Israeli cabinet ministers approved the bill Sunday.
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Afghan forces ‘kill Taliban fighters’
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation said that they had not conducted any airstrikes in Sangin but the Afghan air force probably had.
In contrast, pro-government and nationalistic nonprofit groups tend to rely on wealthy private donors, who are exempt from the measures under the proposed bill.
Southland congresswoman welcomes Japan-South Korea agreement
The Japanese premier has praised the deal, describing it as the start of a “new era” in relations between Japan and South Korea. President Park Geun-hye greets Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida at Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul on Monday.
The soldier who was stabbed suffered light wounds and the soldier caught in the crossfire suffered moderate wounds, officials told Haaretz.
Calm prevails after Iraq troops routed IS from Ramadi center
On national television, Iraq’s Prime Minister warned his forces were “coming to liberate Mosul next – and deal ISIS a fatal blow”. In previous battles since then, Iraq’s armed forces operated mainly in a supporting role beside Iranian-backed Shi’ite militias.
Critics say the legislation is discriminatory because it is mainly groups that oppose the right-wing government’s policies towards Palestinians which receive money from foreign governments and the European Union.
Successive Israeli governments have considered building in E1 to establish “facts on the ground” and ensure that Ma’ale Adumim, with a population of around 40,000, remains linked to Jerusalem rather than isolated as a Jewish enclave, if and when a Palestinian state arises.
The so-called transparency bill, sponsored by the justice minister, Ayelet Shaked, requires organisations to provide details of the countries funding their activities in any communication with elected officials, imposing a 29,000 shekel (£5,000) fine on any who fail to do so.
The ministry’s plans include moves to retroactively legalize a number of illegal outposts in occupied areas, as well as to create urban continuity between illegal settlements to Jerusalem, the watchdog said. “Human rights organisations fill an essential role in any society which aspires to be democratic, which is why they are constantly targeted as enemies of Israeli sovereignty.”. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the stabbing took place near the city’s central bus station.
The incidents are the latest in three months of unrelenting violence.
The attacks have claimed 21 lives on the Israeli side and at least 130 Palestinian lives, 89 of them said by Israel to be attackers. A Palestinian witness reported that Abu Zayed shot at Israeli troops in Kalandiya during an arrest.
Israel’s plans to expand its colonial settlement enterprise and to strangle the Palestinian people and their land bring about the end of the two-state solution; this is further proof that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is more interested in pandering to the racist, extremist and settler Israeli population than working to achieve peace and stability.
Palestinian leaders say a younger generation sees no hope for the future living under Israeli security restrictions and with a stifled economy.
Also Sunday, Israel returned the bodies of seven suspected Palestinian assailants killed in recent weeks to their families, the military said.
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Information for this article was contributed by Josef Federman and staff members of The Associated Press.
