Israel

123 September 2023; MEMO: The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said today that he will not allow anyone to prevent reaching a settlement on the judicial reform.

12 September 2023; MEMO: The Israeli military acknowledged yesterday that occupation soldiers had mistakenly attacked and imprisoned three innocent Palestinians last month leaving them with life-altering injuries.

According to the Times of Israel, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) claimed that occupation soldiers fired at several Palestinians who were supposedly throwing makeshift explosives from a moving vehicle towards a nearby military post near the occupied West Bank city of Jenin.

JERUSALEM, Sept 12 (NNN-MA’AN) – An Israeli court sentenced yesterday, four border police officers to community service or imprisonment, after they were convicted of theft and assaults against Palestinian workers.

The Beersheba District Court in southern Israel, said in a statement that, the four officers confessed to committing armed robbery, severe assault, conspiracy to commit crimes, breach of trust, and destruction of evidence.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Supreme Court on Tuesday opened the first case to look at the legality of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s contentious judicial overhaul — deepening a showdown with the far-right government that has bitterly divided the nation and put the country on the brink of a constitutional crisis.

JERUSALEM, Sept 11 (NNN-MA’AN) – The Israeli regime’s 12-month budget deficit, surged to 23.1 billion shekels (about 6 billion U.S. dollars), showed figures issued by the state’s Finance Ministry, yesterday.

The deficit rise was mainly due to a 4.3-percent decrease in tax collection, year on year, in the first eight months of 2023, and an increase of 9.4 percent in government spending.

JERUSALEM, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- Israel will allocate more than 2,000 additional megawatts in the national electricity grid to connect renewable energy facilities, mainly solar ones, the country's Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure said in a statement on Sunday.

The decision will allow the state-owned Israel Electric Corporation to connect many high-scale renewable energy facilities, mainly in the north and south of Israel, thus promoting renewable energy production nationwide.

07 September 2023; MEMO: The Eritrean government has accused Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency of backing and organising the recent violent riots between rival Eritrean groups in Tel Aviv. The allegation comes as the Israeli government is reported to be trying to deport the rioters.

07 September 2023; MEMO: Foreign investment in Israel plummeted 60 per cent during the first quarter of the year, according to a report released yesterday by the Finance Ministry.

The data reveals that Israel attracted approximately $2.6 billion in foreign investment during the initial three months of this year, marking a substantial 60 per cent drop when compared to the average quarterly figures observed in 2020 and 2022.

JERUSALEM, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- Stem cell researchers created artificial models of human embryos and successfully grew them outside the womb up to day 14, the Weizmann Institute of Science (WIS) in central Israel said in a statement on Wednesday.

In a new study published in the journal Science, the researchers created artificial stem cell embryo models that accurately mimic all the essential features and components of this developmental stage, including the placenta, yolk sac, chorionic sac, and assorted external tissues essential for facilitating dynamic and healthy growth.

04 September 2023; MEMO: Israel has decided to use administrative detention against African migrants accused by the police of rioting, Maan news agency reported yesterday.

The Israeli occupation government also decided to cancel work permits given to migrants living in Israel.