Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Monday denied that his government is or will carry out negotiations for the creation of a Palestinian state, referring to it as a “terrorist state”, according to Israeli media. […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff On this day, 65 years ago, Israeli troops (Magav) entered the Arab village of Kafr Qasim, located inside the so-called Green Line, and killed 49 unarmed Palestinian citizens of Israel, […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Far-right Israeli lawmaker Itamar Ben-Gvir on Tuesday carried out a provocative visit to hunger-striking Palestinian prisoner Meqdad Qawasmeh, and got into a confrontation with Ayman Odeh, the leader of the […]
Israeli right-wing member of the Knesset Nir Barkat is seeking to outlaw the planned reopening of a US mission in Jerusalem that has traditionally been a base for diplomatic outreach to the Palestinians, Reuters reports. […]
Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas Sunday received three members of the Israeli Knesset from the left-wing Meretz party, two of whom are cabinet ministers, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Head of the […]
Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused Israel’s new government of surrendering its independence to the US with its “no surprises” policy, which he said could tie Tel Aviv’s hands. The new government led […]
Far-right Israeli MK Itamar Ben Gvir called his Arab colleague Ahmad Tibi a “terrorist” while he was chairing a session in the Knesset yesterday night, local media reported. Tibi was involved in a debate about […]
Protected by heavily armed Israeli occupation police, 1,371 Jewish settlers accompanied by Knesset members stormed Al Aqsa Mosque and clashed with Palestinian worshipers inside the third Islamic holy site. Media sources and eyewitnesses reported that […]
By Ramzy Baroud When the Israeli Knesset (parliament) failed to renew what is commonly referred to as the Family Reunification Law, news reports and analyses misrepresented the story altogether. The even split of 59 […]
Members of the Israeli Knesset last night failed to pass the extension of the controversial family reunification law, which bans Palestinian citizens of Israel from bringing family members who live in the occupied West Bank […]
The corruption trial of former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been delayed for the third time due to disagreements between the prosecution and the defense over the handling of new evidence. The trial was […]
Israeli Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked has issued the head of the only Arab party in the country’s coalition government an ultimatum that if he does not support the extension of the controversial family reunification law, […]
A member of the Israeli Knesset, Yitzhak Pindrus, is accused of inciting genocide after calling for the killing of people in mixed marriages. Pindrus belongs to the United Torah Judaism, an ultra-Orthodox party that believes […]
Dozens of Palestinian families on Tuesday rallied in front of the Knesset (Israel’s parliament) against government plans to vote on extending the family reunification law, Anadolu Agency reported. Protesters held banners calling to save Palestinian […]
By Ramona Wadi When Palestinians face the prospect of the colonization of the last remaining shards of their land by Israel, the answer is surely not collaboration with the right-wing apartheid state. And yet this […]
Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly destroyed documents stored in safes before leaving office, according to Haaretz. Staff at the Prime Minister’s Office were ordered to shred the documents prior to Naftali Bennett taking […]
By Ramzy Baroud The now-former Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, is as much American as he is Israeli. While other Israeli leaders have made their strong relationship with Washington a cornerstone of their […]
Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu refused to attend the inauguration of his successor Naftali Bennett, Israeli media reported yesterday. Bennett’s government won a narrow 60-59 vote of confidence in the Knesset on Sunday. Likud […]
Israel’s longest-serving leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, has been ousted from office by a loose coalition of rivals from across the political spectrum, united by their wish to end his 12-year run in power. Israel’s parliament voted […]
Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s 12 years in office are expected to end today as the Israeli parliament, Knesset, is scheduled to vote on a new government. Chaos and tensions at the Knesset session […]
Israeli parliament will vote on Sunday on approving a new government, Reuters reported the speaker of parliament saying today, a move that is likely to unseat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the country’s longest-serving leader. Knesset […]
Israel’s opposition leader Yair Lapid received a mandate to form a government Wednesday, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s failed effort following the nation’s fourth inconclusive vote in less than two years. President Reuven Rivlin made […]
A draft bill has been proposed in the Israeli parliament which, if passed into law, would see citizenship stripped from any Arab-Israeli prisoner who accepts a stipend from the Palestinian Authority. The PA pays such […]
Israel’s right-wing Yamina party will back Netanyahu’s Likud in creating a government, Haaretz reported on Monday. Naftali Bennett, Yamina’s chair, said he “could’ve already been a prime minister by now”, but that his major commitment […]
Leader of the far-right Religious Zionist party MK Bezalel Smotrich on Thursday threatened to expel an Arab MK and other Muslims who do not accept the rule of Jews in Israel. Earlier in the day, […]
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin today tasked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with forming a government after the country’s fourth election in two years. Highlighting the ongoing division in the political circles in Israel, Rivlin said no […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned on Wednesday that he should be commissioned to form a new government or go for a fifth election, Israeli media reported. Unofficial election results conducted by Israeli mass […]
Itamar Ben-Gvir, who described a Jewish extremist who massacred 29 Palestinians as his “hero”, could be elected to Israel’s parliament next week thanks partly to right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Ben-Gvir’s political life has had […]
Most Israeli parties have declared their refusal to unite or merge with the Blue and White (Kahol Lavan) alliance chaired by Alternate Prime Minister and Defense Minister Benny Gantz, local media reported yesterday. “I am […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff According to a public opinion poll, released by Israel’s Channel 13 on Friday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s party, the Likud, is exhibiting strength ahead of Israel’s upcoming general elections scheduled […]
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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