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Alarming increase in loss of open landscapes in Israel
Tel Aviv: The latest Israeli State of Nature Report found an alarming increase in the loss of open landscapes and in the frequency and scale of wildfires across the country, the Ministry…
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Israeli PM won’t run in upcoming polls
Tel Aviv: Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced that he will not run in the upcoming elections as his coalition government collapsed only a year after its inauguration in June 2021. He…
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Israeli drone crashes in Lebanon due to ‘malfunction’
Jerusalem: An Israeli military drone crashed in Lebanon due to “malfunction”, the Jewish state’s military said . “A few days ago, during a routine operation, an unmanned Skylark aircraft crashed due to…
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Israeli court overturns ruling on Jewish prayer in Al-Aqsa Mosque
An Israeli court rejected a district court judge’s decision to challenge the legitimacy of the law prohibiting Jews from praying within the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied Jerusalem, which provoked Palestinian uproar.…
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Scores of Palestinians injured by Israeli soldiers across West Bank
Ramallah: Scores of Palestinian protesters were injured during clashes with Israeli soldiers in several West Bank towns and villages, according to the Palestine Red Crescent Society. The clashes took place on Friday,…
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Israeli police attack mourners during journalist’s funeral
Jerusalem: Israeli police on Friday moved in on a crowd of mourners at the funeral of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, beating demonstrators with batons and causing pallbearers to briefly drop…
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Woman suspected of sending Israeli PM death threats, arrested
Tel Aviv: Israeli police said they have arrested a 65-old-woman on suspicion of sending death threat letters and bullets to Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s family. The police issued a statement on Monday…
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Palestine calls on UNSC to stop Israeli activists’ planned incursion into Al-Aqsa Mosque
Ramallah: Palestine on Tuesday called on the United Nations Security Council to stop Israel from escalating tensions against Palestinians after Jewish activists reportedly decided to break into a holy mosque in East…
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Israel’s unemployment rate drops to the lowest since Covid
Tel Aviv: The number of unemployed people in Israel decreased to 145,300 in March, registering an unemployment rate of 3.4 per cent, the country’s Central Bureau of Statistics said. It is the…
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Jordan summons Israel’s envoy to protest operations at Al-Aqsa mosque
Amman: Jordan on Monday summoned the Israeli charge d’affaires of the Israeli embassy in Amman to protest against Israel’s operations in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, the Jordanian Foreign Ministry said. Jordan’s Foreign…
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Israeli escalation against Palestinians leads to more regional tension: Spokesman
Ramallah: The Palestinian presidential spokesman has warned that the Israeli escalation against the Palestinians would lead to more tension in the entire region. Condemning Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid’s visit to Damascus Gate…
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Palestine seeks int’l intervention to stop tension with Israelis
Ramallah: Palestine has called on intervention from the international community to stop the recent tension between Israelis and Palestinians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Palestine called on the International Criminal…
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Dozens of Israeli settlers storm Al-Aqsa mosque to celebrate Purim festival
Jerusalem: Dozens of Israeli settlers, on Thursday, forced their way into the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem to celebrate the Jewish holiday—Purim. In photos and videos from the scene, shared…
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Israel arrests 9 Palestinian suspects in Jordan Valley
Tel Aviv: Israeli security forces have arrested nine Palestinian suspects during a large anti-terror operation in the Jordan Valley in the West Bank, the army said. Hundreds of army troops and Israeli…
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UN envoy urges coordinated approach to address Israeli-Palestinian peace
United Nations: Tor Wennesland, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, stressed the urgent need for a coordinated approach to address political, economic and institutional obstacles to Israeli-Palestinian peace. The…
