On Thursday, a left-wing Arab Israeli member resigned from the ruling coalition, citing, among other things, police brutality during the funeral of an Al Jazeera reporter, leaving the government with a minority in parliament. The decision by Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi of the dovish Meretz party leaves the coalition headed by right-wing Prime Minister Naftali Bennett … Read more
Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid on Monday slammed his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov for alleging Adolf Hitler may additionally have “had Jewish blood” and summoned Moscow’s ambassador for “clarifications”. Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, Israel has sought to preserve delicate stability among the 2 aspects, but remarks through Lavrov to an Italian … Read more
The Arab-Israeli Raam party on Sunday “suspended” its participation inside the coalition government of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, over violence targeted on Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa compound. Bennett took office remaining June after painstaking efforts to cobble together a coalition capable of toppling Israel’s longest-serving most useful Benjamin Netanyahu, developing a razor-thin majority of 61 seats … Read more
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM – Israel’s ground-breaking surveillance technology was once feted as a prized export bolstering diplomatic ties abroad, but reports the secret spyware was also turned on citizens at home has trigged domestic outrage. Recent bombshell allegations in Israeli media centre on the controversial Pegasus malware made by the Israeli firm NSO, which can turn … Read more
RAMAT GAN, Israel, Jan 4, 2022 (AFP) – Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Tuesday that an Israeli study indicated fourth coronavirus vaccinations were “safe” and increased antibodies “fivefold”, as the country expands its inoculation campaign amid rising infections. Speaking during a visit to Sheba hospital near Tel Aviv, which administered fourth vaccines to 154 of its … Read more
