The Finance Committee of the Israel’s Parliament, the Knesset, has approved a decision for the family of former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to pay half of his medical care...

Thousands of Palestinians in Israel demonstrated in the northern city of Nazareth demanding the immediate release of Sheikh Raed Salah, who is detained, without charge, in a British high...

In a startling statement, the chairman of the Israeli Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee has threatened to assassinate the head of the political bureau of Hamas. Shaul Mofaz,...

An opinion poll conducted by an Israeli public opinion institute has revealed that the Israeli youth is now more racist and right-wing than in previous years and is far...

The leader of the Arab parliamentary bloc in the Israeli Knesset, Dr Jamal Zahalka, has described the proposed law to make the “declaration of loyalty to Israel as a...

An Arab member of the Israeli Knesset (parliament) has warned that Palestinian recognition of Israel as a “Jewish state” would mean dropping the refugees’ Right of Return from negotiations...

MEMO EXCLUSIVELast week, the Bedouin village of al-Arakib in the Negev was completely razed during a brutal surprise dawn raid by Israel Land Administration workers supported by thousands of...

Mohammad Baraka, an Arab member of the Israeli Knesset, has described Prime Minister Netanyahu’s demand for the “recognition of Israel as a Jewish state” as tragic and crude and...

Israel’s interior minister, Eli Yishai, called for Palestinian member of the Israeli Knesset, Haneen Zoubi, to be indicted for her participation in the campaign to break the Israeli imposed...

The General Authority of the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, ratified yesterday by a majority of votes, a decision to strip the Arab MK, Haneen Zoubi of some of her...

The General Administrative Authority of the Knesset (Israel’s parliament) has been discussing a recommendation by a parliamentary committee to withdraw MP’s rights from Arab member Haneen Zoubi. The recommendation...

A senior member of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has denied reports that preparations are being made in Washington for a meeting between the organisation and Israeli members of parliament. Ibrahim...

A Palestinian member of the Israeli Knesset, Jamal Zahalka MK, has warned the Israeli authorities about their plans to tamper with a cemetery in Balad al-Sheikh near the city...

Israel’s Hebrew-language Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper said yesterday that the country’s parliament, the Knesset, is to look into an unprecedented proposal submitted by extreme right-wing parliamentarian Danny Danon. The Likud...

A study conducted by Al-Aqsa Foundation for Endowment and Heritage in Israel has revealed that Al-Aqsa Mosque and its surrounding area has been subjected to around 100 attacks and...

On Friday, Aryeh Eldad, head of the new Israeli far-right political party, Power to Israel, claimed that Jews entering the “Temple Mount” (Al-Aqsa Mosque) face “unbearable treatment”. Eldad, who...

An extreme right-wing member of the Israeli Knesset (MK) has called for Jews to storm the Noble Sanctuary of Al-Aqsa this week to perform religious rituals for Passover, which...

The Russell Tribunal on Palestine (RToP) demanded on Sunday that the ICC investigate crimes against humanity being committed by Israel in the Palestinian occupied territories. The Russell Tribunal on...

Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat threatened on Thursday to suspend negotiations with the Israeli occupation if the latter continued targeting Palestinians and promoting settlement activities. During his visit to...

Israeli media sources have reported that steps are being taken toward holding a right-wing Israeli conference to address the issue of changing Jordan into a nation-state for the Palestinian...

Amir Peretz, Member of the Israeli Knesset, has evaded arrest in the UK, after activists managed to secure an arrest warrant for suspected war crimes committed in the 2006...

Sheikh Raed Salah, the most prominent Palestinian political leader in Israel was arrested in London on 28 June at the request of the Home Secretary Theresa May. After his...

Turkey’s Foreign Minister has announced that his country has expelled the Israeli ambassador to Ankara. Making the announcement following the leaked publication of the UN Palmer Report into Israel’s...

Foreign Secretary William Hague has spoken after proposals in the Israeli Knesset to pass legislation that would restrict foreign funding to Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs). Speaking today the Foreign Secretary...

May 8 2012 In my blog entry in October 2011 I commented on the decision of the British government to issue a banning order against Sheikh Raed Salah, the...

By Omar Radwan On Wednesday 28th July, a unique event will take place at the House of Commons.  Three Arab members of the Israeli Knesset, Jamal Zahalka, Haneen al-Zoabi,...

A new study published by Arnon Sofer, who is considered to be one of the foremost Israeli researchers in the field of demographics, has stirred up controversy among Israeli...

Israel’s Knesset (parliament) is set to discuss a number of bills in its winter session which Palestinians regard as racist, continuing a policy of “unprecedented racist legislation in 1948...

The Israeli Supreme Court has rejected petitions submitted by human rights organisations seeking a cancellation of the amendments to the Citizenship Act which will prevent the reunification of Palestinian...

Successive Israeli governments have not hesitated to manipulate the international community in order to evade their legal, political and ethical responsibilities towards the people they expelled from historic Palestine...

The Israeli Knesset (parliament) has started its latest session full of racism and hatred. It is scheduled to discuss a number of laws devoted to the country’s supposed “Jewish...