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Netanyahu hails planned transport network from India to EU via Middle East
Jerusalem: Welcoming the announcement of the ambitious India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has described it as the “largest cooperation project in our history” that will “change the…
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Netanyahu says Israel to build new fence along Jordan border
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday, September 3, announced that Israel will build a new border fence along the border with Jordan. “We erected a fence on our southern border (Egypt) and stopped the…
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Benjamin Netanyahu’s son Yair loses libel case
Tel Aviv: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s son Yair Netanyahu lost a libel case and was ordered to pay 130,000 Shekels (about USD 35,000) in damages. Dana Cassidy, an activist for Benny…
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Israeli youths defy conscription to protest judicial overhaul
Jerusalem: Around 220 Israeli youngsters have announced their rejection of the mandatory military draft in protest against the government’s judicial overhaul plan, further raising concerns over the plan’s potential impact on the…
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Israeli PM says Hamas to pay ‘full price’ if attacking Israel
Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Hamas will pay full price if they try to carry out attacks against Israel. “Whoever tries to hurt us, whoever finances and organises, whoever…
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Israeli PM vows to ‘transfer’ funds for Arab citizens
Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that public funds for Arab municipalities would be used for the designated purpose of serving Arab citizens following evaluation and supervision, a day after…
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Israel’s Supreme Court sets new hearing on PM incapacity law
Jerusalem: Israel’s Supreme Court has said that an expanded panel would hear appeals against a recently-passed law, which makes it harder to declare Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unfit for office, in September.…
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Thousands of Israelis continues protests against judicial reform
Tel Aviv: For the thirtieth week in a row, thousands of Israelis took to the streets of Tel Aviv on Wednesday, August 2, to protest Parliament’s approval of judicial reform pushed by…
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Israel’s USD 27-billion underline railway project many connect to Saudi Arabia in future
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that his government is working underway on a railway project worth 100 billion shekels (27 billion dollars) that will connect to remote areas in Tel Aviv,…
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Israelis stage new nationwide protests after overhaul law passed
Tel Aviv: Israeli protesters have staged new nationwide protests days after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pushed the bill to limit the judicial powers, according to Al Jazeera. The bill has been passed…
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Israel PM Netanyahu says judicial reform is ‘minor correction’
Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday, July 27, said that his plan to reform the judicial system was a ‘minor correction’ to an ‘activist’ court, in reference to the Supreme Court.…
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Thousands of Israelis march to Jerusalem in protest of judicial overhaul
Jerusalem: The 70-km march began on Thursday in Tel Aviv, hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday in an address to the country that he would continue pushing forward…
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Israeli PM Netanyahu to meet Erdogan next week in Turkey
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on July 28 in Turkey. Erdogan and Netanyahu are set to discuss the bilateral relations between the…
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Israelis protests as Netanyahu plans judicial overhaul by July end
Tel Aviv: Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in Tel Aviv and other Israeli cities, vowing “days of disruption” as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right administration decided to advance its plan to…
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu admitted to hospital
Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was on Saturday admitted to a hospital for medical evaluation but is in “good condition,” his office said. Netanyahu, 73, was admitted Saturday to the Sheba…