Israeli minister resigns over Gaza pullout as Abbas orders bulldozing of illegal homes
Israeli Minister of Jerusalem and Diaspora Affairs Natan Sharansky resigned Monday saying that Israel's upcoming withdrawal from the Gaza Strip is a mistake that will spawn more Palestinian violence. Sharansky has insisted that Israeli concessions must be matched...
A Russian court Wednesday postponed until May 16 a scheduled verdict in the controversial tax fraud prosecution of oil magnate and former Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky . The postponement was announced by a simple notice on a...
Israeli Supreme Court rejects petitions against Gaza pullout
Israel's Supreme Court Monday dismissed an attempt by Jewish settlers to bar legislation enabling the government to accomplish its withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. The settlers filed eight petitions challenging the Evacuation Compensation bill, ratified in...
New murder charges filed against former Yukos security chief
Russian prosecutors filed new murder charges Thursday against former Yukos security chief Alexei Pichugin . Last month, Pichugin was convicted of organizing a double murder and was sentenced to 20 years in jail...
UN rights commission condemns Israel, to vote on abuses in Sudan, Cuba
The UN Human Rights Commission passed a resolution Thursday condemning Israel's settlements on Palestinian territories by 39-2, with 12 abstentions. The resolution called for the Israeli government to reverse the policy and to take measures meant to...
The Gaza Strip Regional Council has authorized a team of 100 lawyers and assessors to negotiate with the Israeli government about moving Gaza strip settlers as a group to the coastal area of Nitzanim in southern Israel ....
Israel high court eases conversion laws in ruling that shakes Orthodox control
Israel's Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the country can recognize non-Orthodox conversions to Judaism not performed in Israel, a decision which challenges the Orthodox monopoly over Israili religious affairs. Up to this time, converts who sought Israeli...
Israel's Knesset is expected to vote Monday on a national referendum proposal seen as a last-ditch attempt to keep Israeli troops from forcing the withdrawal of settlements and outposts occupied by Israeli citizens in the Gaza region....
In an effort to counter opponents of this summer's scheduled pullout from the Gaza Strip , the Israeli government Friday banned new settlers from moving into the area. The ban came in the form of an Israeli army...
Israel's Justice Ministry announced Thursday that Israeli nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu has been indicted for violating the terms of his release from prison. Vanunu completed an 18-year prison sentence in April for revealing...
