NBCNews.com | Israel the Latest Middle Eastern Nation to Ban Qatar's Al-Jazeera NBCNews.com JERUSALEM — Israel said Sunday it plans to ban Qatar's flagship Al-Jazeera network from operating in the country over allegations it incites violence, joining Arab nations that have shut down the broadcaster amid a separate political dispute. The news ... Israel moves to close Al Jazeera, ban its journalists Israeli government moves to impose ban on al-Jazeera news network Israeli's decision to block Al Jazeera condemned as 'full frontal attack' on press freedom |
The Independent | Israel has stripped citizenship from an Arab Israeli for the first time ever The Independent Israel has stripped an Arab Israeli man of citizenship, claiming he "removed himself from society" by launching a car-and-knife rampage that left four people injured last year. Activists claim the ruling, believed to be a legal first, will leave Alaa ... In first, court revokes citizenship of Arab Israeli car-ramming attacker Setting Precedent, Israeli Court Approves Revoking Citizenship of Convicted Terrorist Israeli court rules to revoke citizenship of convicted terrorist |
Washington Post | Trapped between Israel and Hamas, Gaza's wasted generation is going nowhere Washington Post Most young people in Gaza have not been out, either through Israel, which is almost impossible, or through the Rafah crossing into Egypt, which has been mostly closed for the past four years. Electricity service is down to four hours a day. The young ... |
Aljazeera.com | Can Israel transfer its Palestinian population? Aljazeera.com Palestinian politicians and rights groups have condemned a proposal by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to transfer some Arab-populated villages to the Palestinian Authority's control and strip residents of their citizenship. The plan, which ... Israel's Netanyahu looks to exude calm in face of charges Netanyahu angry Likud ministers slow to back him Harow 'incriminates' Netanyahu in corruption case – TV report |
Haaretz | Israel offers asylum to Iranian journalist in Turkey Jewish Telegraphic Agency JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel has offered asylum to an Iranian journalist who has been working for an Israeli news website from Turkey. Turkey recently informed journalist Neda Amin, who writes for the Times of Israel news website, that she would be ... Israel offers to take Iranian blogger from Turkey Israel Allows Entry to Iranian Journalist Fleeing Persecution Israel Offers Asylum to Iranian Blogger |
Haaretz | Palestinian Officials: Israel Peace Talks Are a Nonstarter While Netanyahu Faces Criminal Charges Haaretz Associates of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas recalled the atmosphere that prevailed when Ehud Olmert had to resign as premier, and the messages conveyed at the time by senior Israeli and American officials were that no progress could be made ... |
The Times of Israel | NGO says Israel banning Gazans from traveling with laptops The Times of Israel In a rare move, the Haifa Magistrate's Court strips the citizenship of an Arab Israeli who carried out a car-ramming and stabbing attack in 2015. Alaa Raed Ahmad Ziwad, 20, was indicted on terrorism charges later in 2015 for the attack, in which he ... Rights group: Israel bans Gazans from traveling with laptops |
Newsweek | Roman Home of Jesus's Disciples Discovered in Israel Newsweek Archeologists digging in modern-day Israel believe they have found the settlement where three of Jesus's apostles made their homes. The remains of a settlement discovered by the sea of Galilee in the Bethsaida Valley Nature Reserve is thought to be the ... |
Jewish Telegraphic Agency | Israeli man seriously wounded in supermarket attack regains consciousness Jewish Telegraphic Agency JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israeli man who was seriously wounded in a stabbing attack by a Palestinian assailant at a supermarket in central Israel regained consciousness, days after the attack. Niv Nehemiah, 42, regained consciousness and was improving, ... |
Haaretz | Death Penalty in Israel Will Bring Occupation to the Center of World Attention Haaretz Two people have been executed in Israel. One was a Jerusalem engineer by the name of Meir Tobianski, who was shot to death in the first days of independence. He was accused of passing on secret information to the British, who passed it on to the Arabs. |