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Israel passes law redrawing lines of authority over police misconduct cases

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The Knesset early Thursday approved a law restructuring Israel’s Police Investigations Department (PID), shifting oversight of police misconduct away...

Calls for early elections intensify after Haredi leadership rejects Netanyahu coalition

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On Wednesday Rabbi Dov Lando, the senior spiritual leader of the Haredi United Torah Judaism party’s Degel HaTorah faction,...

Bennett and Lapid join together to challenge Netanyahu

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Former Israeli prime ministers Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid have announced they will contest the next Knesset election on...

Modi pledges closer ties with Israel in historic Knesset speech

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In a speech reflecting shared history and ambitions for closer ties and condolences, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi kicked...

Knesset advances bill cementing Orthodox control of Western Wall

News Rob Klein -
Israel’s Knesset has advanced controversial legislation that would place prayer arrangements at the Western Wall under the exclusive control...

Lapid seeks Knesset approval of Trump plan, putting Netanyahu coalition on spot

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Opposition leader Yair Lapid announced on Tuesday that he will bring a motion to the Knesset next week calling...

PM slams opposition over ‘provocative’ sovereignty votes during Vance visit

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The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday blasted opposition parties, as well as a fellow member of...

Poll: Netanyahu’s approval ratings at all-time high

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According to the latest Direct Polls survey, conducted by Shlomo Filber in the wake of the release on Monday...

Knesset committee authorizes call-up of 430,000 reservists amid Haredi draft dispute

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An Israeli parliamentary committee narrowly approved on Monday the extension of emergency powers to summon reservists, authorising the military...

Israel accuses Netherlands of ‘surrendering to radical Islam’ after two ministers banned

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Israel’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich accused the Dutch government of “surrendering to the lies of radical Islam” on Tuesday...

Religious party quits Netanyahu government over army exemptions

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Israel’s United Torah Judaism (UTJ) party announced it is leaving both the government and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling...

‘Netanyahu doesn’t have options’: Israel’s governing coalition on brink of collapse

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Israel’s coalition crisis deepened on Monday when the Haredi Orthodox Shas party announced it would support a preliminary vote...

Netanyahu to Lapid: ‘Are you declaring war on your brothers?’

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blasted opposition leader Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid) during a Knesset debate on Monday over...

Knesset passes legislation banning UNRWA

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Israel's Knesset has passed two bills that effectively ban the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees,...

Knesset advances bill banning the establishment of new consulates in Jerusalem

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Israeli lawmakers advanced legislation to ban the establishment of new consulates in Jerusalem on Tuesday. The bill, which the Knesset’s Constitution,...

Unprecedented High Court hearing on Palestinian terror payments ends in uproar

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A hearing at Israel’s High Court of Justice over the Palestinian Authority’s standing to petition the court ended abruptly on...

60% of Hamas terrorists killed or injured, says Israeli defence minister

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Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant told Israeli lawmakers on Wednesday that the Israel Defence Forces have killed or injured...

Polarized society raised probability of October 7 attack

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Seventy-two per cent of Israelis believe internal divisions over judicial reform increased the likelihood of Hamas’s October 7 attack,...

Knesset advances legislation labeling UNRWA as ‘terror organization’

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The Knesset plenum approved a preliminary reading of legislation designating the UN Relief and Works Agency as a “terror...

Israeli government votes to shut down Al Jazeera

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The Israeli government unanimously approved shutting down Al Jazeera’s news operations on Sunday, paving the way for authorities to...

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