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MK Yisrael Eichler (United Torah Judaism) had harsh criticism for the Israel Police on Monday at a discussion in the Knesset on police violence against Israelis during protests, searches of detainees and even while handing out traffic tickets. Eichler related specifically to police violence against the haredi community which, he claimed, routinely takes place and […]

Gaza City (dpa) – Hamas, the Islamist movement ruling Gaza, executed three Palestinians Tuesday, whom it had earlier convicted of murder. “The three men were executed early on Tuesday morning by shooting and not by hanging,” said a statement by the Hamas-run Interior Ministry in Gaza, adding that “it wasn’t a public execution.” Only representatives

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told a delegation of visiting U.S. congressmen on Monday that an agreement on reconciliation with Turkey is very close, Haaretz reports. However, officials in Jerusalem are still waiting to set the decisive meeting between the two negotiating teams during which the remaining disagreements are meant to be closed. Israel and Turkey

A wide majority of Israeli Jews, including those both on the left and right, favor Israeli sovereignty over the city of Maale Adumim, according to a new poll conducted by the Midgam polling firm. A whopping 78% of Israeli Jews say they support the annexation of Maale Adumim even without a final status agreement with

Jordan”s new Prime Minister, Hani Mulki, who was appointed by King Abdullah II on Sunday after he dissolved parliament, is being described by Arab media as “pro-Israel”. Husam Abdallat, a former senior government aide at the prime minister’s office, told the Al Jazeera network on Monday that Mulki will most likely be given the job

Israel’s new anti-terror bill cracks down on incitement and terror tunnels (JNS.org) Israel’s new anti-terrorism legislation will soon face its second and third Knesset readings after its final draft was approved by the Israeli legislature’s Constitution, Law and Justice Committee on Monday. The bill grants law enforcement agencies, particularly the Shin Bet security agency and