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 2023-01-08 21:15 

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 2023-01-08 19:33 

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Pro-Bolsonaro protesters storm Brazil's Congress in capital...

Demonstrators break glass at Congress building as others gather outside the presidential palace and Supreme Court...

 2023-01-08 19:15 

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Under Ben-Gvir orders, Israel Police to enforce ban on Palestinian flags in public...

The order from Kobi Shabtai comes after celebrations of the release of Palestinian security prisoner Karim Younis in the village of 'Ara last weekend, during which the flags were displayed...

 2023-01-08 18:55 

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Smotrich signs order to pay seized Palestinian tax revenue to Israeli victims' families...

The decision is part of a wider series of sanctions in response to the PA's recent successful UN initiative asking the International Court of Justice to form an opinion regarding the legal implications of the occupation of the West Bank and East Jerus...

 2023-01-08 17:25 

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Netanyahu's first coalition crisis: his voters vs. his Haredi allies...

When you negotiate with extremists, no concession is ever enough The gay politician dividing Israel's LGBTQ community Erdogan is in deep trouble. This is his ruthless survival plan The big lie at the heart of Netanyahu's extremist government Today...

 2023-01-08 17:09 

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Israel's justice minister meets top court president after presenting judicial reform...
 2023-01-08 16:18 

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Over half of Israel's mayors vow not to give preferential funding to Haredi schools...

Mayors oppose expansion of law that is expected to require them to fund Haredi educational institutions that don't teach the full core curriculum...

 2023-01-08 15:02 

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Russia claims it killed hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers in rocket attack...

If true, it would be the single largest loss of Ukrainian troops since Russia invaded on February 24 last year...

 2023-01-08 15:00 

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Iranian citizen arrested in Germany on suspicion of planning 'Islamist-motivated' attack...

German police say the suspect planned a 'serious act of violence endangering the state' by allegedly procuring deadly poisons...

 2023-01-08 14:32 

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The big lie at the heart of Netanyahu's extremist government...

Kill the judiciary, but at least stop the lies: Why the hard right Netanyahu government's assault on Israel's justice system is so dishonest, and so dangerous...

 2023-01-08 13:37 

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Far-right Ben-Gvir to limit lawmakers' visits to Palestinian security prisoners...

The newly-appointed National Security Minister intends to return to the old procedure according to which only one MK from each party would be allowed to visit the prisoners,under strict supervision by the Israel Prison Service...

 2023-01-08 13:07 

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Police to probe attack on Arab Hadash leader Ayman Odeh at Tel Aviv protest...

A protester admitted on camera to slapping the Hadash leader during a demonstration against the Israeli far-right government...

 2023-01-08 13:03 

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Trailblazer or turncoat? The gay politician dividing Israel's LGBT community...

Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana made history as the first openly gay man in this position. However, few in the community seem especially proud of him, while his coalition partners spread homophobia...

 2023-01-08 12:25 

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'When Netanyahu was screaming, I knew Sara was next to him'...

Yisrael Beiteinu head Avigdor Lieberman, who serves as a defense witness in a defamation suit against a man who alleged that Benjamin and Sara Netanyahu signed an agreement granting her authority to approve senior political appointments, said that 'th...

 2023-01-08 11:44 

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Erdogan is in deep trouble. This is his ruthless survival plan...

Turkey's economy is crashing and Erdogan's popularity is declining. But the president has uniquely powerful tools to ensure only he wins the next election...

 2023-01-08 11:43 

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Far-right government's plans could damage Israel's credit rating, S&P official warns...

Senior official stresses the importance of independent state institutions and cautions that a repeat of the 'events of May 2021' would also be detrimental to Israel's score...

 2023-01-08 11:05 

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In latest punitive step, Israel revokes Palestinian FM's entry permit after ICJ petition...
 2023-01-08 10:53 

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Moldova wants Israel to extradite this man. The U.S. and Russia are watching...

Ilan Shor, a dual Israeli-Moldovan citizen and the target of U.S. sanctions, is leading a campaign against Moldova's pro-Western government from a safe haven in Israel. Larger global interests are at stake...

 2023-01-08 10:22 

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Netanyahu decries 'wild incitement' after thousands protest far-right gov't in Tel Aviv...

