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Israeli politics

US and Israel: Is the ‘Unbreakable Bond’ Finally Breaking?
By Ramzy Baroud Though much of Israel’s self-proclaimed ‘independence’ was an outcome of unconditional US support, Israelis hardly acknowledge this fact. Israeli President Isaac Herzog added nothing of great value in his speech at […]

Staggering Number of Israelis Consider Leaving the Country: Poll
An Israeli Channel 13 opinion poll indicated that Israel’s very demography will change as a result of the country’s current political crisis. The survey was conducted on Tuesday following the Israeli government’s vote to pass […]

Judicial Chaos in Israel: Settler Plows into Protesters, as Police Arrests Netanyahu’s Opponents
The Ayalon freeway near Tel Aviv was obstructed with crowds, fires, and barricades for several hours before law enforcement intervened. Three people were injured in Israel after an Israeli driver plowed into to a crowd […]

‘They Want to Dismantle the State’: Crisis in Israel Following Judicial Reforms Vote
Israel’s parliament passed the first part of a divisive judicial reform package that restricts the power of the country’s Supreme Court, on Monday. The approval comes despite months of intense mass protest in the country […]

Thousands Protest as Israeli Knesset Meets to Vote on Judicial Overhaul
Israeli lawmakers on Monday prepared for a final vote on a major component of the far-right government’s controversial judicial overhaul, The New Arab reported. Voting is to begin at 12:00 midday Monday (0900 GMT) on […]

Israel’s Netanyahu to Undergo Heart Surgery
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to undergo heart surgery overnight to be fitted with a pacemaker, he said in a brief statement on Twitter early Sunday morning. “A week ago, I was fitted […]

Israeli Protesters Block Highways, Mob Stock Exchange to Protest Judicial Overhaul
Dozens of protesters reportedly entered the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, tossing fake banknotes as symbols of corruption. Israeli protesters blocked highways and briefly mobbed the stock exchange on a so-called ‘Day of Disruption’ on Tuesday […]

Top Israeli Politician Declares: Washington is ‘No Longer Our Closest Ally’
In a Channel 12 news interview, he argued that the nation is being “torn in two.” Former Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid has reportedly warned that his country’s relations with the US have deteriorated so […]

Israel Moves to Ban Pro-Palestinian Activism in Israeli Academic Institutions
The Israeli government is advancing a bill that, once passed, will criminalize Palestinian Arab activism in Israeli universities. The Israeli Ministerial Committee for Legislation has approved a draft bill aimed at banning the political activity […]

Mocking Holocaust Victims Highlights Ethnic Tensions in Israel
Some members of Netanyahu’s religious-nationalist coalition have cast the prime minister’s push to overhaul the judiciary as redressing elitist overreach by the Askenazi. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the ejection on Sunday of an […]

Israeli Supreme Court Considers Petition to Remove Netanyahu from Office
The petition, filed on April 19, 2023, is supported by a number of former political and military leaders, including former Chief of Staff Dan Halutz. Israel’s Supreme Court announced on Thursday that it will consider […]

‘Slap on the Wrist’: Two Israeli Settlers Charged with Terrorism
Two illegal Israeli Jewish settlers have been indicted on charges linked to terrorism following allegations that they vandalized Palestinian property in separate incidents. The cases come after Israeli security officials vowed to crack down on […]

US Envoy to Israel: Israelis Want Us to Interfere in ‘Their Business’
In a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal, outgoing US Ambassador to Israel, Tom Nides warned that “things are going off the rails.” The reference was made in the context of the ongoing Israeli […]

Explainer: Why Israel’s Government-Opposition Talks Are Collapsing
For the 24th consecutive week, thousands of Israelis demonstrated in Tel Aviv and other cities on Saturday against the government’s judicial reform plan. Latest Updates The latest round of protests came days after opposition leaders […]

Israel Advances Legislation to Tighten Grip on Arab Schools
The Israeli parliament (Knesset) advanced two bills on Wednesday aimed at tightening the grip over Arab schools in Israel and easing restrictions on firing Arab teachers, Israeli media reported. According to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, […]

