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Contentious budget vote could push Israel toward elections
Jerusalem: Israel’s finance minister said Thursday he would bring a short-term budget up for a vote next week, setting up a showdown between the bloated government’s main two coalition partners…
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Netanyahu must appear in court as the next corruption trial hearing
Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been instructed to appear in court when the third hearing in his corruption trial will take place on December 6. The Jerusalem District Court…
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Netanyahu case: Israel to hold next hearing on Dec 6
Tel Aviv: The next hearing in large-scale corruption cases involving Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled for December 6, Galei Zahal, the radio of Israel’s Defence Forces, said on…
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Netanyahu’s graft trial resumes amid Israeli virus anger
Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial will resume in earnest in January, with thrice-weekly evidentiary hearings set to begin then, a Jerusalem court decided on Sunday. It was…
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Netanyahu’s popularity drops amid COVID-19 crisis
Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s popularity has dropped as he is facing a criminal trial, the coronavirus crisis and an economic setback, according to a new poll. The poll, issued…
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Israel closes Al-Aqsa Mosque’s eastern gate, Waqf head warns of ‘religious war.’
Ramallah: Sheikh Abdul-Azim Salhab, head of the Muslim Waqf (Endowment) Council in Jerusalem, warned that Israel’s order to close a gate of the Al-Aqsa Mosque might ignite “a religious war” in…
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Israel govt’s decision to shut pools, gyms reversed
Tel Aviv: Israel’s parliamentary select committee on the novel coronavirus has decided to reverse the government’s decision to close public swimming pools and gyms across the country. On July 6, Israeli…
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Gideon Levy: Israel today is the most dangerous place on earth
Washington, D.C.: Gideon Levy is a columnist for the Israeli daily Haaretz and a member of its editorial board. Levy joined Haaretz in 1982 and spent four years as the…
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Israel announces successful launch of new spy satellite
Jerusalem: Israel’s Defence Ministry announced the successful launch of a new spy satellite early on Monday. It said the Ofek 16 reconnaissance satellite was launched at 4 a.m. from central…
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Former world leaders warn against Israel annexation plan
United Nations: A group of former world leaders urged European leaders on Friday to keep pressuring Israel against annexation of parts of the West Bank, warning against complacency after Israel…
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Israel prepared to negotiate with Palestinians: Netanyahu
Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he is willing to negotiate with the Palestinians on the basis of US President Donald Trump’s Middle East “peace plan”. The remark…
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Israel appoints first female ambassador to Egypt
Israel: Israel appointed veteran diplomat Amira Oron as its first female ambassador to Egypt on Sunday after having her wait in the wings for almost two years. “The government today approved Amira Oron’s…
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In Israel, protesters demonstrate against Floyd killing
Tel Aviv: Over 200 demonstrators protested outside the US diplomatic mission in Tel Aviv on Tuesday to decry the killing of George Floyd. The protesters held signs reading Black Lives…
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Palestine affirms abolition of all agreements with Israel, US
RAMALLAH: The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) has affirmed the abolition of all agreements and understandings reached with the US and Israel due to the latter’s planned annexation of occupied Palestinian…
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Israel’s Netanyahu, unbeaten in elections, is going on trial
Jerusalem: After entering the record books last year as Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu will once again make history when he becomes the country’s first sitting leader to go…
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Israel finally set to swear in government after 3 elections
Jerusalem: After three deadlocked and divisive elections, a year and a half of political paralysis and another three-day delay because of political infighting in his Likud party over coveted Cabinet…
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Officials: Chinese ambassador to Israel found dead in home
Jerusalem: The Chinese ambassador to Israel was found dead in his home north of Tel Aviv on Sunday, Israel’s Foreign Ministry said. No cause of death was given and Israeli…
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COVID-19: Stranded Indians in Israel excited to return home on May 25
Jerusalem: Out of work and almost broke amid a raging COVID-19 pandemic, many Indians working as caregivers in Israel have heaved a sigh of relief at the eagerly-awaited announcement that…
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Despite virus, Pompeo in Israel to talk West Bank annexation
Jerusalem: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met Wednesday with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss Israel’s plans to annex parts of the West Bank, as Israeli troops shot and…
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Israel top court hears case against Netanyahu coalition deal
Jerusalem: Israel’s Supreme Court was hearing arguments Monday against the legality of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition deal with formal rival Benny Gantz, a day after it deliberated on whether…
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Israel SC begins hearing pleas against Netanyahu forming govt
Jerusalem: The Israel Supreme Court on Sunday began hearing petitions calling to prevent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from forming a new government while facing a criminal trial. An unusually large panel…
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Israelis protest at court ahead of anti-Netanyahu petitions
Jerusalem: Dozens of protesters rallied outside Israel’s Supreme Court on Thursday against petitions to disqualify Benjamin Netanyahu from serving as prime minister while facing criminal charges. Around 100 people, many…
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Israelis protest against unity government
Tel Aviv: Thousands of Israelis demonstrated Saturday to protest a deal struck earlier this week between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and parliament speaker Benny Gantz to form a unity government.…
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Israel: Deal for unity govt, Netanyahu to be PM first
Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his political rival, Benny Gantz, on Monday reached an agreement for an emergency unity government, in which both will hold the top post in…
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Israeli show ‘Fauda’ depicts price ‘innocents’ paid in conflict
Jerusalem: The hit TV show “Fauda” about an undercover Israeli unit fighting Arab militants focuses on the punishing toll paid by “innocents” as it returns this week for a third…
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Israel’s health minister has virus, top officials to isolate
Jerusalem: Israel’s health minister, who has had frequent contact with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other top officials, has the new coronavirus, the Health Ministry announced Thursday. Yaakov Litzman and…
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Israeli-Palestinian pandemic cooperation tested by rising cases
RAMALLAH: The onset of the coronavirus pandemic fostered rare moments of unity between Israeli and Palestinian leaders but as the severity of the outbreak has escalated so too have tensions.…
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Netanyahu, staff under quarantine after aide tests positive
JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu went into precautionary quarantine on Monday after one of his staff tested positive for coronavirus, as the veteran premier seeks a unity government to…
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Arab and Jewish medics help Israel battle virus
Tel Aviv: In Israel, Jewish and Arab doctors have worked side by side on the frontlines of the novel coronavirus fight, also battling entrenched schisms between their communities and stressing…
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Photo of Muslim, Jew paramedics praying together moves internet
JERUSALEM: People across the globe are moved by the heartening photo of a Muslim and Jewish emergency responders praying together in Israel amid Coronavirus pandemic. According to reports, the remarkable sight…
