Category: Israeli Politics

An Israel army source said that army is considering a response to bombing attack near the workers gate at the Erez border crossing in the Gaza Strip, Israel Radio reported…

Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said that Israel will not hold any negotiations on the Road Map if the Palestinian resistance does not stop its operations, and until the…

Friday at dawn, an Israeli military source reported that 13 soldiers were injured, 3 seriously when a military truck carrying troops flipped over near Har Dov area, along the Israeli-Lebanese…

The Israeli Knesset has decided to form a parliamentary committee of inquiry into corruption cases in the government that has been increasing lately. The sponsor of the measure, the National…

The Israeli Knesset voted, on wednesday,  to establish a parliamentary committee to investigate cases of increase corruption in the government. The inquiry came upon a call by National Union party…

The Israeli police reported on Wednesday at night, that pullout opponents blocked segment of Tel Aviv highway, burnt tires and managed to block major traffic. “Pullout opponents burnt tires along…

The Knesset approved in a first reading Wednesday an amendment to the Citizenship Law meant to allow the extension of family unification restrictions. The bill allows Palestinians men over the…

Haifa District Court convicted Tuesday Alexander Rabinovitch, 22, from Haifa, of involvement in terror activity against Israeli Arab residents. Rabinovitch was found guilty of the attempted murder of MK Isaam…

Saturday afternoon, an Israeli military source reported that Hezbollah fighters fired machine guns at Israeli military positions in the Sheba Farms area, on the Israeli-Lebanese borders. According to the army…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon approved Thursday Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s tax reduction plan, which the later described as ‘imperative for market growth.’ The plan is expected to be submitted…

The Jerusalem Central Court sentenced two Israeli soldiers after convicting them of abusing and degrading two Palestinian residents studying at Abu Dis University, near Jerusalem. The students, Firas al-Bakri, 22,…

Israeli Defense Minister, Shaul Mofaz, issued direct orders to the army to kill any Palestinian who attempts to fire at Israeli settlements or military camps in the Gaza Strip. The…

Yuval Diskin, the new director of the Israeli Shin Bet internal security service, said Tuesday that ‘Israeli society would not be able to tolerate the murder of another prime minister.’…

Several dozen Jewish and Arab students protested Tuesday morning at Haifa University against an academic conference titled ‘The Demographic Problem and Israel’s Demographic Policies’, describing the conference as a gathering…

The newly appointed Shin Bet Chief Yuval Diskin expressed his fears Tuesday over terror attacks conducted by Jews especially in light of the escalating threats against Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.…

Israeli military officials conditioned the handover of security in Qalqilia to the Palestinian Authority to collecting the weapons of wanted Palestinian fighters in Tulkarem and Jericho, Israeli sources reported on…

Shimon Peres, the acting Labor party leader said on Sunday that his party reported recently 120.000 new members. The statements of Peres came during his speech at the party headquarters…

An Israeli judge in beer Sheva central court warned that if the DA does not reveal the accusations against Neria Ofen, an extreme right wing activist placed under administrative detention,…

The Israeli cabinet on Sunday extended the temporary law limiting offering citizenship to Palestinians from the occupied territories married to citizens of Israel, Army Radio reported. Sixteen ministers voted in…

An exchange of fire across the borders between Hezbollah and Israeli troops took place near Sheba Farms on Friday afternoon, the third incident in less than 48 hours. Army source…

An Israeli source reported on Friday that security guards of the Israeli embassy in the Uzbek capital Tashkent shot and killed a man near the embassy. The Israeli Ynet news…

Israeli Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that In three or four years American financial aid for non-military purposes would end completely. Netanyahu’s comments came in an interview with Israeli…

Israel Radio reported Friday afternoon that shells fell at a military outpost in the occupied Sheba farms region. No immediate reports on casualties were released.  The Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Manar TV said…

As Israelis started celebrating the ‘Independence Day’, Palestinian areas were put under tight closure. Israel has been placing the West Bank and the Gaza Strip during all Israeli national celebrations…

A katyusha rocket apparently fired from southern Lebanon, exploded Wednesday night in the northern Israeli town of Shlomi, causing damage to a local bakery but no casualties. As a result…

