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Trump's return boosts Israel's pro-settlement right: experts

Trump's return boosts Israel's pro-settlement right: experts

US President Donald Trump's return to power has emboldened Israeli leaders' push to increase military presence in Gaza and reinvigorated right-wing...

24.04.2025 20

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Israel's unmanned bulldozers breaking ground in Gaza war

At first glance, there is nothing unusual about the bulky bulldozer turning up soil at a testing site in central Israel, but as it pulled closer it...

21.04.2025 3

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From deadly rave to recovery: Israeli study examines MDMA's effect on trauma

Artillery fire echoed from nearby Gaza as Shye Klein-Weinstein slowly walked around a memorial honouring the nearly 400 people killed at the Nova...

15.04.2025 10

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Netanyahu and Trump to talk tariffs, Iran and Gaza

Talks on Monday between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump are expected to be dominated by Washington's shock...

08.04.2025 5

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What is the 'Qatargate' scandal roiling Israel?

Israel has been gripped by allegations linking aides of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to financing from Qatar, which hosts Hamas leaders and...

03.04.2025 10

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Israel PM drops security chief nominee under fire from Trump ally

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said Tuesday he had reversed a decision to appoint a former navy commander as security agency chief...

02.04.2025 5

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Israelis return to streets in anger over Netanyahu's policies

Blowing foghorns and beating drums, thousands of Israelis on Wednesday took over the winding Jerusalem street outside the prime minister's residence...

21.03.2025 3

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Israel's Netanyahu seeks to fire internal security agency chief

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that he was seeking to dismiss the head of Israel's internal security agency, who swiftly called the...

18.03.2025 9

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Residents of Israel's north slowly returning home after Hezbollah truce

On a lush green hilltop on Israel's northern border with Lebanon, Carmela Keren Yakuti proudly shows off her home in Dovev, which she fled more than...

08.03.2025 3

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Former tank commander takes over as Israel's military chief

Former tank commander Eyal Zamir was sworn in as Israel's new army chief on Wednesday, inheriting the task at a crucial time for the military after it...

06.03.2025 8

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Former tank commander takes over as Israel's military chief

Former tank commander Eyal Zamir will on Wednesday become Israel's new armed forces chief, inheriting the task at a crucial time for the military...

06.03.2025 5

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Israel army says failed on Oct 7, underestimated Hamas

An internal Israeli army investigation into Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack released on Thursday acknowledged the military's "complete failure" to...

01.03.2025 1

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Netanyahu orders 'intensive' West Bank operations after Israel bus blasts

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday ordered an "intensive operation against centers of terrorism" in the occupied West Bank, his...

22.02.2025 4

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Bus blasts rock central Israel in 'suspected terror attack'

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday ordered an "intensive operation against centers of terrorism" in the occupied West Bank, his...

22.02.2025 4

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Dead Sea an 'ecological disaster', but no one can agree how to fix it

An abandoned lifeguard cabin, a rusty pier and mangled umbrellas are all that is left of Ein Gedi, once Israel's flagship beach drawing international...

30.01.2025 3

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Yemen's Huthis a 'menace' for Israel despite weakened Iran: analysts

Israel's devastating campaigns against Iran's regional allies have severely weakened its arch-enemy's ability to project its power, but Yemen's...

01.01.2025 2

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Indian workers replace Palestinians in Israel's building sector

Wearing a safety belt, helmet and work boots, Raju Nishad navigates the scaffolding, hammering blocks that will form part of a building in a new...

31.12.2024 5

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Netanyahu vows to act with 'force, determination' against Yemen's Huthis

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday vowed to retaliate against Yemen's Huthi rebels after they fired a missile at Tel Aviv, warning...

23.12.2024 3

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In Israeli-annexed Golan's 'Trump Heights', settlers ready for expansion

At the end of a winding road on a dusty hillside in the Israeli-annexed Golan, the yellow gates of Trump Heights slowly open for cars, passing a...

19.12.2024 7

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