Tag: Israel

(Israel) Israel to rein in rights groups over use of ‘apartheid state’ (Al Jazeera)

Groups that call Israel an “apartheid state” will be banned from lecturing at schools, Israel’s education minister has said. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/18/israel-moves-to-rein-in-rights-group-over-use-of-term-apartheid

(Israel/Gaza Strip) Israeli fighter jets target Gaza Strip; no casualties reported (Al Jazeera)

Israeli warplanes have targeted the southern Gaza Strip after rockets were fired from the coastal enclave. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/18/israeli-warplanes-target-gaza-strip-no-casualties-reported

(Israel) Ethical concerns raised as Israel to give Pfizer medical data (Al Jazeera)

After sprinting ahead in the race to inoculate its population against the coronavirus, Israel has struck a deal with Pfizer, promising to share vast...

(Israel/Hamas/Gaza Strip) Israel strikes Hamas military targets in Gaza strip in response to rocket launches (TASS)

Israeli war planes struck military positions of the radical Palestinian Hamas movement in the Gaza strip on Monday in response to a launch of...

(Israel/West Bank) Israel authorities approve new West Bank settler homes (Euractiv)

Israel on Sunday (17 January) advanced plans for 780 new settler homes in the occupied West Bank, settlement watchdog Peace Now said, adding the...

(Europe/Israel/Palestine) EU urges Israel to facilitate Palestinian vote (Euractiv)

The European Union on Saturday (16 January) welcomed a promise by Palestinian leaders to hold their first elections in 15 years, urging Israel to...

(Israel) Israel to start vaccinating prisoners, including Palestinians (Al Jazeera)

The Israel Prison Service has said it will begin vaccinating all imprisoned people against COVID-19, including Palestinians, following calls from rights groups, Palestinian officials...

(Saudi Arabia/Israel) Saudi Arabia ‘ignoring’ Israel as punishment for leaking secret Netanyahu-MbS meeting (The New Arab)

Saudi Arabia has stopped responding to direct and indirect contact from Israel since Tel Aviv exposed a secret meeting between the two countries, sources said. https://english.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2021/1/16/saudi-arabia-ignoring-israel-for-leaking-secret-netanyahu-mbs-meeting

(Israel) The Future of Settlement in Israel (Gershon Hacohen, BESA Center)

Having embraced a market-economy approach, the Israel Land Authority is blocking the growth of Jewish residence in, and control of, most parts of the...

(USA/Bahrain/UAE/Israel) Major security partners: US hails Bahrain, UAE after Israel deal (Al Jazeera)

The United States called Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates “major security partners” on Saturday, a previously unheard of designation for the two countries...

(Pandemic/Palestinians/Israel) Israel, the Palestinians, and the COVID-19 Vaccines: The New Blood-Libel (Alan Baker, JCPA)

  https://jcpa.org/article/israel-the-palestinians-and-the-covid-19-vaccines/

(Israel) Are There Now Memory Communities in Holocaust Discourse? (Udi Lebel, BESA Center)

The controversy around the identity of Yad Vashem’s directorate chairman seems to suggest that Holocaust discourse is now deteriorating into polemical argument. For decades,...

(Palestinians/Israel) ‘Until my last breath’: Palestinians of Jerusalem defend land against Israel’s bulldozers (Aseel Jundi, Middle East Eye)

Residents of Wadi al-Rababa say they have papers proving ownership dating back to Ottoman days, as they clash with Israeli forces called in to...

(Israel) Israel is losing the fight to obscure its apartheid character (Jonathan Cook, Middle East Eye)

New report by rights group B'Tselem will make it harder to smear Israel's critics as antisemites for arguing that Israel is a racist state https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/israel-losing-fight-obscure-its-apartheid-character

(Pandemic/Palestinians/Israel) Covid-19: Palestinians still awaiting vaccines as Israel dismisses calls to provide jabs (Akram Al-Waara, Middle East Eye)

Palestinian Authority also criticised for failure to secure vaccines and lack of planning on how to administer them https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/palestine-israel-covid-vaccines-still-awaiting-dismiss-calls

(Israel/USA) Israel’s Netanyahu removes staple Trump image from Twitter account as US ally faces impeachment (The New Arab)

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has removed a photo showing him and US President Donald Trump from his Twitter account, as his ally continues to face a potential...