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Almost 53 years after it occupied the West Bank, Israel is closer than ever to annexing parts of the Palestinian territory. Article 39 of the coalition deal signed between Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu‘s Likud party and Benny Gantz‘s Blue and White allows the premier – in coordination with the White…

Thank you, Mr President. Thank you also to SRSG Mladenov for his briefing. I would like to begin by welcoming the swearing in of the new Israeli Government. The United Kingdom looks forward to working with this government on a whole range of bilateral and regional issues, not least peace…

UPDATE: Amiram Ben-Uliel was convicted on May 18, 2020 of murdering three members of the Dawabsheh family Amiram Ben-Uliel, who was charged Sunday with three counts of murder in connection with last July’s arson attack in Duma, was a familiar figure in the West Bank. Until now, though, he had never…

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As the Beatles once put it, “I read the news today, oh boy…” One might argue that the “oh boy” has been part and parcel of one’s morning media review ever since 9/11, but depending on one’s own inclinations, the daily content might well be considered particularly depressing over the…

Two days ago, an interview appeared with US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, in the Sheldon Adelson-funded daily freebee Israel Hayom, a Netanyahu propaganda outlet also known in Hebrew as the “Bibiton” (“Bibi” for Benjamin, “iton” meaning paper in Hebrew). The interview is a huge wink-wink to Israel to go…

Daniel Pipes, a long-time anti-Palestinian and Islamophobic activist, voiced his hatred in Thursday’s New York Times. Ron Bull ZUMA PressThe New York Times ran an op-ed Thursday by Daniel Pipes, one of the leading inciters of anti-Muslim hatred in the United States and a notorious anti-Palestinian demagogue. What else is…

Focusing on the COVID-19 pandemic as it impacts Israel/Palestine provides us with a unique case study of the realities of health care and public health in a racialized and unequal society. Israel reported its first case of the coronavirus on February 21, a woman returning from a cruise.* In the…

Home   >   Israel News Shunning the authority of the local municipality over the Tomb of the Patriarchs, Bennett approves structural changes to make the compound handicap accessible Defense Minister Naftali Bennett approved structural changes to make the Tomb of Patriarchs in Hebron accessible to the disabled on Sunday,…

Part 2 of an investigation into how anti-Israel activists have hijacked the coronavirus crisis to use against Israel. In April 2020, we published an in-depth investigation: How Anti-Israel Activists Are Hijacking The Coronavirus Crisis And Turning It Against Israel. Our research demonstrated how proponents of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS)…