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EXPLAINER: What will change under Israel’s new government?
Features/Interviews
June 11, 2021
EXPLAINER: What will change under Israel’s new government?
JERUSALEM (AP) — If all goes according to plan, Israel will swear in a new government on Sunday, ending Prime…
Ex-Mossad chief signals Israel behind Iran nuclear attacks
Middle East
June 11, 2021
Ex-Mossad chief signals Israel behind Iran nuclear attacks
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The outgoing chief of Israel’s Mossad intelligence service has offered the closest acknowledgment yet…
Israeli forces kill Palestinian militant, 2 security officers in West Bank clash
Middle East
June 10, 2021
Israeli forces kill Palestinian militant, 2 security officers in West Bank clash
Israeli special forces on Thursday killed an Islamic Jihad militant and two Palestinian security men in an exchange of fire…
‘She screams when someone comes near’: Gaza children in trauma
Middle East
June 9, 2021
‘She screams when someone comes near’: Gaza children in trauma
Three weeks since Suzy Eshkuntana was pulled from the rubble of her house, destroyed by an Israeli air strike, the…
Israel suspends ultranationalists’ march in east Jerusalem
Middle East
June 8, 2021
Israel suspends ultranationalists’ march in east Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police said Monday they blocked a planned procession by Jewish ultranationalists through parts of Jerusalem’s Old…
New Israeli government set to unseat Netanyahu, but when?
Middle East
June 8, 2021
New Israeli government set to unseat Netanyahu, but when?
Israel’s parliament is set on Sunday to hold a special vote on a new government. If it wins the Knesset’s…
Mixed city of Arabs and Jews remains on edge after violence
Middle East
June 8, 2021
Mixed city of Arabs and Jews remains on edge after violence
LOD, Israel (AP) — Israeli security forces guard the streets of Lod, weeks after rioters torched patrol cars, synagogues and…
Israeli parliament to vote on approving new government by June 14
Middle East
June 7, 2021
Israeli parliament to vote on approving new government by June 14
A vote in Israel’s legislature on approving a new government poised to unseat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be held…
Palestinian teen bears scar of eviction battle in East Jerusalem
Middle East
June 7, 2021
Palestinian teen bears scar of eviction battle in East Jerusalem
Jana Kiswani, a 16-year-old Palestinian, was entering her home in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah when an Israeli…
Israeli police detain Palestinian activist twins from East Jerusalem
Middle East
June 7, 2021
Israeli police detain Palestinian activist twins from East Jerusalem
Israeli police detained two prominent Palestinian activists on Sunday who have become the faces of a campaign to halt Palestinian…