knesset. Arab sources in Israel dismiss claims of Bishara's intention to resign. Sholamit Aloni, former MK and HUman Rights activists…

The Israeli Military Intelligence claimed on Tuesday that thousands of fighter of Hamas and the Islamic Jihad are receiving military training in Iran, Syria and Yemen in preparation to what…

In an interview with the Time Magazine, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert described the Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh as a 'terrorist' and accused him of transferring more than 1…

Israeli Foreign Minister, Tzipi Livni, stated on Tuesday night that a permanent peace agreement with the Palestinians under the current situation is impossible, and that the Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas…

Ephraim Sneh, Israeli deputy defense minister, told the Israeli Ynet online daily that talks with some Palestinian ministers of the new government are possible. His statements contradict the Israeli government's…

An Israeli online daily reported on Monday that Tzuriel Refael, Israeli's ambassador to El Salvador, was reportedly discovered by San Salvador police two weeks ago in a state of debauchery.…

Director of The Israeli Security Agency (Shin Bet), Yuval Diskin, claimed on Monday that Hamas has sent dozens of fighters to Iran for combat training.!– @page { size: 21.59cm 27.94cm;…

Israeli Defense Minister, Amir Peretz, said Sunday that the upcoming Palestinian government should meet the international demands concerning recognition of Israel, renunciation of violence and acceptance of previously signed agreements,…

The Israeli Deputy Defense Minister Ephraim Sneh, denied on Saturday reports which stated that Israel is holding talks with the United States over a potential attack against nuclear facilities in…

During a speech hosted by the Foreign Press Association in Jerusalem, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said that the “realignment plan” has faded away due to “changed circumstances”.He stated that…

Six months after the United Nations issued it resolution number 1701 calling for the release of the captured Israeli soldiers by Hezbollah and Palestinian fighters, Israel officially adopted the resolution…

On Tuesday, Member of Knesset Otniel Schneller of the Kadima party demanded that an investigation be launched against Arab MK Dr. Jamal Zahalka of the National Democratic Assembly due to…

The Arab transitional parliament hopes that a national unity government can be formed as soon as possible, in accordance with what has been agreed upon by both Fatah and Hamas…

On Sunday, Israel officially rejected the Mecca agreement on a Palestinian National Unity government and considered it out of line with the Quartet Middle East mediators’ condition, an Israeli online…

Israeli sources reported on Tuesday morning that Israeli officials are worried that a Palestinian Unity Government would create international pressure to negotiate with it even if the new government does…

Minister of Environment, Gedeon Ezra said on Monday that Israel should release the jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouthi in order to give the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas support concerning Hamas,…

On Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was brought before the Winograd Committee investigating the second Lebanon war. Despite a chorus of public criticism of the country's leadership, Olmert is…

A petition calling for the removal of President Moshe Katsav from office was submitted to the Knesset House Committee on Wednesday. The petition was signed by 40 Knesset members.The petition…

An Israeli online daily reported on Wednesday that former justice minister Haim Ramon was found guilty of indecent behavior at Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court on Wednesday afternoon.Ramon was found guilty…

Israeli Attorney General, Menachem Mazuz, decided on Tuesday to charge the Israeli President Moshe Katsav with rape, sexual harassment, obstruction of justice, fraud and breach of trust, Israeli media sources…

Shlomo Brenitz, member of the Kadmia party, headed by the Israeli prime minister, Ehud Olmert, suggested sending a European force to control the occupied West Bank.    The plan, which…

On Friday, the stormy weather in the Golan Heights carried Israeli documents over the border into the 'enemy' territory of Syria. The documents are said to be instructions for launching…

A senior Israeli official reported on Friday that Israel intends to release $100 million of Palestinian tax revenues it withheld, to the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas by Friday, Israeli online…

The postponed decree forbidding Israelis and foreign nationals from driving Palestinians in the West Bank was issued by Commanding General at Israeli Army Central-Region Command, Ya'ir Naveh in Novemeber and…

Israeli sources reported that several Knesset members from different parties called on the Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, to resign or suspend his position after the state prosecution ordered police…

Israeli sources reported on Tuesday night that the Israeli Army Chief of Staff, Dan Halutz, submitted his resignation to the Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, and the Defense Minister, Amir…

A measure banning Palestinians from uniting with their spouses, children or parents inside Israel was extended for another three months on Monday evening, despite opposition from a number of Israeli…

The formal investigation of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is the latest development in a series of scandals that are successfully convincing Israelis of their leadership's corruption. Olmert, and other Israeli…

The Israeli Minister of so-called 'Strategic Affairs', Avigdor Lieberman, called on the Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz to resign after the latter appointed an Arab minister, and said that Peretz…

