It has become an ongoing process through co-optation of higher officers in political party leaderships and at the head of the most important ministries. . But the changed character of the State of Israel’s political leadership goes beyond the weight of the army high command. ..…
By campaign of smears of its leader, Labour party, relentlessly battered, Jeremy Corbyn first for being anti-semitic, and now for honoring Palestinian terrorists is about to adopt the four additional working examples of anti-semitism drafted by International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance .. ..…
It drew in members of the center-left and center-right parties as well as former heads of the military and security apparatus, including the former Chief of the General Staff Gabi Ashkenazi, two former heads of the Mossad, the former head of Israel’s Security Agency and others. . ..…
Human Rights Watch spoke to doctors who treated patients at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City who said they had received 294 injured demonstrators on March 30, most with injuries to the lower limbs from live ammunition, and five who died, all with head and chest injuries. . As events unfolded in the..…
His voting record changed little: voting for some war authorization funds while opposing others; funding intelligence operations while voting to remove immunity for communications companies involved in government surveillance; supporting contraception funding and funding for children’s health insurance..…
Were we living in healthier, the kind that existed I'd call aging members of the tribe for. ..…
Speaking in an exclusive interview with Lebanon-based Arabic-language al-Manar television network on Jul 14, head of Hezbollah’s Executive Council Sayyed Hashem Safieddine stated that the resistance movement will “surprise” Israel in any future war, relying on its enhanced military..…
It's always useful to deal with your enemies in humane way, the former head of Israel's agency Mossad told Al Jazeera back May, when asked about why Israel treated Nusra Front militants fighting against Syrian government.. ..…
Virtually no Hilonim wear a religious head covering. (Another Fact Tank post details the differences among these four major Jewish subgroups in Israel.) . ..…
“Focus on Israel: The Christian Communities of Israel.” Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. ↩ . The Chief Rabbinate of Israel is recognized by law as the head of religious law and spiritual authority for the Jewish people in Israel. ..…
Jews were also asked to name the biggest long-term challenge facing Israel, and almost none (1%) mentioned economic problems, while two-thirds cited various security issues as the biggest long-term problem facing Israel. . About one-third of Jewish men say they wear a kippa or other type of..…
That vast sum of money could bankroll at least huge strides toward single-payer health care, massively improved education, decent welfare provisions or Head Start, and a green job program. Instead, it's diverted to fund Israel's occupation and the slow-motion genocide of Palestinians. . ..…
Express concern about Israeli subsidies for West Bank settlements and you’ll be told that the settlements don’t matter because “they” won’t accept Israel within any borders. Cite the recent warning by former Shin Bet head Yuval Diskin that “over the past 10–15 years..…
Knesset from Netanyahu's Likud charged Naomi Chazan, head of the New Israel Fund, with treason, and member of Lieberman's party launched investigation aimed at curbing foreign funding of Israeli NGOs.. ..…
This strategic confusion led Yuval Diskin, the previous head of the Israel Security Agency, to say, three weeks into the operation, that “Israel is now an instrument in the hands of Hamas.” . 3. . ..…
This is not the way to achieve the peace we all want and need and to which Israel remain committed. This body should not be applauding the head of a regime that pays terrorists. ..…
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would present the principles of plan in the next two to three to four months to promote peace between Israel and Palestine, adding he wanted solution to resolve Israeli- Palestinian conflict... Husam Zomlot, head of PLO's Washington, told AFP..…