Netanyahu denounced the demonstration in a post with images of banners which compared Justice Minister Yariv Levin to a Nazi and signs which called to 'Free Palestine from the Zionist colonial regime'...

 2023-01-08 09:59 

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Fear of abandonment: Will Israel lose America?...

Israel's conservative revolution is coinciding with rising progressivism in the Democratic Party and putting the two countries' 'special relationship' to the test like never before...

 2023-01-08 09:55 

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Canaanites also used silver as currency, archaeologists deduce...

Using fragments of hacksilber as a means of payment began in Mesopotamia and Anatolia, but emerged in what is today Israel much earlier than thought...

 2023-01-08 09:14 

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Staunch Israel defender Alan Dershowitz slams Netanyahu's judicial reform 'tragedy'...

'If I were in Israel I would be joining the protests,' Dershowitz says, adding that he has informed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of his 'very strong, negative views' on the judiciary plans...

 2023-01-08 08:16 

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Plan for judicial overhaul is 'a clear danger to Israeli democracy' ex-chief Justice says...

In a series of interviews, the former President of the Israeli high court warned of the consequences of the Justice Minister's plan presented last week, calling it a 'clear and tangible danger to democracy'...

 2023-01-08 07:18 

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'We can't put up with it': Netanyahu ally demands halt to rail work on Shabbat...

'We won't be able to put up with this situation. I ask for your urgent intervention in this matter,' United Torah Judaism Chairman Yitzhack Goldknopf said...

 2023-01-08 04:00 

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Backlog has Israelis waiting six months and more for passports...

While the wait for passport renewals was three to four months in early 2022, it has now jumped to at least six months...

 2023-01-08 04:00 

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Israeli gov't official: Dery ruling will affect future of judicial overhaul...

The Netanyahu-led coalition hopes to quickly pass laws that would force radical changes to the judiciary, while the opposition looks to the public to protest...

 2023-01-07 23:17 

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Is this a ghetto or the state of Israel?...
 2023-01-07 23:06 

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Israel sees Palestinian human rights groups as terrorist organizations...
 2023-01-07 22:37 

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Miri Regev is Israel's minister of populism...
 2023-01-07 22:16 

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For the first time in 40 years, Karim Younis is truly free...
 2023-01-07 21:57 

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Israeli police break up East Jerusalem parent-teacher association meeting...

Police say meeting linked to Palestinian Authority and act on warrant from National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, while the committee's chairman says they are totally unrelated to the PA...

 2023-01-07 21:56 

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Israel's double standard: There's no occupation, but it's temporary...
 2023-01-07 21:55 

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 2023-01-07 20:36 

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Thousands march in Tel Aviv in protest of Netanyahu's far-right gov't, judicial overhaul...

Demonstration split into two marches, one organized by the Standing Together organization and the other focused more specifically on plans for the justice system...

 2023-01-07 18:46 

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Israel to ban three Palestinian officials over visit to released prisoner...

Members of Palestinian president's party will have their entry permits revoked after their meeting with Karim Younis, imprisoned until recently for the murder of a soldier...

 2023-01-07 17:13 

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Thousands protest in Tel Aviv against Netanyahu's far-right gov't...
 2023-01-07 17:02 

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Protest camps splintered ahead of first major rally against Netanyahu's far-right gov't...

Some participating groups have criticized the event, organized by non-profit Standing Together and later joined by various other camps, for alienating the center bloc in favor of an anti-occupation focus...

 2023-01-07 08:48 

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Despite tensions, Israeli delegation to visit UAE to ready regional summit...

After UAE requests to convene the UN Security Council over far-right Minister Ben-Gvir's Temple Mount visit, preparations underway for second Negev Summit forum...

 2023-01-07 06:17 

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Top U.S. scholars vs. aid to Ukraine: When smart people stake out dumb, immoral positions...

While the world contends with the most terrifying dictator since WWII, prominent academics Jeffrey Sachs, John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt promote a strange anti-Ukrainian agenda...

 2023-01-07 05:16 

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'He was a boy, why did they kill him?': IDF troops ambush Palestinian teens with gunfire...

Five Palestinian teenagers went on an outing in nature, maybe just to hike, as they say. Or maybe to throw stones at cars. Israeli soldiers ambushed and rained heavy fire on them, killing one and wounding the others, one seriously...

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