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Israel: Flights from main Israel airport grounded as strike called
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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…

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Israel: Israel president says judicial reform must stop 'immediately'
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Israel: Israel president says judicial reform must stop ‘immediately’

Jerusalem: Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Monday called for an immediate halt to the government’s controversial judicial reforms, a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…

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Israel ratifies law limiting conditions for PM ouster
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Israel ratifies law limiting conditions for PM ouster

TEL AVIV: Israel‘s parliament on Thursday passed the first of several laws that make up its contentious judicial overhaul as protesters opposing the changes staged…

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Israel repeals 2005 act on West Bank settlement pullout
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Israel repeals 2005 act on West Bank settlement pullout

JERUSALEM: Israeli lawmakers on Tuesday repealed a 2005 act that saw four Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank dismantled at the same time as…

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Israel: Three suspected militants killed by Israel undercover unit
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Israel: Three suspected militants killed by Israel undercover unit

JANA (Palestinian Territories): Three Palestinians were shot dead by Israeli border police in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, the Palestinian health ministry said, with…

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Israeli settlers rampage after Palestinian gunman kills 2
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Israeli settlers rampage after Palestinian gunman kills 2

JERUSALEM: Scores of Israeli settlers went on a violent rampage in the northern West Bank late Sunday, setting dozens of cars and homes on fire…

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Jordan: Jordan hosting Israeli-Palestinian talks to avert escalation in violence
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Jordan: Jordan hosting Israeli-Palestinian talks to avert escalation in violence

AMMAN: Jordan will host a meeting on Sunday between top Israeli and Palestinian security and political officials in hopes of halting a recent surge in…

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goyal: European Union FTA may take longer: Union commerce minister Piyush Goyal
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goyal: European Union FTA may take longer: Union commerce minister Piyush Goyal

Union commerce minister Piyush Goyal on Friday said a free trade agreement with the European Union (EU) will take longer as negotiations with the 27-country…

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Israel-Gaza border heats up after West Bank violence
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Israel-Gaza border heats up after West Bank violence

GAZA: Gaza militants fired rockets and Israel carried out air strikes across the Israel-Gaza frontier on Thursday, a day after 11 Palestinian were killed during…

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Israel: Western powers say 'strongly oppose' Israel settlement moves
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Israel: Western powers say ‘strongly oppose’ Israel settlement moves

BERLIN: The foreign ministers of five Western powers said Tuesday they were “deeply troubled” by the Israeli government’s decision to legalise nine West Bank settlements…

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