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 2023-03-26 20:59 

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Netanyahu fires Defense Minister Gallant over call to halt to judicial overhaul legislation...

Premier removes defense chief from office a day after the latter called to initiate dialogue on government's court plan and reach a broad consensus; Agriculture Minister Avi Dichter leading candidate to succeed Gallant...

 2023-03-26 20:51 

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New Palestinian terrorist group emerging in West Bank...

The Martyr Omar Abu Laila Battalion, named after a Palestinian terrorist who carried out a stabbing attack that killed two Israelis, says its 'soldiers were preparing many surprises that would shake the brutal [Israeli] entity'...

 2023-03-26 16:50 

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Palestinians accuse settlers of arson, Israel says electrical fire...

No one hurt in predawn fire, which Palestinian FM blames on 'Jewish terrorist elements'; homeowner says woken by sound of window smashing and managed to get his four children and wife out before flames spread...

 2023-03-26 15:54 

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Israeli group asks court to punish Netanyahu over legal plan...

Movement for Quality Government alleges the prime minister is violating a conflict of interest agreement meant to prevent him from dealing with the country's judiciary while he is on trial for corruption...

 2023-03-22 13:37 

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Israel braces for a tempestuous Ramadan as tensions run high...

Large forces deployed throughout West Bank to maintain order during sensitive period, but all eyes are on Temple Mount where 'any small incident could snowball into something big and ignite the region'...

 2023-03-22 13:36 

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Netanyahu says no new settlements in northern West Bank after ban lifted...

PM sends reassuring message to Washington after Israeli envoy summoned to State Department in protest of Knesset decision paving the way for Jewish settlers' return to evacuated settlements...

 2023-03-22 13:16 

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Israel switches to Daylight Saving Time overnight Friday...

Israelis will move the clock one hour ahead, losing an hour of sleep but getting more daylight in the evening in the coming months...

 2023-03-21 06:33 

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Likud approves 'softened' judicial reform outline, opposition unimpressed...

Ruling party lawmakers overwhelmingly vote to scale back some of plan's more controversial clauses but opposition parties, protest leaders flatly reject revamp; 'This will simply turn our judiciary into a branch of the Likud party,' Lapid prot...

 2023-03-21 05:55 

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Jordan Foreign Ministry slams Smotrich over 'Greater Israel' map...

Amman slams treasurer for presenting chart of Israel encompassing neighboring kingdom's territory; Jerusalem says recognizes Jordan's territorial integrity in response...

 2023-03-21 05:16 

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Over 1,600 Jewish immigrants call on Israeli govt to halt judicial reform...

Signatories come from a variety of backgrounds, including Orthodox, secular, Reform, Conservative and ultra-Orthodox Jews and hail from countries including the U.S., Britain, Europe, South Africa, Australia, Russia, Ukraine and South America...

 2023-03-21 04:41 

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Israel ranks 4th happiest country on Earth in 2023...

Jewish state lands first top-five finish after ranking 9th in 2022 and 12th in 2021; ranking put together prior to Judicial reform protests...

 2023-03-20 04:09 

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U.S. university offers students college credits for watching anti-Israel film...

City University of New York offers screening as part of after-school program which also includes exhibition depicting one-side account of Israeli-Palestinian conflict, stating 'there is no conflict'...

 2023-03-20 03:29 

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Netanyahu government pledges to halt settlement push in bid to curb violence...

Amid fresh violence in Huwara, Israel and Palestinians agree at Sharm el-Sheikh summit to cease unilateral actions and establish a mechanism to prevent and rein in violence and incitement...

 2023-03-20 03:10 

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Israeli father shot in front of wife in terrorist attack in Huwara and returns fire...

Former U.S. Marine and trained firearms instructor David Stern returns fire and hits attacker, who is apprehended by security forces shortly after; doctors at the hospital describe him surviving a 'miracle'...

 2023-03-20 02:51 

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Biden urges Netanyahu to reach compromise on judicial overhaul...

In unusual intervention in Israel's internal affairs by Washington, POTUS underscores 'belief that democratic values have always been, and must remain, a hallmark of the U.S.-Israel relationship'...

 2023-03-18 17:46 

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Rocket fired from Gaza Strip crashes in open area near border...

Alarms sound in border community Nahal Oz after a week and a half of calm around Palestinian enclave; army says did not try to intercept projectile after having identified it would fall in an unpopulated area...

 2023-03-16 23:55 

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Israeli TikTok star arrested in France for smuggling Khat...

Chen Elkayam along with three others, detained at Orly Airport in Paris carrying largest yet amount of smuggled stimulant which is legal in Israel but not in France; goes before judge on Friday...

