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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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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the formation of a legal panel to examine ways to legalise settlement-outposts in the Occupied West Bank and Jerusalem. Media reports in...
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Israel's parliament, the Knesset, has approved a bill dubbed the "Boycott Ban", which outlaws boycotting, or calling for boycotts against, Israel and Israel's illegal settlements. The bill was passed...
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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 Speaker of the Knesset (Israel's parliament) has called upon the international community to put pressure on the Palestinian Authority to dismantle and close all of the Palestinian refugee...
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Sources in Israel have claimed that anger is spreading within the Likud Party following the Prime Minister's declaration of the electoral alliance between his party and Yisrael Beiteinu, the...
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Here we go again! Evet Lvovich Lieberman, the Moldavian who became Avigdor Lieberman when in 1978 his religion qualified him uniquely for instantaneous Israeli citizenship, is demanding the removal...
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The split in Israel's ruling coalition which saw the Kadima Party leave government was sought after by the Prime Minister, it has been disclosed. Benjamin Netanyahu wanted to be...
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Mustafa Barghouthi MP, the secretary general of the Palestinian National Initiative movement, has described peace with the "settlers' government" of Benjamin Netanyahu as a "pipe dream". The solution, insists...
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The Knesset (Israeli parliament) has passed a law offering tax breaks on donations to NGOs which encourage illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank. The new law was endorsed...
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Israel's Knesset (parliament) is due to hold a special session on Wednesday to discuss a bill which would authorise Jewish settlers to build on private Palestinian land, especially in...
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Lawyer Shaul Mofaz has defeated his rival Tzipi Livni in the election for the leadership of Israel's opposition Kadima Party. His victory was announced on Wednesday morning. The final...
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Media sources in Israel have revealed that the Israeli Transport Minister and Railway Authority have prepared a blueprint for the extension of the country's railway network to service the...
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A Jerusalem-based organisation has uncovered a plan by Jewish groups to storm Al-Aqsa Mosque as a prelude to building "the Temple" on the mosque's ruins. In a press statement,...
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The latest opinion poll in Israel suggests that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party will lose five seats to new party "Jewish Home", Haaretz newspaper said on Wednesday. The...
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted on Wednesday that he will not allow former Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni to have any foreign affairs role in a prospective government under...
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The right-wing electoral coalition of Likud and Yisrael Beiteinu is predicted to lose 10 seats in the forthcoming Israeli election, a television poll suggests. The results of the poll...
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The Israeli Maariv newspaper has reported that four prominent Likud Party candidates are demanding the imposition of Israeli sovereignty over the occupied West Bank. The demands were made in...
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The Speaker of the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, has said that the status of Jerusalem is "not negotiable". Speaking about settlement construction in Jerusalem, Reuven Rivlin asserted that Israel...
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Israel's Attorney General, Yehuda Weinstein, has issued his legal opinion on the proposal to disqualify Knesset member (MK) Hanin Zoabi and prevent her from standing in the forthcoming election....
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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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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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Israeli Likud leaders are calling for a conference to be held aimed at foiling peace talks with the Palestinian Authority, an Israeli Hebrew newspaper reported on Wednesday. The majority...
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Israel's housing minister, Uri Ariel, has claimed that the state's borders "extend from the Jordan River to the western border", which is, of course, the Mediterranean Sea. He told...
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Members of the majority Likud Party in Israel have threatened to topple Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition government if he cedes control of any of the West Bank to the Palestinians...
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The Israeli government is expected to vote today for the re-appointment of Avigdor Lieberman as Foreign Minister. The move follows a court decision which acquitted Lieberman of corruption charges...
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Deputy Israeli Defence Minister Danny Danon ruled out the possibility of a Palestinian presence in the occupied Jordan Valley, Israeli media reported on Wednesday. Danon, who is a member...
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At dawn on Tuesday, Israeli occupation forces raided a number of neighbourhoods in the city of Hebron using armoured vehicles. The incident is the first of its kind to...
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A Likud party convention taking place on Wednesday evening will vote on a proposal to dissolve the union of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party and Yisrael Beiteinu, the...
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The Speaker of Israel's parliament, the Knesset, has described President Barack Obama's nominee as Defence Secretary as a "source of concern" to Israel. Reuven Rivlin said that Chuck Hagel's...
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January 25, 2014
Heidi-Jane Esakov
Israeli Knesset member Danny Danon of the ruling Likud Party, who is chairperson of a xenophobic organisation called Deportation Now, recently spoke at a rally inciting the xenophobic riots...
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January 25, 2014
Saleh Naami
Israel is possibly the only country in the world where the religious right has taken the initiative to infiltrate secular political parties in an apparent effort to increase their...