Israel is formulating a new immigration policy that is expected to be as severe as any in Europe. Committee headed by Israeli interior minister is formed to look into the…

The Israeli Foreign Minister, Sylvan Shalom, called on Monday for barring Hamas from participating in the Palestinian Legislative elections.  “If the elections are held on July 17, Hamas will definitely…

Parents of 12 Palestinians (Israeli-Arabs) killed in October 2000 by Israeli police, in demonstrations in solidarity with the Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, called the resident…

An Israeli army spokesperson said shell fired into Lebanese territory on Monday morning was accidental.  The spokeswoman said, army units were trying to blow up mines claimed to be planted…

Monday morning, an Israeli military source reported that soldiers arrested an infiltrator who crossed into the Golan Heights after crossing the Syria border. The source stated that that the man,…

‘Governmental corruption is the greatest threat Israel faces today,’ State Comptroller Eliezer Goldberg said Sunday. Goldberg unveiled the State Comptroller’s 55th Annual Report in a presentation to Knesset Speaker MK…

The Israeli ministerial committee for legislation is set to approve Sunday proposed changes in the Citizenship Law that would allow mixed Israeli-Palestinian couples to acquire Israeli citizenship for the Palestinian…

A public pull released by the Israeli newspaper Maariv revealed that support of disengagement among the Israelis has sharply dropped to 54% after it arrived to 61% over the last…

The Israeli army is preparing for a military operation in the Gaza Strip in retaliation to the firing of homemade shells against Israeli target, an Israeli source reported. The Israeli…

Thursday afternoon, the Israeli Radio reported that Israeli police arrested on Wednesday and Israeli army officer suspected of belonging to a neo-Nazi group. The soldier, a new immigrant and a…

Al-Aqsa Institute for rebuilding and reconstructing the Islamic holy sites, called on the Arab residents of Israeli, and Jerusalemite Palestinians to stand firm ‘against the extremist Jewish right wing groups…

The Israeli police reported that an unknown group sprayed graffiti against the Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon around Jerusalem. The Israeli police said that this incident is one of many…

The Israeli online daily Haaretz reported that some 60 university academics and lefts wing activists protested on Wednesday in front Ariel College against a government decision to change the status…

Israeli Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned against counting on Egypt to secure the borders between Gaza Strip and Egypt. Netanyahu’s comments correspond to the Israeli Knesset panel’s warnings against deploying…

{mosimage}An Israeli source reported on Wednesday that the ‘Civil Defense’ office which belongs to the Israeli army started issuing VIP cards for Palestinian officials. The source stated that the new…

Saturday morning, an Israeli military source reported a Palestinian resistance group fired a homemade shell at a settlement in the Gush Katif settlement Bloc in the Gaza Strip. The source…

A Jordanian environmentalist expert warned against danger caused by the Israeli Nuclear plant Dimona in the southern desert of the Negev, Al-Jazeera news website reported. Dr. Sufian Al-Tel, an international…

Two Palestinian youths were arrested at al-Jalameh roadblock in the West Bank city of Jenin on Wednesday morning, are claimed to posses explosives and weapons, Israel radio reported. The two…

Former Israeli president Ezer Weizman died Sunday evening at his home in Caesarea at the age of 80. Weizman body will be laid at the Or Akiva cultural center Tuesday…

Israeli security source said Sunday that soldiers patrolling the Har Dove area, near the borders with Lebanon, managed to escape unhurt as the spotted an explosive device and managed to…

An Israeli military source reported on Sunday night a series of explosives detonated, in Shiva farms known in Israel as “Mount Dov area”, on the Lebanese borders. The source stated…

Israeli Police said Sunday that the four Palestinians who where caught early in the morning were Palestinians staying in Israel without a permit that allow them to do so, dismissing…

An Israeli military source reported on Saturday afternoon that an unidentified assailant stabbed am Israeli soldier guarding the West Bank settlement of Ghanim, and grabbed his weapon. The soldier sustained…

An Israeli military source reported that dozens of Israeli soldiers flee their military training base after not relieving food for three days. The soldiers were enlisted to the base two…

