January 26, 2017: Israeli soldiers harass Palestinian farmers planting olive trees and tilling soil in the village of Asira Al-Qibliya, near Nablus, to protest the recent Israeli military order that would confiscate about three dunams of privately owned Palestinian lands for "security reasons" for the nearby Israeli settlement of Yitzhar.

Israel Approves 3,000 New Settler Homes in Occupied West Bank

The Israeli cabinet approved on Tuesday, January 31, the construction of more than 3,000 new illegal settlement homes across the occupied West Bank, just hours after the widely condemned outpost “Legalization Bill” – which would retroactively legalize dozens of illegal Israeli outposts – passed its final committee vote in Israel’s parliament. The Israeli daily Haaretz…

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with former New York City mayor, Rudolph 'Rudy' Giuliani, an envoy of US President Donald Trump, at Netanyahu's office in Jerusalem on Wednesday, January 25.

Speaker Bars MKs from Querying Netanyahu on Police Probes

Far-right Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded to his many critics within the Knesset on Wednesday, January 25, going on the offensive from the Knesset podium and declaring his “innocence.” MKs Dov Khenin (Hadash – Joint List) and Revital Swid (Zionist Union) of the opposition asked the prime minister questions about the various affairs for which…