Netanyahu Says Judicial Reform Will Return to Government Agenda
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that the controversial judicial overhaul will return to the legislative agenda, after the government successfully passed the state budget, Israeli media reported. […]

BREAKING: Israeli Minister Threatens to Assassinate Top Hamas Leader Yahya Sinwar
Far-right Israeli minister of National Infrastructure, Energy, and Water, Yisrael Katz, threatened to assassinate top Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, at the provocative ‘Flag March’ in Jerusalem, The New Arab reported. Katz took part in the […]

Ben-Gvir Ends Government Boycott after Israeli Airstrikes on Gaza
Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and his political bloc said on Tuesday that they were ending their boycott of the government after airstrikes on Gaza killed 13 people, including three senior Islamic Jihad […]

BREAKING: Israeli Media Report of Possible Prisoner Swap with Gaza Resistance
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Right-wing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly informed his cabinet of ongoing talks for a possible prisoner swap deal between Israel and the Palestinian Resistance in Gaza, Israel’s Channel […]

New Poll puts Former Israeli Defense Minister Gantz ahead of Netanyahu
A recent Israeli poll said that, if elections were held these days, the National Unity Party of former Defense Minister, Benny Gantz, would gain more parliamentary seats than Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling Likud Party, Anadolu News […]

Israeli Army Officer Fired for Protesting in Uniform
An Israeli army officer was dismissed on Sunday from his command position after participating in a political protest in uniform, Israeli media reported. Hebrew Channel 14 identified the officer as a major, adding that he […]

Israel Shuts Doors to Russian, Belarusian Immigrants
Israel canceled an emergency program offering Russian and Belarusian nationals an expedited path to Israeli citizenship, Israeli media reported on Saturday. According to Haaretz, the fast-tracked program for immigration to Israel, or Aliyah, will remain […]

Israel’s Netanyahu Nominates Self-Proclaimed ‘Racist’ Politician as New York Consul General
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has nominated a far-right politician, who once boasted that she is “proud to be a racist”, as his country’s top diplomat in New York, The […]

Losing ‘Deterrence’: How Palestinian, Arab Resistance Changed Rules of War with Israel
By Ramzy Baroud When Israel launched a war against the Gaza Strip in August 2022, it declared that its target was the Islamic Jihad only. Indeed, neither Hamas nor the other Gaza-based groups engaged […]

Ben-Gvir Slams Netanyahu’s Decision To Ban Jewish Settlers from Al-Aqsa until End of Ramadan
Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir slammed an Israeli government decision to ban non-Muslims, including illegal Jewish settlers, from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound until the end of Ramadan, Army Radio reported on Wednesday. […]

Israeli Opposition Leader Lapid Slams Netanyahu’s Speech
The leader of the Israeli opposition, Yair Lapid, said on Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has “lost control” in front of the nation, Anadolu News Agency reported. This came in response to Netanyahu’s […]

Israel’s Protests Ignore Palestine’s Quest for Freedom and Justice
By Iqbal Jassat ‘Unchartered territory’ is how many mainstream Western media outlets have described the unprecedented political crisis that’s engulfed Benjamin Netanyahu’s rabid right-wing regime. Overnight the protest movement that’s been brewing for weeks in […]

Special Video Report: Is Israel Losing the War?
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Following a security briefing with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the leader of Israel’s opposition, Yair Lapid, said that he “entered the meeting worried and left more worried”. Lapid also […]

Mossad Encouraged Staff to Join Anti-Netanyahu Protests: Pentagon Papers
Israel’s spy agency Mossad encouraged its staff and the general public to take part in massive protests against a judicial reform plan proposed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, leaked papers from the Pentagon have reportedly […]

Israel’s Right-Wing Groups Organize Counter-Protests in Support of Judicial Overhaul
Thousands of right-wing Israelis took to the streets on Thursday in support of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul plan, blocking a highway in Tel Aviv, the Middle East Monitor reported. The protests were […]