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Israel’s Labour Hopes Fresh Face Can Topple Netanyahu
Israel's main opposition Labour party has taken a risk in electing as its new leader an ex-businessman who only joined...
Avi Gabbay Elected Head of Israel’s Labour
Israel's main opposition Labour party voted in former businessman Avi Gabbay as its new leader Monday, said the party...
Israel’s Opposition Labour Seeks Renewal With Leadership Vote
Israel's main opposition Labour party voted for a new leader Monday as it seeks to regain waning influence and win back...
Israel To Lift Ban On Politicians Visiting Holy Site
Israel will lift a two-year-old ban preventing politicians visiting a Jerusalem holy site for five days later this...
Netanyahu Under Fire After Reneging On Western Wall Deal
Israel's shelving of a deal to allow mixed-gender prayers at the Western Wall echoed far beyond religion Monday, with...
Netanyahu Tells Israeli Settlers ‘nobody Will Be Uprooted’
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday told Israeli settlers marking 50 years since the Six-Day War he would keep...
Definitive Israeli 1967 War Photo Still Stirs Emotions
Fifty years after the 1967 Six-Day War, a photograph of three awestruck Israeli paratroopers at the freshly captured...
Israeli Parliament Advances Bill Enshrining State’s Jewish Status
The Israeli parliament gave preliminary approval Wednesday to a bill defining the country as the "national home of the...
Israelis Hold Mass Pot Protest By Parliament
Hundreds of Israelis gathered on a grassy hill overlooking parliament on Thursday to smoke marijuana in an act of...
Israel-Lebanon Maritime Dispute Explained
Earlier this month, the new Lebanese government, led by President Michel Aoun, published a tender to explore untapped...
Israeli Lawmakers Give Initial Approval To Bills Quieting Mosques
Israel's parliament gave preliminary approval Wednesday to two controversial measures that would limit calls to prayers...
New Israeli Law Bars Entry To Boycott Supporters
Israel's parliament on Monday evening said it had passed into law a bill barring entry into the country to those...
Israeli Parliament Takes Closer Look At Staffers’ Skirts
Israel's parliament will retain a contentious dress code banning short skirts, but will make its enforcement and...
For Arab MPs, Israeli Parliament ‘harder Than Ever’
It has never been easy being a lawmaker who identifies as Palestinian in the Israeli parliament, but today it is harder...
Trump’s Embassy Move To Jerusalem ‘self-Destructive’
Newly inaugurated US President Donald Trump is about to reverse an historical course that has been in the making for...
Israeli Parliament Lifts Dress Code After Protest Over Short Skirt Ban
The Israeli parliament has suspended its dress code rules, reports say, after staffers protested against a ban on...
Leaders Laud Peres At Jerusalem Funeral
World leaders have hailed the vision of the late Israeli leader, Shimon Peres, as he is laid to rest three days after...
Leaders Hail Legacy of Former Israeli Leader
Media captionShimon Peres was considered the last of Israel's founding fathers World leaders have hailed the vision of...
Former Israel President Shimon Peres Dies
Former Israeli PM and president, Shimon Peres, has died aged 93. He suffered a stroke two weeks ago and his condition...