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British Jew expelled from Israel after trying to make aliyah

Leo Franks, 25, was told to leave the country after his participation in ‘left-wing activism’

By Eliana Jordan

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Demonstrators sit before Israeli border guards during a protest vigil in Beit Jala in the occupied West Bank on 3 September, 2024. (Photo by HAZEM BADER / AFP) (Photo by HAZEM BADER/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir joins Jewish nationalists, including far-right activists, rallying at Jerusalem's Damascus Gate on 5 June, 2024 during the so-called Jerusalem Day flag march, that commemorates the Israeli army's capture in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war of the city's eastern sector, home to the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, Islam's third holiest site, which Jews call the Temple Mount. (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)

Israeli defence minister calls Ben Gvir’s Temple Mount statements ‘dangerous, unnecessary and irresponsible’

By Eliana Jordan

3 min read

Israeli soldiers and police clash with right wing protesters after they broke into the Beit Lid army base over the detention for questioning of military reservists who were suspected of abuse of a detainee on 29 July, 2024. (Photo by OREN ZIV/AFP via Getty Images)

Israeli Politics

What happened at Israeli detention centre? Israeli far-right mobs storm IDF base in riots ‘bordering on anarchy’

By Eliana Jordan

2 min read

Demonstrators chant slogans and gather with pictures showing cabinet members in the current Israeli government during a rally against the government's judicial overhaul plan in Tel Aviv on September 23, 2023. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Yair Zivan

Centrism is the only antidote to fear-based politics in Israel and the West

7 min read

Most in Israeli society say they support a deal to end the war and bring the hostages home (Credit: Amir Levy/Getty Images)

56% of Israelis support Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal

By Jane Prinsley

3 min read

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant hold a press conference at the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv, Oct. 28, 2023. Photo by Dana Kopel/POOL.

Benjamin Netanyahu

Netanyahu dissolves war cabinet after Ben Gvir demands to be included

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Head of the National Unity party Minister Benny Gantz holds a press conference in Ramat Gan, May 18, 2024. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** ???? ??? ??? ????? ???????? ???? ?????? ??? ???????

Benny Gantz’s party submits bill to dissolve Knesset and call for Israeli elections

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Protesters storm Knesset gallery on third day of action against Israeli government

Demonstrators breached a police cordon around the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem

By Amelie Botbol

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April 3, 2024 16:08

Families of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza protest at the at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on April 3, 2024. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** ?????? ?????? ????? ??????? ???? ?????

Anshel Pfeffer

By Anshel Pfeffer

As Charedi exemption ends, politicians prepare for election that has no date

As Netanyahu falters, members of the Knesset bide their time

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April 3, 2024 12:07

An Israeli protester confront Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men outside an army recruiting office in the town of Kiryat Ono near Tel Aviv on March 5, 2024, during a demonstration against their exemption from serving in the army. Since the October 7 attack by Palestinian militants, the question surrounding whether the insular community, whose members see army service as conflicting with their religious duties, should be obligated to serve has sparked debate and led to protests against their decades-long exemptions. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Netanyahu recovering after successful hernia surgery under general anaesthetic

The Prime Minister was sedated overnight while Justice Minister Yariv Levin took temporary control of the country

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April 1, 2024 09:03

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference in Jerusalem on March 31, 2024. Photo by Marc Israel Sellem/POOL

‘Woke’ London is the most antisemitic capital city in Europe says Israel’s diaspora minister

Amichai Chikli also called on the UK to prevent radicalisation in mosques and schools

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March 21, 2024 09:41

Israeli minister of Diaspora Affairs Amichai Chikli speaks at a Committee for Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, on December 19, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** ???? ?????? ???? ?????? ??????? ????? ????? ?? ??????

Netanyahu suspends minister after 'horrifying' suggestion to nuke Gaza

The Israeli prime minister has barred Amichai Eliyahu from attending Cabinet meetings indefinitely

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November 5, 2023 09:38

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a special plenum session presenting the new emergency government at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on October 12, 2023. Photo by Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** ?????? ?????? ??? ?????? ????? ????? ???? ??? ????? ????? ????? ???? ????? ???? ?????

MK faints after Knesset members shown footage of Hamas atrocities

Likud lawmaker Boaz Bismuth called on the IDF to release the video to the public

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November 1, 2023 16:55

MK faints after Knesset members shown footage of Hamas atrocities

Netanyahu agrees to unity government with Lapid and Gantz

Israeli PM forms new coalition with moderate centrists as Israeli losses climb

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October 11, 2023 14:00

Netanyahu agrees to unity government with Lapid and Gantz

Benjamin Netanyahu, Yair Lapid and Benny Gantz poised to form unity government

The coalition would almost certainly spell an end to the premier’s controversial judicial reform plans

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October 7, 2023 19:35

Benjamin Netanyahu, Yair Lapid and Benny Gantz poised to form unity government

Naftali Bennett: 'Together we can heal Israel’s divide'

In his first major interview since leaving office, Israel's former prime minister calls for a return to unity

By Jake Wallis Simons

6 min read

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September 28, 2023 10:27

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