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, […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
By Ramzy Baroud By his own admission, Israel’s new Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich is a “fascist homophobe”. This declaration, which he made on January 16, should be enough to accentuate the violent nature of […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir reportedly agreed to freeze the controversial judicial reform after repeatedly threatening to leave the government, Israeli media reported. According to The Jerusalem Post, “the […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his coalition partners on Monday that he may pause a very controversial plan to overhaul the judicial system, according to Israeli media. Israel’s President Issac Herzog called on Netanyahu to […]
Israel’s Consul General in New York, Asaf Zamir, resigned on Sunday in protest at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s policies and his decision to dismiss Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, the Middle East Monitor reported. “The past […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired the country’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, on Sunday, just one day after Gallant broke ranks by calling on the government to halt a very […]
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant called on the government on Saturday to halt the judicial reform, stating that the bitter dispute over the measures poses a danger to national security, Reuters news agency reported. “The […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to proceed with the judicial law that has submerged his government in a new crisis, The New Arab reported. In a statement on Monday, Netanyahu appeared to accept […]
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reconsider the government’s plan to overhaul Israel’s legal system, Anadolu news reported. Speaking at a joint press conference held in Berlin, Scholz […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Wednesday warned of a “real civil war” and launched a proposal for compromise on the constitutional and judicial reforms to replace the Israeli government’s controversial […]
The Israeli parliament approved at its first reading on Tuesday morning a bill limiting the Supreme Court’s ability to overturn laws it deems unconstitutional – a key element of a judicial overhaul package that has […]
Israeli opposition leaders slammed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the Saudi-Iran deal, Israeli media reported on Friday. Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed to re-establish diplomatic ties on Friday after talks in Beijing between top security […]
Israelis protesting judicial reforms converged on the country’s main airport on Thursday in a bid to disrupt a trip to Italy by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as well as a visit by the US […]
Israel’s far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said Saturday that his comments earlier this week to “wipe out” the Palestinian town of Huwwara was a “slip of the tongue,” Israeli media reported. The Times of Israel […]
The Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has issued orders to tighten security for government ministers over fear their lives are being threatened by opponents of the judicial reform proposal, Israeli media reported. Israel’s Channel […]
A recent New York Times made many claims about the ‘mass rape’ of Israeli women on October 7. But two leading Palestinian media organizations, The Palestine Chronicle and Friends of Palestine Network, conducted a joint investigation, the outcome of which resulted in the ‘The Black Dress’, a groundbreaking 18-minute documentary looking into allegations and the possible falsification of evidence.
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