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Mar 27, 2023
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing government contends the Supreme Court has unchecked power, but critics of the proposal say it goes too far.
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Mar 27, 2023
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing government contends the Supreme Court has unchecked power.
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Mar 26, 2023
Protests broke out shortly after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired the defense minister, who had called for a halt to efforts to weaken the judiciary.
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Mar 26, 2023
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel removed the defense minister, Yoav Gallant, after he called for a halt to the government's plan to limit judicial authority.
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Mar 26, 2023
Lawmakers worked at a frenzied pace to finalize the text of a proposal that would give the government greater control over the selection of Supreme Court judges.
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Mar 25, 2023
Yoav Gallant, who oversees Israel's military, is the first minister in Benjamin Netanyahu's government to criticize a plan to weaken the judiciary. His comments follow fears that weeks of unrest have undermined military capacity.
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Mar 24, 2023
U.S. officials said the main air defense system at the coalition base was "not fully operational" at the time of Thursday's attack, which killed a U.S. contractor and wounded six other Americans.
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Mar 24, 2023
President Biden has stressed that shared democratic values have to be at the core of a United States-Israel relationship.
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Mar 24, 2023
A judicial overhaul has prompted many military reservists to avoid volunteer duty. Military leaders have privately warned that this might require scaling back operations.
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Mar 24, 2023
Gali Baharav-Miara said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu created a conflict of interest by saying he would become more involved in pushing for a judicial overhaul while on trial for corruption.
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Mar 24, 2023
Gali Baharav-Miara said that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu created a conflict of interest by pushing for a judicial overhaul while on trial for corruption.
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Mar 23, 2023
Amid a national crisis over a planned judicial overhaul, Israel's Parliament approved a bill making it much harder to remove a prime minister from office.
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Mar 23, 2023
Amid a national crisis over a planned judicial overhaul, Parliament approved a bill protecting the prime minister from being declared unfit to govern.
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Mar 22, 2023
A report about a covert effort to delay their release until after the 1980 presidential election drew anger, resignation and disbelief from the survivors of the crisis.
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Mar 22, 2023
Artisans at the contested Jerusalem holy site, known to Jews as the Temple Mount, complain of Israeli interference with their work and face a constant struggle to keep up with repairs after violence flares.
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Mar 21, 2023
In a highly symbolic action for Israel's settler movement, lawmakers approved a first step toward resettling evacuated areas amid spiraling Israeli-Palestinian tensions.
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Mar 21, 2023
Saad Almadi, 72, a Florida resident, was one of several Americans and hundreds of Saudis caught up in the crackdown under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. He still cannot fly home, his son said.
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Mar 20, 2023
The government vowed to press on with a plan to take more control over appointing judges. But other changes were postponed in a move that was presented as a concession.
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Mar 20, 2023
The White House, Congress, the military and the intelligence agencies see the war as a lesson in failed policymaking, one deeply absorbed if not thoroughly learned.
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Mar 20, 2023
Twenty years after the U.S. invaded Iraq, a veteran Times correspondent and photographer asked Iraqis about growing up in wartime, and about their hopes now.
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Mar 20, 2023
The White House, Congress, the military and the intelligence agencies see the war as a lesson in failed policymaking, one deeply absorbed if not thoroughly learned.
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Mar 19, 2023
Fearing that an already-bloody year could worsen during Ramadan, Palestinians and Israelis met for the second time in a month.
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Mar 19, 2023
President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, welcomed in the Emirati capital with a 21-gun salute, is gradually re-emerging after the global shunning that followed his violent crushing of his country's 2011 uprising.
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Mar 19, 2023
In the 20 years since the United States invaded Iraq, Iran has built up loyal militias inside Iraq, gained deep political influence in the country and reaped economic benefits. For Washington, these were unintended consequences.
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Mar 18, 2023
Conversations with dozens of Iraqis offer a portrait of a nation that is rich in oil, hobbled by corruption and unable to guarantee its citizens' safety.
