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Why is Ben Gvir still in the government?

Menachem Rosensaft — Sun, 24 May 2026 08:05:43 +0000

The scene, captured in a video posted on social media by the unabashedly fascist Israeli Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben Gvir, is atrocious, obscene. We see him as he struts alongside captive flotilla activists who are forced to kneel before him, blindfolded, their hands bound behind them. A woman prisoner is thrown to the […]

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Calls for early elections intensify after Haredi leadership rejects Netanyahu coalition

TPS-IL — Thu, 14 May 2026 09:04:58 +0000

On Wednesday Rabbi Dov Lando, the senior spiritual leader of the Haredi United Torah Judaism party’s Degel HaTorah faction, called for dissolving the Knesset. He proposed bringing forward elections over the coalition’s failure to pass a long-promised draft exemption law for yeshiva students. The seven-member UTJ faction said on Tuesday it would pursue legislation to […]

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IDF hits more than 85 Hezbollah targets across Lebanon

JNS — Sun, 10 May 2026 04:21:02 +0000

Over the past 24 hours the Israel Defense Forces attacked more than 85 targets in Lebanon belonging to Hezbollah, the military said in a statement on Saturday. Among the targets struck were weapon storage facilities, launchers and structures used by the Iranian-backed organization to advance terrorist activities against Israeli civilians and IDF soldiers, the military […]

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Jewish leaders condemn Australia’s recognition of Palestine as ‘dangerous and premature’

Rob Klein — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 04:19:49 +0000

Jewish community organisations have sharply criticised the Albanese government’s decision to recognise the State of Palestine at the United Nations General Assembly in September, warning it risks rewarding violence and undermining the prospects for peace. Jeremy Leibler, President of the Zionist Federation of Australia, told J-Wire: “Following reports the Australian Government is set to recognise […]

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Religious party quits Netanyahu government over army exemptions

Pesach Benson — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 09:12:40 +0000

Israel’s United Torah Judaism (UTJ) party announced it is leaving both the government and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling coalition on Monday night, intensifying a long-running dispute over the issue of army exemptions for full-time religious students. The move began with UTJ’s Degel HaTorah faction which announced its withdrawal following a directive from its […]

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Biden urges immediate ceasefire in call with Netanyahu

Reuters — Sun, 12 Jan 2025 20:19:24 +0000

US President Joe Biden has spoken with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the White House says, as US officials race to reach a Gaza Strip hostage and ceasefire deal before Biden leaves office. Biden and Netanyahu discussed efforts underway to reach a deal to halt the fighting in the Palestinian enclave and free the remaining […]

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Israel approves partial prisoner swap, temporary ceasefire with Hamas

Pesach Benson — Wed, 22 Nov 2023 04:41:21 +0000

The Israeli Cabinet has approved a partial Qatari-brokered prisoner swap and temporary ceasefire in the early hours of Wednesday morning, paving the way for the first Israeli hostages to return home possibly as soon as Thursday. According to a statement issued by the government following the vote, “at least 50 hostages – women and children […]

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Netanyahu takes hit in polls as crisis deepens

AAP — Wed, 26 Jul 2023 07:05:23 +0000

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has suffered a hit in the polls over a judicial law his hard-right coalition has championed as he attempts to navigate his gravest domestic crisis. Surveys published late on Tuesday by two main Israeli news broadcasters showed if an election was held now, the number of seats held by Netanyahu’s […]

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Netanyahu refutes claims his judicial reforms harm Israel’s democracy

Gil Tanenbaum - TPS — Tue, 25 Jul 2023 06:38:07 +0000

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected criticisms that his government is harming Israel’s democracy with the passage of its judicial reforms. At the same time, he left the door open for further negotiations on a compromise solution. “Fulfilling the will of the voter is by no means ‘the end of democracy,’” he said in a video […]

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Fitted with his new pacemaker, Netanyahu to attend Israel vote

AAP — Sun, 23 Jul 2023 23:33:53 +0000

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he is “doing excellently” after an unscheduled pacemaker implant and planned to be in parliament for a judicial reform vote that has brought country-wide protests to a boil and stirred calls for compromise. With the country ensnared in its worst domestic political crisis in decades, President Isaac Herzog on […]

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