New party could yet rise up from anti-Bibi cauldron
The two last men to serve as Benjamin Netanyahu's defence ministers, Ehud Barak and Moshe Yaalon, have delivered a series of stinging speeches and interviews in which they attack the prime minister's...
View ArticleIsraeli diplomats regret loss of UK influence on EU
Israel had no public or official position on last Thursday's referendum.The consensus within the diplomatic service was that Britain's exit from the European Union would be disadvantageous for Israel,...
View ArticleHerzog probe dropped
The State Prosecutor's Office is expected not to press charges against Labour and Zionist Union leader Isaac Herzog after a police investigation failed to find evidence that he was aware of an...
View ArticleCrisis looms over order to demolish settlers' outpost
A High Court order for the Israeli government to demolish a settler outpost by the end of the year is causing a new coalition crisis.What is unique about this particular political battle is that most...
View ArticleIsraeli Foreign Ministry director Dore Gold quits
Foreign Ministry director Dore Gold has decided to resign.A report in Ynet said that Mr Gold, 64, was leaving the ministry for personal reasons.Mr Gold has been active in numerous recent diplomatic...
View ArticleFears over Obama last hurrah puts settler move on ice
The Israeli government has asked the High Court for a seven-month extension on the eviction order for the illegal settlement of Amona.The two-year-old court order gave the government until December 25...
View ArticleWhy Israeli politicians and judiciary are at war again
In Israel, spats between the government and the Supreme Court are not uncommon.Elected politicians are naturally miffed when justices who have never had to explain themselves to the public rule against...
View ArticleIsrael appoints new envoy in Ankara as diplomatic relations restored with Turkey
Eitan Na'eh will be Israel’s new ambassador to Turkey.Currently deputy ambassador in London, Mr Na’eh will be his country’s first official representative in Ankara for five years, and the first since...
View ArticleLoudspeaker ban will 'single out mosques'
The Israeli government will support legislation prohibiting mosques from using loudspeakers to call worshippers to prayer.The amendment to the law preventing noise disturbances defines "a strong or...
View ArticleFidel Castro's paradoxical relationship with Israel and Jews
Last Shabbat, the prayer for the state of Israel was recited in the main Havana synagogue. It was also the day when the announcement was made of the passing of Fidel Castro, who had broken off...
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