Category: Israeli Politics

 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…

Israeli soldiers arrested an Israeli paramedic after he distributed fruits and sweets on several detainees in an Israeli prison; the medic was punished by seven days imprisonment and will be…

Wednesday morning, an explosive charge detonated near a military patrol driving on the road which leads to Ebal Mountain in the northern West Bank city of Nablus , army reported…

Leader of Israeli secular Shinui party Yousef Lapid said Tuesday that few prominent U.S. administration officials has asked him to support Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in the coming state…

250 Israeli high school students signed a document declaring that they do not intend to conduct the military service because “they appose the occupation of the Palestinian territories”. The young refusenicks,…

Israeli defense minister Shaul Mofaz confirmed Saturday that unauthorized settlers’ outposts will not be removed until after the implementation of the disengagement plan. The evacuation of unauthorized settlements is an…

During his visit to Cairo in the coming few days, Israeli Knesset speaker Reuven Rivlin may meet with heads of Parliaments from Arab states that do not have diplomatic relations…

The Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth revealed on Friday that the Israeli hospital of Hadassah Har-Hatzofim in Jerusalem refused to addmit an Israeli woman suffering serious injuries, because she was transferred in a Palestinian ambulance.…

The Israeli online daily Haaretz reported that the Israeli the Israeli vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres met in Madrid with the Algerian presidents Abdelaziz Bouteflika during a in an international…

Desperate Sharon appeals to Likud wives to use influence on spouses to vote in favor of the state budget in the Knesset. As the Knesset voting closes up, the list…

The Israel Army Prosecutor Gen Avi Mendilit, met on Wednesday evening in his office in the Ministry of Defense with family members of James Miller, a British Cameraman killed by…

The Israeli minister of Defense Shaul Mofaz is slated to meet with the Egyptian President Hosni Mobarak in the Egyptian resort of Sharm Al-Sheikh, for talks on the Palestinian-Israeli negotiations…

Israeli military officials expressed concerns that Syrian pullback from Lebanon to the Bekaa could urge Hezbollah to renew attacks on Israel. Israeli army chief, Moshe Ya’alon said on Tuesday. Ya’alon…

In a press conference in Jerusalem, the author of the report on unauthorized West Bank outposts said that some of the unauthorized settlement outposts in the West Bank were both…

Israeli failure to keep its promise to remove all unauthorized settlers’ outposts established in the West Bank since March 2001 will harm relations between Israel and the United Sates, and…

Israeli police arrested a 20-year-old Israeli Palestinian from the village of Deir Hanna in the western Galilee over suspicions of plotting an attack the Knesset as well as planning to…

Shinui party MK Avraham Poraz said Monday that his faction would be willing to return to the cabinet and set beside ultra-orthodox United Torah Judaism ministers in order to help…

Dozens of Israeli left activists demonstrated in Paris square in Jerusalem, calling the government to disarm settlers. Around one hundred demonstrators gathered Sunday evening in Paris square, around 50 meters…

Hamas and Islamic Jihad denied media reports, claiming that Syria has expelled Hamas leader Khaled Mashal and Islamic Jihad Leader Ramadan Shalah out of its territories. Hamas spokesperson in Gaza,…

Israel is holding talks with Egypt on the deployment of Egyptian forces along the border with the Gaza Strip, Israeli sources reported on Monday. These talks come as preparations for…

Israeli Security source said Monday that one of the two soldiers, who were wounded in Hebron’s Monday morning attack is in a critical health condition. Israeli troops placed Casbah neighborhood…

Israel’s ambassador to Britain accused Sunday the London mayor of trying to ‘divert attention’ from the public criticism he has faced through inflaming ‘prejudice and hatred’ between Israelis and Palestinians. …

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is planning a series of meetings this week with MKs from both coalition and opposition factions, in an effort to muster a majority for the…

Hundreds of Arab and Druze members of the youth movement of the Balad party in Israel held a meeting on Friday calling for rejecting military service; the meeting was held…

Hundreds of Arab and Druze members of the youth movement of the Balad party in Israel held a meeting on Friday calling for rejecting military service; the meeting was held…

Israeli sources reported that Israeli leftist movement ‘Gush Shalom’ demanded Attorney general Menachem Mazuz to bring Settler Rabbi David Dodocvechs from Yitzhar settlement to justice for urging his students to…

