German Chancellor Angela Merkel is claimed to have rejected Israeli President Binyamin Netanyahu’s demand for medical respirators, amid the deadly coronavirus outbreak, Anadolu reports. In a recent phone call between Netanyahu and Merkel, Israel has demanded medical respirators from Germany in the fight with coronavirus, according to Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth’s story. The news claimed that Merkel rejected the demand, but did not give further details. […]
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Israel appeared headed for a unity government on Friday after opposition leader Benny Gantz moved towards an agreement with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, disappointing voters who had hoped to bring down the right-wing premier. Gantz was elected parliamentary speaker on Thursday with support from Netanyahu’s Likud and allied parties, angering many of his own partners over the possibility he could form an alliance with a leader […]
The number of people infected with the coronavirus Covid-19 in Israel has jumped by 294 per cent in one week as the country struggles to contain the pandemic. Latest reports indicate that as many as 2,666 Israelis have tested positive for the virus, with the vast majority of cases said to be showing mild symptoms. Last Thursday, the figure was 677 according to the Ministry of […]
The coronavirus Covid-19 has spread around the world, with 372,757 confirmed cases and 16,231 deaths according to an updating dashboard run by the World Health Organisation. The Director-General of the WHO, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has said that it is “deeply concerned both by the alarming levels of spread and severity” of the virus. This severity has pushed many countries to put hostilities aside and work […]
The Israeli army has proposed taking up the responsibility for Israel’s battle against the outbreak of coronavirus, Israeli media have reported. According to Quds Press, the Israeli Public Broadcaster KAN said that this proposal was made amidst fears of losing control over the spread of the new global killer. The Times of Israel reported earlier this week that leaders in the Israeli army have asked their […]
Every morning, tens of thousands of Palestinians line up at one of over 140 fixed Israeli checkpoints spread across the occupied West Bank. These permanent structures separate Palestinian cities, towns and villages, as well as families, from one another and severely limit Palestinians’ mobility within their own land. The checkpoints are now a fixture of Palestinian life and over the past six years the number has […]
The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, said on Monday that Israel’s murder of a Palestinian man on Sunday night reflects the state’s “immorality and opportunism”. “While the world is busy fighting the coronavirus,” said Hamas spokesman Hazim Qasim, “Israel continues its crimes against the Palestinians.” He referred to the murder of Sufian Al-Khawaja on Sunday night in the village of Na’lin, calling it “an extrajudicial execution.” […]
Israel reported 178 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Saturday, taking the country’s total infections to 883, according to the country’s health ministry. A ministry statement said 15 patients are in critical condition, while 36 have recovered from the virus. On Friday, Israel confirmed its first death from the disease. READ: More than 5,600 Israel soldiers quarantined over coronavirus fears The virus, which emerged in […]
Covid-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, has caused an unprecedented global pandemic. This has spread fear, suffering and needless death around much of the world. Due to the genuine and serious threat to public safety, governments are taking steps usually only witnessed in wartime to curb freedom of movement in an effort to halt the spread of the virus. The British government, however, has […]
Civil liberties activists asked Israel’s Supreme Court on Thursday to suspend cellphone monitoring put in place under emergency regulations to try to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Surveillance began this week after the government approved special orders that circumvented customary parliamentary oversight and enabled the Shin Bet counter-terrorism agency to tap into cellular location data, Reuters reported. The Association of Civil Rights in Israel, Adalah […]
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Confirmed coronavirus cases in Israel have jumped by 40 percent to 427 in the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday, predicting a steeper rise as mass-testing is implemented, reports Reuters. Having urged Israelis to stay home and approved cyber-monitoring of their movements to reduce infection risks, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at least 3,000 coronavirus tests would be conducted daily, including at new […]
The third Israeli elections to be held within a twelve-month period once again failed to bring about the desired outcome. If anyone was hoping to see an end to the political deadlock that exists within Israeli politics, they must be very disappointed. In fact, prospects for a stable government that is supported by a majority in Israel’s main legislative body, the Knesset, seem as unlikely as […]
