Israeli demonstrators hold ‘day of resistance’ as government presses ahead with judicial overhaul Prominent business leaders announced they have come to an agreement to shut down the economy unless a halt is called to the judicial legislationTue Jul 18 2023 - 20:03
Protests over Israeli judicial overhaul involve roadblocks and arrests Knesset approves first reading of Bill scrapping ‘reasonableness’ standard that allows supreme court to overrule government decisionsTue Jul 11 2023 - 20:11
Israel braces as protest movement against judicial overhaul plans unprecedented disruptionProtesters plan to block key highways and junctions as thousands of activists descend on Ben Gurion international airportMon Jul 10 2023 - 19:50
Israeli opposition urges Netanyahu to renew talks on judicial reformOpposition claims government’s judicial overhaul threatens democracy and will radically alter system of checks and balancesThu Jul 06 2023 - 19:48
Jenin residents return to widespread destruction following Israeli incursionAt least 12 Palestinians and one Israeli soldier died in the West Bank operation targeting refugee campWed Jul 05 2023 - 20:13
Nine Israeli casualties in Tel Aviv after car-ramming and stabbing attackIncident comes just hours before Israel ends military operation in West Bank Jenin refugee campTue Jul 04 2023 - 20:00
At least nine Palestinians killed as Israel raids JeninDeaths come in gun battle that followed drone strikes in Jenin refugee campMon Jul 03 2023 - 13:04
Israeli defence minister orders administrative arrests for four Jewish settlersYoav Gallant called for detention over recent attacks against Palestinians in West BankWed Jun 28 2023 - 16:40
‘The Irish legend is coming to Israel’ - but Robbie Keane faces a tough task in Tel AvivFlagship sports programme on Israeli TV clarified that it was not ‘bad boy of Irish football’ Roy Keane arriving, but the ‘good boy’ RobbieTue Jun 27 2023 - 10:40
Israel approves plans to build 5,700 new homes in Jewish settlements in the West BankNetanyahu’s government also authorises residency in three illegal outposts that settlers established without government approvalMon Jun 26 2023 - 19:00
Israeli drone strike kills three militants in West Bank Netanyahu criticises attacks by settlers against PalestiniansThu Jun 22 2023 - 15:45
Matches of Israel national team may be moved due to racist abuse of Arab players Two Arab players in the Israeli side were booed every time they touched the ball in a match in Jerusalem against AndorraTue Jun 20 2023 - 16:40
Killing of four Jewish settlers in West Bank sparks calls for military responseRight-wing government of Binyamin Netanyahu considering military operation in Jenin and Nablus as violence in region escalatesTue Jun 20 2023 - 08:11
Israeli troops kill five Palestinians in West Bank raidCommandos backed by a military helicopter mount assault on JeninMon Jun 19 2023 - 18:32
Israeli opposition parties suspend talks on judicial overhaulChanging the make-up of the Judges Selection panel is a key element of the package of reforms designed to shift power away from the judiciaryWed Jun 14 2023 - 20:53
Netanyahu sought tax breaks that would benefit billionaire, ex-finance minister tells court Yair Lapid, now leader of the opposition, gave testimony in one of three corruption cases involving Israel’s prime ministerMon Jun 12 2023 - 19:00
Netanyahu says diplomacy has failed to stop Iran’s nuclear threatIsraeli prime minister says he will not be bound by US deal with TehranFri Jun 09 2023 - 23:52
Netanyahu to deploy Shin Bet intelligence agency to stem killings in Israeli Arab communitiesFive men in their 20s and 30s were killed when gunmen opened fire at a carwash in the Arab village of Yafa an-Naseriyye in northern IsraelThu Jun 08 2023 - 21:00
Netanyahu promises action after wave of killings in Arab communitiesAt least 91 people have been murdered in Israel’s Arab towns since the start of the yearTue Jun 06 2023 - 17:15
Tens of thousands join Pride parade in JerusalemNetanyahu’s government, made up of right-wing and religious parties, has several openly homophobic membersThu Jun 01 2023 - 18:04
Jewish settler killed by Palestinians in West BankWest Bank has seen a surge of violence since March 2022, with Israel intensifying military raids after a spate of street attacks in its citiesTue May 30 2023 - 18:23
US ‘deeply troubled’ by Israeli return to evacuated West Bank settlement Palestinian foreign ministry condemns move of yeshiva religious seminary in Homesh as part of ‘creeping annexation of West Bank’Mon May 29 2023 - 18:49
Israeli parliament passes controversial budget despite widespread criticismApproval of budget with backing of ultra-Orthodox and right-wing groups represents significant victory for Binyamin Netanyahu’s coalitionWed May 24 2023 - 15:55
Palestinian Authority condemns Israel after its soldiers kill three militants in West Bank refugee campVisit by Israeli far-right national security minister to Temple Mount criticised across Arab and Muslim worldMon May 22 2023 - 19:00