Despite his humiliating defeat in the Likud convention, a public opinion poll, carried by Yodout Ahranot newspaper shows that 77% of Likud supporter stand behind Israeli Prime minister Ariel Sharon’s…

The Israeli army revealed that it is manufacturing an unmanned vehicle to be used in conducting “military tasks” and that the manufacturing of the vehicle is in its final stages.…

Israeli High court of justice, rejected on Wednesday, a petition submitted by ‘Adalah’ society demanding the freeze of citizenship law until further discussions. Last January the Israeli State representative stated…

An Islamic Sheikh issued an Religious ruling known as “Fatwa”, which allows Bedouin soldiers at the Israeli army to shoot while evacuating the settlements with the Israeli army if they…

An Israeli source revealed that the Israeli commander of Gaza Division, brigadier general Aviv Kikhavi said that the army intends to formulate a new plan to dig a canal at…

Senior officials in the Shin Bet security services in Israel, said during a meeting with the Knesset’s Constitution, Law and Justice Committee held behind closed doors, said on Tuesday that…

Israeli soldiers claimed to have uncovered a large Hamas laboratory for the production of bombs early Wednesday near the West Bank city of Jenin. Israeli troops operating in Al Yamoun…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon intends to seek his Cabinet’s approval to increase the support for Yeshiva student aged 23-and older by 40%. The request to increase support for the…

{mosimage}The Israeli soldier who witnessed the killing of 13-year-old Gaza girl Iman Al-Hamas couple of months ago testified on Thursday that the officer in charge of the Golani unit have…

The Israel army is retracting a plan to disband religious soldiers’ separate unit, where soldiers combine military service and religious studies, and disperse soldiers among army battalions. Disbanding the unit…

In an act of defiance to the disengagement plan, The Nir Yeshiva in Kiryat Arba will soon move to Sa-Nur, one of the four northern West Bank settlements that are…

Palestinian security services have recently located and destroyed 12 arms smuggling tunnels along the Gaza borders with Eygpt, Israeli security sources say. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has ordered PA security…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told a television show host on Wednesday that the French favors the Arab states. ‘First of all, the French are pro-Arab,’ Sharon told the told…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon Wednesday rejected Vice Premier Shimon Peres’ proposal to take part in next week’s London summit.   Peres told Sharon in a face to face meeting on…

Palestinian resistance groups are planning strategic attacks in case the cease-fire between Israel and the Palestinian Authority breaks down. The Israeli Military Intelligence research chief Brigadier-General Yossi Kuperwasser made those…

  Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz announced on Tuesday that he will recommend to the government that Deputy Chief of Staff Major General Dan Halutz Halutz be appointed chief of…

An Israeli senior military officer said that the Palestinian authority uncovered and demolished over the last few weeks seven arm-smuggling tunnels in the Gaza Strip. “Since Abbas headed the P.A…

Likud member of Knesset Uzi Landau said at a press conference in Carmiel, on Sunday that the Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon “will divide Jerusalem ”. ‘On the one hand…

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak accused Monday Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and his family with corruption, and slammed the Labor party for becoming Sharon’s hanger-on. ‘The Sharon family…

Israel Air Force Commander-in-Chief Major General Eliezer Shakedi said Monday that Israel must be prepared for an air strike on Iran in light of its nuclear activity.  Shakedi, in a…

Israel has bowed to Russian pressure and will suspend all arms exports to Georgia. Sources in the Israeli arms industries expressed anger at the ‘shameful decision’ that came even when…

Israeli army source said Saturday that Palestinian resistance groups has developed a new combat strategy, and are ordering operatives to plant explosive charges almost everywhere with the intention of detonating…

Israeli Prime minister top advisor Dov Weisglass will visit Britain on Wednesday to coordinate political content for the London meeting on strengthening the Palestinian Authority slated to start on March…

Shinui leader, Yosef Lapid said during his meeting with Sharon , at Sharon ‘s Sycamore Ranch home, that his party will not support the budget plan in Knesset in the…

Shinui leader, Yosef Lapid said during his meeting with Sharon, at Sharon’s Sycamore Ranch home, that his party will not support the budget plan in Knesset in the second and…

The Israeli Minister of Finance, Benjamin Netanyahu has decided to vote against the disengagement plan in the government session that will be held on Sunday, Israeli media sources reported. {mosimage}Netanyahu’s…

Chair of the Zionist-Leftist Yahad party, Yossi Belen, on Saturday called the Labor Party ministers not to vote in favor of the modified root of the wall slated for cabinet…

