Ynet News, January 16, 2014 – An FBI investigation into Republican Congressman Michael Grimm’s campaign finances ties him to Israeli Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto through donations of more than half a million dollars, and has also led to suspicions of senior Israeli police officers accepting bribes from Pinto. The affair came to light due to an FBI wiretap agreed to […]
By Aviel Magnezi. Ynet News, January 16, 2014 – Israel Police is investigating senior officers on suspicion of accepting bribes from an influential Israeli rabbi, in a scandal involving the police, a former cabinet minister and even the FBI. The details of the investigation were released Thursday, after a sweeping gag order on the affair was […]
John Whitbeck’s commentary: Transmitted below is a clear-headed reflection from Fareed Zakaria, who, it may be worth noting, supported the American invasion of Iraq which, as he now realizes, blew the lid off Pandora’s Box. Making things worse in the Middle East By Fareed Zakaria. Washington Post – Over the past few months, the Middle East has […]
Joint report by Hamoked and B’Tselem. Full report, PDF Testimony of Nibal Mghari Testimony of Fatmah Abu ‘Issa Testimony of ‘Abir Sharaf B’Tselem, January 2014 – After the 1967 occupation, Israel enabled Palestinians to travel relatively freely between the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and Israel. Residents of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip […]
Ma’an News, January 28, 2014 – Israeli forces on Tuesday erected an iron gate at the main entrance to the Bethlehem village of Nahhalin. Locals told Ma’an that in 2001 Israeli forces blockaded a road connecting the village to Hebron. On Tuesday, Israeli forces removed the earth mounds blocking the road and replaced them with […]
WAFA, January 27, 2014 – Israeli soldiers Monday opened fire at Palestinians east of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza Strip critically wounding one person, according to hospital sources. Soldiers stationed at a military tower in Wadi al-Salqa shot the Palestinian reported to be in his mid 30s following an explosion in the area when a […]
IMEMC, January 26, 2014 – Israeli police have shot a Palestinian man, aged 41, while he was in Israel for work, according to medical sources.
IMEMC, January 24, 2014 – Israeli forces shot dead one Palestinian and injured another, on Friday, during a protest east of Jabaliya, in the northern Gaza Strip.
IMEMC, January 23, 2014 – The Israeli Defence Ministry, this week, approved plans to build 381 new homes in the Givat Ze’ev settlement, north of Jerusalem. This is the third such announcement in three weeks.
IMEMC, January 22, 2014 – Palestinian medical sources have reported that that a Palestinian child suffered serious injuries after a bomb, dropped by Israeli soldiers during training, exploded in his hands, in the Jordan Valley.