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Mar 18, 2023
Two decades after the Bush administration said it wanted to disarm weapons of mass destruction and free Iraqis, the debates rages on about who knew what when, and which motive mattered most.
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Mar 17, 2023
Long seen as a regional troublemaker and on the defensive from advances made by Israel, Iran sees the restoration of ties with its rival as a win for all sides, analysts say.
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Mar 17, 2023
A movement against the government's judicial overhaul plan is a grass-roots affair spread by word of mouth and WhatsApp messaging groups.
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Mar 17, 2023
Sentenced as a teenager to 15 years for "unlawful assembly," Abdelrahman ElGendy started recording the abuses of prison life. The idea of someday publishing his memoir gave him a reason to live.
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Mar 16, 2023
Mediators say the government and its opponents agree on some changes to a judiciary overhaul plan that has divided the country. But the process of appointing new judges remains a major obstacle.
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Mar 15, 2023
President Isaac Herzog presented an outline he had hoped would calm the country and avert a constitutional crisis, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu immediately rejected the framework.
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Mar 15, 2023
It has long been a theater of competition between Russia and the West, a dynamic supercharged by the Ukraine war.
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Mar 15, 2023
Officials said that the man was behind a roadside blast in northern Israel, most likely after having crossed the border secretly, in a rare incident along the frontier.
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Mar 14, 2023
The order is the latest involving dozens of planes from airlines that are new or have plans to grow rapidly.
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Mar 13, 2023
Sylvia Rafael worked undercover as a news agency photographer. Her pictures for the Israeli spy agency sat in its archives for decades before being released for a show.
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Mar 13, 2023
Sylvia Rafael worked undercover as a news agency photographer. Her pictures for the Israeli spy agency sat in its archives for decades before being released for a show.
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Mar 12, 2023
Both countries as well as the broader region have much to gain from the reset in relations — if the agreement truly holds.
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Mar 12, 2023
More than a thousand earthquake victims are still unaccounted for. Some families waited for days by ruined buildings, hoping to see bodies that never surfaced.
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Mar 11, 2023
Moha Alshawamreh is among the few Palestinians who work in Israel's tech industry. His commute shows both the inequities of life in the West Bank and an exception to them.
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Mar 11, 2023
The agreement negotiated in Beijing to restore relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran signaled at least a temporary reordering of the usual alliances and rivalries, with Washington left on the sidelines.
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Mar 11, 2023
Moha Alshawamreh is among the few Palestinians who work in Israel's tech industry. His commute shows both the inequities of life in the West Bank and an exception to them.
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Mar 10, 2023
Israel had long hoped to isolate Iran and seal ties with Saudi Arabia. A thaw between Riyadh and Tehran has complicated that goal — and was perceived as politically damaging to the prime minister.
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Mar 10, 2023
The deal between regional rivals underlines China's growing economic and political importance in the Middle East, and what some analysts say is waning American influence.
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Mar 10, 2023
The regional rivals have agreed to re-establish diplomatic ties in an agreement brokered by China that could reverberate across the Middle East and beyond.
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Mar 10, 2023
The regional rivals have agreed to re-establish diplomatic ties in an agreement brokered by China that could reverberate across the Middle East and beyond.
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Mar 10, 2023
The deal between regional rivals underlines China's growing economic and political importance in the Middle East, and what some analysts say is waning American influence.
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Mar 10, 2023
The regional rivals have agreed to re-establish diplomatic ties in an agreement brokered by China that could reverberate across the Middle East and beyond.
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Mar 10, 2023
The agreement between the regional rivals was facilitated by China, underlining the country's growing economic and political importance in the Middle East.
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Mar 10, 2023
The two regional rivals agreed to reactivate a lapsed security cooperation agreement as well as older trade, investment and cultural pacts.
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Mar 10, 2023
Israeli society is locked in a deep dispute over the future of its judiciary and democracy. The conflict is rooted in shifts of the last three decades.
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Mar 09, 2023
The Saudi crown prince is seeking a civilian nuclear program and security assurances from President Biden, a steep price for an agreement long sought by Israel.