 2023-03-16 22:20 

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Hundreds of IDF reservists say will not report to duty as of Sunday...

The group numbering 650 reserve soldiers from intelligence and cyber units say a bill preventing the ouster of a prime minister of anything other than health reasons means democracy is being held at gunpoint...

 2023-03-16 20:43 

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Gallup poll: Democrats sympathies in Middle East shift to Palestinians...

Americans' views on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict have become more polarized, Gallup reveals; 11-percentage-point jump in Democratic sympathy toward Palestinians while republicans still favor Israel...

 2023-03-16 19:59 

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Likud lawmaker seeks stronger ties with diaspora Jews...

Dan Illouz, himself an immigrant from Canada, launches a caucus he says would focus on sharing ideas and experiences to strengthen what he calls crucial bonds between Jews around the world and Israel...

 2023-03-15 20:24 

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Israeli president presents compromise amid judicial overhaul crisis...

Issac Herzog insists on the independence of courts, the authority of legal councils and legislation of basic laws in the spirit of the Declaration of Independence; Netanyahu rejects compromise...

 2023-03-15 19:55 

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Israel blocks EU's foreign chief from visiting over critical comments...

Josep Borrell's comments include criticism of the judicial overhaul and comparing Jewish settler riots in Huwara to terror attacks made against Israelis, in an address to the European Parliament...

 2023-03-15 19:06 

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Jewish Americans press Israeli leaders to compromise...

The arrival of some 30 leaders from the Jewish Federations of America marks a rare foray by the American Jewish community into domestic Israeli affairs; are to meet Israeli officials...

 2023-03-15 16:25 

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'Wake up Hitler, there are still people to burn' in Palestinian textbooks...

Despite promises to the contrary, UNRWA continues to employ educational staff that routinely advocate hatred and violence against Jews, even going so far as praising Hitler; 'UNRWA is fully culpable in this fiasco,' says UN watchdog...

 2023-03-15 16:04 

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Netanyahu shortens Berlin visit amid fresh security concerns...

Statement from PM's office says he will return on Thursday instead of Friday after it was revealed that political officials have been pressing the army not to disclose to the public the details of a mysterious blast in the north...

 2023-03-15 13:03 

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Netanyahu to depart to Berlin amid judicial overhaul protests...

PM is scheduled to meet with German chancellor to discuss various international affairs, including Iran; protesters against judicial overhaul intend to stop Netanyahu from flying by blocking traffic around Ben Gurion Airport...

 2023-03-13 18:39 

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Opposition leaders threaten to boycott final votes on judicial overhaul...

Sans Arab parties, opposition factions say will not turn out to vote in Knesset, call for 'comprehensive and balanced constitutional arrangement' in lieu of 'insane hodgepodge of laws'...

 2023-03-13 17:23 

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Morocco defends ties with Israel after criticism from Islamist party...

Pushing back against claims Rabat ignoring plight of Palestinians, royal palace says foreign policy is a prerogative of King Mohammed VI...

 2023-03-13 15:02 

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Saudi Arabia blocks Israeli delegation from participating in UN event...

Israelis denied entry by Saudi's to the UN's World Tourism Organization despite being invited by the international body; citizens from Kfar Kama in the Galilee represent one of 32 sites selected as best rural tourist destination...

 2023-03-13 09:27 

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Pro-Israel stalwarts Miriam Adelson and Noa Tishby join chorus condemning judicial reforms...

Backlash against proposed judicial overhaul voiced by the two prominent pro-Israeli activists signals to Netanyahu that support for him in the U.S. could be wavering...

 2023-03-13 08:20 

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Israel's coalition clears bill protecting Netanyahu from ouster, for vote...

Bill to be made into basic law would enable recusal of prime minister only in cases of physical or mental incapacity and Supreme Court could not weigh in on demands to remove Netanyahu; First reading of law to take place later in the day...

 2023-03-13 06:36 

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Smotrich met by hundreds of protesters in Washington, DC...

Jewish groups call for demonstrators to converge on the hotel to oppose the judicial reforms currently being legislated in the Israeli parliament, as well as the negative economic fall-out of the reforms...

 2023-03-12 22:52 

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Israeli-UAE relations cooling off amid political turmoil, sources say...

Netanyahu denies Abu Dhabi intends to halt purchase of security systems but officials claim Emiratis taken aback by Smotrich and Ben-Gvir, anti-judicial overhaul protests and Saudi-Iran dtente; 'This is a complete collapse on all fronts,' senior I...

 2023-03-12 20:47 

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Unseemly teacher chat sparks racism row at southern Israel school...

