Knesset members: “Bush more Zionist than Olmertâ€
After the US President, George W. Bush, gave a speech at the Israeli Knesset on Thursday, several right wing members of Knesset said that “Bush seems to be more Zionist…
Israeli is yet to respond to an Egyptian-mediated truce offer
As Egyptian intelligence chief, Omar Sulieman is set to hold talks on Monday with Israeli officials over Cairo-mediated Palestinian ceasefire offer, the Israeli cabinet discussed on Sunday the current situation.…
Gag order against Olmert’s probe to be gradually lifted in coming days
Israeli Yent News reported on Tuesday a police sources said that the gag order on the investigation against Israel’s Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, will be gradually lifted in the coming…
Israel sets forth conditions for ceasefire ahead of Suleiman’s Visit
The Israeli government set forth on Monday three main conditions for a possible Egypt-brokered ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinians. Spokesman of the Israeli government, Mark Regev, told the IMEMC…
Olmert interrogated by Israel’s’ National Fraud Unit
Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, was questioned under caution on Friday morning for nearly 90 minutes by the head of the National Fraud Unit in Israel, Brigadier-General Shlomi Ayalon and…
Olmert visits Jordan, meets king Abdullah II
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert met with the Jordanian Monarch, King Abdullah II, in a visit to the Jordanian capital, Amman, on Wednesday afternoon, the Arabs48 news website reported.The website…
Olmert to take ‘necessary’ steps to handle the situation in Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, stressed on Tuesday that his government will soon take some necessary actions to handle the situation in the Gaza Strip, while his intelligence service chief,…
‘I don’t talk to Arabs.. I shoot people like you.’
On Sunday, there were no US flags and lots of Israeli flags in a "street fair" dubbed "Ben Yehuda, Jerusalem Street fair" in Teaneck, NJ. I came a bit early…
Israeli cabinet: no humanitarian crisis in Gaza, Hamas rejects
The Israeli cabinet decided on Sunday that there is no humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip and that the ruling Hamas party exploits the shortage of fuel supplies. Israeli housing…
Manifest Destiny?
Next month, Israel will celebrate its 60th anniversary. The government is working feverishly to make this day into an occasion of joy and jubilation. While serious problems are crying out…
Israel claims Hamas recruited 20.000 fighters in Gaza
The Israeli “Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center” claimed on Thursday that Hamas movement managed to build up its military capabilities in the Gaza Strip and recruited nearly 20.000 fighters despite…
Israel’s president says halting Qassam homemade shells requires reoccupying Gaza
Israeli president, Shimon Peres, stated yesterday that stopping homemade shells fire from Gaza onto nearby Israeli areas requires Israel to reoccupy the Gaza Strip, an option Israel never wants. Israeli…
Ben-Eliezer; Israeli-Palestinian talks, “just a showâ€
Israeli Infrastructure Minister, Benjamin Ben-Eliezer, stated on Saturday that the Palestinian Israeli talks are just “a Pretend", adding that if Israel wants to achieve peace it should free that Fateh…
Israel, USA to boycott UN anti-racism conference in Durban
Israeli sources reported that Israel and the United States decided to boycott the Durban II Anti-Racism conference which will be conducted in early 2009. The Israeli and US decision was…
MK Tibi visits Lebanon despite of Israeli ban
Israeli media sources reported on Thursday that Dr Ahmad al Tibi, Arab member of the Israeli Knesset, and head of the Arab bloc (United Arab List, Ra'am-Ta'al) had challenged the…
Israel to distribute gas-masks to its civilians starting in 2009
The Israeli Radio reported on Wednesday that the Israeli Authorities decided to distribute gas-masks among the population in Israel starting in 2009. The step, the radio said, comes as a…
Israeli Prime Minister refuses truce with Hamas
The Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert threatened ‘painful’ measures against the democratically-elected Hamas government of the Palestinian people, and refused the latest attempt at a ceasefire by Hamas. ‘We are…
Israeli Defense Minister: West Bank checkpoints will not be removed
The Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak announced on Monday that Israel will not remove the 700 checkpoints, roadblocks and earth mounds that have cut the West Bank into hundreds of…
No limits on rules of engagement to avoid abduction of soldiers
Israeli newspaper The Jerusalem Post reported on Thursday that the Israeli army instructed troops deployed at the Gaza-Israel borders to do whatever it takes in order to foil any abduction…
Israel boycotts Al Jazeera news channel
The Israeli government decided to officially boycott the Qatar-based Al Jazeera News channel after claiming the its coverage of the incidents is unbalanced and biased towards the Palestinian people.The Israeli…
Gush Shalom: West Bank assassinations, “grave provocationâ€
The Israeli Peace Bloc, (Gush Shalom), described the assassination of four Palestinians in Bethlehem and Tulkarem, on Wednesday as a grave provocation and accused the Israeli government of deliberately obstructing…
Barak: Israel is not about to achieve any political agreement with the Palestinians
The Israeli Defense Minister Ehod Barak said on Wednesday that there is no political agreement that about to happen with between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Barak said that the…
“Jenin Jenin†film on trial in Israel
