Israeli Government

Israeli Bill Slammed As Attempt To Muzzle Government Critics

AP | AMY TEIBEL | Posted 01.13.2012

Read More: Ministerial Committee for Legislation, Israel Bill Limits Funding, Israel Government Critics, Israel Non Profit Organizations, Israeli Government, Israel, World News

JERUSALEM — Senior Israeli Cabinet ministers took a significant step Sunday toward curbing foreign funding for political not-for-profit organiza...

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Rabbi's Arrest Provokes New Friction Between Religion And Government In Israel

AP | By AMY TEIBEL | Posted 08.29.2011

Read More: Israeli Jews, Judaism, Rabbi Dov Lior, Israel-Palestine, The King's Teachings, Rabbi Arrested, Israeli Government, Israel, Israel Settlements, Israeli Rabbi Arrested, Religion News

JERUSALEM -- The arrest of a prominent Israeli settler rabbi who endorsed a book sanctioning the killing of non-Jews under some conditions is sharpeni...

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Israeli Ministry Targeting So-Called 'Sects' and 'Cults'

Joseph K. Grieboski | Posted 07.31.2011

Read More: Religious Freedom, Religious Minorities, Israeli Government, Israel, Netanyahu, Religious Liberty, Cults, Religion News
Joseph K. Grieboski

Classifying religious groups into "religions" and "sects" violates religious human rights standards. It is impermissible and arbitrary for the government to confer benefits on groups it classifies as "religions."

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Miral's Rula Jebreal: The Palestinian Woman who wrote the Book that Started this Big Screening War

Katie Halper | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rula Jebreal Miral, Gaza, Julian Schnabel, Miral United Nations, Palestinians, Miral, Miral Un, Israel, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Julian Schnabel Miral, Rula Jebreal, Israeli Settlements, Israel Miral, Israeli Government Miral, Julian Schnabel Israel, Israeli Government, United Nations, Sean Penn, East Jerusalem, Exodus, Yitzhak Rabin, Un, Hadassah, Adl, Adl Miral, Anti Defamation League, Ajc Miral, Hatikva, Jerusalem, Anti-Defamation League, Rula Jebreal Peace, Screening Un, Robert De Niro, Politics News
Katie Halper

This week, days before Miral's release, I talked to Rula Jebreal about her life, her story, the film, violence, and her optimism for a peaceful future for Israelis and Palestinians alike.

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Israel Shelves Controversial Jewish Conversion Law

AP | MATTI FRIEDMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jewish Conversion, Jewish Federations of North America, Conversion to Judaism, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Government, Israel, Jewish State, Orthodox Judaism, World News

JERUSALEM — An Israeli government decision to shelve a controversial bill on Jewish conversions drew praise Friday from liberal Jewish groups in...

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A Call for Ehud Barak to Resign. Forever.

Dana Agmon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Lebanon, Defense, Governance, Middle East, Israel-Mavi-Marmara, Ehud Barak, Israeli Government, Israel Labor Party, Israel, Resignation, Mavi Marmara, Minister of Defense, World News
Dana Agmon

Enough is enough. You have proven incapable in every political post you held. It is time to be the man you always claimed to be. And the only way to be that man is to tender your resignation.

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President Obama Must Join Global Condemnation of Israeli Flotilla Assault

Medea Benjamin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Aung San Suu Kyi, Nelson Mandela, Gaza Strip, Free Gaza Flotilla, Jimmy Carter, Israeli Government, Kofi Annan, Human Rights, Barack Obama, Amr Moussa, World News
Medea Benjamin

One day after Israeli commandos stormed civilian boats bringing aid to Gaza, leaving nine dead, a group of Nobel Peace prize winners put out a statement condemning the attack. Conspicuously absent from the Nobel Peace prize signees was Barack Obama.

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Thomas Friedman: "It Is Time For A Radically New Approach" Toward Israeli-Palestinian Peace

nytimes.com | THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestinian Authority, Thomas Friedman, West Bank, Hillary Clinton, Hamas, Israeli Government, Israel, Barack Obama, Politics News

The Israeli-Palestinian peace process has become a bad play. It is obvious that all the parties are just acting out the same old scenes, with the same...

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The Slandering of a Renown Jewish Jurist and War Crimes Prosecutor, Richard Goldstone

Ray Hanania | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Civilian Deaths, Palestine, United Nations, Alan Dershowitz, War, Richard Goldstone, Hamas, Barack Obama, Palestinians, Israeli Missiles, War Crimes, Hamas Rockets, President Jimmy Carter, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Gaza Strip, Israeli Government, Crimes Against Humanity, World News
Ray Hanania

Renown South African Jurist Richard Goldstone has completed a comprehensive report on the war crimes committed during the Israeli war started against Hamas in the Gaza Strip on Nov. 4, 2008.

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Kadima 'Shadow Government' Formed Under Livni

Jerusalem Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kadima Party, Likud, Kadima Shadow Government, Tzipi Livni Israel, Foreign Affairs, Tzipi Livni, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Government, Israel, Israel Likud Party, Kadima, Binyamin Netanyahu, Advocacy, World News

Kadima leader Tzipi Livni finally formed a "government" on Monday, seven months after failing to build a real coalition when she had the opportunity t...

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Netanyahu Given 14-Day Extension To Form Israeli Government

Haaretz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Likud, Labor, Shimon Peres, Netanyahu Extension, Netanyahu Labor, Ehud Barak, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Foreign Affairs, Israeli Government, Netanyahu Barak, Israel Coalition, Binyamin Netanyahu, World News

President Shimon Peres on Friday accorded Prime Minister-designate a 14-day extension to form a government. ...

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Right-Wing Faction Pulls Out Of Israeli Government, Deals Blow To Mideast Peace

AP | LAURIE COPANS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israeli Politics, Yisrael Beiteinu, Israeli Government, Israel, Ehud Olmert, Right-Wing Faction Israeli Government, Politics News

A hawkish faction in Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's coalition pulled out of the government on Wednesday, weakening him at a time when he needs broad sup...

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