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Bibi’s done? Anti-Netanyahu coalition notifies Israeli president that it has formed new government after Arab party joins

Posted on June 4, 2021June 4, 2021By Editor

Yair Lapid and Naftali Bennett have put together a governing coalition to oust PM Benjamin Netanyahu, just minutes before time ran out. For the first time in history, an Arab-Israeli party will be on board. … Read More >Bibi’s done? Anti-Netanyahu coalition notifies Israeli president that it has formed new government after Arab party joins

Herzog elected Israel’s new president with 87 votes, as midnight deadline looms for opposition to oust Netanyahu

Posted on June 4, 2021June 4, 2021By Editor

Isaac Herzog has been elected Israel’s eleventh president, winning a sizeable majority of 87 votes from the Knesset’s 120 seats. The vote comes as several parties race to form a new government before midnight. … Read More >Herzog elected Israel’s new president with 87 votes, as midnight deadline looms for opposition to oust Netanyahu

Health

Israel finds ‘likely’ link between Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine and cases of heart inflammation in young males

Posted on June 4, 2021June 4, 2021By Editor

A specially appointed epidemiological team has found “a likelihood of a link” between receiving the second dose of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine and the onset of myocarditis in young men, Israel’s Health Ministry said in a statement. … Read More >Israel finds ‘likely’ link between Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine and cases of heart inflammation in young males

Netanyahu’s party loses last-minute bid to stop rivals forming new Israeli government

Posted on June 3, 2021June 3, 2021By Editor

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin has rejected a challenge from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s party over the legality of a rival right-wing party’s attempt to form a new government after years of political stalemate. … Read More >Netanyahu’s party loses last-minute bid to stop rivals forming new Israeli government

Israel lifts majority of coronavirus restrictions as new cases drop to single digits, but keeps indoor mask mandate

Posted on June 2, 2021June 2, 2021By Editor

Having lived through three nationwide Covid-19 lockdowns, Israel has lifted nearly all of the restrictions imposed to curb the spread of the disease, but fell short of scrapping the mask mandate for now. … Read More >Israel lifts majority of coronavirus restrictions as new cases drop to single digits, but keeps indoor mask mandate

Jewish extremists plotted FIREBOMB attack on Palestinians…but failed to find hidden weapons stash, local media report

Posted on June 2, 2021June 2, 2021By Editor

A group of Jewish far-right extremists planned to attack Palestinians earlier this month by pelting them with Molotov cocktails but ultimately failed to find their own hidden weapons stash, the Israeli media have revealed. … Read More >Jewish extremists plotted FIREBOMB attack on Palestinians…but failed to find hidden weapons stash, local media report

World

‘Very complicated matter’: ABC bans term ‘apartheid’ in coverage of Israel/Palestine conflict

Posted on June 2, 2021June 2, 2021By Editor

Australian Broadcaster ABC has announced that they will not allow the use of the word ‘apartheid’ in their coverage of Israel and Palestine in an effort to “be as objective as possible.” … Read More >‘Very complicated matter’: ABC bans term ‘apartheid’ in coverage of Israel/Palestine conflict

Journalism & Mass media

How a fascist party brought into Israel’s parliament by Netanyahu helped him start the war he wanted

Posted on June 1, 2021June 1, 2021By Editor

After Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu paved its way into Israel’s parliament, the fascist Jewish Power party sparked anti-Palestinian pogroms, giving him a pretext to attack Gaza. … Read More >How a fascist party brought into Israel’s parliament by Netanyahu helped him start the war he wanted

USA

Pro-Israeli US group presents ‘Iron Dome’, a smirking flying superhero who reminds critics of supremacist villains

Posted on June 1, 2021June 1, 2021By Editor

An Israel-themed superhero character nicknamed ‘Iron Dome’ has attracted mockery on Twitter after being promoted by an American pro-Israeli group. Users were left unconvinced of his virtues. … Read More >Pro-Israeli US group presents ‘Iron Dome’, a smirking flying superhero who reminds critics of supremacist villains

Journalism & Mass media

Gaza resistance: beginning of the end for apartheid Israel?

Posted on June 1, 2021June 1, 2021By Editor

Red Lines host Anya Parampil speaks with Beirut-based journalist Laith Marouf about what Israel’s latest war on Gaza means for Palestinian resistance. … Read More >Gaza resistance: beginning of the end for apartheid Israel?