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Thousands of Israeli protesters descend on airport in anger over Netanyahu plan
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Thousands of Israeli protesters descend on airport in anger over Netanyahu plan

Israelis have taken to the streets en masse to protest the government’s attempt to weaken the power of judges.Police arrested more than 70 people after…

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Palestinian attacker runs over, stabs people in Tel Aviv, 8 hurt
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Palestinian attacker runs over, stabs people in Tel Aviv, 8 hurt

A Palestinian rammed a pickup truck into pedestrians in Tel Aviv and then went on a stabbing rampage, wounding eight people on Tuesday in an…

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Israel Military Raid: Israel in 2nd day of major raid that kills 10 in West Bank | World News
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Israel Military Raid: Israel in 2nd day of major raid that kills 10 in West Bank | World News

JENIN, Palestinian Territories: Israel‘s biggest military operation for years in the occupied West Bank continued for a second day Tuesday, leaving at least 10 Palestinians…

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Israeli Army: Major Israeli military operation kills seven in West Bank | World News
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Israeli Army: Major Israeli military operation kills seven in West Bank | World News

JENIN, Palestinian Territories: Israel on Monday began a large-scale military raid with drone strikes and hundreds of troops in the northern occupied West Bank, killing…

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Benjamin Netanyahu in talks to meet Xi Jinping in China, report says
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Benjamin Netanyahu in talks to meet Xi Jinping in China, report says

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to travel to China to meet President Xi Jinping for the first time in six years, according to the…

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Lawyers elect leader with clout in Israel's judicial crisis
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Lawyers elect leader with clout in Israel’s judicial crisis

JERUSALEM: Israeli lawyers held a leadership election on Tuesday with an eye on candidates’ potential influence over the make-up of a panel for selecting judges,…

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Israel set to approve thousands of building permits in West Bank
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Israel set to approve thousands of building permits in West Bank

JERUSALEM: Israel‘s nationalist-religious government on Sunday tabled plans to approve thousands of building permits in the occupied West Bank, despite U.S. pressure to halt settlement…

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Intel to invest $25 billion in Israel factory in record deal, Netanyahu says
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Intel to invest $25 billion in Israel factory in record deal, Netanyahu says

JERUSALEM: US chipmaker Intel Corp will spend $25 billion on a new factory in Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday, calling it the…

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Congress: Gratified that Speaker McCarthy invited PM Modi to address joint session of Congress: Ro Khanna
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Congress: Gratified that Speaker McCarthy invited PM Modi to address joint session of Congress: Ro Khanna

WASHINGTON: Indian American Congressman Ro Khanna has welcomed the decision of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to invite Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address a joint…

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Israelis revive flashpoint West Bank settlement
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Israelis revive flashpoint West Bank settlement

BURQAH, Palestinian Territories: Israelis started reviving a flashpoint outpost settlement in the occupied West Bank on Monday, AFP journalists said, constructing a building at the…

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