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Traffic accidents in Israel cause 351 deaths in 2022
Jerusalem: The number of people killed in traffic accidents in Israel decreased to 351 in 2022, compared to 364 fatalities the year before, an annual report from the country’s Central Bureau of…
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Israeli PM dismisses key minister, ally after court order
Jerusalem: Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dismissed a senior cabinet ally to comply with a Supreme Court ruling that disqualified the minister from serving. Netanyahu on Sunday announced he is firing…
- Middle East
Netanyahu, US security advisor discusses Saudi peace
Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he met visiting US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and explored ways to forge official ties with Saudi Arabia. The two discussed “the next steps…
- Middle East
Palestinian prisoner Maher Younis freed from Israeli jail after 40 yrs
The second longest-serving Palestinian prisoner, Maher Younis, embraced freedom on Thursday morning, after serving four decades in Israeli prisons, Palestinian News Agency reported. 65-year-old Maher was released from Eshel prison near Beer…
- Middle East
Israel’s top court cancels appointment of ex-con as minister
Jerusalem: Israel’s Supreme Court ruled that a key member in the country’s new extreme-right government cannot serve as minister because of his criminal conviction. On Wednesday, the court said that Aryeh Deri,…
- Middle East
Israel’s debt-to-GDP ratio sees sharpest decline in 35 yrs
Jerusalem: Israel’s public debt-to-GDP ratio dropped to 60.9 percent in 2022 from 68 percent in 2021, the Israeli Finance Ministry said. The year-on-year decrease of 7.1 percentage points is the sharpest since…
- Middle East
Over 90 countries demand Israel lift sanctions on Palestinians
More than 90 countries called on Israel to lift the sanctions it imposed on the Palestinian Authority this month in response to its efforts to push the United Nation’s highest court to…
- Middle East
Israel’s inflation at 5.3% in 2022, highest in 20 years
Tel Aviv: The consumer price index (CPI) in Israel rose by 5.3 per cent in 2022, according to data issued by the Central Bureau of Statistics on Sunday, the highest calendar-year level…
- Middle East
Over 80,000 Israelis protest against Netanyahu government
Jerusalem: Tens of thousands of Israelis gathered in different Israeli cities to protest the new government’s plan to implement widespread reforms of the judicial system. Israeli media quoted the police as saying…
- Middle East
New Israeli govt stirs controversy, criticism over hardline policies 2 weeks into office
Jerusalem: With rapid implementation of its hardline policies since taking office two weeks ago, the new Israeli government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, considered the most rightist in the country’s history, has…
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PM Narendra Modi invites Israeli PM Netanyahu to India
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has invited Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to visit India at an early date during a telephonic conversation on Wednesday, according to a press release by…
- Middle East
Palestinian stabs Israeli settler, killed: Israel
Jerusalem: A knife-wielding Palestinian man stabbed and wounded an Israeli settler before being shot and killed at a settlement in the occupied West Bank, Israeli authorities said. The Palestinian, a resident of…
- Middle East
Amnesty Intl dubs Israeli ban on Palestinian flag ‘repressive’
The human rights organization Amnesty International has criticised Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir’s ban on raising the Palestinian flag in public places as ‘repressive’. Amnesty described the new measures as…
- Middle East
Israel completes sale of Haifa Port for $1.15 bn
Jerusalem: Israel has finalised the privatisation of Haifa Port, one of the country’s leading ports, Israel’s Finance Ministry said in a statement. The state-owned Mediterranean port, located in northern Israel, was sold…
- Middle East
Israeli hi-tech’s fundraising down 42% in 2022: Report
Jerusalem: Israel’s hi-tech companies have raised a total of $14.95 billion in 2022, the Israeli IVC Research Center reported. This is a sharp decrease of nearly 42 percent, compared with the record-high…