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Mar 09, 2023
A demonstration against a proposed judicial overhaul blocked a road to the country's main airport, near Tel Aviv, disrupting a visit by the U.S. defense secretary.
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Mar 09, 2023
Wide acclaim for the role of Tevye helped make him, according to one newspaper, "Israel's most famous export since the Jaffa orange."
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Mar 09, 2023
A demonstration against the government's proposed judicial overhaul blocked a road to Israel's main airport, disrupting a visit by the U.S. defense secretary.
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Mar 09, 2023
Wide acclaim for the role of Tevye helped make him, according to one newspaper, "Israel's most famous export since the Jaffa orange."
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Mar 08, 2023
Jewish American leaders are denouncing a proposal by the country's right-wing government to weaken the power of the country's judiciary, in ways that some call unusually forceful.
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Mar 08, 2023
Ghassan al-Sharbi had been held by U.S. forces for more than two decades without trial. Prosecutors abandoned early efforts to charge him.
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Mar 07, 2023
With thousands of girls falling ill and claims of poisonings, Iranians held the first wide-scale protests in months.
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Mar 07, 2023
Benjamin Netanyahu's plans to restrict judicial independence have divided Israel. But a small group of academics has met privately with lawmakers in a search for middle ground.
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Mar 07, 2023
Benjamin Netanyahu's plans to restrict judicial independence have divided Israel. But a small group of academics has met privately with lawmakers in a search for middle ground.
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Mar 07, 2023
The Israeli military said one of those killed was suspected in the fatal shooting of two Israeli brothers in the West Bank village of Huwara, which set off revenge attacks by Jewish settlers.
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Mar 07, 2023
The Israeli military said one of those killed was suspected in the fatal shooting of two Israeli brothers in the West Bank village of Huwara, which set off revenge attacks by Jewish settlers.
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Mar 07, 2023
Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III met senior Iraqi officials less than two weeks before the 20th anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.
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Mar 06, 2023
Years of Western sanctions are partly to blame for the crisis. But economists say poor management by the country's authoritarian clerical rulers also plays a big part.
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Mar 06, 2023
The military leadership is concerned that anger over the government's plan, with some pilots saying they will skip some training sessions and operations, could diminish military capabilities.
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Mar 06, 2023
Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the head of Turkey's largest opposition party, and his allies are looking to unseat President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who they say has damaged the country's democracy.
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Mar 05, 2023
Washington has temporarily eased sanctions on the authoritarian government of President Bashar al-Assad to allow humanitarian aid to flow freely after a disastrous earthquake struck Syria.
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Mar 04, 2023
The nearly eight-year-old American mission in the country has taken a back burner recently, but the Pentagon's top general, in a rare visit, says it remains worth the risk.
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Mar 04, 2023
The small but influential Lions' Den network has attracted young Palestinians disappointed by their leaders and angry at Israeli violence. Veteran fighters are restless, too.
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Mar 03, 2023
The regulations were meant to prevent dollar transfers to corrupt actors. But they have ended up harming ordinary Iraqis who need U.S. currency for legitimate purposes.
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Mar 03, 2023
The regulations were meant to prevent dollar transfers to those targeted by U.S. sanctions on Iran, Syria and Russia. But they have ended up harming ordinary Iraqis who need U.S. currency for business or travel.
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Mar 02, 2023
As African migrants are swept up in a widening crackdown, critics say President Kais Saied is openly mining a deep vein of discrimination and prejudice against dark-skinned people in Tunisia.
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Mar 01, 2023
Girls have been hospitalized in over 10 cities with respiratory, cardiac and neurological symptoms. Senior officials said they might have been poisoned.
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Mar 01, 2023
The Feb. 6 earthquake's vast destruction will present a challenge when it comes to mounting a viable election. But President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the vote would go on in May, "God willing."
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Mar 01, 2023
The Feb. 6 earthquake's vast destruction will present a challenge when it comes to mounting a viable election. But President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the vote would go on in May, "God willing."
