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Israeli Settler Council Issues Unprecedented Admission of Ritualistic Child Sexual Abuse After Broadcaster Exposes Cover-Up

The Gush Etzion Regional Council has acknowledged ritualistic child abuse allegations within its communities following investigations and survivor testimonies, shaking Israel's religious-Zionist sector.

International Business Times UK

Who Is Elise Stefanik? Trump's Fiercest Israel Defender in Congress Now Tipped to Lead America's Entire Spy Network

Elise Stefanik's potential appointment as Director of National Intelligence has raised concerns over her pro-Israel stance, with critics questioning her ability to maintain neutrality in US intelligence priorities.

International Business Times UK

Nobody better represents Israeli politics today than Itamar Ben-Gvir

He may be the most brazen of the nation’s leaders, but his ideological spirit is found throughout its government, and beyond, says Ben Reiff, deputy editor of +972 magazine

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Friday briefing: As Israel’s coalition collapses, can its prime minister hang on to power?

In today’s newsletter: As the polls tighten around Benjamin Netanyahu, the coming months may redefine Israel’s political order without resolving its most entrenched conflicts

The Guardian - UK

Israeli parliament votes to advance bill to dissolve Knesset, paving way for early elections

Israeli lawmakers overwhelmingly advanced a bill to dissolve parliament, potentially triggering early elections and intensifying political uncertainty for Prime Minister Netanyahu. This move stems from growing coalition strains, particularly over military service exemptions for ultra-Orthodox parties. Opposition leaders have declared the election campaign has begun, anticipating a closely contested vote.

The Times of India

Israel is moving closer to a snap election. Could this be the end for Netanyahu?

Polls suggest the Israeli leader would lose a vote amid rising anger directed at his government

The Independent UK

Israel's parliament has voted to dissolve itself. What's next?

Israel's parliament has voted to dissolve itself. This move could lead to an early national election. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is predicted to lose the upcoming vote. An election date is yet to be set. Political commentators suggest a September election is likely. This decision follows a split with an…

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Netanyahu's Government on the Brink as Coalition Moves to Dissolve Israeli Parliament

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu moved one step closer to a possible early election after coalition leaders submitted a bill to dissolve the Knesset, Israel's parliament, amid growing fractures inside his right-wing government.

Latin Times

Netanyahu's coalition moves to seek early vote in Israel

Israel's ruling coalition on Wednesday submitted a proposal to dissolve parliament to pave the way for early elections as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu came under mounting attack from ultra-Orthodox parties. Netanyahu has governed Israel longer than any other prime minister -- more than 18 years in total since 1996.

The Economic Times

Israel’s government votes 93-0 to back death penalty law for alleged Gaza terrorists

ANALYSIS: Israel extends new death penalty laws to Gaza in legislation that only targets Palestinians for allegations of murder

The Independent UK

Israeli MPs back special tribunal with death penalty powers for alleged 7 October attackers

Knesset approves plan for livestreamed trials in military court, drawing comparisons to 1962 Adolf Eichmann trial

The Guardian - UK

Ex-US spy for Israel calls for Gaza ethnic cleansing as he seeks Knesset seat

Jonathan Pollard, who served 30 years for selling US military secrets, advocates ‘forcible removal’ of Palestinians

The Guardian - US

Israel national security minister served golden death penalty noose birthday cake

Fellow politicians criticised Ben-Gvir for having police officials attend his birthday party

The Independent UK

Israeli Minister Ben Gvir Receives Birthday Cake From His Wife Featuring a Noose Meant for Palestinian Prisoners

Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir's birthday party featured noose-themed cakes, symbolising the controversial death penalty law targeting Palestinians, sparking widespread criticism and legal challenges.

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The Guardian - UK

‘Israel must change direction’: Netanyahu rivals join forces for next election

Rightwing Naftali Bennett and centrist Yair Lapid announce new party before Knesset vote expected later this year

The Guardian - UK

Israel’s death penalty law could spell suspension from rights body role, says chief

Not using capital punishment ‘really a requirement’ for Council of Europe’s parliamentary assembly, says president

The Guardian - UK

Netanyahu-ism has achieved nothing for Israelis – and come at a monstrously high price

It is the voting public in Israel that will settle their PM’s fate later this year. But all they have heard are promises of ‘total victory’ that prove to be hollow, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The Guardian - UK

‘Weak and pathetic’: why is the EU not using its leverage to stop Israel?

Deep divisions on Israel mean the union has failed to act over Lebanon, Gaza, or settler violence in the West Bank

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Major Jewish group criticises Israel death penalty laws

Australia's Jewish community has made a rare break with Israel after the nation made a new "discriminatory" death penalty law for Palestinians.

The Guardian - UK

‘Discriminatory’ Israeli death penalty law would be war crime, says UN rights chief

Volker Türk says bill, which applies to Palestinians convicted of terror charges but not Jewish extremists, must be repealed

The Independent UK

New Israeli death penalty law is ‘cruel’ and discriminates against Palestinians, say human rights groups

Activists say the law will have a disproportionate impact on West Bank Palestinians

International Business Times

Israel's Knesset Passes Controversial Death Penalty Law for Palestinians Convicted of Deadly Attacks

Israel's parliament, the Knesset, approved a contentious law on Monday night making death by hanging the default sentence for Palestinians convicted in military courts of deadly terrorist attacks, a move championed by far-right ministers that critics condemned as discriminatory and a violation of international norms.

International Business Times UK

Israel Death Penalty Law Triggers Global Outrage as Palestinians Face Execution Under New Knesset Vote

Israel approves death penalty law for Palestinians convicted of lethal attacks, drawing criticism from human rights groups and global powers

AAP

Australia condemns Israel's new death penalty laws

Israel's ambassador to Australia has defended a newly passed law imposing the death penalty on Palestinians convicted of terror attacks drawing a sharp rebuke.

The Conversation

New Israeli law could mean death penalty by default for Palestinians convicted of deadly attacks

Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, this week passed legislation that would vastly expand capital punishment in Israel and in the occupied Palestinian territories.

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