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Noam Lehmann

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AG: New appointments are politicizing police internal affairs, could harm election integrity

AG: New appointments are politicizing police internal affairs, could harm election integrity

Baharavi-Miara warns amendment giving justice minister control over investigative unit is causing ‘politicization of law enforcement’ as she asks...

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900 days after she went missing, Haymanut Kasau’s family demands answers from Shin Bet

900 days after she went missing, Haymanut Kasau’s family demands answers from Shin Bet

Dozens rally outside security agency’s HQ to demand justice for the missing girl, whose father suggests the Shin Bet has ignored his daughter’s...

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‘Make the earth shake’: Haredi protesters don yellow stars, block roads after draft evader’s arrest

‘Make the earth shake’: Haredi protesters don yellow stars, block roads after draft evader’s arrest

Protesters sit in front of traffic on stretch of Route 4 outside of Bnei Brak; soldier escorted to safety by police after mob surrounds him, calls him...

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Police to charge suspect in string of attacks on media offices

Police to charge suspect in string of attacks on media offices

Avraham Hadi, 44, allegedly threw bricks at the offices of Channel 12, Haaretz and Israel Hayom, as well as a Justice Ministry building, along with...

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Slain hostage’s parents urge public only back parties vowing state Oct. 7 probe

Slain hostage’s parents urge public only back parties vowing state Oct. 7 probe

At Tel Aviv protest, Itay Chen’s parents accuse government of trying to evade truth; Bennett, Liberman said discussing post-election union to block...

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Six, including four minors, charged with murdering teen in a Jerusalem Airbnb

Six, including four minors, charged with murdering teen in a Jerusalem Airbnb

Defendants allegedly assaulted Benayahu Razi and his friend with knives, brass knuckles, a club and a kitchen mallet; cops say one defendant was...

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Arbel Feldman named as Rishon Lezion torts lawyer allegedly shot dead by client

Arbel Feldman named as Rishon Lezion torts lawyer allegedly shot dead by client

ֿBar association holds minute of silence, offers support to members facing threatening clients; suspect said to refuse to surrender gun to police,...

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Police say Rishon Lezion lawyer shot dead in his office by disgruntled client

Suspected killer turns himself in, was ‘unhappy with the service he received’ and shot the lawyer repeatedly after a heated argument, central...

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Elderly woman killed, two wounded after being run over by bus in Ashkelon

Incident involved collision of 3 buses, police investigating; separately, traffic snarls after Route 1 and 6 closed by Ben Shemen forest blaze

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Elderly man beaten for removing banner supporting Rabin’s killer, suffers brain bleed

Still no arrests a week after Ilan Manes, a former lieutenant colonel in the IDF, was assaulted by a gang of youths on camera near Mevasseret Zion

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‘Provocation’: Sa’ar clashes with fellow New Hope MK in probe of comptroller vote

Sharren Haskel tells police that party whip Michel Buskila demanded members film votes, show them to Netanyahu; foreign minister and New Hope leader...

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Cop questioned on far-right rapper’s alleged abuse of ties with police

Officer released on restrictive conditions; Yoav Eliasi, aka ‘The Shadow,’ suspected of using police ties to avoid repercussions for violent...

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Teenagers allegedly beat an Arab bus driver unconscious overnight in Jerusalem

Driver says he lost four of his teeth in attack, passed out and awoke to ‘faces full of hate’; police open investigation amid spate of similar...

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At Tel Aviv rally, daughter of couple slain on Oct. 7 says government is ‘defiling our dead’

Weekly anti-government protests held in various locations, slamming failure to probe Hamas attack and also decrying Haredi military exemptions,...

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Launching election campaign, Democrats’ Golan says blood spilled in West Bank is on PM’s hands

At event ahead of weekly anti-government protests, left-wing party says it eyes education and justice ministries, vows to keep criminal defendants out...

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18 hospitalized after inhaling CO at East Jerusalem beauty salon; 3 arrested

No danger remains in area following sweep by first responders, officials say; probe finds illicitly installed generator emitted poisonous gas

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Man killed, another seriously wounded in shooting in northern Arab town of Tamra

Police searching for suspects; homicide brings Arab Israeli community toll to 153 this year as deadly wave of violence continues unabated

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Cousin of slain hostage to Netanyahu: ‘Would you have also said Yoni came back from Entebbe?’

As multiple anti-government demonstrations held, Gil Dickmann pans PM for taking credit for returning all the captives, noting that many died, just...

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Police arrest 2 for allegedly attacking Democrats party activists in south Tel Aviv

Deputy mayor, who is running in left-leaning party’s primary, accuses Netanyahu of fostering a ‘new reality’ where she can’t canvass in...

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Settler and masked soldier allegedly break into Hebron mosque, disrupt call to prayer

PA says pre-dawn incident, in which attackers reportedly played Hebrew songs through mosque loudspeakers, is part of an attempt to stamp out ancient...

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‘Here to stay’: Hundreds at Pride parade in flashpoint southern town of Mitzpe Ramon

Opposition MKs attend sixth annual parade; children allegedly throw eggs at participant in desert community whose authorities have previously sought...

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Anti-government protesters pan bill for political Oct. 7 inquiry, said set for vote this week

Relative of slain hostage rails against Netanyahu’s ‘populist, fascist’ bid to avoid forming state probe; report says Knesset likely to hold...

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Tel Aviv holds first Pride parade since Oct. 7; cops impede some anti-government marchers

Trans model assaulted in Tel Aviv last month dances on float as estimated 100,000 people march along beach, following the city’s call to ‘vote...

