New York Times | A Call to Prayer, or Noise Pollution? Israel Targets Mosque Loudspeakers New York Times Al-Omeri mosque in Lod, Israel, a city of Arabs and Jews. A proposal backed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would authorize the government to ban the use of loudspeakers by mosques and other houses of worship across the country. Credit Rina ... Israel Seeks to Muffle Muslim Call to Prayer Jordan against Israeli mosque noise bill: 'False and insignificant' Turkey's top cleric criticizes Israel's anti-Adhan bill |
Wall Street Journal | Israel's Parliament Gives Preliminary Approval to Pro-Settlement Bill Wall Street Journal Israel's parliament gave preliminary approval to a bill that would legalize settlements on Palestinian land in the West Bank, a legislative victory welcomed by Jewish settlers and conservative lawmakers emboldened by Donald Trump's U.S. election victory. Candidate Trump's embrace of Israeli policies may ease once he's president Israel's Hard-Liners Are Emboldened by Donald Trump's Win Israel backs draft bill to legalise settlements |
Sun Sentinel | Israel 'using Indian tax money to oppress' Palestinians Aljazeera.com A group of Indian activists has denounced Israel's "undemocratic and exclusionary regime of apartheid" towards Palestine, as India welcomed Israeli President Reuven Rivlin for a weeklong state visit. "India's economic linkage with Israel, channels our ... INTERNATIONAL: India calls for broadening of defense ties with Israel India-Israel ties |
The Intercept | Steve Bannon Made Breitbart a Space for Pro-Israel Writers and Anti-Semitic Readers The Intercept The testimony came from pro-Israel ideologues, who freely hurl accusations of anti-Semitism at rights activists and journalists for reporting, accurately, on abuses by the Israeli government. They are less willing, it seems, to pay much attention to ... Israel's Muezzin Bill seeks 'Judaisation of Jerusalem' Will a Trump Presidency Give Israel a Long-sought Excuse to Ditch non-Orthodox Jews? Pro-Israel groups avoid denouncing Bannon |
NPR | Women's Rights Become A Battleground For Israel's Ultra-Orthodox Jews NPR In recent years, Israel's ultra-Orthodox have lobbied to omit women's faces from advertisements on the side of Jerusalem buses that circulate in religious areas. During recent Jewish holidays, signs appeared in a religious neighborhood of Jerusalem ... |
WND.com | BETWEEN THE LINES WND.com Joseph Farah is founder, editor and chief executive officer of WND. He is the author or co-author of 13 books that have sold more than 5 million copies, including his latest, "The Restitution of All Things: Israel, Christians, and the End of the Age ... Jewish and Arab Fertility Rates Equal for the First Time in Israeli History Jewish, Arab fertility rates in Israel on par for first time |
Jerusalem Post Israel News | Herzog: UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn must come to Israel Jerusalem Post Israel News British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn must visit Israel following multiple incidents of antisemitism in his party, opposition leader Isaac Herzog said on Wednesday, amid a visit by members of Parliament from the party to Israel and the Palestinian Authority. |
Israel-Bashing Profs At UC Berkeley Play Victim Daily Caller Are University of California academics who engage in anti-Israel activism subject to “silencing”? Such were the strident cries on October 27, when about one hundred students gathered on a cloudy morning outside of Sproul Hall at the University of ... |
Jerusalem Post Israel News | Turkey taps new ambassador to Israel, closing in on full renewal of ties Jerusalem Post Israel News A day after the Foreign Ministry's appointments committee named Eitan Na'eh as ambassador to Ankara, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reciprocated, announcing that Kemal Okem will be Turkey's next ambassador to Israel. Okem is a foreign policy adviser ... Israel's new man in Ankara could be in for bumpy ride Israel nominates new envoy to Turkey Turkey appoints ambassador to Israel |
Al-Monitor | US Asks Israel for Clarifications on Drone Minister Gifted to Russia Haaretz The “drone affair” has caused Israel significant diplomatic embarrassment with the Americans, the official said. U.S. embassy diplomats have asked for details of the gift from the defense ministry, the foreign ministry and the national security agency ... Israeli minister's gift gaffe leads to awkward standoff with Russians |