Israel Labour Party Cuts Ties With Britain’s Jeremy Corbyn
Israel’s Labour party said on Tuesday it had suspended relations with British Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn
Death Penalty For Terrorists Passes First Vote In Israeli Parliament
The only case of an execution in Israel was carried out against convicted Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann in 1962.
Israeli Soldier Gets Lower Sentence For Killing Helpless Palestinian
Israel’s military on Wednesday reduced by four months the 18-month jail term of an ex-soldier who killed an incapacitated Palestinian assailant.
‘Terror Tourists’ Learn To Battle Palestinian ‘Attackers’ For $115 A Day
A group of tourists ponders whether a poster-size figure of an Arab man holding a cellphone is a threat and should be shot.
Israel Gives Green Light To New West Bank Settlement
An Israeli panel approved plans on Tuesday for the first new Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank.
Will Israel Expand Occupation With First New Settlement In 18 Years?
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday he would honor his commitment to build a new settlement in the occupied West Bank, the first in 18 years.
Trump Mideast Envoy Meets With Mahmoud Abbas
President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy held his first talks on Tuesday with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, amid Palestinian concerns that the new administration in Washington is more favorably disposed towards Israel.
On Riverbank Where Jesus Was Baptised, Fragile Agreement To Clear Deadly Mines
Ghost churches on the western bank of the Jordan River, near where Jesus is believed to have been baptized, could be reopened to pilgrims as part of a project to remove booby-traps and land mines.
Israel Advances Bill to Legalize Settlements on Palestinian Land
Israel’s parliament gave initial approval on Monday to a revised bill that would legalize Israeli settlement homes built on private Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank.
Republicans in Israel Launch Quixotic Push for Donald Trump
The Israeli branch of the U.S. Republican party began a campaign on Monday to get American voters living in Israel to cast absentee ballots in favor of Donald Trump.