Israeli Politics

US and Jewish groups slam Israeli minister for call to 'wipe out' Palestinian village

Bezalel Smotrich - a key figure in Benjamin Netanyahu's government - has been condemned for his comments at a finance conference this week

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Religious Zionist party head MK Bezalel Smotrich arrives to coalition talks at a hotel in Jerusalem on November 6, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** בצלאל סמוטריץ ממשלה פגישה ההסכמים הקואליציוניים

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) sits next to Interior and Health Minister Aryeh Deri during a weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, on January 8, 2023. (Photo by RONEN ZVULUN / POOL / AFP) (Photo by RONEN ZVULUN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

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UK Labour groups condemn 'shocking' police violence at Tel Aviv protest

By Ben Bloch

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EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir speaks to bystanders as he walks to the site of a reported attack in a settler neighborhood in Israeli-annexed East Jerusalem on January 27, 2023. - At least seven people were killed in a shooting outside a synagogue in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem on Friday January 27, 2023, with the gunman killed at the scene, police and medics said. "Earlier this evening at around 8:30 pm (1830 GMT), a terrorist arrived at a synagogue in the Neve Yaakov boulevard in Jerusalem and proceeded to shoot at a number of people in the area," a police statement said. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images)

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Ben-Gvir assassination plot foiled as violence erupts at Tel Aviv protest

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UK-Israel relations

UK has no plans to engage with far-right Ben-Gvir, says Foreign Secretary

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Bezalel Smotrich, leader of the Religious Zionist Party (Tkuma), speaks during a plenum session on the state budget on September 2, 2021. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images)

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Israel to get even more expensive as finance minister refuses to back down

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Knesset passes law stripping citizenship of terrorists paid by PA

The new law, which drew support from opposition members, applies to terrorists who receive 'salaries' from the Palestinian Authority as part of its 'pay for slay' program

By JC Reporter

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February 17, 2023 17:08

Israeli minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir after a vote in the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on February 15, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** ???? ????? ????? ?? ???? ????? ???? ???? ??? ????? ?????? ??????

Far-right MK accuses border police of sexual assault during tree removal protest

Limor Son Har-Melech’s lawyer claims Border Police officers ‘clung’ to her

By Georgia L Gilholy

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February 17, 2023 16:01

Otzma Yehudit party member Limor Son Har-Melech seen after a meeting with Israeli president Isaac Herzog at the President's residence in Jerusalem on November 10, 2022, as Herzog began consulting political leaders to decide who to task with trying to form a new government after the results of the country's general election were announced. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** נשיא המדינה עם פתיחת ההתייעצויות עם המפלגות השונות יצחק הרצוג בחירות בית הנשיא מתייעץ התייעצות ממליצים עוצמה יהודית לימור סון הר מלך

UK Jewish groups fear for future of Israeli democracy

The Israel Advocacy Movement accused the campaign of ‘disrespecting’ millions of Israelis

By Georgia L Gilholy

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February 16, 2023 11:35

UK Jewish groups fear for future of Israeli democracy

Israeli woman protests modesty bill by stripping down to swimsuit at Western Wall

Benjamin Netanyahu has shelved Shas' plans to jail people who wear ‘immodest clothing’ at the Kotel

By Georgia L Gilholy

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February 13, 2023 16:45

Israeli woman protests modesty bill by stripping down to swimsuit at Western Wall

Chaos erupts in Knesset over judicial reforms amid nationwide protests

Some opposition lawmakers were ejected from the committee room after heckling the chairman as thousands of Israelis take to the streets

By Ben Bloch

4 min read

February 13, 2023 12:01

Chaos erupts in Knesset over judicial reforms amid nationwide protests

'Israel can rely on Labour’ declares MP on week-long trip to Jewish state

Labour Friends of Israel’s largest delegation in a decade met with government officials in Israel as trips ramp up ahead of likely election next year

By Ben Bloch

2 min read

February 10, 2023 11:38

'Israel can rely on Labour’ declares MP on week-long trip to Jewish state

By Anshel Pfeffer

What Bibi plans for his next step is a mystery to all of Israel

With the vote looming on the PM's legal reforms, next week will provide the biggest test yet for both sides in the struggle for the future of Israeli democracy

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February 9, 2023 13:18