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French President Emmanuel Macron at the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem on Jan. 22, 2020. Photo by Marc Israel Sellem/POOL.

Israel irked by Macron-Abbas meeting ahead of Holocaust forum

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Israeli officials on Tuesday expressed displeasure over the decision by French President Emmanuel Macron, who is on a three-day visit to the country for the Fifth World Holocaust Forum, to meet with Palestinian Authority leader...
Blue and White Party leaders Benny Gantz (center) and Knesset member Moshe Ya’alon (right) during a visit to the Vered Yeriho observation point in the Judean Desert on Jan. 21, 2020. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Gantz swerves to the right in voicing support for Jordan Valley annexation

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Blue and White Party chair Benny Gantz announced on Tuesday that his party will work to annex the Jordan Valley after the March general elections, a potential significant move geared to wooing right-wing voters. “We...
Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) head Nadav Argaman attends the Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset, on March 20, 2017. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Shin Bet foiled more than 560 terrorist attacks in 2019

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Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) head Nadav Argaman announced on Monday that the agency had prevented more than 560 “significant” terror attacks last year, including 10 suicide attacks. Speaking alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu exposes files smuggled out of Iran which Israel claims detail the Islamic Republic's illicit military nuclear program, April 30, 2018. Credit: Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO.

Report: Secret document shows Iran was building a nuclear weapon in 2002

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A secret document seized during a raid by Israeli intelligence on a compound in Tehran in 2018 proves Iran was building a nuclear weapon back in 2002, according to an exclusive report by the...
Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett presents his party list to the election committee at the Knesset in Jerusalem on Jan. 15, 2020. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Israeli defense minister bars radical leftists from Judea and Samaria

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Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett on Saturday issued restraining orders barring members of a radical left-wing group from Judea and Samaria. Activists with a group called “Anarchists Against the Wall”—an anti-Zionist movement founded in 2003...
View of Wadi Malha in the Jordan Valley on March 9, 2019. Photo by Yossi Zamir/Flash90.

New nature reserves to open in Judea and Samaria for first time since Oslo...

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Israel’s Defense Minister Naftali Bennett approved on Wednesday the creation of seven new nature reserves in Judea and Samaria. This is the first time that new nature reserves have been declared in the disputed territories since Israel...
Yamina Party members Naftali Bennett and Rafi Peretz during a special memorial session for Rehavam Ze'evi at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on Oct. 29, 2019. Photo by Flash90.

Jewish Home drops Otzma Yehudit to join new United Right alliance

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In a last-minute merger late Wednesday night, Israel’s Jewish Home Party broke its unity deal with the far-right Otzma Yehudit to join forces with National Union and New Right. The three parties will run...
A view of the border fence between Israel and Lebanon as seen from the Northern Israeli town of Metula, on April 20, 2019. Photo by Flash90.

IDF updates 2020 security assessment following Soleimani strike

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According to a report submitted on Tuesday by Israel’s Military Intelligence Directorate (Aman) outlining its security and defense projections for 2020, while the chances of a war being launched against Israel are low, there...
Family, friends and supporters call for the release of Naama Issachar, an Israeli-American woman imprisoned in Russia on drug charges, at Habima Square in Tel Aviv on Oct. 19, 2019. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Netanyahu pens letter to Israeli American jailed in Russia, vowing to free her

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent a letter to an Israeli-American woman imprisoned in Russia on drug charges, promising to do everything in his power to secure her release. “We are here in Israel, and...
Arrangements Committee chairman MK Avi Nissenkorn is seen during a committee vote at the Knesset in Jerusalem on Jan. 13, 2020. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Knesset panel votes to move ahead on Netanyahu’s immunity request

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Following a heated two-hour meeting on Monday, a Knesset panel voted 16-5 in favor of establishing a House Committee to deliberate on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s request for immunity from prosecution in the three criminal...