Students notice teachers run WhatsApp group littered with messages disparaging students of Ethiopian Jewish extraction; 'We are ashamed to have found ourselves in this situation,' says principal...

 2023-03-12 20:25 

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IDF chief apologizes for suggesting 'safe dictatorship preferable to anarchy'...

Herzi Halevi expresses regret over gaffe that 'does not reflect my worldview at all' and calls to simmer down discourse around judicial overhaul; 'We must not saw off the branch we are all sitting on,' he says...

 2023-03-12 19:24 

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Israeli and U.S. Air Force begin joint 'Red Flag' exercise...

The drill, held at the U.S. Air Force Base in Nevada, will last for nearly two weeks and will include 'different types of training,' including 'attack in unfamiliar terrain rich in anti-aircraft defenses'...

 2023-03-12 19:21 

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Judicial reform compromise dead in the water, says ex-security official...

After rigorous attempts to come up with a compromise fail, ex-head of the Israeli National Security Council says he is wary of what would happen if neither side backs down; Netanyahu says he has public support for the move...

 2023-03-12 19:17 

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Israeli strikes in Syria kill 2 pro-Iran fighters, war monitor says...

Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says alleged Israeli attack 'targeted a weapons depot belonging to pro-Iran forces'...

 2023-03-12 10:31 

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Netanyahu tours Rome, meets with Italian PM amid judicial reform row...

PM also meets with Italian business executives to discuss opportunities for trade; attempts to convince his counterpart to move the Italian embassy to Jerusalem, while judicial overhaul opponents rally in Rome...

 2023-03-12 07:11 

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Three dead in shootout with troops on West Bank...

Palestinian terrorists open fire on soldiers near Jit, West of the city of Nablus, after three are killed. a fourth gunman turns himself in and is arrested; same position comes under attack last month...

 2023-03-11 19:29 

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FBI arrests Israeli accused of defrauding Haredi investors of $47M...

Ynet originally published that Yossi Engel was arrested upon entering the LAX airport in a luxurious vehicle with VIP service of Hollywood stars; the Israeli national promised investors that their funds would be transferred to his security camera company...

 2023-03-09 21:31 

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Saudi Arabia seeks U.S. security guarantees as term for peace with Israel, report...

Officials say striking a normalization deal has become a priority for the U.S. and Israel amid possible confrontation with Iran and its aid to Russia in the Ukraine War; also add that the Palestinian issue was not a priority for Saudi Arabia...

 2023-03-09 19:29 

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Hezog says legislation pushed by coalition destructive and must be thrown out...

President Issac Herzog addresses the nation in serious tone warning of pending disaster; tells political leaders they must decide immediately if to stop rush to the abyss or continue their path he calls an affront to Israel's democratic values...

 2023-03-09 17:20 

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High ranking member of Israeli Airforce suspended amid protests of gov....

Colonel Gilad Peled rejects claims he encourages anyone to refuse to volunteer amid the government's assault on the judicial system; protests continue to block roads, clash with police after forcing the prime minister to chopper to the airport for his...

 2023-03-09 16:34 

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Satellite photos: Likely Israel strike damages Syria airport...

The strike appears to have threatened targeted three patched areas, struck in previous attacks on the airport, also attributed to Israel; Syria's Foreign Minister describes attack as 'double crime'...

 2023-03-09 16:25 

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Israel offers Italy gas, wants it to recognize Jerusalem as capital...

Netanyahu hopes to capitalize on Rome's commitment to replace energy imports from Russia in wake of Ukraine invasion to score historic political achievement during three-day visit to EU nation...

 2023-03-09 16:00 

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U.S. increasingly worried about West Bank situation as Austin visits Israel...

Pentagon chief lands in Tel Aviv in hopes of refocusing on Iranian threat as Israel reels under threat of third Intifada, mass anti-government demonstrations...

 2023-03-08 23:31 

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GOP senator accuses Biden of backing efforts to 'sabotage' Netanyahu...

Tom Cotton claims State Department 'funneling' U.S. taxpayer dollars to 'Netanyahu's domestic opponents' and blasts Democrats for purported long-standing campaign to delegitimize conservative leader...

 2023-03-08 22:55 

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Netanyahu warns MKs against criticizing reservists amid judicial reform row...

PM's remarks come following backlash sparked by two Likud ministers who bashed reservist protesters; 'The task for all of us is to try to tamp down tensions and not inflame them,' he says...

 2023-03-08 22:54 

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Israeli women form human chains to protest planned judicial overhaul...

'We feel that every step of this reform is going to hurt women and take women's rights back,' protester says on International Women's Day...

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