Tag: Islamic Movement
Shin Bet asked to delay closure of terror-linked Ra’am charities
The Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) pressed the Justice Ministry to delay proceedings to close down two terror-linked nonprofits controlled by the Islamist Ra’am Party, Israel Hayom reported on Wednesday.
According to the report, officials in the...
Islamic Movement inciting anti-Jewish unrest ahead of Rosh Hashanah
The Islamic Movement in Israel, an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood, is upping its efforts to incite anti-Jewish unrest ahead of the High Holiday season, which kicks off this weekend with Rosh Hashanah, JNS has...
What is the Shura Council?
When Israel’s Ra’am Party froze its membership in the government coalition last month over the Temple Mount riots, the decision came not from the party’s leadership but from a body called the Shura Council....
Jerusalem police on high alert ahead of Passover seder, second Friday of Ramadan
The Israel Police have directed hotels across the country to ramp up security ahead of the Passover seder, which this year falls on the second Friday of Ramadan. Amid the tense security situation in...
Islamic Movement’s new leader set to continue pragmatism, working with Israeli government
The southern branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel chose a new leader in recent weeks that cements its continued role in the Israeli government.
Sheikh Safwat Frij, who previously served as deputy head of...
Leader of outlawed ‘Islamic Movement in Israel’ begins 28-month jail sentence
The head of the outlawed northern branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel, Sheikh Raed Salah, began his prison sentence on Sunday for incitement to terrorism.
Some 200 supporters arrived at the Kishon Detention Facility,...
Israeli court sentences radical Islamic cleric Raed Salah to prison
An Israeli court sentenced radical Islamic cleric Raed Salah to 28 months in jail for “inciting to terror” in speeches he made after a 2017 attack at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem in which...