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Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu Receives Pacemaker Amidst Judicial Reform Protests

Netanyahu undergoes successful surgery as nationwide demonstrations intensify

Zenger · Jul 24, 2023

Why Shin Bet may be used to police Palestinian areas in Israel

PM Netanyahu is strongly considering deploying the internal security service to police Palestinian citizens of Israel.

Al Jazeera · Jun 13, 2023

Israeli FM Addresses Rapprochement with Europe to Confront Iran

Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen has said that Europe is finally coming to Israel's side on Iran. Cohen held consultations with senior European officials in Brussels as part of Tel Aviv's efforts to push the EU to take a more assertive policy with Iran, according to the Times of Israel…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 3, 2023

Washington Discontent with Tentative System to Open 24-hour Crossings between West Bank, Jordan

Israel has launched a pilot program to open the crossings between the West Bank and Jordan around the clock, after months of pressure from the US administration, which viewed the matter as a positive initiative towards the Palestinians in the absence of a political horizon. However, Washington voiced discontent with…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Nov 8, 2022

Report: Netanyahu Has Last Chance to Form Gov’t

Senior Likud politicians are plotting to dismiss party leader Benjamin Netanyahu if his bloc fails to win a majority in the upcoming elections. Top party members told the Times of Israel’s Hebrew site, Zman Yisrael, that Netanyahu would be offered almost full control of the party but keep him out…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 2, 2022

Kohavi: Attack on Iran at Center of Israeli Army Preparations

Israeli army chief Aviv Kohavi has said it was Israel’s “moral obligation” to prepare a military response against Iran’s nuclear program. In a speech at a ceremony marking the change of the military’s Home Front Command chief on Sunday, Kohavi said: “Preparing the home front for war is a task…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 18, 2022

Utah Online Marriages "Upend" Israeli Marriage Debates

[UPDATE: Though this is a practically important matter, it also just cries out "joke fodder" to me. I have no idea how it would go ("a rabbi, a Mormon, and a bride walk into a bar …"?), but I can just feel there's something there! Please post your candidates in…

Reason · Jul 11, 2022

Israel eases regulations on abortion access as response to Roe v Wade

New changes include more access to abortion pills

The Independent UK · Jun 28, 2022

No EU Aid to Palestinian Authority Since 2020

The European Union has donated almost no aid to the Palestinian Authority since 2020, citing “technical difficulties,” Israeli sources in Tel Aviv have said. Millions of euros in European Union aid to the Palestinian Authority are stuck in Brussels as officials in the European Commission discuss whether to condition parts…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 26, 2022

Expansion Project in East Jerusalem Sparks Tension between Israeli Authorities, Church Leaders

Israeli officials are preparing to advance an unprecedented project to expand a national park onto church-owned lands and Christian holy sites in East Jerusalem, sparking fierce opposition from local Christian leaders. The move would not strip the landholders of their ownership, but it would give the government some authority over…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 21, 2022