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Nava Freiberg

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‘His name is Omri Miran’: PM panned after failing to name Hungarian-Israeli hostage

‘His name is Omri Miran’: PM panned after failing to name Hungarian-Israeli hostage

PM talks to wife of Omri Miran after referring to him as ‘the Hungarian hostage’ on social media; father says premier’s office didn’t respond...

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Nava Freiberg

While Israel aims for land border deal with Lebanon, history weighs heavy

While Israel aims for land border deal with Lebanon, history weighs heavy

Shaped by colonial ambition, hardened by war and haunted by Hezbollah, Israel’s confounding northern frontier hangs between relentless violence and...

04.04.2025 30

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Security cabinet greenlights separate road for Palestinians in contentious E1 area

Security cabinet greenlights separate road for Palestinians in contentious E1 area

Critics decry planned north-south route as a ‘fatal blow’ to local Palestinian communities, as cabinet moves to expand settlement construction...

30.03.2025 9

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Netanyahu interviewing Shin Bet chief candidates amid legal freeze on Bar’s ouster

Netanyahu interviewing Shin Bet chief candidates amid legal freeze on Bar’s ouster

Despite High Court hold on removing Ronen Bar, PMO presses forward with selection process; Interviewees include former deputies and hostage...

26.03.2025 10

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Court upholds freeze on Shin Bet chief firing, but lets PM interview for replacement

Court upholds freeze on Shin Bet chief firing, but lets PM interview for replacement

Ruling by Justice Canfy-Steinitz rejects AG’s request that the court prevent the government from actively pursuing a successor for Ronen Bar

26.03.2025 50

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Eli Sharabi tells UN Security Council: Hamas steals your aid while hostages starve

Eli Sharabi tells UN Security Council: Hamas steals your aid while hostages starve

Released captive says Hamas guards laughed as they told him his brother was killed in captivity, describes being abandoned by international...

20.03.2025 8

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Israel returns fifth Lebanese prisoner after border delineation talks

Hezbollah-linked outlet reports that 14 Lebanese detainees still held by Israel, including 7 alleged members of the Iran-backed terror group

13.03.2025 7

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Foreign Ministry opens ‘media war room’ to combat anti-Israel content

Ministry says effort diplomats and students will monitor news to ‘identify false or biased reports’ so spokespeople can then ‘debunk accusations...

12.03.2025 40

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Sa’ar urges global leaders to renounce ‘pure evil’ of Sharaa’s Syria after massacres

Foreign minister says Israel’s warnings over new Islamist rulers were accurate after over 1,000 killed in Alawite enclave; Sharaa dismisses...

10.03.2025 10

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Cabinet okays NIS 4 billion plan to boost country’s Druze, Circassians over 5 years

Community leaders welcome investment, but call it only a ‘first step,’ and express hope it won’t ‘remain on paper’ like previous promises

10.03.2025 50

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Dore Gold, former UN ambassador and Netanyahu confidant, dies at 71

US-born diplomat served as Foreign Ministry director general, adviser to prime ministers, and president of a Jerusalem think tank

03.03.2025 9

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Days after Assad’s fall, Israeli reporter explores Iran’s ‘nerve center’ in Damascus

War reporter Itai Anghel finds piles of classified files, speaks to Syrian soldiers, and meets a Syrian Jew in ‘Uvda’ documentary aired Monday

25.02.2025 10

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