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Arab-Israeli Ex-Lawmaker Imprisoned Over Phone Smuggling
An Arab-Israeli former lawmaker entered prison Sunday to begin a two-year sentence after he pleaded guilty to smuggling...
Israel To Reduce Gaza Power, Feeding Fears of Unrest
Israel will reduce electricity supplies to the Gaza Strip after funding cuts by Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, an...
Arab Israeli Killed During Clashes With Police
A young Arab Israeli man was killed during clashes in central Israel after protesters attempted to storm a police...
50 Years After Six-Day War, Israeli-Palestinian Divide Widens
Israelis and Palestinians mark 50 years since the Six-Day War next week as the gap between them further widens, with...
Israeli Parliament Advances Bill Enshrining State’s Jewish Status
The Israeli parliament gave preliminary approval Wednesday to a bill defining the country as the "national home of the...
Israeli Ex-MP Gets Jail For Smuggling Phones To Inmates
An Israeli court Sunday sentenced an Arab Israeli former MP to two years in jail after he pleaded guilty to smuggling...
Thousands Commemorate Palestinian ‘Land Day’
Thousands of Arab Israelis and Palestinians gathered Thursday for annual demonstrations marking Land Day, which...
Israel Ignores UN Demand Against Settlements
Israel has ignored a United Nations resolution demanding it halt settlement building in the occupied Palestinian...
Israeli Officer Beats Palestinian In Jerusalem
Jerusalem - An Israeli policeman was caught on video on Thursday physically assaulting a Palestinian in the occupied...
Arab Israeli MP In Plea Bargain Over Jail Phones
An Arab Israeli lawmaker has agreed to admit charges of smuggling mobile phones to Palestinian prisoners in return for...
Hamas Condemns Israel Mosque Loudspeaker Bill
Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas on Friday denounced planned Israeli legislation that would quieten mosques, warning...
Arab Israeli Leader Defends Arafat Street Sign
A top Arab Israeli politician on Monday defended naming a street in northern Israel after the late Palestinian leader...
Israel To Deny Human Rights Watch Visas Over ‘bias’
Israel will stop issuing work visas to Human Rights Watch staff, the NGO said Friday, with the Jewish state accusing...
Why Would US Embassy Move To Jerusalem Be Controversial?
President Donald Trump has said he might move America's embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. With Prime Minister Benjamin...
For Arab MPs, Israeli Parliament ‘harder Than Ever’
It has never been easy being a lawmaker who identifies as Palestinian in the Israeli parliament, but today it is harder...
Israel Police Evict Settlers From Unauthorised Amona Outpost
There have been scuffles between Israeli protesters and police seeking to evacuate an unauthorised settlement outpost...
Palestinian MK Placed Under House Arrest
A Palestinian member of the Israeli parliament has been placed under house arrest for 10 days after he was accused of...
Israeli Parliament Lifts Dress Code After Protest Over Short Skirt Ban
The Israeli parliament has suspended its dress code rules, reports say, after staffers protested against a ban on...
Israel’s Muezzin Bill Seeks ‘Judaisation of Jerusalem’
A pre-dawn muslim call to prayer has provoked the main backlash from Israeli Jews Palestinian politicians in Israel...