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The Israeli Shin Bet calls on rabbis, teachers for help

Shin Bet (the Israel internal security agency) officials met with several rabbis and educators from the religious-Zionist sector to discuss a recent surge in hate crimes, according to KAN. The…

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Netanyahu: Hezbollah will pay a price if it attacks Israel

Hezbollah had better not dare attack Israel or it will pay, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned at the opening of Sunday’s cabinet meeting. “If Hezbollah dares to attack Israel, the…

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Israel bars Gaza’s Christians from visiting Bethlehem and Jerusalem at Christmas

Christians in the Gaza Strip will not be allowed to visit holy cities such as Bethlehem and Jerusalem to celebrate Christmas this year, Israeli authorities said. Gaza has only around…

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Netanyahu to quit all my ministerial duties by January 1 except role of PM

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Thursday that he will be dropping all of his portfolios on January 1 besides his role as premier. Currently, besides being prime minister, Netanyahu…

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Israel going to third election in a year

The Knesset missed its deadline to nominate a candidate for prime minister, officially launching a third election in less than a year overnight Wednesday. Debate in the Knesset continued on…

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Palestinians protests in Hebron

A Palestinian prepares a burning barricade during clashes with Israeli troops in the West Bank city of Hebron, 09 December 2019. Palestinians are protesting against an Israeli plan to demolish…

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Netanyahu cousin and associates to be charged with corruption

Israel’s state prosecutor plans to indict several associates of Benjamin Netanyahu, including his cousin, for corruption in relation to a contentious £1.5bn deal to buy German submarines. The justice ministry…

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Relic believed to come from Christ’s manger arrives in Bethlehem

A tiny wooden relic which some believe to come from Christ's manger has arrived in Bethlehem ahead of Christmas. The relic was first sent to the Vatican 1,400 years ago…

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Israeli protesters demand Netanyahu resign amid corruption charges

A large crowd gathered in Tel Aviv late Saturday, waving Israeli flags and demanding Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's resignation. The 70-year-old last week became the first sitting head of government…

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Photo Story: Relic of the Holy Crib of the Child Jesus in Jerusalem

A close-up view of the small piece of the Relic of the Holy Crib of the Child Jesus, a gift from the Holy Father Pope Francis to the Custody of…

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Israeli aircraft attack Hamas sites after rocket fire from Gaza

Israeli aircraft attacked several sites linked to the military wing of Gaza’s Hamas early on Wednesday in what it said was a response to rocket fire from the Palestinian…

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Netanyahu’s Likud to hold party leadership vote

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party will hold a leadership vote, a Likud challenger said, as pressure mounted on the veteran leader to step aside after his indictment on…

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Corporate Dispatch – Diplomatique.Expert Week – 24.11.2019

Malta regained its spot on the global news agenda following the dramatic developments in the investigations related to the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia. The arrest of the businessman Yorgen…

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GeoPolitical Insight – Israel in dire (political) straits – Matthew Bugeja

Benjamin Netanyahu has been at the forefront of Israeli politics for close to a decade, having won his first term as Prime Minister in 2009. A well-spoken, if considerably strongman…

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Israel PM vows to hold onto power, AG: It is my duty by law to indict Benjamin Netanyahu

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has defiantly vowed to hold onto power after being charged with bribery, fraud and breach of trust in connection with three separate cases -…

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Israel : Benjamin Netanyahu indicted on a series of corruption charges

Israel’s attorney general has formally charged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a series of corruption scandals. Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit issued an indictment Thursday charging Netanyahu with fraud, breach of…

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Israel heading for a third election

After the failure of Israeli leaders to agree on a coalition or unity government following September’s election, Israel is heading for its third election. Reports indicate that the coming elections…

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Israel attacks military targets in Syria

Israeli aircraft struck dozens of Iranian and Syrian targets in Syria on Wednesday, the Israeli military said, in what it described as a retaliatory attack. “In response to the rockets…

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Israel’s defence system shot down rockets from Syria

Israel's military said its missile defence system shot down four rockets fired from Syria towards Israel early on Tuesday. In a statement, the IDF said it had “identified four launches…

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Photo Story: Israeli ‘Blue Flag’ joint Air Forces drill

