Israeli police shoot legislator as racists march in Arab town
Israeli police injured two Arab legislators on Wednesday in violent clashes provoked by Jewish right-wing extremists staging a march through the northern Arab town of Umm al-Fahm. Haneen Zoabi, a...
View ArticleBritain to deport Israeli Islamic leader Sheikh Raed Salah
Efforts were under way by the British government yesterday to deport the leader of Israel's largest Islamic group after he was arrested on charges of entering the country illegally. Sheikh Raed Salah,...
View ArticleThe real preachers of hate: Britain’s arrest of Sheikh Raed Salah
The furore last week over Sheikh Raed Salah, described by the Daily Mail newspaper as a "vile militant extremist", goaded the British government into ordering his late-night arrest, pending a...
View ArticleIsraeli eradication of history: Disappearing mosques
The discovery of a rare aerial photo of Jerusalem in the 1930s, taken by a Zeppelin, has provided the long-sought after proof that when Israel occupied the Old City in 1967 it secretly destroyed an...
View ArticleIsrael plans to outlaw Islamic party
Israel is preparing to shut down the most popular Islamic party among its large Palestinian minority, apparently hoping to exploit the tide of repression against the Muslim Brotherhood in the region....
View ArticleOutrage at Israeli plan to build on historic Muslim cemetery
Officials in Jerusalem have approved a massive construction project, including plans for housing, shops and a hotel, on one of the largest and most historically important Islamic cemeteries in the...
View ArticleAs unrest grows in Israel and Palestine, Netanyahu seeks scapegoats
Benjamin Netanyahu has announced a crackdown on Palestinian political leaders in Israel, blaming them for the current unrest, in what appeared to be an attempt to bolster his severely dented image as...
View ArticleIsraeli ban on Islamic party marks a ‘dangerous turning point’
The decision by the Israeli government to outlaw the country’s main Islamic Movement marks a dangerous turning point in Israel’s relations with its large Palestinian minority. The move effectively...
View ArticleBanned Islamic leader: Netanyahu pushing region to religious war
Tens of thousands of visitors have come to Sheikh Raed Salah's protest tent in the past three weeks, since Netanyahu declared his Islamic Movement an “illegal organisation”. In an interview, Salah...
View ArticleIsrael’s Muezzin Bill seeks ‘Judaisation of Jerusalem’
Palestinian lawmakers in Israel have found an unexpected ally inside the government against a new bill banning mosques from using loudspeakers to broadcast the call to prayer. A parliamentary vote was...
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