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“This will lead to violence,” said Meretz MK Ilan Gilon, referring to an act that froze the bank accounts and seized documents of groups and individuals involved in fomenting violence. Jerusalem, November 17 – In advance of deliberations over the ...

Gal-On called the thinking of the non-Left “mysterious.” Tel Aviv, November 12 – Leaders of Israel’s extreme political left wing expressed puzzlement today over the rest of the society’s animosity toward them for calling the EU decision to label products ...

“I apologize to twelve-year-olds everywhere for my insensitivity.” Jerusalem, November 8 – Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s newly appointed Media Adviser walked back this morning derogatory comments he had made about US Secretary of State John Kerry, saying that, contrary to ...

“We have any number of non-Ashkenazi members, and as as soon as I can think of more than eight, I’ll list them for you.” Tel Aviv, November 3 – Labor Party leaders gathered yesterday to debate the future of the ...

If the cabinet approves the agreement, it will be brought to the Knesset, and then, under a law passed during the previous government’s tenure, to a national referendum. Jerusalem, October 29 – The political fragmentation of Palestinian society has led ...

“I hope it happens soon, or someone will get killed.” Tel Aviv, October 25 – Meretz Party leader Zehava Gal-On again warned of incitement against left-wing political figures as the twentieth anniversary of Prime Miinister Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination approaches, and ...

None of the other countries in the region have laws prohibiting calling for harm to Jews. Jerusalem, October 19 – The current spate of violence has prompted the government to impose certain limits on basic freedoms and rights, including freedom of ...

“People who harm the defenseless, whether it is Palestinian children or Californian pines that leave behind a lone remnant, must face consequences.” Jerusalem, October 15 – An Arab lawmaker in Israel’s parliament said she has reviewed the video evidence of ...

There may be hundreds of thousands of Israelis with the condition, which disproportionately affects those of Ashkenazi ancestry. Meretz Party Chairwoman Zehava Gal-On was informed by neurologists today that she suffers from an inability to process events that occurred prior to ...

Despite some of world’s best non-Caspian caviar being produced in Israel at Kibbutz Dan, only the wealthy can afford to purchase any, and even they do so only in tiny quantities at a time. Tel Aviv, October 1 – Opposition ...