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Israel urges calm amid plans for further protest at judicial overhaul
JERUSALEM: Israel’s president urged both sides of a dispute over government plans to overhaul the judiciary to refrain from any violence, using the occasion of…
Israel marks 75th anniversary amid doubt and division
JERUSALEM: Israel celebrates its 75th anniversary this week in a fractious and uncertain mood, overshadowed by a battle over the judiciary that has opened up…
Syria: Tensions build near Jerusalem shrine as Israel strikes targets in Syria
JERUSALEM: Israeli warplanes and artillery struck targets in Syria following rare rocket fire from the northeastern neighbor, as Jewish-Muslim tensions reached a peak Sunday at…
Key Issues In Judicial Reforms: Key issues in crisis talks on Israel’s divisive judicial reforms
Jerusalem: More than three months of tensions culminating in a general strike prompted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to pause controversial judicial reforms that had…
Israel’S ‘Fired’ Defence: Israel’s ‘fired’ defence chief hangs on as Netanyahu hits pause
JERUSALEM: The Israeli defence chief whose dismissal by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu brought the country’s constitutional crisis to a boil is staying in office until…
Israel: Flights from main Israel airport grounded as strike called
TEL AVIV: Israel’s Airports Authority says departing flights from the country’s main international airport have been grounded following a strike called in protest against the…
Netanyahu: Israel President Isaac Herzog urges PM Netanyahu to halt judicial overhaul after widespread protest
JERUSALEM: Israel’s President Isaac Herzog on Monday appealed to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to immediately halt his controversial judicial overhaul, warning that the move has…
Netanyahu: ‘Pump the brakes’, US envoy tells Netanyahu on judicial changes
JERUSALEM – The US envoy to Israel said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should slow progress on a contentious judicial overhaul that could make it harder…