Tag: Israel

Israel – Contentious ‘Jewish state law’ upheld by Israeli court (Al Jazeera)

A controversial law that defines Israel as the nation state of the Jewish people was upheld by the Supreme Court, which rejected claims by...

Jordan/Israel/West Bank – Jordan, Israel agree to water deal; more West Bank trade (Al Jazeera)

Israel and Jordan reached a deal on Thursday for the Jewish state to sell an unprecedented amount of water to the kingdom, while significantly...

Israel – Israel swears in Isaac Herzog as 11th president (Al Jazeera)

Isaac Herzog pledged to heal deep divisions in Israeli society as he took the oath of office to become Israel’s 11th president. With one hand...

Israel – The Evyatar Outpost: Israel’s New Pioneers (Maj. Gen. (res.) Gershon Hacohen, BESA Center)

The establishment of the Evyatar outpost is a direct continuation of the activist pioneering ethos that the Yishuv leadership developed during the Arab riots...

Israel – Israel to vote on renewing law that keeps out Palestinian spouses (Al Jazeera)

Israel’s parliament is set to vote on Monday on whether to renew a temporary law first enacted in 2003 that bars Palestinian citizens of...

USA/Iran/Israel – Standing up to the US on the Iran deal is not an option (Akiva Eldar, Al Jazeera)

United States President Joe Biden’s expected signature on an amended nuclear agreement with Iran puts Israel’s new government before a strategic dilemma. It essentially...

Israel/Palestine – Israel arrests Palestinian rights lawyer after anti-Abbas protest (Al Jazeera)

A Palestinian human rights lawyer has been arrested by Israeli forces after taking part in a protest in the occupied West Bank against Palestinian...

Israel – Rafael combines AI and automatic target recognition in new Sea Breaker missile (Seth Frantzman, Defense News)

Rafael Advanced Defense Systems unveiled its new Sea Breaker maritime and land-based long-range missile that combines artificial intelligence and decision-making algorithms to create a...

Israel – Israel probes possible missile attack on cargo ship: Reports (Al Jazeera)

A Liberian-flagged cargo ship travelling from Saudi Arabia to the United Arab Emirates has come under attack in the Indian Ocean, according to Israeli...

Hamas – Hamas launches military summer camps for Gaza youth (Entsar Abu Jahal, Al Monitor)

Less than two months since the recent Israeli war on the Gaza Strip that sought to destroy Hamas’ infrastructure ended, Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’ military wing,...

Israel – Jerusalem bilingual school promotes coexistence (Amany Mahmoud, Al Monitor)

As violence and hatred escalate between Palestinians and Israelis, especially in Jerusalem, many Israelis and Palestinians have come to realize that coexistence and reconciliation...

Israel/Palestine – Israeli fire kills Palestinian in West Bank unrest (Middle East Eye)

A 20-year-old Palestinian man was killed by Israeli gunfire in the West Bank Saturday, Palestinian authorities said, following clashes between residents of a West...

Israel – Can United Arab List change Israeli politics from within? (Thomas O Falk, Al Jazeera)

In view of the political drama surrounding Benjamin Netanyahu’s departure, a novum in Israeli politics almost faded into the background: For the first time in...

Canada/Israel/Palestine – On Israel and Palestine, It’s Time for Canada to Recognize Reality (Farida Deif, Omar Shakir, HRW)

Foreign Minister Marc Garneau will visit Israel and the West Bank this week in an effort to advance “the goal of a comprehensive, just...

Gaza – Disability Rights Defender in Gaza Addresses UN (Abier Almasri, HRW)

Abeer al-Harakli, a 28-year-old disability rights defender from Gaza, addressed the United Nations earlier this month at the 14th session of the Conference of...

Israel/UAE – Israel’s Yair Lapid in the UAE on first official visit (Al Jazeera)

Israel’s foreign minister arrived in the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, kicking off the highest-level visit by an Israeli official to the Gulf Arab...