Israeli troops operating near the West Bank city of Ramallah on Friday have arrested a Palestinian, they suspected of volunteering to perform a suicide bombing, Israel Radio reported. The Radio…

Israeli military officials  decided Thursday to impose an entire closure on all Palestinian territories during the Jewish holidays. The closure order would be in effect from Thursday night until Monday…

Two Israelis were wounded Monday afternoon when a Palestinian sniper opened fire at them in the southern Gaza Strip close to the border with Egypt, Israeli media sources reported. The…

The “Israel’s Lands Department” bulldozed on Sunday, hundreds of agricultural Dunams in Sa’wa area, in the Negev. Department employees, supported by the Israeli Police and borders guard units, surrounded the…

The Israeli Peace Bloc, Gush Shalom, said that the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel is destroying the peace process, and trying to “convince the US president that the P.A has collapsed”.…

Friday morning, an Israeli security source reported on Friday that soldiers arrested an armed Syrian resident who infiltrated into the Golan Heights. {mosimage}The source claimed that the Syrian man was…

Wednesday afternoon, dozens of settlers, apposing Sharon’s disengagement plan, broke into a graduation ceremony for Israeli soldiers in Latrun, north of the country.   An Israeli source reported that two…

Arab member of Knesset, Mohammad Barakeh, Hadash-Ta`al party, charged that Israel is downplaying threats by extremist settlers groups against the Arab residents of Israel. Barakeh said that the government and…

Israeli media sources revealed information about a planned visit by the Israeli police commissioner Moshe Karadi to Jordan on Wednesday morning. According to the Israeli source, the Jordanians asked that…

Security Guards, teachers and students of 167 schools and preschools in Tel Aviv, Holon and Ramat-Gan found themselves locked out of their schools on Monday morning as the gates of…

Awni Habash, a judge at the Central Court in Jerusalem, sentenced a Jewish youth to two consecutive years, and 18 months on parole, after trying to burn an Arab taxi…

Labor MK Dani Yatum warned Saturday that a military coup could happen in Israel because national religious officers will soon constitute the majority in the army leading ranks. Yatum is…

An Israeli military source reported on Saturday that the army and Israeli police started, over the last few weeks, training special army units to be deployed near settlements slated for…

 Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom downplayed Saturday the political significance of the hand shakes between Israeli Preisdent Moshe Katsav and both the Syrian and Iranina Presidents. ‘I hope that it…

The Israeli deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres told the US vice President Dick Cheney “not to worry about the constructions Israel intends to carry out near Maali Adumim settlement”, Israeli…

Extreme right wing activists revert to new tactics to exhaust police forces as part of their anti-disengagement campaign. Israeli Police arrested Wednesday two right wing activists on suspicions that they…

  The Shin Bet revealed on Wednesday that it arrested a Palestinian man in late February on suspicion of connection with the Lebanon based Hezbollah party, and planning attacks against…

An Israeli military source said that soldiers arrested two settlers, after throwing stones and eggs at the soldiers trying to bar them from attacking a Palestinian home in the southern…

    The Israeli government intends to bar all Palestinians workers from entering Israel for work by 2008; the Palestinian Authority warned that such a plan is considered a disaster…

The Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon adopted on Monday a law preventing Palestinian spouses of Israeli residents from obtaining Israeli residency. Sharon said during a meeting at his office with…

A poll conducted by Dahaf Institute on behalf of Madar, the Palestinian Center for Israel Studies, shows that a majority of Jewish Israelis believe that the state should encourage Israeli…

Despite international treaties prohibiting occupying powers from making use of occupied territories for its own benefit, Israel has decided to transfer garbage beyond the Green Line and dump it in…

  The Israeli Air Force received three Apache Longbow Helicopters equipped with advanced night-vision system, 17 more choppers are expected to arrive by the end of 2006. An Israeli military…

Vandals Sunday defaced the graves of former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and his wife Lea in the national cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem. Their names were erased from…

The Israeli cabinet approved on Sunday across-the-board cutbacks of NIS 750 million in ministry budgets, which is the amount promised to Shiuni in order to support the budget bill in…

A Jordanian official source reported on Friday that Israel informed Jordan that it intends to release Jordanian detainees next week. The source stated that apparently Israel will release 20 detainees,…