Jerusalem tension mounts in wake of ‘provocative’ Israeli flag march Anti-Arab racist chants directed at Old City Palestinians, many of whom consider flag parade an affrontThu May 18 2023 - 22:17
Massive security operation in place in Jerusalem for march of the flags by nationalistic IsraelisThousands of Jews will march through the Old City to the Western Wall to celebrate Israel’s capture of east Jerusalem from Jordan in the 1967 Six-Day WarWed May 17 2023 - 17:02
Rocket fired from Gaza after Israel and Islamic Jihad agree to ceasefireIsraeli tanks fired at two Hamas positions close to the border in responseSun May 14 2023 - 19:24
Ceasefire hopes fade after exchange of fire between Israel and Gaza militantsRocket fire aimed towards Jerusalem meant as ‘a message’ to Israel, says Islamic JihadFri May 12 2023 - 19:28
Clashes continue between Israel and Islamic Jihad militants in GazaIslamic Jihad military leader and deputy killed in separate pinpoint strikes by Israeli aircraftThu May 11 2023 - 19:56
Egypt brokers fragile ceasefire between Israel and Islamic JihadAt least 10 civilians ant three Palestinian Islamic Jihad commanders killed in Israeli attack on TuesdayWed May 10 2023 - 15:44
Israeli braces for rocket fire after at least 13 killed in airstrikesTwenty are reported wounded following attack on residential areas in Gaza StripTue May 09 2023 - 13:00
Europe Day reception in Tel Aviv cancelled by EU to prevent presence of far-right minister Itamar Ben-Gvir would have been unwelcome as his ‘views contradict the values the EU stands for’Mon May 08 2023 - 20:11
Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian militants who shot three British-IsraelisThree men who died in Nablus city apartment raid were members of HamasThu May 04 2023 - 18:31
Israel and militants in Gaza agreed ceasefire ending day of cross-border fireRight-wing members of Israeli government react angrily over what they see as a lacklustre military response by the Israeli armyWed May 03 2023 - 16:07
Israel and Gaza exchange fire after Palestinian hunger striker dies in prisonHundreds of Gaza residents take to the streets to rally in support of Khader Adnan (45)Tue May 02 2023 - 19:50
Netanyahu thanks demonstrators for demanding judicial overhaul in IsraelDemonstration was in response to mass protests against reform driven by governmentThu Apr 27 2023 - 20:20
Israel’s Independence Day marred by disturbances at cemetriesAt sunset, the mourning turns to exuberance as the country marks Independence DayTue Apr 25 2023 - 19:29
Memorial Day in Israel: Driver shot dead after car ramming injures fiveHamas praises incident as ‘heroic’ as Israel mourns soldiers amid escalating violence and political divisionMon Apr 24 2023 - 19:32
Israel ‘on the edge of the abyss’ as 75th Independence Day approachesAhead of what is usually a national day of pride, there are fears the ‘only democracy in the Middle East’ could be in perilFri Apr 21 2023 - 12:00
Israeli state ceremonies threatened by rising tensionsGovernment plans to overhaul the judiciary may attract protests during Memorial Day and Independence DayWed Apr 19 2023 - 15:04
Palestinian worshippers gather in Jerusalem’s Old City during Ramadan prayers More than 2,000 police were deployed but the prayers passed relatively peacefully with only minor disturbancesFri Apr 14 2023 - 19:00
Catholic leader accuses Israel of making life worse for ChristiansIncidents of violence and vandalism against Christian clergy and sites on the increaseThu Apr 13 2023 - 15:52
Israel-Poland deal on Holocaust school trips condemned as whitewashingEach Israeli school group must now visit one site from a list of 32 recommended sites that stress the Polish narrative of the warTue Apr 11 2023 - 15:45
Israel’s Binyamin Netanyahu in U-turn on dismissal of defence ministerMother of two British-Israeli sisters killed in West Bank shooting dies after spinal surgeryMon Apr 10 2023 - 20:18
Israel launches rocket strikes against Syria Army reinforcements sent into West Bank amid fears security situation spinning out of controlSun Apr 09 2023 - 21:15
Attacks in Tel Aviv and West Bank keep tensions in Israel highTwo sisters die in West Bank drive-by shooting, man opens fire on crowd on Tel Aviv beachfrontFri Apr 07 2023 - 20:35
Dozens of rockets fired from Lebanon hit northern IsraelAttacks come amid escalating tension following Israeli raids on Al-Aqsa mosque in JerusalemThu Apr 06 2023 - 16:47
Israel exchanges fire with Gaza militants after clashes in Al-Aqsa mosqueAt least 350 people were detained as fireworks were thrown when riot police stormed the mosqueWed Apr 05 2023 - 16:54
Netanyahu delays dismissal of defence ministerIsrael prime minister announced dismissal last week after Gallant called for freeze on judicial overhaulMon Apr 03 2023 - 16:06
Man convicted in Israel’s most notorious murder case acquitted after 16 yearsMother of teen murdered in 2006 condemns ‘lies and cover-ups’ and brands district attorney’s office a criminal organisationThu Mar 30 2023 - 18:36
