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Jerusalem Controversy

Ben-Gvir orders closure of Voice of Palestine’s Jerusalem broadcast center Jerusalem Controversy

Ben-Gvir orders closure of Voice of Palestine’s Jerusalem broadcast center

The minister accuses the P.A. radio station of inciting terrorism. (March 20, 2023 / JNS) Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Monday ordered the closure of the Voice of Palestine radio station’s broadcaster center in Jerusalem. The official radio station of the Palestinian Authority is operated by the Palestinian…
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March 20, 2023
Netanyahu government makes first climbdown on plan to weaken Israel’s judiciary Jerusalem Controversy

Netanyahu government makes first climbdown on plan to weaken Israel’s judiciary

Jerusalem CNN  —  The government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a change Monday to a key part of its controversial plans to overhaul the country’s judicial system, marking its first climbdown in the face of massive public protests and international pressure, including from US President Joe Biden. Opposition…
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March 20, 2023
Netanyahu’s gov’t revived Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, PA official says Jerusalem Controversy

Netanyahu’s gov’t revived Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, PA official says

Palestinian officials on Monday expressed satisfaction with the outcome of the security summit with Israel in the Egyptian Red Sea resort city of Sharm El-Sheikh, while Hamas and other Palestinian factions continued to criticize the Palestinian Authority for participating in the gathering, held under the auspices of the US Representatives…
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March 20, 2023
Half a million Israelis join latest protest against Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul – organizers Jerusalem Controversy

Half a million Israelis join latest protest against Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul – organizers

Jerusalem CNN  —  Half a million Israelis took to the streets in the tenth consecutive week of protests against plans by the government of Benjamin Netanyahu to overhaul the country’s judicial system, organizers claimed. Israel has a population of just over nine million, so if organizers’ estimates are correct, about…
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March 12, 2023
Israel arrests suspects in settler rampage described by general as ‘pogrom’ Jerusalem Controversy

Israel arrests suspects in settler rampage described by general as ‘pogrom’

Author of the article: Reuters Maayan Lubell and Ali Sawafta Published Mar 01, 2023  •  2 minute read JERUSALEM/ HUWARA, West Bank, March 1 (Reuters) – Israeli police have arrested five suspects over a Jewish settler rampage in the occupied West Bank earlier this week that an Israeli general described…
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March 1, 2023