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Israel Advances National Guard Force for Right-Wing Minister

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government on Sunday gave preliminary approval for the creation of a national guard overseen by an ultranationalist Cabinet minister with a long record of anti-Arab rhetoric and stunts. Netanyahu agreed to move ahead on the force last week after he postponed a contentious government plan…

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Israeli government advances Ben-Gvir's national guard force

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has given preliminary approval for the establishment of a national guard overseen by an ultranationalist Cabinet minister with a long record of anti-Arab rhetoric and stunts

The Independent UK

Netanyahu: Israel 'Exacting Heavy Price from Terror-supporting Regimes'

Israel is "exacting a heavy price from terrorist-supporting regimes" outside of its borders, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his cabinet in televised remarks on Sunday, without elaborating. The remark followed what Syria described as an Israeli military strike in Homs province and which, according to Western intelligence sources, hit air…

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Israelis continue protests over judicial overhaul plans

Demonstrators take to the streets days after Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to freeze the controversial proposal.

Al Jazeera

Israelis still protest legal overhaul despite suspension

Tens of thousands of Israelis are protesting a controversial plan to revamp the country’s legal system, despite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s suspension of the changes earlier in the week

The Independent UK

Benjamin Netanyahu has been a political magician for years. Has Israel's leader finally run out of tricks?

Benjamin Netanyahu planned to remake Israel's justice system to give the government greater powers to appoint judges to the Supreme Court. But the public response plunged Israel into its worst upheaval in decades.

ABC News

Israeli protests over judicial overhaul continue despite Netanyahu's pause

Protests against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's judicial overhaul showed no sign of abating on Saturday, despite its suspension by the embattled premier this week, as tens of thousands took to the streets to demand it be scrapped entirely.

Reuters

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Azerbaijan to Open Representative Office in Ramallah

The President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, sent a letter to the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, confirming his country's desire to boost bilateral ties and open a representative office soon, according to sources in the Palestinian presidency. The message was delivered by Azeri Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov, who was at the…

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Netanyahu is leading a coup against his own country. But the threat is not only to Israel

As one door slid open for Northern Ireland 25 years ago, another was sliding shut for Israel and Palestine – and disaster followed, writes Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The Guardian - UK

After Being Fired, Israel’s Defense Minister Caught in Limbo

Five days ago, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to fire his defense minister set off a wave of spontaneous mass protests and a general strike that threatened to paralyze the country, forcing the Israeli leader to suspend his divisive plan to overhaul the judicial system. But Netanyahu never even…

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Palestine advocates see opportunity in Biden-Netanyahu discord

Washington’s criticism of Israel not about Palestinians but can lead to questioning of US-Israel ties, analysts say.

Al Jazeera

Former Israeli agent Mishka Ben-David brings real-life Mossad intrigue to the page

As an Israeli intelligence agent in the 1990s, Mishka Ben-David was entrusted with high-stakes espionage missions across the Middle East. Now a successful author, he's channelled that experience into his latest thriller, "Duet in Beirut". The story centres on an expelled Mossad agent, Ronen, who stays on after a failed…

France 24

Netanyahu brings Israel to a crossroads

Has Benjamin Netanyahu finally lost his touch, asked Anshel Pfeffer in Foreign Policy. For 12 weeks now, the great survivor of Israeli politics has fought an escalating battle with protesters.

The Week

After being fired, Israel's defense minister caught in limbo

Five days ago, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to fire his defense minister set off a wave of spontaneous protests and a general strike that threatened to paralyze the country, forcing the Israeli leader to suspend his divisive plan to overhaul the judicial system

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Netanyahu supporters block highway to support judicial plan

Thousands of right-wing Israelis have blocked a main highway in Tel Aviv to demonstrate in favor of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to overhaul the country’s judicial system

Reuters

Israelis backing Netanyahu block highway in counter-protest

Thousands of Israelis came out in support of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's judicial overhaul plan on Thursday, blocking a highway in Tel Aviv after months of anti-government protests convulsed the country.

Reuters

Immigrant acquitted in girl's 2006 murder that riveted Israel

An Israeli court on Thursday acquitted a former floor tiler of the murder of a schoolgirl in a case that riveted the country for more than a decade, stirring cover-up and conspiracy theories and drawing comparisons to the TV mystery "Twin Peaks".

Chicago Sun-Times

Israel today, America tomorrow

Convulsions in Israel against Netanyahu’s bid for tyranny might be a glimpse into America’s future.

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Israel is on 'rampage' against human rights, new HRW chief says

Israel's government is "on a rampage" against human rights, the new head of Human Rights Watch said on Thursday and urged the United States and other allies to do more to hold it accountable for alleged abuses and persuade it to change course.

Space

Israel launches 'most advanced of its kind' radar spy satellite

Israel launched the newest addition to its Ofek series of spy satellites early Wednesday (March 29), an advanced radar craft called Ofek 13.

The Independent UK

Israeli author: Netanyahu legacy imperiled by judicial plan

The Israeli historian, philosopher and best-selling author Yuval Noah Harari says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may go down in history as the man who destroyed Israel

Daily Mirror

Why there are protests in Israel as country 'on fire' during catastrophic demonstrations

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu wants to give his government almost total power over who is appointed to the courts and hundreds of thousands of Israelis have been taking to the streets to protest changes

Reuters

Israel's 'fired' defence minister may yet keep his job -sources

The Israeli defence minister whose dismissal by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu brought the country's constitutional crisis to a boil this week may still keep his job, two sources told Reuters on Thursday.

Reuters

'Fighting for our country': Israeli protest group make more than half a million flags

Early on Thursday Moshe Peretz and his team of volunteers gathered outside his Tel Aviv apartment block for what has become a regular activity - flag-making.

Al Jazeera

Middle East round-up: Israel pauses its political crisis, for now

Here’s a round-up of Al Jazeera’s Middle East coverage this week.

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