Mohammed Bakri, the producer of a film titled “Jenin Jenin”, which details the Israeli invasion into Jenin refugee camp in 2002, is currently on trial in an Israeli court under…
Israeli foreign minister dismisses creation of a Palestinian state for the time being
Israeli foreign minister, Tzipi Livni, dismissed Sunday possibility for creation of a Palestinian state for the time being, citing what she called ‘ continued attacks on Israelis and the situation…
Israeli government orders military to step up attacks on Gaza
The Israeli government announced on Wednesday that it had approved stepping up attacks targeting the Gaza Strip. The announcement came after today’s cabinet meeting, headed by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud…
With three-day death toll at 35, Israel announces plans to invade Gaza
According to the Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak, the preparations are complete for a large-scale invasion of the Gaza Strip. Israeli military forces are lined up at the Gaza border,…
A hot season in Gaza
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak recently issued orders to the commanders of his army to prepare to launch a large-scale offensive in the Gaza Strip, but with “self-restraint and calmness…
Israeli FM refuses handover of Gaza’s crossings to Abbas in presence of Hamas
Israeli foreign minister, Tsibi Livni, refused Thursday handover of Gaza’s crossings to Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas in presence of the ruling Hamas. Livni, who yesterday took 60 world countries’ ambassadors…
Olmert: “No talks are being held over dividing Jerusalemâ€
Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, stated on Wednesday that Israel is not holding any secret talks with the Palestinians over dividing Jerusalem. The statements of Olmert came after the religious…
Israeli Knesset to discuss the demolishing of 246 homes in Al Teera
The Israeli Knesset discussed on Wednesday demolishing orders which were issued against 246 houses in Al Teera Arab town within the Israeli boundaries. The deliberations were made after Sheikh Abbas…
Winograd – The Failure of the System, Not the PM
If anyone believes that a different Prime Minister, under similar circumstances would have acted differently, then they refuse to look at the history of Israeli incursions and the power the…
Israeli sources: “Abbas and Olmert agree to demand Egypt seal Gaza bordersâ€
Israeli sources reported on Monday that Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, and the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, agreed on Sunday to demand Egypt to seal the breached border with the…
Researcher: “Israel is about to pass a law which will bar thousands of detainees from visitation ri
Fuad Al Khafsh, a Palestinian researcher and specialist in detainee’s affairs, stated on Wednesday that the Israeli Knesset approved in preliminary reading a new law which will give the Israeli…
Peretz loses leadership election
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak will face Ami Ayalon in a second round of voting after failing to secure the 40% of the vote necessary for an outright victory.After…
Voting begins in Israeli Labour Party leadership election
In an event that could have a serious bearing on the future of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, members of the Israeli Labour Party are set to vote on the election of…
Shortly after Olmert orders further attacks on Gaza, a warplane hits Deir Elbalah
Just few hours after Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, ordered further attacks on the Gaza Strip, an Israeli warplane, hit today the Deir Elbalah town in central Gaza Strip.Palestinian sources…
Two Israeli students, two policemen injured in a protest, 12 arrested
Israeli online daily Haaretz reported on Thursday at night that two police officers and two students were mildly injured, and twelve were arrested during clashes that took place in Jerusalem…
Al Sani’: Shin-Bet spys on several Arab Israeli MP
The Arab Israeli Kinaset( Parliament) member Dr. Talab Al Sani’ asked the legal councilor of the Israeli government to question the legality of the Public Security Service (Shin Bet) taping…
Former Israeli PM calls on Olmert to resign
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…
Hezbollah denies Israel’s claims that they met with Bishara
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…
Israelis hold a mass rally demanding Olmert to resign
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…
Why Israel is after me
Amman, Jordan I AM A PALESTINIAN from Nazareth, a citizen of Israel and was, until last month, a member of the Israeli parliament.Amman, Jordan I AM A PALESTINIAN…
Arab MK Mohammad Baraka says an Israeli military offensive against Gaza is possible
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…
Winograd Commission accuses Olmert of serious failure in the second Lebanon war
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,…
Nazareth; thousands protest in support for Dr. Azmi Bishara
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…
Egyptian security officials plan to meet with Hamas to avoid escalation
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…
Israeli bullets and the Arab Initiative
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…
Dr. Azmi Bishara resigns from Knesset, Police close his office
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 PM: prisoner swap deal has advanced
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…
Israel to amend list of detainees Palestinian wants to see freed
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 Human Rights activist warns Arab MK Azmi Bishara of Israeli security plan to indict him
