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Archaeological sites across the West Bank should be included in the Israeli government's plan to rehabilitate "Israeli heritage sites" according to two members of the Israel parliament. MKs Zeev...
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In a letter to the Minister of Security Jewish extremists called for the removal of Arab parliamentarian, Said Nafa, of the National Democratic Alliance from the Israeli Knesset and...
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The Arab League has condemned the attacks by Israeli settlers on mosques in Occupied Palestine, the latest of which was an attack on Al Noor Al Kabir Mosque in...
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The speaker of the Knesset (Israel's parliament) has disqualified a bill submitted by Arab Member of Knesset, Ahmed Al Tibi, proposing that state funding be revoked from NGOs denying...
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The Israeli government has approved the formation of a committee to "Judaise" the names of Palestinian towns and historical sites. According to one Arab member of the Knesset (parliament),...
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Israel's Parliament, the Knesset, has passed a law that will make it easier to revoke the citizenship of its Palestinian citizens, primarily on the grounds of them committing serious...
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Israel's parliament, the Knesset, is looking at a draft bill which proposes the abolition of Arabic as an official language in the Zionist state. This would require the repeal...
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Israel's parliament has passed the first reading of a bill which will allow the government to impose fines or sanctions on individuals, groups or states which take part in...
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The Palestinian Authority has said that the latest law to be approved by the Israeli parliament sounds the death knell of the peace process. The Knesset has approved a...
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The Arab League has condemned the Israeli government's approval of its draft citizenship bill, calling it a racist policy. Israel's citizenship bill, if passed into law by the Knesset...
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A member of the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, has condemned as "unethical and inhumane" the methods used by Israeli soldiers to investigate Palestinians, particularly children. Dr. Afu Agbaria MK...
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A member of Israel's parliament, the Knesset, has claimed that the latest Gaza-bound aid ship that set sail from Greece over the weekend is definitely heading for the beleaguered...
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A parliamentary bill has been submitted for consideration by Israel's Ministerial Committee on Legislation which, if approved, would give the Knesset control over settlement freezes. At the moment, such...
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An Israeli economics magazine said on Sunday that the financial repercussions of Israel's "Operation Pillar of Cloud" are such that the deficit in the government's 2013 budget has been...
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Israel's parliament, the Knesset, is discussing a bill submitted by right-winger Aryeh Eldad to split Al-Aqsa Mosque for use by both Muslims and Jews. A similar arrangement has been...
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The Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (ISESCO) has called on its member states and the international community to take action following a threat to "move" Al-Aqsa Mosque and...
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Former Israeli Defence Minister, Moshe Arens, has recommended that Israel destroy the West Bank Wall (Separation Wall) as it does nothing to protect Israel's security, but harms it on...
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Israeli Economics and Trade Minister, Naftali Bennett, supported by Finance Minister, Yair Lapid, has suggested a draft law that obliges the government to put any political agreements with the...
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The Director-general of the Israeli "Religious Affairs Ministry" announced during a session in the Knesset that the ministry is seeking to review a law that will allow Jews to...
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The Israeli central court in Beersheba has compelled two men from the Alsid village to demolish their own homes before they were demolished by bulldozers and fined them large...
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According to the Jerusalem Newspaper on May 23, 2013, the website for Israel's Seventh Channel television station said that on Wednesday afternoon, the Knesset has approved the first reading...
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Israeli officials are making Israeli security an excuse not to reopen peace negotiations with the Palestinians, Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni claimed on Monday. Livni, who is in charge...
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Israel's Likud Party, headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has proposed a basic law with constitutional status which, if passed by the Knesset, would lead to the annexation of...
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The Yesh Atid Party in Israel has said that the coalition government is in danger following a freeze in the debate over the recruitment of religious students into the...
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The chief of Israel's secret service (Shabak), Yoram Cohen, has expressed his pessimism about the latest US moves aimed at reviving Palestinian-Israeli negotiations, Israeli radio reported on Tuesday. Cohen...
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Jordan's House of Representatives has condemned the Israeli parliament's approval of the Prawer-Begin Plan which allows for the confiscation of land and displacement of the indigenous population in the...
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The Ministerial Committee for Legislative Affairs in Israel has ratified a new law relating to the "rights of servants of the state". The proposed legislation will give demobilised soldiers...
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The head of Israel's National Democratic Alliance has called for the regional director of the Education Ministry's northern branch to be sacked after she banned the use of Arabic...
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The Knesset, Israel's parliament, has approved a "racist" bill which will lead to the eviction of "illegal" Palestinian Bedouin communities from the Negev Desert occupied in 1948 by Israel,...
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Reports in the Israeli media suggest that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "has no control" over Likud, the party that he is supposed to lead. The daily Yedioth Ahronoth has...
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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said on Thursday that she regrets that Israel "continues to actively pursue a discriminatory policy of forced displacement against Arab citizens."...
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The parliamentary bloc for the National Democratic Rally has asked the legal advisor to the Israeli government to launch an investigation into comments made by right-wing politician and Minister...
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