A Palestinian member of the Israeli parliament has been placed under house arrest for 10 days after he was accused of smuggling cellphones and SIM cards to Palestinian prisoners. An Israeli court in Rishon LeZion, a city near Tel Aviv, issued the decision on Tuesday. Basel Ghattas, of the Joint List, a predominantly Palestinian electoral … Read more
A pre-dawn muslim call to prayer has provoked the main backlash from Israeli Jews Palestinian politicians in Israel have found an unexpected ally inside the government against a new bill banning mosques from using loudspeakers to broadcast the call to prayer. The so-called Muezzin Bill – named after the person who calls Muslims to prayer … Read more
Israeli aircraft attacked Palestinian militant targets in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, wounding at least one person, witnesses said, after a rocket fired from the enclave hit an Israeli border town. Israeli police said there were no casualties in the rocket strike on Sderot. But Israel has a declared policy of responding militarily to any … Read more
World leaders have hailed the vision of the late Israeli leader, Shimon Peres, as he is laid to rest three days after he died at the age of 93. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described him as “a great man of the world”, as he led the eulogies. US President Barack Obama said the presence … Read more
Media captionShimon Peres was considered the last of Israel’s founding fathers World leaders have hailed the vision of the late Israeli leader, Shimon Peres, as he is laid to rest three days after he died at the age of 93. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described him as “a great man of the world”, as … Read more
Dozens of world leaders are gathering in Israel to pay tributes to Shimon Peres, one of the country’s founding fathers, who died on Wednesday aged 93. Mr Peres’ state funeral will be held in Jerusalem later on Friday. A massive security operation in preparation has so far led to the “preventative arrests” of several people. … Read more