Israel: Minister Of The Interior Heard In Corruption Investigation

Israeli Interior Minister Aryeh Deri (photo archive).

Israeli Interior Minister Aryeh Deri was heard for more than four hours by the police on Monday (May 29th). His name is at the heart of a corruption investigation. The scenario has a little air of déjà-vu. In the 1990s, Aryeh Deri had already been Minister of the Interior. A few years later he was convicted of having received bribes and was sentenced to 22 months in prison.

Israel: Is The Agreement With The Palestinian Prisoners Empty Of Content?

Demonstration of support for Palestinians detained in Israeli prisons on 16 April 2017 in Nablus, West Bank.

Nearly 1,000 Palestinian detainees held in Israel ended their hunger strike on Friday (May 26th). After 40 days without feeding to denounce their conditions of detention, an agreement was reached with the Israeli penitentiary services. However, some details of the agreement were revealed by the Palestinians on Sunday. It seems to be actually empty of content.

Israel: 15,000 Demonstrators Against The Occupation Of The Palestinian Territories

"Fifty years is enough". This was the slogan taken by about 15,000 Israelis on Saturday evening, May 27 in Tel Aviv. A rally against the occupation of the Palestinian Territories at the call of anti-colonization organizations and left-wing parties. A demonstration a few days before the 50th anniversary of the conquest of the Territories by the Israeli army, while the peace process is at a standstill.

Israel: Press Review Of Donald Trump's Visit

US President Donald Trump with Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu on 23 May 2017 in Jerusalem.

The visit of US President Donald Trump to Israel was widely appreciated by the country's press. While the right-wing newspapers have been euphoric, the liberal press has instead pointed to the president's hollow speech.

New Day Of Clashes In The Palestinian Territories

While between 900 and 1,500 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons have been on hunger strike for more than a month to demand an improvement in their conditions of detention, clashes erupted this Friday, May 19 in the West Bank but also in Gaza. Two members of the Israeli forces and dozens of Palestinians were wounded.

Over A Thousand Palestinians In Israeli Prisons In Hunger

More than a thousand Palestinian detainees in the hunger strike

More than a thousand Palestinians imprisoned in Israel have entered a hunger strike on Monday. They followed an appeal from the prominent Palestinian prisoner Marwan Barghuti. The participants of the hunger strike demand better conditions of detention. According to Israeli observers, Barghuti's calls for inner Palestinian political motives.

Israel Burying Its Young Soldiers

Hundreds of Israelis buried the four soldiers killed yesterday in Jerusalem in one of the deadliest attacks in recent months, which confirms the persistence of Israeli-Palestinian tensions despite a recent calm.

Netanyahu Denounces Kerry's "Biased" Speech Against Israel

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denounced Israel's "biased" speech on Wednesday by US Secretary of State John Kerry on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
"Like the Security Council resolution that Secretary Kerry pushed at the UN, his speech tonight was biased against Israel," a statement from Netanyahu's office said.