Israel's parliament has passed a law that enables authorities to withdraw citizenship and residency of Palestinians who have been imprisoned for “acts of terror” recognized by the Israeli government and receive financial aid from the Palestinian Authority. The law also allows deportation of Palestinians to occupied territories. Palestinians with Israeli...
Israeli Tech Workers Strike Over Fears of Dictatorship
Israeli tech workers went on strike on Tuesday in Tel Aviv to protest a government plan to strip the judiciary of its key powers. The workers, among the best-paid in Israel, carried Israeli flags and signs that read “No democracy, no high-tech” and “No freedom, no high-tech.” They said they...
Jordan Protests to Israel After Envoy Blocked From Holy Site
JERUSALEM — Jordan summoned the Israeli ambassador to Amman on Tuesday to protest a move by Israeli police to block the Jordanian envoy from entering a volatile holy site in Jerusalem. The incident quickly escalated tensions between the neighbors and reflected the heightened sensitivity around the sacred compound under Israel’s...
Will US Embassy in Jerusalem Be Built on Seized Palestinian Property?
The Biden administration is continuing the previous administration's decision to recognize Israel's claims to Jerusalem as its capital, a break from nearly 70 years of U.S. policy. The State Department is moving forward with plans to build an embassy in Jerusalem on land that was taken by Israel from Palestinian...
Israel’s New Government Unveils Plan to Weaken Supreme Court
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s justice minister on Wednesday unveiled the new government’s long-promised overhaul of the judicial system that aims to weaken the country's Supreme Court. Critics accused the government of declaring war against the legal system, saying the plan will upend Israel's system of checks and...
Israeli Army Kills 2 Palestinians in West Bank Confrontation
Israeli forces killed two Palestinians, including a man claimed by an armed group as a member, during a confrontation that erupted early Monday when troops entered a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian health officials said. The two men were killed in the village of Kafr Dan near...
Israel Swears in Netanyahu as PM of Hard-Line Government
Benjamin Netanyahu was sworn into office Thursday, taking the helm of the most right-wing and religiously conservative government in Israel’s history and vowing to enact policies that could cause domestic and regional turmoil and alienate the country’s closest allies. Netanyahu took the oath of office moments after parliament passed a...
Netanyahu Government: West Bank Settlements Top Priority
Benjamin Netanyahu’s incoming hard-line Israeli government put West Bank settlement expansion at the top of its priority list on Wednesday, vowing to legalize dozens of illegally built outposts and annex the occupied territory as part of its coalition deal with ultranationalist allies. The coalition agreements, released a day before the...
Palestinian Teen Returns Home, Recaps Details of His Experience in an Israeli Jail
A 16-year-old Palestinian boy recently returned home after 41 days in an Israeli jail, just in time to help his parents decorate before Christmas. According to reporters, Shadi Khoury was arrested the police beat him after he refused to undress in their presence. After that, they forcibly dragged him, bound...
Israeli Doctors Reject Netanyahu Allies’ Anti-LGBTQ Remarks
Israel’s largest medical center and health care workers from hospitals around the country have spoken out against remarks by allies of Benjamin Netanyahu calling for a law to allow discrimination against LGBTQ people in hospitals and businesses. It was part of a broader blowback against remarks made this week by...