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Barcelona mayor suspends ties with Israel, including twinning agreement over Palestinian rights
The Mayor of Barcelona, Ada Colau, has suspended institutional relations with Israel, including the twinning agreement between the city and Tel Aviv, local media reported. Ada Colau, the left-wing mayor, said in…
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Palestine faces int’l pressure to resume security coordination with Israel
Ramallah: Palestinian officials are facing international pressure to resume security coordination with Israel, which has been severed in response to Israeli aggression in the West Bank. However, “the Palestinian leadership is steadfast…
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Thousands of Israelis protest against Netanyahu government
Thousands of Israelis protested in several cities against the new government headed by Benjamin Netanyahu, on Saturday, January 28, 2023, for the fourth week in a row, Anadolu Agency reported. The protests…
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Israel sees surge in foreign tourists’ hotel overnight stays
Tel Aviv: The number of overnight stays of foreign tourists in hotels across Israel surged 785 per cent year on year in 2022, revealed an annual report issued by the country’s Central…
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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…
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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…
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Israel’s AG opposes appointment of ex-convict as Minister
Tel Aviv: Israel’s Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara announced her opposition to the appointment of a former convict for cabinet minister, an appointment that was crucial for forming Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new far-right…
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Israeli parliament passes law to boost Netanyahu’s emerging coalition
Tel Aviv: The Israeli parliament has passed a law intended to strengthen the emerging coalition of Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of his looming deadline on Wednesday midnight to form a new…
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Palestinian car-ramming in Tel Aviv deemed ‘terror attack’
Tel Aviv: Police in Israel have determined a recent car-ramming attack carried out by a Palestinian driver in Tel Aviv that injured a motorcyclist a “terrorist attack”. A joint investigation by the…
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Israel’s inflation hits 14-yr high
Tel Aviv: Israel’s year-on-year inflation rose to 5.3 per cent in November, the highest since October 2008, according to figures issued by the Central Bureau of Statistics. The 12-month inflation figure continued…
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Israel’s Netanyahu signs coalition deal with 2nd far-right party
Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party and far-right Noam party signed a coalition deal, moving Netanyahu one step closer to forming what is expected to be the most right-wing government…
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Food wasted in Israel in 2021 enough to feed 3.5mn people: Report
Tel Aviv: A national report on food waste published in Israel found that 2.6 million tonnes of food had been wasted in the country in 2021 at the cost of about 21.3…
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Netanyahu-led coalition to form new govt after securing win in Israel’s election
Jerusalem: Former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party and its far-right and religious allies have secured an emphatic victory in Israel’s general elections, bringing the country’s longest-serving premier back at the helm…
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Israel ranks fifth among the world’s worst countries to work in
Israel ranked fifth in the list of the worst countries in the world in terms of work conditions and benefits. This came according to a report compiled by William Russell, an international insurance company.…
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Iran develops drones to strike Israel’s Tel Aviv, Haifa
Tehran: The commander of Iran’s ground forces said that his country has developed a long-range suicide drone designed to strike Tel Aviv and Haifa in Israel. “We have specially designed this drone…
