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Israeli anti-government protests expected to grow after High Court verdict

80,000 people demonstrated against the government's planned legal reforms last weekend

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Israeli left wing protesters march with torches during a really against Israel's new hard-right government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on January 7, 2023 in Tel Aviv. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Bibi on the brink as Supreme Court blocks minister

Anshel Pfeffer

By Anshel Pfeffer

Bibi on the brink as Supreme Court blocks minister

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to a government conference at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on January 15, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** ????? ????? ???? ?????? ?????? ??? ??????

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'We're not going to cancel Gay pride': Meeting the ministers of Israel's new government

By Natalie Lisbona

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'My voters don't care that I'm homophobic', says Israeli finance minister

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'My voters don't care that I'm homophobic', says Israeli finance minister

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Thousands take to the streets of rain-soaked Tel Aviv to protest against government

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Thousands take to the streets of rain-soaked Tel Aviv to protest against government

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Israeli singer Noa Kirel holds press conference in Tel Aviv on August 10, 2022. Krill will represent Israel in the upcoming Eurovision contest. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** נוע קריל ארויזיון זמרת תרבות נועה קיריל

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Plans to scrap Israel’s BBC could see it axed from Eurovision

By Georgia L Gilholy

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A man holds a Palestinian flag near young jewish men holding Israeli flags in Jerusalem's Old City during Jerusalem Day celebrations, May 29, 2022. Photo by Jamal AwadFlash90 *** Local Caption *** ??? ??????? ????? ??? ???

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New Israeli security minister to ban Palestinian flags from flying in public

By Georgia L Gilholy

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Thousands rally in Tel Aviv to protest against planned changes to judicial system

Israel’s new government has been met with unprecedented civil resistance in the country

By Daniel Ben-David

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January 8, 2023 13:29

Israeli left wing protesters demonstrate against Israel's new hard-right government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on January 7, 2023 in Tel Aviv. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Bibi trusts inner circle to tackle Iran and seek new Arab allies

Now Netanyahu's cabinet has been sworn in, it's clear the country will be led by a small cohort of moderate loyalists

By Richard Pater

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January 5, 2023 11:54

Israeli president Isaac Herzog and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pose for a group picture of the new government with Israeli Ministers at the president's residence in Jerusalem, on December 29, 2022. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** ממשלה בית הנשיא תמונה קבוצתית ממשלה ראש הממשלה בנימין נתניהו נשיא המדינה יצחק הרצוג

UK Jewish charities blacklisted by Israeli far right

Party in Netanyahu’s coalition government accuses organisations of secretly planning to infect Israel’s education system with liberal values

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January 5, 2023 11:10

Israeli parliament Avi Maoz poses for a picture at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, July 19, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** כנסת פורטרט נעם נועם אבי מעוז ימני קיצוני

‘Love every Jew’: Chief Rabbi defends gay Knesset speaker following far-right criticism

Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis said the Torah ‘forbids hate’

By Georgia L Gilholy

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January 4, 2023 15:07

LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 26: Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis speaks at a National Holocaust Memorial Day event at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre on January 26, 2017 in London, England. The commemorative event, attended by religious leaders, heard testimonies from survivors of the Holocaust, in which millions of predominantly Jewish people were killed. National Holocaust Day on February 27 marks the 72nd anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp by Soviet troops. (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

Ben Gvir slammed for first Temple Mount visit as minister

It was the controversial new Security Minister's first tour of the site since Israel's November election

By Daniel Ben-David

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January 3, 2023 12:23

Right-wing politician MK Itamar Ben Gvir seen after visiting the Temple Mount, at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City on March 31, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** איתמר בן גביר משטרה הר הבית ירושלים העיר העתיקה

Israeli ambassador to France resigns in protest against new government

The Lapid appointee claims the Likud-led coalition is 'undemocratic and illegitimate'

By Georgia L Gilholy

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January 3, 2023 10:55

Member of Knesset, Yael German votes during the Interior Affairs Committee meeting discussing force feeding prisoners who are on a hunger strike, at the Knesset, on July 22, 2015. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** åòãú äôðéí éå"ø äåòãä ëðñú éòì âøîï áðé áâéï äàëìä áëôééä ùáéúú øòá àñéøéí

Netanyahu's new cabinet: who’s who?

A slew of new roles have been created as Likud heads into coalition with several hard-right partners

By Georgia L Gilholy

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December 30, 2022 17:32

Netanyahu's new cabinet: who’s who?

Misha Mansoor

By Misha Mansoor

Israel’s enemies are no longer the problem

With increasing division, intolerance and bigotry, the country feels like a different place now

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December 29, 2022 14:47

Israel’s enemies are no longer the problem

Anshel Pfeffer

By Anshel Pfeffer

It was a year of rookie errors, ending with the far right in cabinet

Bennett burned his bridges on the right, Lapid failed to cajole Labour and Meretz into merging

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December 29, 2022 12:08

Likud Head MK Benjamin Netanyahu seen after coalition talks with Shas chairman MK Arie Deri and Religious Zionist party head MK Bezalel Smotrich outside a hotel in Jerusalem, December 5, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** בנימין נתניהו יו"ר הליכוד נתניהו פגישה

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