Several Israeli youths connected to Jewish extremist organizations have been arrested by Israeli forces for suspected involvement in a fatal arson attack on a Palestinian family in July, Israel’s Shin Bet security agency said Thursday. An Israeli police spokeswoman for Arab media, Luba al-Samri, confirmed that police “recently arrested young men[…]
Woolworths’ executives were on Monday forced to entertain questions from shareholders as to its continued trade links with Israeli suppliers, as pro-Palestinian activists used the company’s annual general meeting (AGM) to raise pertinent questions over its refusal to severe ties with the occupying state. Representatives from the National Coalition for[…]
OPINION by Megan Hanna – The sirens had barely stopped wailing before commentators started exploiting the terror attacks in Paris on 13 November, twisting the horrific event to serve a range of varying political agendas. While most of the world mourned in respectful grief, an opportunistic few used the event[…]
EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday and the European Union said it would continue its role in Middle East peace diplomacy despite Israel saying it was suspending contact. Asked about Israel’s move on Sunday to suspend contact with the EU over the[…]
Israel’s Jerusalem District Court on Monday convicted two Israelis for the murder of Palestinian teenager Muhammad Abu Khdeir last summer, with a third suspect who admitted to the killing escaping conviction on the grounds of his mental health. The conviction of Yosef Ben David, the ringleader of the gang that[…]
Israel said Sunday that it would suspend diplomatic contacts with European Union bodies involved in the Palestinian peace process, following an EU decision earlier this month to label goods produced in Israel’s illegal settlements. The Israeli foreign ministry said in a statement that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the[…]
A Palestinian man was shot dead after allegedly stabbing an Israeli policeman in the Damascus Gate area on Sunday. According to Israeli police, the 38-year-old Palestinian from the West Bank ran towards two border police officers with a knife and wounded one before being shot. The Damascus Gate is the[…]
A Palestinian rammed his vehicle into Israeli soldiers and wounded two at a bus stop near a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank on Friday and was shot dead by a civilian, police and the military said. Almost-daily Palestinian stabbings, car rammings and shootings, have killed 19 Israelis and[…]
Several of the country’s biggest trade unions have signed an agreement in support of a boycott campaign against local retailer Woolworths, demanding the company severe trade links with all Israeli affiliates until the Zionist state has complied with international law in its handling of the Palestinian population. The support is[…]
OPINION by Dr Daud Abdullah – Three and a half years have passed since Archbishop Desmond Tutu refused to share a platform with Tony Blair, the former British prime minister. The veteran anti-apartheid campaigner believed that Blair’s actions over the war in Iraq were both “morally indefensible” and criminally culpable.[…]
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