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Mar 01, 2023
The confrontations escalated tensions between the political leadership and protesters opposed to the far-right government's plan to curb the powers of the judiciary.
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Mar 01, 2023
A New York Times analysis of videos shows how an Israeli raid to capture Palestinian gunmen rippled into one of the most violent encounters in the West Bank in decades.
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Feb 28, 2023
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised stability, but two months into his new tenure, Israeli divisions have deepened, West Bank violence has escalated and splits have emerged in his coalition.
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Feb 27, 2023
A member of the old guard of Palestinian leaders, Mr. Qurei was a principal architect of the Oslo Accords, the first peace agreement with Israel.
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Feb 27, 2023
Settlers burned and vandalized hundreds of cars and homes in four Palestinian villages, according to Israeli rights groups and Palestinian officials, and the area braced for more violence.
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Feb 27, 2023
Settlers burned and vandalized hundreds of cars and homes in four Palestinian villages, according to Israeli rights groups and Palestinian officials, and the area was braced for more violence.
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Feb 27, 2023
The latest temblor, measuring 5.2 in magnitude, shook parts of the same area stricken by a far stronger quake on Feb. 6 that killed more than 50,000 people in the country and in neighboring Syria.
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Feb 27, 2023
Settlers burned and vandalized hundreds of cars and homes in four Palestinian villages, according to Israeli rights groups and Palestinian officials, and the area was braced for more violence.
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Feb 27, 2023
Israel was preparing to bury two brothers killed by a Palestinian, while Palestinians assessed the damage from a settler rampage that an official said left one Palestinian dead.
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Feb 26, 2023
The fatal shooting occurred while American, Israeli, Palestinian and other Arab officials attended a summit to discuss ways of lowering tensions.
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Feb 25, 2023
Defiant resistance to Iran's mandatory hijab law has exploded across the country after nationwide protests that erupted last year.
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Feb 24, 2023
The Biden administration announced new measures targeting Moscow and supporters of President Vladimir V. Putin's war.
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Feb 24, 2023
Smart signings and Saudi money have revived a moribund Premier League soccer team. Those cheering their good fortune say they shouldn't have to answer for the source of it.
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Feb 23, 2023
More than 43,000 deaths in Turkey from an earthquake have raised painful and angry questions over whether some of those fatalities could have been avoided with better building standards.
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Feb 23, 2023
Ahead of a judicial overhaul that could transform the country and frighten away investors, the executives of Start-Up Nation are mulling an exodus.
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Feb 22, 2023
A gunfight broke out between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian gunmen during an Israeli operation to arrest Palestinian fighters. Ten Palestinians were killed and more than 100 others wounded.
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Feb 21, 2023
In the third week of a grueling effort, emergency workers battle exhaustion as the hope of finding more earthquake survivors dwindles. A powerful new quake has complicated their task.
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Feb 21, 2023
The kingdom's courts are meting out harsher punishments than ever to citizens who criticize the government, with prosecutions built on Twitter posts ending in prison sentences of 15 to 45 years.
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Feb 20, 2023
Just two weeks after the deadliest earthquake in the country's modern history, a powerful shock hit southern Turkey, where many people are still sleeping outdoors for fear of building collapses.
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Feb 20, 2023
Two contentious bills were approved in an initial vote in Parliament on Monday, including one that would reduce the power of the Supreme Court.
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Feb 20, 2023
Another quake struck near a town in hard-hit Hatay Province, collapsing more buildings in a region devastated by the Feb. 6 disaster that killed more than 46,000 people across Turkey and northwestern Syria.
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Feb 20, 2023
Two contentious bills were scheduled to come up for an initial vote in the country's Parliament on Monday, including one that would reduce the power of the Supreme Court.
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Feb 20, 2023
Two contentious bills were scheduled to come up for an initial vote in Israel's Parliament on Monday, including one that would reduce the power of the Supreme Court.
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Feb 19, 2023
The news agency SANA and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Israel was behind the bombing.
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