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…
Israel claims thousands of Palestinian fighters are training in Iran, Syria and Yemen
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…
Olmert in an interview with Time magazine: “Haniyeh is a terrorist”
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…
Livni: “Agreement on permanent solution is not possible in current situation”
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…
Israeli deputy Defense Minister says talks with some PA ministers are possible
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…
Israel’s ambassador to El Salvador recalled after being found drunk and naked on street
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.…
Israel claims that Hamas is sending fighters to train in Iran
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;…
Amir Peretz: Upcoming Palestinian Government Must Meet International Demands
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,…
Israeli Deputy Defense Minister denies report Israel is holding talks over attacking Iran
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…
Olmert: “Realignment plan postponed due to current circumstances”
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…
Israel holds a Knesset session on captured soldiers
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…
Arab MK faces investigation for participating in ‘Israeli Apartheid Week’
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…
Arab Transitional Parliament Calls for Lifting the Economic Embargo
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…
Israeli rejects the Palestinian unity agreement
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…
Unity government in Palestine worries Israel of international pressure
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…
Israeli Minister calls for Barghouthi’s Release
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,…
Olmert investigated, testifies that Israel won the Lebanon war
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…
40 members of Knesset sign petition calling for impeachment of Katsav
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…
Israel’s former justice minister found guilty
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 President to be charged with rape
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…
Kadima party member suggests sending E.U force to the Palestinian territories
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…
Storms blow top secret Israeli documents into Syrian hands
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…
Israel to transfer $100 million of taxes its withholds to Abbas
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…
Israeli Army freezes racist decree concerning road use by Palestinians in West Bank
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…
Several members of Knesset call on Olmert to resign
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 Army Chief of Staff, Dan Halutz, resigns
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…
Israeli government extends ban on ‘family reunification’ for 3 additional months
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…
Olmert investigation is latest scandal convincing Israeli public of governmental corruption
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…
Lieberman calls on Peretz to resign for appointing an Arab minister
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…
Israeli Knesset approves preliminary proposal to revoke citizenship of `unpatriotic` Israelis
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…
Abducted P.A deputy minister of health released
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…
Year end statistics: Israeli forces killed 742 Palestinians, injured 3,735 and arrested 5,671
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…
Tali Fahima, an Israeli convicted of having ties with Palestinian resistance, released
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…
The Spectacle of the Noose
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…
Following the Scar over Bethlehem
{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…
Palestine – An Open Air Prison With an Abu Ghraib Mentality
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…
Israeli High court Okays targeted killings
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…
Israeli police demolish a number of Arab houses in Negev desert
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…
The Niggerization of Palestine
“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…
Israeli police level 17 Arab homes in the Negev
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…
Israeli soldier who shot foreigner in Palestine to serve two-week sentence
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,…
Celebrating is Not Enough: A Challenge to the United Nations to Act
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…
Olmert decides to appoint Livni as Justice Minister besides her position as Foreign Minister
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…
Does It Matter What You Call It? Genocide or Erasure of Palestinians
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…
‘Democrats Rebut Carter on Israeli ‘Apartheid’
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…
National unity cabinet: a difficult delivery for a precious birth
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,…
Adalah appeals Israeli High Court for water supply for the Bedouins
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…
Families of Arab victims of October 2000 reject compensation, demand trial of officers responsible
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…