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Netanyahu to move ahead with judicial amendments plan
Tel Aviv: Amid continued resistance against the controversial judicial reforms in Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced to move ahead with the reforms. According to an Agence France Presse (AFP) report,…
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Israelis protest for 24th week against judicial overhaul
Tel Aviv: For the 24th week in a row, thousands of Israelis took to the streets of Tel Aviv to protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government’s plans to overhaul its judicial…
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Israeli opposition leaders freeze judicial overhaul negotiations
Jerusalem: Israeli opposition leaders have announced that they had suspended the negotiations on settling a controversial judicial overhaul spearheaded by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Yair Lapid, Opposition leader in the Israeli parliament…
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Israelis protest against judicial overhaul for 22nd week
Tel Aviv: Thousands of Israelis protested in several cities for the 22nd week in a row against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to overhaul the judicial system. The rallies took…
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Repetition of Nakba? Israel calls tenders for new west bank settlement units
Amid the rising death tolls of Palestinians after Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip, Israeli authorities have invited tenders for work on more than 1,000 new housing projects in the occupied…
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Israel min cuts India visit short, to return after meeting PM
New Delhi: Within hours of his arrival in New Delhi for a three-day visit, Israel’s Foreign Minister Eli Cohen has cut short his visit to return home owing to certain security-related developments…
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Israelis protest for 18th week against judicial reform plan
Tel Aviv: For the eighteenth week in a row, thousands of Israelis took to the streets of Tel Aviv on Saturday to protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to…
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Israel marks 75th Independence Day amid protests
Jerusalem: Israel marked its 75th Independence Day amid protests and political divisions between supporters and opponents of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s “contentious plan to overhaul the judiciary”. The celebration on Tuesday began…
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Tens of thousands of Israelis protest against judicial reform
Tel Aviv: Thousands of protesters flocked to Tel Aviv and cities across Israel to express their opposition to the government’s plan to overhaul the country’s judicial system, Al Jazeera reported. Crowds of…
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Israel’s PM rescinds firing of Defence Minister amid security concerns
Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has withdrawn his decision to dismiss the Defence Minister whom he had recently said to fire for outspoken criticism of a controversial judiciary overhaul plan. In…
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Netanyahu says Israel facing challenging security situation on all fronts
Jerusalem: Israel is in the midst of a challenging security situation that is complicated on several fronts, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the heads of Gaza border communities in a Sunday afternoon…