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Netanyahu moves out of PM’s residence after 12 years
Tel Aviv: Israel’s former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his family have completed their departure from the Prime Minister’s Residence in Jerusalem, vacating the house on Balfour Street after 12 years, according…
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‘Raisi becoming Prez final wake-up call to not renew Iran n-deal’
Tel Aviv: Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said that Ebrahim Raisi becoming the new Iranian President is a “final wake-up call” for the world powers not to renew the the 2015 nuclear…
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Netanyahu vows to topple new Israeli govt
Tel Aviv: Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to topple the new eight-party diverse coalition government which brought an end to his stint as the longest-serving premier of the country.…
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Iran does not expect Israel to change policy after Netanyahu’s departure
Tehran: Iran does not expect Israel to change its policy under the new administration, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Saeed Khatibzadeh said on Monday. “We do not believe that Israel’s policy… will change as…
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Naftali Bennett becomes Israel’s new PM, ending Netanyahu’s 12-year reign
Tel Aviv: Israeli Parliament on Sunday voted in favour of a precarious coalition government, ending Benjamin Netanyahu’s 12-year historic run as prime minister. Israeli Parliament, commonly known as Knesset, approved the new…
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PM Modi congratulates new Israel PM Naftali Bennett
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday congratulated Naftali Bennett on being sworn in as Israel’s new prime minister, and said he looked forward to meeting him and deepening their countries’…
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Naftali Bennett takes oath as Israel’s new Prime Minister
Jerusalem: Naftali Bennett was on Sunday sworn in as Israel’s new Prime Minister, ousting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from power after an uninterrupted 12 years at the helm of affairs. Bennett, the…
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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu vows to return to power
Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is vowing to lead his Likud Party back to power. Netanyahu is slated to become opposition leader later Sunday when parliament is expected to approve a vote…
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Israel to swear in government, ending Netanyahu’s long rule
Jerusalem: Israel is set to swear in a new government on Sunday that will send Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu into the opposition after a record 12 years in office and end a…
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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu lashes out as end of his era draws near
Jerusalem: In what appear to be the final days of his historic 12-year rule, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not leaving the political stage quietly. The longtime leader is accusing his opponents…
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New Israeli coalition will be sworn in on Sunday
Tel Aviv: The new Israeli government is set to be sworn in on Sunday after days of negotiations on how to move ahead on forming an eight-way coalition that would unseat Prime Minister…
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Veteran politician Herzog elected president of Israel
Jerusalem: Isaac Herzog, a veteran politician and the scion of a prominent Israeli family, has been elected president, a largely ceremonial role. An anonymous vote was held on Tuesday among the 120…
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Netanyahu: Israel would risk “friction” with US over Iran
Tel Aviv: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday he’s prepared to risk tension with the US if that is what it takes to neutralize Iran’s nuclear capabilities. The embattled premier, whose…
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Israel: Netanyahu could lose office as rivals join hands to form new govt
Jerusalem: Israel could be headed for a break from the “Bibi-regime” as several former allies of longest-serving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seem to have joined hands with political opponents to form a…
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Iran’s Khamenei congratulates Gaza on ‘victory’
Tehran: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has congratulated Palestinians in the Gaza Strip after a cease-fire with Israel took effect in the territory, calling the truce a victory over the criminal Zionist…
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Israel’s Netanyahu ‘determined’ to continue Gaza operation
Gaza City: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Wednesday to press ahead with a fierce military offensive in the Gaza Strip, pushing back against calls from the United States to wind down the…
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Merkel, Netanyahu speak about Mideast conflict
Berlin: German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the current escalation in the Mideast conflict and emphasised Germany’s solidarity with Israel and the country’s right to self-defence.…
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Blinken hasn’t seen any evidence on AP Gaza building strike
Copenhagen: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday he has asked Israel for any evidence of Hamas operating in a Gaza building housing news bureaus that was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike…
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Israeli PM: Military campaign at full force, will take time
Gaza City: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the military campaign is continuing full-force and will take time despite a mounting death toll in fighting between Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza…
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Israeli warplanes stage more heavy strikes across Gaza City
Gaza City: Israeli warplanes unleashed a new series of heavy airstrikes at several locations in Gaza City early Monday, hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signaled the fourth war with Gaza’s Hamas…
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Hamas, Israel fighting escalates even amid truce efforts
Gaza City: Hamas sent a heavy barrage of rockets deep into Israel in a matter of minutes on Thursday and Israel pounded Gaza with more airstrikes. The relentless escalation of hostilities came even…
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Rockets kill 2 Israelis; 26 die in Gaza as Israel hits Hamas
Gaza City: Israel unleashed new airstrikes on Gaza early Tuesday, hitting a pair of high-rise buildings believed to be housing militants, as Hamas and other armed groups bombarded southern Israel with hundreds of…
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Putin, Netanyahu discuss ties, 76th V-Day anniversary
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed issues related to bilateral ties and exchanged congratulations on the 76th anniversary of the victory in World War II during…
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Israeli watchdog to investigate deadly festival stampede
Jerusalem: Israel’s governmental watchdog agency said Monday it would launch an investigation into the deadly stampede at a religious festival over the weekend that left 45 ultra-Orthodox Jews dead. This is an event…
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Nearly 40 killed in stampede at Israeli religious festival
Jerusalem: Nearly 40 people were killed and hundreds of others injured when a stampede broke out overnight at an overcrowded Jewish religious gathering in Israel’s north attended by tens of thousands of people…
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US Defence Secretary in Israel for high-level talks
Tel Aviv: US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin ON Sunday began talks with Israeli leaders, in the first visit by a member of new US President Joe Biden’s Cabinet. Austin was received with military…
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Blast in Red Sea slightly damages Iranian ship
Tehran: The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday confirmed that authorities are looking into an explosion in the Red Sea that left a ship slightly damaged. Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said that no…
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With all votes counted in Israel’s polls, Arab leader seems to be emerging as kingmaker’
Jerusalem: Mansour Abbas, an Arab leader in Israel seems to have emerged as the unusual “kingmaker” whose possible support has split open differences not only in the ruling Likud party but also in…
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Israel’s Netanyahu claims ‘great victory’ in election
Jerusalem: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is claiming a “great victory” for his right-wing bloc in Israel’s parliamentary elections, despite the still inconclusive results. In a statement on Facebook late Tuesday, Netanyahu said Israelis…
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Thousands protest in Israel against Netanyahu ahead of fourth snap election
Tel Aviv: Thousands of people took to the streets throughout Israel to protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, just days ahead of the country’s fourth general election in less than two years,…