Photos taken during the joint Air Forces drill 'Blue Flag' at the Uvda Air Force Base in the Negev Desert, southern Israel. Military personnel from the United States, Germany, Italy…

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Israel-Gaza truce breaks down

A fragile cease-fire between Israel and militants in Gaza broke down early Friday less than 24 hours after a truce was declared to end one of the biggest flare ups…

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5 rockets fired at Israel from Gaza, 2 intercepted

The army says five rockets were fired at Israel in violation of a ceasefire. Two of the projectiles are intercepted by the Iron Dome, according to the IDF. The rockets…

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Islamic Jihad and Israel agree to truce as Gaza toll mounts

Israel and Palestinian Islamic Jihad reportedly agreed to a ceasefire on Thursday morning, putting a tentative end to two days of hostilities that killed at least 32 Palestinians. The worst…

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Rockets fired into Israel after air strike which killed Jihad commander in Gaza

Nearly 200 rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel on Tuesday hours after an Israeli airstrike targeted and killed a senior Islamic Jihad commander in Gaza in the…

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1 dead as Israel hits Gaza after rockets fired across border

Israeli airstrikes on Gaza killed a Palestinian man Saturday as aircraft pounded militant sites in response to barrages of rockets launched toward Israel from the seaside enclave. The exchange of…

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Gantz and Netanyahu hold talks to break Israeli political deadlock

Israel’s prime minister and his main rival opened a new round of unity talks Sunday in the latest effort to break a political stalemate and avoid an unprecedented third parliamentary…

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Gantz tasked with forming new Israeli government

Ex-Israeli military chief Benny Gantz accepted the challenge of forming a new government on Wednesday, becoming the first person other than Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to do so since 2009.…

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Photo story: Excavation site of a Byzantine basilica in Israel

Workers of the Israel Antiquities Authority clean mosaic inscriptions in the remains of a 1,500-year-old church in Ramat Beit Shemesh, near Jerusalem, Israel, 23 October 2019. The Byzantine basilica is…

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Israel: Netanyahu fails to form coalition government

Benjamin Netanyahu has informed Israel’s president that he failed to form a coalition government after almost four weeks of talks with his political rival Benny Gantz. Netanyahu returned the mandate…

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Gigantic Prehistoric City Found in Israel During Roadworks

A 5,000-year-old city found north of Tel Aviv points to sophisticated urban planning taking place earlier than previously thought. Israel's Antiquities Authority has called it the "New York of the…

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Israel President Rivlin gave Netanyahu mandate to form government

President Reuven Rivlin asked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to try form the next government, according to a reports quoting a statement. Party sources quoted by media outlets and reported on…

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Historic move in Israel as Arab-majority parties back mainstream Zionist politician for PM since Rabin in 92

Israel's Arab-dominated Joint List party on Sunday backed Benny Gantz to form a new government, making his bloc of supporters larger than that of Benjamin Netanyahu, though still neither commanded…

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EBU fines Iceland’s Hatari for display of Palestinian scarves during Eurovision final

Iceland has received a fine from the organisers of the Eurovision Song Contest after their band displayed scarves with Palestinian flags during the contest's final in Israel. The contest's organisers,…

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Reports that Russian warplanes intercepted and destroyed Israeli drone

On Thursday evening, the Russian Air Force destroyed an Israeli drone in the airspace of the Syrian capital of Damascus, Israeli website Hadashot 12 reported, through information gained from Russian…

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Netanyahu attempts power clinging as media portrays his political death

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced Israeli media headlines on Friday suggesting power is slipping from his grasp after an election in which he trails his main rival with nearly all…

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Gantz rejects Netanyahu’s offer for a unity government

Benny Gantz’s Blue and White coalition has ruled out a unity government with Benjamin Netanyahu as the latest election results show them neck-and-neck, with an estimated 33 seats in parliament…

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Photo Story: Ganz and Netanyahu meet at memorial service for late Israeli president Peres

(L-R) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin and Benny Gantz, former Israeli Army Chief of Staff and chairman of the Blue and White Israeli centrist political alliance…

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Benjamin Netanyahu calls for unity government