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has yet again sparked controversy over the use of advanced technology to track the phones of Israelis who have bene infected with the coronavirus. Netanyahu announced on Saturday that the technology, commonly used by the Shin Bet in “counter-terrorism” operations, would help locate people who have been in contact with those carrying the virus and isolate them, Israel’s Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper […]
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s office on Sunday flaunted a negative result for his Covid-19 test, branded “manipulation” by his rival Benny Gantz. The stunt seemingly didn’t help, as Gantz was then tapped to form the government. The prime minister and those working close to him, had been tested for the deadly virus as a “precaution,” while none of them displayed any symptoms of the disease. The coronavirus […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has tested negative for coronavirus, his office said late on Sunday. The official, as well as those working close to him, had been tested for the deadly virus as a “precaution,” while none of them displayed any symptoms of the disease. The coronavirus test was harshly criticized by Netanyahu’s political rival, Benny Gantz, who blamed the PM for staging a public […]
The Palestinian Authority condemned on Wednesday the culture of hate and racism within Israel, mainly among the right-wing parties, Al Sabeel newspaper has reported. Such racism in Israel, said the PA, is the “main obstacle” to peace. “Racism and hate,” said the Foreign Ministry in Ramallah, “are reflected daily in the stances and remarks of right-wing officials in Israel and the practices of the Jewish settlers […]
Israel’s arms exports from 2015-2019 were the highest ever, according to a new report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), reported the Jerusalem Post. The figure for the four-year period was 77 per cent higher than in 2010-2014, said SIPRI. Israeli arms exports constituted three per cent of the global total, said the report, with Israel the world’s eighth-largest arms supplier. The top three […]
The Twitter account of Israel’s defense minister suffered a hack, Anadolu Agency reports. The anonymous hacker of Naftali Bennett’s account posted a tweet demanding “freedom for Palestine” with the Palestinian flag. Another tweet showed the Turkish flag with the Turkish national anthem in English. Israel’s DM threatens Gaza: ‘We’re preparing something’ Although Bennet later recovered his account, he did not comment until 8.00 GMT on the incident. Screenshot […]
Brazilian federal deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro, the son of right-wing dictatorship fanatic President Jair Bolsonaro, announced recently that the country will be moving to designate Hezbollah as a terrorist organisation. “Inside the government, we are debating the ways to stop terrorist groups from coming to Brazil,” Bolsonaro stated. “We are going to follow Argentina, declaring that Hezbollah is a terrorist group.” Not only Hezbollah is being targeted […]
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Merely two weeks after Palestinian Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas, declared that the PA will suspend all ‘security coordination’ with Israel, Palestinian security forces in the West Bank killed unarmed teenager, Salah Zakareneh. Zakareneh is not the first and, sadly, will not be the last Palestinian to be killed by the PA security forces, which in recent years have dramatically increased their oppressive tactics against any form […]
Israel’s elections results do not change the reality of the occupation, Palestinian factions have said, as all political parties in Israel have the same agenda against the Palestinians. Quds Press reported Hamas Spokesman Fawzi Barhoum saying yesterday: “We do not care about the changes inside the Israeli society because all the Israeli factions are offshoots of the same Zionist enterprise which aims to stablise the Zionist […]
A four-year-long Israeli culinary propaganda drive has apparently come to an end, according to the Palestinian-led BDS Movement, in a statement “celebrat[ing] the impact of the four-year BDS campaign and its many milestones”. The “Round Tables” festival, an international propaganda initiative sponsored by the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, took place in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018, but failed to materialise in 2019. According to campaigners, […]
US Vice President Mike Pence has claimed that US presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders is siding with Israel’s enemies as a result of his support for Palestinian rights. At a speech at controversial American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) conference, Pence claimed that US President Donald Trump should remain in the White House because of his pro-Israel stance. He said: “In the days ahead, we must ensure […]
Democratic US presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg presented himself as the standout candidate on the issue of Israel during a speech at the AIPAC confab. Addressing 18,000 people at the pro-Israel lobby group yesterday, the former New York mayor attacked his rival Bernie Sanders over his position on Israel and offered unconditional support for the Zionist state. “If I am elected president, I can promise you I […]