Israeli Supreme Court hears first challenge to Netanyahu’s divisive judicial overhaul

Isabel DeBre AP  /  September 12, 2023 JERUSALEM – Israel’s Supreme Court heard the first challenge Tuesday to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s contentious judicial overhaul, deepening a...

UK’s James Cleverly lauds Israeli democracy in wake of fierce anti-government protests

Thomas Helm The National  /  September 12, 2023 Britain's Foreign Secretary will visit Palestine on Tuesday. Britain’s Foreign Secretary hailed Israeli democracy during a meeting with Prime...

Protests in Israel as Supreme Court hears challenge to judicial curbs

Bethan McKernan The Guardian  /  September 12, 2023 Striking down of ‘reasonableness’ clause abolishing ability to overrule government could trigger constitutional crisis. Israel’s Supreme Court justices have...

Netanyahu: No one can stop the judicial reform bill

Middle East Monitor  /  September 12, 2023 The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said today that he will not allow anyone to prevent...

Major German bank recommends not buying Israel currency

Middle East Monitor  /  September 11, 2023 Deutsche Bank, a major bank in Germany, has recommended not buying the Israeli shekel due to the dramatic...

Democratic mega-donor Haim Saban calls Bernie Sanders a ‘self-hating Jew’ over criticisms of Israel

Michael Arria Mondoweiss  /  September 11, 2023 In a recent interview billionaire and Democratic mega-donor Haim Saban said that Bernie Sanders was a "self-hating Jew" and...

The Oslo trap: How the PLO signed its own death warrant

Raef Zreik +972 Magazine  /  September 11, 2023 From asymmetrical concessions to renouncing armed struggle, the fate of the Palestinians was sealed before Arafat and Rabin...

Israel and its occupation exact a high price from Palestinians

Michael Jansen Informed Comment  /  September 11, 2023 Last week, the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People called for...

British Foreign Secretary visits Israel to highlight close ties at precarious time for the...

AP  /  September 11, 2023 JERUSALEM – The British Foreign Secretary, James Cleverly, arrived in Israel on Monday for a three-day visit to a country...

Israel’s unprecedented collapse creates an opportunity for Palestinians

Ramzy Baroud Arab News  /  September 18, 2023 From its very onset, Israel constructed a brand for itself — a powerful gimmick that was predicated on...