A Yodot Ahranot public opinion poll carried out on Friday shows that Likud party would lose considerably if elections are carried out this week.   The poll shows that Likud…

Minister Matan Filnaye (Labor) told Thursday Israeli newspaper Yodot Ahranot that in case any settler uses his weapon, soldiers should open fire, even if it results in killing him. Filnayee…

Israeli soldiers attacked On Thursday a students’ procession in Aseera, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, after protesting near Checkpoint 17 which was erected since the beginning of…

 The Israeli army said that it will use special high tech hand-held drones to locate Palestinian resistance fighters in the Palestinian areas and long the Egyptian borders. The drones called…

An Israeli security source reported on Wednesday afternoon, that the graves of David Ben-Gurion, and Theodor Jerzl, were both sprayed with “Nazi graffiti”. The memorial of Ben Gurion in the…

An Israeli Military court sentenced a commander in the Israeli army to two weeks imprisonment for losing a Laptop computer containing classified data, Israel army reported on Wednesday. The officer…

Palestinian security sources denied as baseless Israeli reports on foiling an attempt to smuggle arms from Egypt into Gaza. The source accused Israel with spreading false news in order to…

The Israeli TV channel 10 revealed that Israeli soldiers are using military ambulances to carry out operations in the Palestinian territories. Channel 10 reported that that the Israeli authorities claim…

The Israeli TV channel 10 revealed that Israeli soldiers are using military ambulances to carry out operations in the Palestinian territories. Channel 10 reported that that the Israeli authorities claim…

Israeli Security sources said Tuesday they are concerned that Strela anti-aircraft missiles, which Israeli defense minister has said may have been smuggled into the Gaza Strip might be moved into…

Israeli soldiers arrested on Tuesday three Palestinian traffic policemen in Bab Al-Zawiya, in the center of the southern West Bank of Hebron. The WAFA news Agency reported that soldiers arrested…

The Israeli information center for human rights in the occupied territories, B’Tselem, reported that the Israeli army is strangling the Gaza Strip, describing it as the “One Big Prison”. A…

The Israeli police announced on Monday that it arrested three Israelis who are suspected of planning to sell weapons and explosives to right wing activists in order to carry out…

Monday predawn, Israeli soldiers invaded the northern West Bank city of Jenin and surrounding villages. eight residents were reportedly arrested. An Israeli military source stated that one soldier was lightly injured…

Saleem Abu Safiyya, head of the Border Crossings at the P.A said that the Israeli side is still using the border crossings in order to pressure the P.A, and demanded…

Palestinian villagers of Belein, a village close to the West Bank city of Ramallah, has recorded the voice of an Israeli border police officer, who was speaking through a loudspeaker…

‘We don’t ask questions; we just follow orders. We can block any intersection at any time; no one can stop us. We are inspired by Lihi (a historical terrorist Jewish…

The Israeli Defense Minister, Shaul Mofaz, claimed that Israel is facing difficulties in handing the security responsibility over the Palestinian territories to the Palestinian authority because “it is not investing…

An Israeli Arab has been arrested on suspicion of transporting the Islamic Jihad operative who carried out the last month bombing in Tel Aviv, which took the lives of five…

Israeli decided to impose a full closure over the West Bank and Gaza Strip starting on Wednesday morning over “Purim” celebrations in Israel. Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz ordered the…

Trial of captain R, the Israeli military commander charged of the confirmed kill scandal of the 13 years old girl, Iman Al-Hams, has surfaced again as the military trial continued…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon agreed to allow Likud MKs to vote their conscience on the 2005 state budget and on a bill mandating a referendum on the disengagement plan…

Four Israeli security agents were wounded early Sunday morning during a military operation in the Amari refugee camp south of the West Bank city of Ramallah, one of them very…

Israeli State Prosecutors Office brought charges against the nuclear whistleblower Morddechai Vanunu on Thursday at the “Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court”, Vanunu was charged of ‘violating his release terms in 21 separate…

In an attempt to persuade Shinui party to back the 2005 state budget, the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon met with Shinui leaders; chairman Yousef Lapid, and Knesset Member Avraham…