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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly Cabinet meeting, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on Dec. 1, 2019. Photo by Marc Israel Sellem/POOL.

Netanyahu warns Europe over Iran sanctions-relief efforts

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned European nations on Sunday that they were making a big mistake by trying to salvage the nuclear deal with Iran through a special mechanism that would bypass U.S....
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with Education Minister Naftali Bennett during a plenum session in the assembly hall of the Knesset on Nov. 13, 2017. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Israeli defense minister approves new Jewish neighborhood in Hebron

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Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett on Sunday approved the planning of a new Jewish neighborhood in the city of Hebron. The decision comes after years of legal battles between the city’s Jewish and Arab residents...
From left: Senior Hamas leader Moussa Abu Marzouk, senior Fatah official Azzam al-Ahmed, head of the Hamas government Ismail Haniyeh and deputy speaker of the Gaza-based Palestinian Parliament Ahmed Bahar attend a meting in Gaza City on April 22, 2014. Credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

Fatah admits it supported Hamas during the Arafat era

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In a recent video posted by Fatah on its official Facebook page, the party of Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas admitted that it supported Hamas “with money, weapons and political cover” during the era...
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas meets with members of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Oct. 3, 2019. Photo by Flash90.

Relations with Israel are at a ‘dead end,’ Abbas tells UN representative

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Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas said on Saturday that relations between Israel and the P.A. have hit a “dead end,” and urged Europe to recognize a Palestinian state. Speaking during a meeting in Ramallah with...
British Jews in London on March 17, 2017. Photo by Nati Shohat/Flash90.

Rabbi beaten in London by teenagers shouting ‘kill Jews’ and ‘f*** Jews’

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A senior rabbi on a visit to the United Kingdom was severely beaten in London on Friday by two teenagers yelling anti-Semitic slurs. The rabbi, who has not yet been named, boarded a plane...
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin speaks at a conference in Tel Aviv on Nov. 24, 2019. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Rivlin praises UK chief rabbi’s ‘clear voice’ on Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn

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Israeli President Reuven Rivlin praised Britain’s Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis on Wednesday and expressed support for his recent article strongly criticizing British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn. During a meeting between the two in London,...
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the Economic Club of Washington, D.C. Credit: Screenshot.

Pompeo to promote normalization of ties with Israel during Morocco visit

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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to Morocco next week, where his plans include an effort to normalize relations with Israel, officials said on Wednesday. “Morocco plays a great role across the region...
Lebanese citizens protest in Beirut on Nov. 10, 2019. Photo: Freimut Bahlo via Wikimedia Commons.

Lebanon crisis and US aid freeze put Hezbollah in the spotlight

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Violent clashes broke out in Beirut and other areas of Lebanon on Tuesday night, making it three straight nights of clashes in a row, as anti-corruption protests that began five weeks ago push Lebanon...
Israeli Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit (center), Justice Minister Amir Ochana (left) and State Prosecutor Shai Nitzan attend a conference in Tel Aviv on Nov. 4, 2019. Photo by Flash90.

Zionist watchdog launches campaign for judicial reform in Israel

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The Zionist watchdog organization Im Tirtzu launched a new public campaign this week calling to reform the “unchecked and overreaching” judicial system in Israel. The campaign, called “Saving Israeli Democracy—Restoring Trust in the Justice System,”...
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.). Credit: Flickr.

Omar accused of working for foreign government, passing information to Iran

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Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) was accused of working for a foreign government and passing sensitive information to Iran last month by a Canadian businessman as part of a sworn deposition. Kuwaiti-born Alan Bender said in...