Israel

Palestinian commission deplores Israel’s persecution of Sheikh Khatib

Friday-26-January-2018

A commission for supporting the Palestinians inside the Green Line has strongly denounced the Israeli security authorities for persisting in persecuting Sheikh Kamal al-Khatib a senior official of the high follow-up committee for Arab citizens of Israel and head of its committee of freedoms prisoners and martyrs.

Knesset on alert over new Palestinian move at PACE

Wednesday-24-January-2018

Walla website on Wednesday said that Israel is making intensive efforts to prevent the passage of a draft resolution against Israel and the United States filed by the Palestinians to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).

Channel 10: Netanyahu and Jordan’s King held a telephone conversation

Sunday-21-January-2018

Israel’s Channel 10 said Saturday that premier Benjamin Netanyahu and Jordan’s King Abdullah II recently held a telephone conversation without providing further details.

Israel: Hezbollah is capable of targeting offshore gas rigs

Thursday-4-January-2018

Senior Israeli army officers have voiced concerns over Hezbollah’s capability to target Israel’s offshore natural gas platforms with missiles during any future confrontation according to different Israeli newspapers.

Unwelcome U.S. Vice President cancels visit to Israel for second time

Tuesday-2-January-2018

The U.S. Vice President Mike Pence who was scheduled to travel to Israel in January is indefinitely postponing his trip once again.

Jordan to earmark over $2 million for gas pipeline from Israel

Sunday-31-December-2017

One and a half million dinars ($2.1 million) of Jordan’s 2018 budget will be earmarked to build a gas pipeline from the country to the supplier in Israel.

UNESCO notified of Israel’s departure from organization

Saturday-30-December-2017

The UNESCO has been formally notified of Israel’s withdrawal from the organization two months after it announced it would follow the US by walking out over resolutions on Palestine.

Israel bribes country ahead of UN vote on Occupied Jerusalem

Friday-29-December-2017

Israel purchased a sewage treatment system for Nauru a tiny island nation in the Pacific Ocean only two weeks before the country voted against a UN General Assembly resolution condemning the US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

Israel says it will leave UNESCO after Christmas holiday

Saturday-23-December-2017

Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu has instructed his envoy to the UNESCO to submit a formal letter announcing Israel’s intent to leave the cultural organization.

Arab citizens of Israel to stage march in Sakhnin in support of J’lem

Thursday-14-December-2017

The High Follow-up Committee for Arab Citizens of Israel has called on all Palestinian citizens to participate in the central march to be organized on Friday afternoon in Sakhnin city in the Lower Galilee.