Sep 03 Netanyahu orders plan to remove African migrants after Eritrean groups clash in Israel By Tia Goldenberg, Associated Press Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday he wants Eritrean migrants involved in a violent clash in Tel Aviv to be deported immediately and has ordered a plan to remove all of the country's African migrants. Continue reading
Sep 02 Dozens wounded in bloody clash between opposing Eritrean groups in Israel By Ohad Zwigenberg, Sam McNeil, Associated Press Hundreds of Eritrean government supporters and opponents clashed with each other and with Israeli police Saturday, leaving dozens injured in one of the most violent street confrontations among African asylum seekers and migrants in Tel Aviv in recent memory. Continue reading
Aug 31 Watch 4:29 News Wrap: McConnell cleared to continue working a day after news conference freeze up In our news wrap Thursday, Sen. Mitch McConnell got the green light to continue working a day after he froze up during a news conference, the White House asked Congress to pass a stopgap funding bill and prevent a partial… Continue watching
Aug 31 Family of 13-year-old Palestinian attacker to lose home in controversial punitive demolition By Isabel Debre, Associated Press The family’s case — which rights groups describe as uniquely problematic from a legal prospective — has drawn attention to Israel’s controversial practice of demolishing the family homes of Palestinian assailants. Continue reading
Aug 22 17-year-old militant fighter killed in West Bank raid, according to Palestinian officials By Isabel Debre, Associated Press Palestinian health officials say that Israeli security forces stormed into a town in the north of the occupied West Bank, leading to fighting that killed a 17-year-old Palestinian. Continue reading
Aug 18 Watch 7:35 Israeli minister Ron Dermer discusses potential diplomatic deal with Saudi Arabia By Nick Schifrin, Teresa Cebrian Aranda A top-level Israeli delegation is in Washington to discuss the broad outlines of a once-unthinkable agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia to normalize diplomatic relations. It comes amid an unprecedented civil upheaval in Israel as Netanyahu's government looks to restrain… Continue watching
Aug 17 Israel clinches largest-ever defense deal with Germany for $3.5 billion after securing US approval By Julia Frankel, Associated Press Israel’s Defense Ministry has said it has secured its largest-ever defense deal selling a sophisticated missile defense system to Germany for $3.5 billion after the United States approved the deal. Continue reading
Aug 01 Palestinian man opens fire in West Bank settlement, wounding 6 people before being killed By Associated Press The shooting in the sprawling Jewish settlement of Maale Adumim, in the occupied West Bank, was the latest in the most violent stretch of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the territory in nearly two decades. Continue reading
Jul 31 Israel's full high court to hear petitions against judiciary law in September By Associated Press Israel's Supreme Court says that a full panel of 15 justices would hear petitions in September against a contentious law that was passed last week by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government and which has spurred mass protests. Continue reading
Jul 26 Watch 9:14 Turmoil in Israel prompts new calls for U.S. to cut off billions in annual aid By William Brangham, Dan Sagalyn Israel’s current political turmoil, driven by the most far-right government in that nation’s history, has renewed the debate over America’s financial assistance to that country. The U.S. has been a supporter of Israel since its creation in 1948. William Brangham… Continue watching