The general assembly of the Israeli Knesset approved in preliminary reading on Wednesday a proposal of a new Israeli law that authorizes the Israeli district court to withdraw citizenship from…

Palestinian sources reported on Thursday morning that gunmen released Bashar Al Karmy, deputy Palestinian Minister of Heath, hours after breaking into his house in Al Biereh city, near Ramallah, and…

Official Palestinian health statistics, compared against human rights organizations data and press reports were submitted for the final report for the year 2006. The report was issued from Gaza this…

Israeli media sources reported that Tali Fahima, an Israeli women who was convicted of having ties with Palestinian resistance fighters late 2005 was released on Wednesday midday under parole. Fahima…

Indeed we live in a global village, in a sealed monolithic ghetto in which medieval pornographic images of barbarism travel around the world at the speed of light for our…

{mosimage}Yesterday, while I was walking the streets of Bethlehem and Beit Sahour, I was struck by the gleaming white buildings on a hill parallel to the city that is the…

As the death toll continues to mount, between Israeli assassinations, abductions and a fledgling civil war, the mood in the West Bank and amongst Palestinians continues to degrade.  In speaking…

The Israeli High Court of Justice ruled Thursday that the targeted killings (assassinations) of Palestinian fighters do not violate the international law, and the “legality” of each targeted killing must…

The Israeli Land Authority have demolished a number of houses in the Arabic village of Um Mitnan, located in the Negev desert in the southern Israel, on Tuesday afternoon. The…

“What do you call a Black man with a PhD? Nigger.” – Malcolm X The situation of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza has become so bad that even…

Officials from the Interior Ministry and Israel Land Authority demolished 17 homes in the unrecognized Negev village of Twayyil, local sources in the village reported. This is the fourth demolition…

In one of the few cases where the shooting of an unarmed man at an Israeli checkpoint in Asira al-Shemaliya, Palestine on November has actually warranted investigation by Israeli officials,…

Every year the United Nations (UN) marks the 29th of November as the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people.  The UN has, through the years, passed dozens of…

Israeli online daily Haaretz reported that Israel's Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, decided on Wednesday to appoint Israel's Foreign Minister, Tzipi Livni, as justice minister; Livni will continue her position as…

During an appearance in late October on Ireland's Pat Kenny radio show, a popular national program broadcast daily on Ireland's RTE Radio, we were asked as the opening question if…

Neither Democrats nor Republicans are prepared to say a word in opposition to Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's decision to add far-right Knesset member Avigdor Lieberman and his Yisrael Beiteinu…

The many shades of the Palestinian national unity government are subtle.  It is the Palestinian dream, so as to break the unjust international economic siege against the Palestinian people. Hamas,…

The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel (Adalah), petitioned the Israeli District Court in Haifa, on Monday, to connect the unrecognized Bedouin communities with water supply by connecting…

A statement released by parents of Arab residents of Israeli killed by the Israeli police in October 2000 issued a press release denying Israeli reports that they reached a deal…

David Grossman’s widely publicised speech at the annual memorial rally for Yitzhak Rabin earlier this month has prompted some fine deconstruction of his “words of peace” from critics. Grossman, one…

President Jimmy Carter's courageous new book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid, is due on bookstore shelves November 14, 2006. In it, Carter reportedly states, "Israel's continued control and colonization of Palestinian…

An Israeli hospital is refusing to continue the medical treatement of a Palestinian resident shot by Israeli special forces, Waleed Athba, 23, was near his home in the northwestern West…

As thousands of residents of the Israeli Negev town of Sderot rushed to fill 17 buses that came to evacuate them from the town, Israeli Defense Minister, Amir Peretz, demanded…

A group of Palestinian resistance fighters fired on Wednesday morning seven homemade Qassam shells into the western Israeli Negev town of Sederot. One 57 year old woman was killed and…

Gilad Atzmon highlights the inherent contradictions in the views of Israeli Zionist author David Grossman who appears to espouse peace with the Palestinians but shows worrying signs of Jewish supremacism.…

Nineteen inhabitants of Beit Hanun were killed with malice aforethought. There is no other way of describing the circumstances of their killing. Someone who throws burning matches into a forest…

Thursday morning, approximately 1,500 demonstrators protested against the recent demolition of Arab homes in the unrecognized villages of the Negev. The demonstrators marched from the Beer-Sheva Market to the offices…

'Recognize Israel'. This term is repeated to Palestinians so often that it is taken for granted by virtually everyone who hears it – without pause, or question. Even those who…

The annual memorial ceremony for Yitzhak Rabin is the moment when we pause for a while to remember Rabin the man, the leader. And we also take a look at…

