Tag: Israel

Israel launches missile attack near Syria’s Damascus (Al Jazeera)

Israel has launched an aerial attack with a number of missiles targeting an area on the outskirts of the Syrian capital of Damascus, Syrian...

Sheikh Jarrah families reject ‘unjust’ deal with Israeli settlers (Al Jazeera)

Palestinians facing forced displacement from a flashpoint neighbourhood in occupied East Jerusalem have rejected a deal that would have seen them accept the temporary...

Netanyahu goes all out in battle against state budget (Ben Caspit, Al Monitor)

Israeli law considers the vote over the state budget as a vote of confidence in the government. Thus, with the 2021-22 budget scheduled to...

Israel demolishes Muslim cemetery near Al Aqsa Mosque to build park (Ahmad Melhem, Al Monitor)

The Israeli police have tightened the siege on the Yusufiya cemetery near Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, while the municipality and the Israeli Nature and...

Bennett meets France’s Macron in Glasgow, discusses spyware flap (Rina Bassist, Al Monitor)

In Glasgow for the COP26 climate summit, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met today with French President Emmanuel Macron. A statement issued by Bennett’s office...

Why is Israel labelling Palestinian rights groups ‘terrorists’? (Zena Al Tahhan, Al Jazeera)

On October 22, Israel designated six prominent civil society and human rights groups in Palestine as “terrorist” organisations. The designation was widely condemned by the international community...

Israel’s room to maneuver in Syrian skies faces new constraints (Lilach Shoval, Al Monitor)

An unnamed Israeli security source told public broadcaster Kan on Oct. 25 that the air force will soon have to decide whether to act against the...

Israel takes security issues to France (Rina Bassist, Al Monitor)

A delegation of 14 senior Israeli figures paid a discreet visit to Paris last week, including former top officials at Israeli security agencies, security...

US slams Israel’s planned settlement expansion (Al Monitor)

US State Department spokesperson Ned Price said Tuesday that Washington opposes a plan by Israel’s government to expand settlements in the occupied Palestinian West...

Sudan coup puts normalization with Israel in jeopardy (Rina Bassist, Al Monitor)

France, the United States, the African Union and other international bodies all strongly reacted to the news from Sudan about a military coup. Israel,...

Israel approves about 3,000 settler homes in occupied West Bank (Al Jazeera)

Palestinians have condemned Israel’s approval of about 3,000 new settler homes in the occupied West Bank. An Israeli defence official said a planning forum of...

Israel, UAE send signal to Iran during Israeli air force drill (Ben Caspit, Al Monitor)

The Israeli air force (IAF) conducted its fifth Blue Flag drill this month, with for the first time the participation of squadrons and fighter pilots from...

US questions Israel designation of Palestinian NGO’s as terrorist groups (Rina Bassist, Al Monitor)

An envoy from the Shin Bet and Israel’s Foreign Ministry will leave for Washington this week, in an attempt to appease tensions with the...

In Dubai, Israel sees normalization as bridge to business in India, Japan (Danny Zaken, Al Monitor)

Ever since the signing of the Abraham Accords, Israel, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain have been promoting joint business ventures, but there is...

Turkey’s spy-bust bombshell unlikely to further worsen ties with Israel (Fehim Tastekin, Al Monitor)

Amid an ongoing quest for normalization with Israel, Turkey last week dropped a bombshell about busting a Mossad spy ring, comprised of Arabs, including...

Iran responds to reports of Israel’s $1.5 billion ‘strike fund’ (Al Monitor)

Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, responded to reports that Israel has proposed $1.5 billion to carry out strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities. In...