Benjamin Netanyahu has called on his main political rival, Benny Gantz, to form a unity government with him. The Israeli prime minister made the offer after a second general election…

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Call for Israel unity government as election too close to call

A national unity government has been called for in Israel after exit polls provided no clear winner in the country's second general election of 2019. The centrist Blue and White…

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Netanyahu has fallen short of securing parliamentary majority – Exit Polls (Updated)

In an apparent setback for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, exit polls show the Israeli leader has fallen short of securing a parliamentary majority with his hard-line allies. The results posted…

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Israel election underway

Israelis have begun voting in the country’s second election this year, following a campaign dominated by Benjamin Netanyahu and his vows to implement a far-right, ultranationalist agenda in exchange for…

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Joint statement on the announcement of a possible annexation of areas in the West Bank

France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom have issued a joint statement on the recent declaration by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the possible annexation of areas in the…

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Netanyahu’s Facebook page suspended

Facebook has sanctioned Benjamin Netanyahu’s official page, after a post called on voters to oppose a government composed of “Arabs who want to destroy us all – women, children and men.” Facebook said the…

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Israeli aircraft strike Gaza

Israeli aircraft struck in Gaza on Wednesday hours after rockets from the Palestinian enclave triggered sirens that forced Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu off the stage at an election rally in…

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Arab nations condemn Netanyahu’s West Bank annexation plan

Arab nations have condemned a plan by Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu to annex part of the occupied West Bank. On Tuesday Netanyahu pledged to apply Israeli sovereignty over the Jordan…

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Netanyahu vows to annex Jordan Valley, West Bank settlements if elected

In an electoral campaign pitch, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promises to “apply Israeli sovereignty” — effectively annexing — to all the Israeli settlements in the West Bank. He added he’ll…

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Hezbollah says it shot down Israeli drone

Hezbollah said on Monday that it had downed an "Israeli drone" as it flew over the border with Lebanon. The Islamist militant movement said that the unmanned aircraft was now…

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Poland’s ruling Law and Justice under fire over Israeli made spyware product purchase

Poland’s ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party is under fire for having allegedly bought an Israeli-made spyware product named Pegasus that critics say could be used against political adversaries and journalists.…

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Two Palestinian teenagers die during protests along Gaza-Israel border

Israeli forces shot and killed two Palestinian teenagers including a 14-year-old during protests along the Gaza-Israel border on Friday, Palestinian health officials said. Reuters reports that the dead was identified as…

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Israeli military vehicle destroyed by Hezbollah

Militant group Hezbollah claims it has destroyed an Israeli military vehicle near the border with Lebanon, killing and wounding those inside. Israel's military said anti-tank missiles were launched from southern…

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Israeli military orders extra forces to Lebanon border area

Israel’s military ordered extra forces to deploy to its northern command and postponed a training exercise as tensions remained high with Lebanon’s heavily armed Shi’ite movement Hezbollah. The army said…

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Merkel calls for two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestine conflict

German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Thursday for a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict even if this goal is "increasingly difficult to achieve." Speaking alongside Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas…

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Hezbollah says will respond with a surprise strike against Israel, but will avoid new war

Hezbollah will respond with a "surprise" strike against Israel after drones crashed in Lebanon, but a new war remains unlikely, the Iran-backed movement said, amid heightened fears of a full-scale…

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British teen denies making false rape claim in Cyprus

A British teenager has appeared in court to deny making a false rape claim against 12 Israeli tourists in Cyprus. The 19-year-old woman had been in prison for nearly two…

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Israeli air strikes hit Palestinian military position in Lebanon

Israeli Air Force drones hit a military position belonging to a Palestinian group in Lebanon, near the Syrian border, early on Monday. The attack is believed to have been Reports…

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Two Israeli Drones Crash in Beirut

An Israeli drone fell in the southern suburbs of Beirut, dominated by the Iran-backed movement, and a second drone exploded near the ground before dawn on Sunday, Hezbollah officials have…

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Intense Israeli air strike in Syria

Israel's military has said it thwarted an "imminent" Iranian attack involving killer drones after its fighter jets had attacked targets in Syria. The announcement came unusually quickly after the attack.…

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