Herzog reportedly drew up legal opinion for Netanayhu's pardon before his presidency

by mgall74 | Dec 10, 2025 | Israeli News

[ad_1] Associates of President Isaac Herzog explored the possibility of granting a pardon to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before he was elected president and prior to Netanyahu’s indictment, according to a report by Israel’s Channel 12 published...

Netanyahu's deluge of anti-democratic bills is a bargaining chip in his criminal trial

by mgall74 | Dec 9, 2025 | Israeli News

[ad_1] The government’s blitz of antidemocratic legislation can be seen partly, or even primarily, as a particularly noisy campaign by members of the governing coalition to influence their placement on their parties’ next Knesset tickets before the next...

Bill would expand Israeli justice minister's control of police internal investigations department

by mgall74 | Dec 9, 2025 | Israeli News

[ad_1] The full text of the legislation, which has been unveiled in the Knesset, calls for a new five-member committee to appoint the head of the Police Internal Investigations Department – with three of them appointed by the justice minister or his director general...

Israeli forces raid two Palestinian universities in the West Bank, reports say

by mgall74 | Dec 9, 2025 | Israeli News

[ad_1] According to Birzeit University, north of Ramallah, forces forcefully entered the campus with armored personnel carriers and jeeps around 5.30 A.M. and handcuffed security personnel. Palestinian outlets reported that Israeli forces arrested five of the guards...

Report: IDF actively supports construction of settler outposts and farms in West Bank

by mgall74 | Dec 9, 2025 | Israeli News

[ad_1] ‘You Can No Longer Control It’ Speaking to the Kan public broadcaster, an IDF officer highlighted the army’s shift from a policy of ‘turning a blind eye’ to illegal settlers’ outposts in the West Bank, to fully coordinating...