RT | Israel under fire after confirming it wants to seize farming land in West Bank RT COGAT, a unit of Israel's Defense Ministry, said the decision to appropriate the territory has been already made by the government. “The lands are in the final stages of being declared state lands,” the email sent Thursday to Reuters reads. The part of ... Israel Evicts 80 Settlers from West Bank Buildings Israel evicts settlers from disputed West Bank homes Israel Confirms Plan to Seize West Bank Land |
The New Yorker | The EU vs. BDS: the Politics of Israel Sanctions The New Yorker The E.U. labelling requirement, which would apply to little more than one percent of the fourteen billion dollars in goods and services Israel exports to the E.U., is a practical matter, since settlement products were never subject to a free-trade ... British Doctors Accuse Israel of “Medical Torture” British doctors seek to expel Israel from World Medical Association EU shuts down pro-Israel congressional hawks |
New York Times | Arrest of Leftist Israeli Activist Underlines Political Split New York Times JERUSALEM — Ezra Nawi, an Israeli Jewish plumber, has a long history as a left-wing activist helping Palestinians in their struggle against Israel's occupation of the West Bank. Now he is under arrest in Israel, after a right-wing activist ... Anti-leftist Sentiments Must Not Be Allowed to Affect Israel's Justice System Arrests signal intensifying crackdown on Israeli human rights groups |
Daily Beast | The Arab Gangsters of Israel Daily Beast Violent crime is endemic throughout the Arab sector in Israel, where police estimate that close to half a million illegal guns are in circulation. Since 2000, more than 1,000 people have been killed in Israel's Arab sector, including women murdered in ... Building the Future in Israel What Israel's startup scene can teach the world The Israeli City Where Coexistence Is Alive and Kicking |
Middle East Eye | Israel requests extradition of Palestinian from Bulgaria Middle East Eye However, Zayed's lawyer, Omar Muslah, said that this is a political case and therefore Israel cannot request his extradition based on the convention that applies only to criminal cases. Zayed was a member of the People's Front for the Liberation of ... |
Jerusalem Post Israel News | Obama to speak at Israel embassy event honoring Righteous Gentiles Jerusalem Post Israel News According to Israel's ambassador, Ron Dermer, this will be the first time that Yad Vashem will stage an event honoring the Righteous Among the Nations in the United States. US President Barack Obama walks with Rabbi Israel Meir Lau at Yad Vashem. Obama to Make Rare Appearance at Israeli Embassy for Holocaust Ceremony Obama to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day at Israeli embassy |
TIME | An American Describes How His Israel Dream Turned to Nightmare TIME Jay Engelmeyer detailed his experience with the Israel Police in a Times of Israel op-ed. He describes how police raided Engelmeyer's home, roughing up Engelmeyer, his wife and four children in a search for drugs—which the American says they found ... |
The Guardian | Anonymous messaging app Blindspot heavily criticised in Israel The Guardian The app has been downloaded half a million times since its launch, and is being heavily advertised in Israel with billboards showing a smiley face with an eye patch. Members of the country's parliament, television pundits and young Israelis have joined ... Anonymous messaging app stirs controversy in Israel |
Jerusalem Post Israel News | Diplomacy: Differentiating between Israel and the territories Jerusalem Post Israel News For the time being efforts inside the EU to firmly "differentiate" between Israel and the West Bank failed because Israel leveraged differences between the European bloc and its member states. BENJAMIN NETANYAHU gestures as he delivers a joint ... |
Jerusalem Post Israel News | Hezbollah leader Nasrallah's son taunts Israel on Twitter with smileys Jerusalem Post Israel News Za'alul, the alleged field commander of the cell, spent time in Israeli prison between 2001 and 2005 for security offenses, while another member of the cell, Rabah Lavadi, 28, from Tulkarm, spent 2002- 2007 and 2008-2011 behind bars for security offenses. |