The Israeli movement “Adam” demanded the government to disarm the settlers in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, and conduct a practical evaluation for licensing weapons. {mosimage}The movement fears…

The Israeli radio reported that Israeli Prime Minster Ariel Sharon is slated to meet Shinui leader, Yosef Lapid, on Saturday, at his home in the Sycamore Ranch, apparently to discuss…

An informed Israeli military source said the Israeli military exports for the year 2004 reached $3.6 billion. {mosimage}This is the second highest record, although unexpected, said, Yossi Bin Hanan, chief…

The Israeli Prime Minsiter Ariel Sharon has invited the chair of the Shinui Party, Tommy Lapid to his Negev ranch in an attempt to persuade him to get his secular…

A local source in Nablus reported that soldiers surrounded the village of Qaddoum, east of Nablus, closed the gate, which was ericted at the main entrence to the village, and barred the…

Labor party ministers decided Thursday to vote in favor of the new wall route, proposed by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, in Gush Itzion, southern Hebron hills and Maalee Adumim…

Thursday evening, the Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz approved a recommendation of the military committee to end the policy of house demolishing of families of Palestinian activists. {mosimage}Israeli Chief of…

Israeli Attorney General Menachem Mazuz closed Thursday the investigation against Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, due to insufficient evidence, in the case of shell companies’ illegal funding. {mosimage}Mazuz also decided…

An Israeli economical expert revealed that several international companies have plans to control Palestinian lands which Israel plans to withdraw from in the Gaza Strip after implementing the unilateral disengagement…

An Israeli army committee recommended halting the policy of demolishing Palestinian homes. The committee’ conclusions were presented last week to Army Chief of Satff Moshe Ya’alon, who turned it back…

The Israeli High Court allowed the army to uproot trees which belongs to a 72-year-old Palestinian woman, because they are close to the home of the Israeli Defense Minister, Shaul…

Senior Israeli army Staff officers said Wednesday called the Israeli defense minister Shaul Mofaz’s decision to replace both the army Chief of Staff Moshe Ya’alon and Shin Bet security service…

The Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told reporters of international news agencies working in Israel, ‘The settlement blocs resided by Jews will be part of the Jewish State in the…

The Israeli police released 33 out of 50 Israeli protestors, who were arrested on Tuesday during a violent anti-disengagement in Jerusalem. {mosimage}The Israeli police said that the protestors also caused…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon decided not to give his Chief of Staff Moshe Ya’alon a fourth year in service, an Israeli military official stated on Tuesday. Ya’alon will complete…

Head of the Gush Atzion settlement council, Shaul Goldstein said that he suggested to the Israeli minister of housing, Yitzhak Herzog, to approve a plan to erect a new settlement…

Israeli Shinui party signaled to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon willingness to support the 2005 state budget in exchange to forming a secular Likud-Labor-Shinui government. {mosimage}With no progress achieved in…

Israeli cabinet is called to approve both the planned evacuation of some settlements and the route of the southern section of the separation on Sunday. {mosimage}A move hat Israeli Prime…

“The Palestinians will be judged by their actions, not by their words,” Ariel Sharon declared at Sharm-al-Sheikh, does this apply to him, too?” Gush Shalom. {mosimage}The Israeli peace bloc, Gush…

Israeli vice Premier Shimon Peres is to meet with ultra orthodox Shas party spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef on Sunday evening, in an effort to convince him to join the…

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon repeated his rejection to hold a national referendum on the disengagement plan, and angrily told Likud members that he will not give in to “threats…

An Israel army officer said Friday that settlers attempted to run him down with a car overnight near the West Bank settlement of Itamar in the Nablus area. {mosimage}The officer…

The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI) has asked the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to rescind naming Yuval Diskin as chief of the Public Security Service (Shin Bet)…

Israeli Attorney General Menachem Mazuz said Friday that he views harassment and violence towards elected officials and security personnel as a grave matter. {mosimage}Mazuz publicized his position one day after…

An Israeli military source claimed on Thursday afternoon that soldiers arrested a Palestinian resident who was planning a suicide bus bombing in the French Hill in Jerusalem. {mosimage}The source said…

Ultra-orthodox Shas party leader Eli Yishai expressed Wednesday impatience with coalition negotiations, warning that Shas might call over talks with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s representatives. ‘If no clear answers…