The terrible imbalance of power between the Israelis and Palestinians makes it impossible for Israel, regardless of which government is in power, to deal with the Palestinians in any way…

{mosimage}Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has suggested Elie Wiesel to replace Moshe Katzav as President of Israel. Katzav is being forced to resign amid charges of rape. Wiesel's qualifications for…

After a two year secret investigation by Israel’s security department, it found that the building of illegal settlements has expanded rapidly, and much of their construction has been on privately…

What Do Ken Livingstone and a Fictional Character Named Artie Fishel Have in Common Created by saxophonist, composer and author Gilad Atzmon, Artie Fishel is a fictional satirical character, conceived…

In the beginning it was simple espionage. One group wanted to know what the other one was planning. Countries, corporations, tribes and gangs, all of them used it. Every one…

Debate and discussion is one thing, prejudice and provocation are another. What is happening in Britain today? It seems that the last two weeks in the British media have been…

Italian journalists discovered that Israel has been using an experimental weapon against Palestinian these past several months.  After examining the bodies of the wounded and dead, journalists found that the…

The Israeli court ruled Friday that Israeli authorities could keep the six million NIS (1,388,888.90USD) they seized from money changing stores in the West Bank cities of Nablus, Ramallah, Jenin…

The Israeli district court in Haifa rejected an appeal to connect “unrecognized” Bedouin villages in the Negev to clean waters and said that this issue is related with the village…

Polls show that Prime Minister Olmert’s approval ratings have dropped to 22 percent, from 48 percent six weeks ago.  Defense Minister Amir Peretz is in trouble with a 14 percent…

A Jewish rabbi living in the West Bank has called on the Israeli government to use their troops to kill all Palestinian males more than 13 years old in a…

Israeli online daily Haaretz reported that the Knesset House Committee is expected on Wednesday to approve a request by the Israeli President, Moshe Katsav, to go on a 16-hour leave…

Israeli president, Moshe Katsav, was interrogated on Thursday morning for the fourth time, after additional complaints were filed by four other women, apart from his former secretary,  accusing him of…

Israeli Minister of Environment Gideon Ezra said Arab towns in the northern Israel should not receive aid intended for educational plan like Jewish towns, Israeli newspaper Haarets reported in its…

The woman charging President Moshe Katsav of rape reportedly said that the president "used every kind of force imaginable" on numerous occasions spanning a few years.  He joins Israeli Justice…

The Israeli police in Jerusalem seized computers and documents from the residence and office of the Israeli president, Moshe Katsav. The raid is part of an investigation which started after…

American smart bombs are going to be delivered to Israel through Qatar, according to an article published today by the London based newspaper The Middle East. The article stated that…

President Bush, backed by British PM Tony Blair, is granting Israel around one week to continue its attacks on Lebanon before joining the international community in calling for a stop…

Israeli troops arrested around 600 Palestinian workers inside the ‘green line’ (Palestinian lands occupied since 1948) over the past 24 hours at the pretext of working without permits, according to…

Tuesday afternoon. Israeli soldiers attacked a Palestinian-American woman trying to cross into the West Bank from the Allenby Bridge that links Palestine and Jordan.  She was attempting to defend her…

The father of the captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit made a plea to his government asking for the release of Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the release of his son,…

A large Israeli force, backed by at least 40 military vehicles, invaded the West Bank city of Ramallah and the nearby city of Al-Biereh after midnight in a failed attempt…

The Israeli army says it will forbid entry foreign visitors access to all of the the occupied territories in the West Bank, according to a June 22nd article in the…

Magen David Adom, the Israeli equivalent of the Red Cross, will provide six new ambulances to the Palestinian Authority as part of a deal that will allow the Israeli group…

The Israeli cabinet has extended, on Sunday,a law banning most Palestinians from living in Israel with their spouses. The law was endorsed by Israel’s highest court by the narrowest of…

Israeli authorities at the Ben Gorion International Airport in Tel Aviv barred on Thursday eight international peace activists from entering the country for what the authorities described as “conducting activities…

The Palestine News Network learned Friday that Israeli security forces and police intend to evict a Palestinian cancer patient, Mustafa Al Hilo, because of that fact that he is required…

General Secretary of Hadash Movement Israel, member of Knesset, Mohammad Barakeh, on Thursday called on the Israeli President Moshe Katsav to absolve seven Shfa-Arm residents suspected of killing a Jewish…

Israel’s Transportation Ministry declared on Wednesday said it intends to install temporary X-ray scanning machines in the Kiryat Shmona airport. The move comes, according to the ministry, in an effort…

A British accountant with a relief organization was just released from a 3-week detention by Israeli security forces in which he was subjected to physical and psychological abuse, intense interrogation…