JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s parliament gave initial approval on Wednesday to laws to curb public use of Nazi symbols after ultra-Orthodox protesters caused outrage by calling police Nazis and wearing concentration camp garb. Four bills swiftly passed one of five rounds of voting needed to become law, even though a spectrum of critics denounced them as a violation of free speech. …
At a time of growing tension over its nuclear program, Iran reported on Wednesday that a nuclear scientist died in what was termed a ‘
TEHRAN (Reuters) – An Iranian university professor was killed by a bomb placed on his car by a motorcyclist in Tehran on Wednesday, a city official told the Fars news agency, blaming Israel for an attack he said was similar to ones targeting nuclear scientists a year ago. “The bomb was a magnetic one and the same as the ones previously used for the assassination of the scientists, and is the …
Disagreements have already emerged in nascent negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, an Israeli official said Tuesday, but he said his government remains committed to a year-end target to reaching a final peace deal.
An Israeli official says that disagreements have already popped up in newly launched negotiations with the Palestinians, but his government is ready for “substantive” discussions on all issues.
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel threatened illegal immigrants with unlimited detention on Tuesday as it tightened legislation to stop an increasing number of people crossing its porous Sinai Desert border from Egypt. The move, which raised the maximum detention from 60 days, drew sharp criticism from refugee groups and activists, who said the “immoral” decision would hit refugees fleeing conflict …
Israel stepped up settlement building in the West Bank in the first nine months of last year, an Israeli watchdog group said Tuesday, underlining the issue that has deadlocked peace talks with the Palestinians.
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s government broke all its settlement-building records in 2011, diminishing prospects for establishing a viable Palestinian state in the occupied West Bank, Israel’s anti-settlement activist group “Peace Now” said Tuesday. The group’s annual report on building in Arab East Jerusalem and the West Bank – land the Palestinians want for a future state along with the Gaza …
The Israeli parliament passed tough new legislation targeting illegal immigration early on Tuesday, giving authorities powers to detain migrants for up to three years without charge.
Israel’s parliament on Tuesday approved harsh new penalties on illegal migrants and Israelis who help them, passing one of several controversial measures designed to stanch the flood of Africans seeking sanctuary from poverty and conflict.
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Israel is preparing for Iran to become a nuclear power and has accepted it may happen within a year, the London Times reported on Monday citing an Israeli security report.
The Hilltop Youth have been establishing unauthorized outposts in the West Bank for years. The Israeli government rarely took action until a group damaged an Israeli military base last month.
To expand its agricultural ties with India, Israel intends to include India’s northern agro states of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh in it next action plan.
Jerusalem, Jan 9 (ANI): India and Israel would be widening their area of interaction in the coming years by including various other sectors than the conventional ones in which they have been working in recent years.
A top Israeli official likens cyber attacks to terrorism and says they merit the same response.
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman dismissed newly rekindled diplomatic contacts with the Palestinians Monday, accusing them of poor faith in peacemaking. Firing back as Israeli and Palestinian envoys prepared a second round of the low-key but potentially decisive exploratory talks later in the day, the Palestinians said Israel was at fault for cementing its hold on …