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Israel's High Court hears challenge to new law that makes it harder to remove Netanyahu from office
Israel’s Supreme Court is hearing a challenge to a law that makes it harder to remove a sitting prime minister.
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Tank stolen from Israeli army is found in nearby scrapyard, officials say
Israeli authorities are trying to figure out how a heavily armored, but unarmed, tank was stolen from a military training zone after finding it discarded in a junkyard.
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Biden to Israeli prime minister: ‘My commitment to Israel is ironclad'
President Joe Biden met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the United Nations in New York City on Wednesday to discuss ‘integrated’ Middle East and Iran.
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At least 6 Palestinians killed in latest fighting with Israel in the West Bank, officials say
The deadly violence between Israel and the Palestinians over the last year and a half has surged to levels unseen in the West Bank in some two decades.
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Israel criticizes UN vote to list ruins near ancient Jericho as World Heritage Site in Palestine
A U.N. committee has voted to list prehistoric ruins near the ancient West Bank city of Jericho as a World Heritage Site in Palestine.
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Four 1,900-year-old Roman swords discovered in cave near Dead Sea in Israel
Israeli archaeologists have discovered four Roman-era swords with their wooden and leather hilts and scabbards and steel blades exquisitely preserved.
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Israel's Netanyahu says he wants Eritrean migrants involved in violent clashes to be deported
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he wants Eritrean migrants involved in a violent clash in Tel Aviv to be deported immediately.
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Backers of Eritrea regime get in violent clash with protesters in Israel, injuring dozens
Hundreds of Eritrean government supporters and opponents have clashed with each other and with Israeli police in Tel Aviv.
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Bella Hadid spars with Israel's security minister over his recent comments about Palestinians
Israel’s far-right national security minister has lashed out at supermodel Bella Hadid for criticizing his recent fiery televised remarks about Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
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Israeli doctors walk off the job and more strikes are threatened after law weakening courts passes
Thousands of Israeli doctors walked out of work, labor leaders threatened a general strike and senior justices rushed home from a trip abroad.
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Israeli doctors reveal Netanyahu's chronic heart problem only after implanting pacemaker
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s current medical crisis reveals that he has suffered from an irregular heartbeat for years. It’s news to Israelis that their longest-serving prime minister has been dealing with a chronic health problem. The revelations come as mass protests roil Israel over the Netanyahu government’s contentious plan to pass a law Monday limiting judicial power. The belated...
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Israeli parliament takes first major step in Netanyahu's contentious overhaul, deepening divisions
Israel’s parliament has approved the first major law in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s contentious plan to overhaul the country’s judicial system. Monday’s vote triggered a new burst of mass protests and drew accusations that he was pushing the country toward authoritarian rule. The vote was passed unanimously by Netanyahu’s ruling coalition after the opposition stormed out of parliament. It deepened...
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Netanyahu deals with a medical emergency as Israel reaches a new level of unrest
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is recovering in a hospital after an emergency heart procedure as opposition to his government’s contentious judicial overhaul plan reached a fever pitch and unrest gripped the country.
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Israel to allow entry to Palestinian Americans in bid to qualify for US visa waiver program
Israel announced Wednesday that it would be allowing all American citizens, including dual-nationality Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza Strip, to enter the country through its international airport as part of an agreement to qualify for a visa waiver program with the U.S.
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House Republicans pass resolution backing Israel after Democrat calls it ‘racist' state
The GOP-led effort highlighted the divide among House Democrats over Israel, with younger progressives adopting a more critical stance toward the longtime U.S. ally than party leaders.
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Israeli protesters block highways in ‘day of disruption' against judicial overhaul plan
Israeli protesters blocked highways and train stations in the latest countrywide demonstration against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s planned judicial overhaul.
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‘I will not stay quiet': Israel evicts Palestinian family from home after 45-year legal battle
Israeli authorities have evicted a Palestinian family from their contested apartment in Jerusalem’s Old City after a yearslong legal battle, the family said.
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Palestinian attacker wounds 8 in Tel Aviv as Israel's military raid in West Bank continues
A Hamas militant drove his car into a crowded bus stop in Tel Aviv and began stabbing people, wounding eight. Tuesday’s attack was praised by Palestinian militant groups as a response to Israel’s ongoing military operation in the occupied West Bank.
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Israeli Air Force Vets Threaten Not to Serve After Netanyahu Resumes Judicial Overhaul
Dozens of Israeli air force say they won’t show up for duty if the right-wing government moves ahead with a contentious plan to overhaul the country’s judiciary.
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Palestinian killed as Israeli settlers torch West Bank homes and cars to avenge deadly shooting
Hundreds of Israeli settlers have stormed into a Palestinian town in the occupied West Bank, setting fire to dozens of cars and homes to avenge the deaths of four Israelis killed by a pair of Palestinian gunmen the previous day.