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  • Monday, 18 September, 2023
    Israel
    Israel files complaint after German ambassador attends judicial overhaul hearing

    Netanyahu’s government considers diplomat’s presence in Israeli court an ‘interference’ in its domestic affairs

    Steffen Seibert, Germany’s ambassador to Israel
  • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
    Jan Egeland
    We can’t wait 30 more years for another breakthrough in the Middle East

    Only the US has the leverage to give both Israel and the Palestinians the guarantees they seek

    Montage image of Bill Clinton, Yitzhak Rabin, Yasser Arafat and a map
  • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
    Middle Eastern politics & society
    US and Palestinian officials in Riyadh for talks on Saudi-Israel deal

    Negotiations come ahead of possible meeting between Joe Biden and Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman at G20 summit

    Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman meeting Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas in Saudi Arabia in April
  • Monday, 24 July, 2023
    Israel
    Israeli parliament approves first part of judicial overhaul

    Controversial plan has sparked country’s worst political crisis in years

    Protesters unhappy with Benjamin Netanyahu’s judicial shake-up are sprayed with water cannon in Jerusalem on Monday
  • Sunday, 23 July, 2023
    Yuval Noah Harari
    Israeli democracy is fighting for its life

    As the Netanyahu government aims to neutralise the Supreme Court, the future of the country is on the line

    Demonstrators take part in a multi-day march from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in protest against the judicial overhaul bill
  • Saturday, 22 July, 2023
    Israel
    Thousands of Israelis protest in last-ditch bid to halt judicial reforms

    Reservists say they will not report for duty as country is plunged into deepest political crisis in years

    Israelis demonstrate against their government’s plans to overhaul the judicial system
  • Sunday, 9 July, 2023
    Israeli-Palestinian conflict
    Biden calls out ‘extreme’ elements within Israel’s government

    US president says he is talking with Netanyahu in an effort to ‘tamp down what’s going on’

    Members of an international delegation inspect rubble during a tour of the Jenin refugee camp
  • Thursday, 29 June, 2023
    Israel
    Israeli PM Netanyahu’s coalition dismayed by judicial overhaul concession

    Leader shelves plan to let parliament ‘override’ decisions by top court to strike down legislation

    Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu
  • Wednesday, 28 June, 2023
    Israel
    Israel critics investigated over call to resist judiciary overhaul

    Ex-premier Ehud Barak faces probe by task force set up by extreme-right security minister

    Ehud Barak and Yair Golan
  • Monday, 8 May, 2023
    Middle Eastern politics & society
    EU cancels Israel event after hard-right minister plans to attend

    Spat is latest sign of souring relations with Brussels since Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition took power

    Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir
  • Monday, 3 April, 2023
    Israel
    Israel political crisis could cut 2.8% a year from GDP, central bank warns

    Exports, consumption and investment could be hit if row over judicial reforms not resolved, Bank of Israel says

    Protesters demonstrate against the Israeli government’s planned judicial reforms in Tel Aviv
  • Monday, 27 March, 2023
    Israel
    Netanyahu delays judicial reforms after day of turmoil

    Backtrack by Israeli government comes after mass protests bring much of the country to a halt

    A selection of photos form Israel today
  • Monday, 20 March, 2023
    Israeli-Palestinian conflict
    Israeli minister inflames tensions in speech denying existence of Palestinian people

    Regional leaders condemn Bezalel Smotrich’s comments as Israeli government moves to soften judicial overhaul

    Bezalel Smotrich
  • Sunday, 26 February, 2023
    Israeli-Palestinian conflict
    Killing of Israeli settlers sparks West Bank violence

    Concern that long-simmering Palestinian conflict is on the verge of serious escalation

  • Tuesday, 21 February, 2023
    Martin Wolf
    Illiberal democracy comes to Israel

    The government’s proposed legal reforms look rather like a power grab

    James Ferguson illustration of the Israel flag with six different hands tugging at the Star of David
  • Tuesday, 21 February, 2023
    Israel
    Israeli MPs vote through judicial reforms despite protests

    Critics call proposed changes a power grab by Benjamin Netanyahu’s hardline government

    Protesters gather outside the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, in Jerusalem
  • Tuesday, 31 January, 2023
    News in-depthIsraeli-Palestinian conflict
    Upsurge in violence stokes fears of broader Israeli-Palestinian escalation

    East Jerusalem synagogue attack and refugee camp raid have inflamed tensions on both sides

    Israeli soldiers patrol the centre of Jerusalem as authorities intensified security measures
  • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
    Israel
    Israel’s top court rules against appointment of Netanyahu ally

    High Court says Aryeh Deri cannot serve as minister because of criminal convictions

    Aryeh Deri during a session of parliament
  • Tuesday, 3 January, 2023
    Israeli-Palestinian conflict
    Israel’s security minister makes surprise visit to al-Aqsa mosque compound

    Itamar Ben-Gvir tours holy site that has been a flashpoint for Israeli-Palestinian tensions

    Itamar Ben-Gvir visiting the al-Aqsa holy site on Tuesday
  • Monday, 28 November, 2022
    Israel
    Netanyahu moves closer to power after pact with ultranationalist

    Israeli prime minister-elect strikes deal with fringe Noam party, known for its vehement opposition to LGBT rights

    Noam party leader Avi Maoz
  • Wednesday, 17 August, 2022
    Middle Eastern politics & society
    Turkey and Israel to appoint ambassadors and restore diplomatic ties

    Mediterranean neighbours seek to repair relations after 2018 rift over killing of Palestinian protesters

    Yair Lapid and Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu in Ankara in June
  • Friday, 22 April, 2022
    Israeli-Palestinian conflict
    Israeli security forces and Palestinians clash at al-Aqsa mosque compound

    Unrest threatens to spill over into other cities, prompting Israel to put police reserve forces on alert

    Israeli police in anti-riot gear are deployed at al-Aqsa mosque compound
  • Friday, 11 February, 2022
    News in-depthNSO Group Technologies
    Pegasus scandal prompts Israel to question use – and abuse – of spyware

    Allegations about cyberweapon’s domestic targets ignites debate on democracy and human rights

    An illustration shows a mobile phone near the NSO Group company logo
  • Tuesday, 1 February, 2022
    Israeli-Palestinian conflict
    Israel reacts to ‘apartheid’ label from Amnesty International

    Rights group has said the treatment of Palestinians amounts to systematic oppression

    A Jewish settlement visible beyond Israel’s separation barrier:
  • Wednesday, 22 December, 2021
    Covid-19 vaccines
    Israel plans to administer fourth dose of Covid vaccine

    Over-60s to be targeted as PM warns country on cusp of fifth wave of coronavirus infections

    A man receives a Covid jab in Israel
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