Arab MKs plan to defy ban, visit Temple Mount on Ramadan
Three Muslim lawmakers have announced their intention to break a Knesset ban on visiting the flashpoint Temple Mount complex to pray at the site during the upcoming month of Ramadan. In a letter sent to the Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Police Commissioner Roni Alsheich on Wednesday, Knesset members from the […]
Israel Arrests Three for Sacrifice Plot on Temple Mount
Israeli police detained seven people on Friday on suspicion of planning to sacrifice lambs on the Temple Mount compound, also known as the Haram al-Sharif to Muslims, as part of a religious Passover ritual. Police said in a statement that two youths were initially arrested while making their way to the Temple Mount site, the […]
Just resolution of Kashmir, Palestine issues can ensure world peace: President
President Mamnoon Hussain stressing the need for giving the right of self-determination to the peoples of Kashmir and Palestine has said the just resolution of these issues can ensure peace in the world. The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) also highlighted the issues of Kashmir and Palestine in the Istanbul Summit hosted by Turkey from […]
IDF said to destroy Gaza tunnel that led into Israel
A day after the IDF announced the discovery of an “attack tunnel” inside Israeli territory emanating from the Gaza Strip, the tunnel was destroyed, according to Palestinian reports cited by Israeli media. Explosions could be heard by residents of Gaza border communities on Tuesday, Army Radio reported. Other reports, including on Channel 2, indicated the […]
U.K. Anti-Semitic Attacks Drop 22 Percent in 2015
The number of anti-Semitic incidents reported in the U.K last year dropped by more than a fifth, but remains the third-highest toll ever recorded in the country, a Jewish protection group said on Thursday. Figures released by Community Security Trust (CST), a body that monitors anti-Semitism in the U.K., show that there were 924 anti-Semitic […]
Israel and the BDS debate: two academics respectfully agree to differ
From Australia, we watch Israel at a great distance, safe in the knowledge that the regular and horrific levels of violence in the region are far from our shores. But we still find ourselves, like most of the world, asking: what can we do? One response is the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, which […]
Gideon Levy: Does unconditional support for Israel endanger Israeli voices?
Gaza: One War, One Family. Five Children, Four Dead
In a house in Rafah in southern Gaza, near the Egyptian border, Nabil Siyam, aged 34, slowly lays out pictures of his family. He only has one arm, the other was blown off by an Israeli bomb during the summer war. The pictures show his wife, Shireen, and their children – Mustafa, 9, Ghaida, a […]