The Knesset committee for foreign workers, headed by Labor MK Ibtisam Mara’ana, has this week considered the need for work visas for LGBT Palestinians facing persecution in the West Bank and Gaza. The hearing took place after the High Court ruled that Israel’s welfare-based permits also included the possibility of Read more…
After weeks of speculation, Israel’s unwieldy coalition government bowed to political pressure yesterday, announcing that it would dissolve itself and call Israel’s fifth election in less than four years. What happened At a press conference on Monday evening, prime minister Naftali Bennett and foreign minister Yair Lapid confirmed they intended to dissolve Read more…
Steps to a two state solution: For Israel, for Palestine, for peace Step Twenty Four: Support the reunification of the West Bank and Gaza under PA authority The reunification of the West Bank and Gaza is a crucial step in the establishment of a viable Palestinian state. It is also Read more…
Members of the Hamas terror group planned to seize control of a Palestinian security installation near Ramallah, Palestinian sources claimed this week. The allegation coincides with the fifteenth anniversary of Hamas’s violent takeover of the Gaza Strip, which saw the Palestinian Territories split between Islamist Hamas in Gaza and the Read more…
Two aerospace division officers from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps who died over the weekend were involved in arming the Lebanese-based and Iranian-backed Hezbollah terror group, according to reports. UK-based Iran International reported that Ali Kamani and Mohammad Abdous were “developing arms” for Hezbollah, an Iranian proxy, and that the Read more…
Tel Aviv Pride celebrated its 23rd birthday on Saturday as 170,000 Israelis took to the streets of the city in a joyous celebration which saw the number of participants close to pre-pandemic levels. The parade took place amid several steps forward over the past year for the LGBTQ community in Israel Read more…
Steps to a two state solution: For Israel, for Palestine, for peace Step Twenty Three: Support a reformed UNRWA The plight of Palestinian refugees is both tragic and a recurring obstacle in the search for a two-state solution. Established in 1949, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Read more…
Israel last week signed its first free trade agreement with an Arab state. The deal with the United Arab Emirates – with which Israel established diplomatic relations under the Abraham Accords in 2020 – plans to eliminate or cut almost all tariffs and could boost bilateral trade to more than $10bn Read more…
Britain, the US and their European allies are expected to push for a resolution censuring Iran when the International Atomic Energy Agency’s leading figures meets this week. The resolution – urging Tehran to “fully cooperate” with the IAEA – is backed by France and Germany but opposed by China and Read more…
Israel’s coalition government was rocked by parliamentary drama last night as two of its Knesset members voted to defeat the routine renewal of 55-year-old legislation. What happened On Monday night, two coalition MKs – Meretz’s Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi and Ra’am’s Mazen Ghanaim – voted against a piece of legislation to renew the Read more…
Steps to a two state solution: For Israel, for Palestine, for peace Step Twenty Two: Expand Palestinian autonomous zones and issue building permits for Area C The Oslo Accords established three zones – Areas A, B and C – in the West Bank. In Area A, the Palestinian Authority exercises Read more…
The terror group Hamas, which has governed the Gaza Strip since 2007, warned on Sunday that it could still respond to the weekend’s Jerusalem Day flag march “at the right time”. Last year, Hamas fired a number of rockets at Jerusalem during the annual parade, sparking an 11-day conflict with Israel. Read more…