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PM must act, says Ben-Gvir, accusing AG of double standard

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must tell Israel’s attorney general to cease acting in a partisan manner, including in her efforts to interfere with the appointment of senior police officials, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir...

Netanyahu counters Biden: Most Americans support Israel

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday night hit back at U.S. President Joe Biden for claiming that the Jewish state’s “incredibly conservative government” risked losing it international support. “Since the start of the war,...

Netanyahu hails ‘one of the most successful’ rescue ops in Israeli history

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday thanked special forces operators who freed two hostages from Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip in “one of the most successful rescue operations in the history of...
U.S. President Joe Biden in Tel Aviv, Oct. 18, 2023. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

Biden sanctions ‘violent’ Israelis in Judea and Samaria

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U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday signed an executive order that imposes additional sanctions on Israeli residents of Judea and Samaria involved in alleged violence against Palestinians. Biden's order targets four Israeli citizens who Washington...
Religious Zionist Party leader Bezalel Smotrich leads a faction meeting at the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, Janu. 8, 2024. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

‘We will always act according to the Israeli interest,’ Smotrich tells Blinken

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The Israeli government "greatly appreciates" American support for the Jewish state's war effort but will always put the interests of its citizens first, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich stressed this week as he welcomed...
The Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City, April 24, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

50,000 Jews visit Temple Mount in 2023

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During 2023, 50,098 Jews visited the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, down from 51,483 in 2022, according to data compiled by Beyadenu, an Israeli NGO dedicated to strengthening the Jewish connection to the holy site. Some...
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich at the swearing-in ceremony of the new Israeli government at the Knesset, on Dec. 29, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90. | Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

In rare move, US slams Israeli ministers by name for calling for Palestinian resettlement

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Matthew Miller, the U.S. State Department spokesman, rejected calls on Tuesday from two Israeli ministers for Palestinians to be permanently resettled outside of Gaza and for Israel to re-establish Jewish communities within the Strip. “This...
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir at the entrance to Ben-Gurion Airport, March 9, 2023. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.

Ben-Gvir: Reverse decision to allow Palestinian workers into Israel

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Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Wednesday called on National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi to reverse a decision to allow some 8,000 Palestinian laborers to work in Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria...
Itamar Ben-Gvir, Minister of National Security, during a discussion and a vote at the Knesset, Sept. 19, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Ben-Gvir: 260,000 Israelis applied for gun permits since Oct. 7

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More than 260,000 Israelis have applied for gun permits in the past six weeks, according to Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir. Speaking on Monday at a faction meeting of his Otzma Yehudit Party, Ben-Gvir...
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir during a discussion at the Knesset in Jerusalem, Sept. 19, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Ben-Gvir orders police to prepare for widespread Arab rioting

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Amid fighting on Israel's southern and northern borders, as well as ongoing attempts to open a front in Judea and Samaria, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Wednesday said his ministry was preparing for...