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Nine Palestinians reported wounded in settler rampage through Hawara

Dozens of assailants damage property, steal livestock and set fire to auto repair shop amid clashes across West Bank

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Settlers attack Palestinians, vandalize property near Nablus; 7 reported injured

Palestinians say latest attacks by extremists saw a number of people shot, others beaten; no immediate comment from authorities

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Far-right provocateurs hurl homophobic abuse at gay secularist activist in Tel Aviv

Group led by government-aligned Mordechai David trails Naor Narkis and partner, calling them ‘f*ggot’ and ‘tranny’; gang also said to yell the...

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Palestinian man and young son reportedly attacked by settlers in southern West Bank

Palestinian media reports two were attacked by several settlers wielding sharp instruments, wounded taken to hospital for treatment

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‘We won’t let them forget’: Ahead of Memorial Day, Tel Aviv protest demands Oct. 7 inquiry

‘A second Holocaust happened to my family,’ says Ofri Bibas, vowing Netanyahu won’t ‘evade accountability’; bereaved relative accuses...

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2,000 protest government and Iran war in Tel Aviv, exceeding court-ordered limit

Rally at Habima Square rally estimated at double the permitted number; heavy police presence, but no violence or arrests; protests also take place in...

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3 Palestinians, including teen, killed by IDF in West Bank; CNN crew detained, one put in chokehold

Army says troops fired at ‘key instigators’; 15-year-old shot in separate incident; journalists, held while covering settler violence, say troops...

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IDF investigating as Palestinian man shot dead in southern West Bank

PA says Amir Shenaran was killed by settler, brother also said critically wounded; IDF says shooter is a reservist who responded to clash between...

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Israeli forces dismantle West Bank outpost near where 2 Palestinians said shot dead

Civil Administration says Nof HaMishkan structures were built on private Palestinian land, dismantled by order of IDF Central Command after ‘violent...

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Hezbollah chief: Attacks on Israel a response to truce violations, ‘unrelated to any other battle’

Naim Qassem asserts Lebanese terror group is ‘responding to Israeli-American aggression and this is a legitimate right’; Macron urges Netanyahu...

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Two men shot dead by settlers in northern West Bank, Palestinian Authority says

Three others wounded by gunfire in Nablus-area village of Qaryut, including 15-year-old boy, medics say; IDF aware of ‘friction’ with nearby...

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Hezbollah condemns strikes on Iran but stops short of pledging to attack Israel

Iran-backed terror group asserts ‘American-Israeli enemy will be dealt a major blow’; US envoy tells Lebanese president that Israel won’t strike...

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1 killed in UAE as Iran targets 5 Arab countries with missiles; Riyadh slams ‘brutal Iranian aggression’

Projectiles fired at UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Jordan in addition to Israel; center for US Fifth Fleet HQ in Bahrain targeted; house in Jordan’s...

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Two left-wing Israeli activists airlifted to hospital after settlers beat them in West Bank

IDF later dispatches troops to Qusra, says it’s searching for suspects; Herzog says ‘life-threatening’ violence damages reputation of Israel and...

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‘Children are inside!’: Palestinian homes, vehicles set on fire in apparent settler attack

No injuries reported; security forces arrive in Susya after fires extinguished, make no arrests; elsewhere, settlers start rebuilding dismantled...

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Defying Trump, senior Palestinian official rejects demand for Hamas disarmament, PA reforms

PLO secretary general claims Hamas isn’t a terror group, should have a role in governing postwar Gaza; dismisses as ‘impossible’ expected...

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West Bank mosque set on fire, graffitied with ‘revenge’ in apparent settler attack

IDF, police forces reportedly investigating arson at Abu Bakr al-Siddiq mosque near Nablus; PA says attack shows depths of ‘barbarity’ of the...

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Red Crescent claims settlers raided West Bank compound, shot 2 Palestinians

Woman from Abu Hamam says attackers beat her, robbed homes; man and 2 teens said hit by IDF gunfire following separate clash with settlers

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Report: IRGC running Hezbollah, preparing it for war with Israel if US strikes Iran

Beirut can’t let Lebanon be dragged into conflict, must declare neutrality, say ‘prominent political sources’ cited in separate report by...

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Palestinian-American, 19, shot and killed in settler attack in West Bank — PA

Nasrallah Abu Siam and 4 others said injured when some 30 masked settlers raided barn to steal livestock in Mukhmas; military says it’s...

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Hamas says jailed commander Abdullah Barghouti assaulted, starved in Israeli prison

Terror group says he was beaten by guard, lost half his body weight; no comment from IPS; Barghouti is serving 67 life terms for making bombs in the...

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US announces new sanctions targeting Hezbollah-linked gold exchange

US Treasury Department says Jood SARL ‘masquerades as a non-governmental organization’ and is used to ensure terror group’s cash...

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Source: Netanyahu to tell Trump that phase 2 of Gaza peace plan ‘is not moving’

Israel telling US that another operation in Gaza needed to ensure Hamas disarms, Trump’s vision fulfilled; IDF strikes in response to attack on...

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IDF, police probing alleged settler arson and vandalism in West Bank Christian village

Car reportedly torched, graffiti daubed on walls in Taybeh; no arrests reported; local priest says community lives in fear that blood will be spilled

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Israel returns remains of dozens of slain Palestinians to Gaza, Hamas health ministry says

Hamas says 54 bodies and 66 other boxes of human remains taken by Red Cross to Gaza City’s Shifa Hospital for identification; Israel does not...

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Gaza hospitals said to receive bodies of 3 Palestinians killed by IDF fire in past day

Hamas-run health ministry says 15 others were wounded, without specifying where or when; PM stresses to Witkoff that Israel demands Hamas be disarmed...

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Settlers reportedly assault minor while accompanied by IDF troops who arrested local

Video shows Israeli aiming cocked gun at Palestinians in southern West Bank hamlet; PA reports 1 killed, 3 wounded during Israeli raid in Jericho

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