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As the anti-Netanyahu bloc inches toward a coalition, sources say that there are still 'significant ideological differences to bridge'

Get email notification for articles from Amos Harel Follow Apr. 28, 2021 6:03 AM The quiet on the Gaza border since Monday morning reflects the calming messages from both sides. After the launching of 40 rockets and mortar bombs at Israel from the Gaza Strip and many threats of Israeli retaliation, the firing stopped. Hamas conveyed to Israel, through intermediaries that included the United Nations, Egypt and Qatar, the message that it wanted to return to a full cease-fire. Israel, for its par...

Play audio 1XChange playback rate from 1 to 1 Mute audio Israels top court is scheduled to convene Wednesday afternoon to continue discussion regarding Israels unfilled justice minister post, after freezing the appointment of Netanyahus pick for the post on Tuesday, due to the "illegal" nature of the vote. In a statement Netanyahu said, "The prime minister submitted a detailed response to the High Court that completely rejects the courts claim that yesterdays vote was illegal." "However," Netan...

Get email notification for articles from Yaniv Kubovich Follow Apr. 27, 2021 4:14 AM The military prosecution and the Military Advocate General’s office on Monday presented a periodic update on the work of the committee appointed by the IDF chief of staff on incorporating women in combat roles. The survey was submitted following a High Court of Justice response to a petition by four young women seeking to serve in combat roles in elite units. The court rejected their petition in November 202...

Play audio 1XChange playback rate from 1 to 1 Mute audio Apartheid is deemed a crime against humanity by the Rome Statute, which established the International Criminal Court. The definition has three elements: an intent to maintain domination by one racial group over another; systematic oppression of the group; and inhumane acts. Open gallery view A right-wing activist and a Palestinian demonstrator go head-to-head in Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem, this monthCredit: Ohad Zwigenberg The Rome S...

Get email notification for articles from The Associated Press Follow Apr. 27, 2021 11:48 AM More than a year into the coronavirus pandemic, some of the worst fears are coming true in the crowded Gaza Strip: A sudden surge in infections and deaths is threatening to overwhelm hospitals weakened by years of conflict and border closures. Gaza’s main treatment center for COVID-19 patients warns that oxygen supplies are dwindling fast. In another hospital, coronavirus patients are packed three to ...

Get email notification for articles from Nehemia Shtrasler Follow Apr. 27, 2021 2:49 AM Once, years ago, I attended a large get-together in a restaurant. The host ordered a bottle of wine and a waiter came to the table with the bottle. He started to open it, when suddenly someone shouted: “Wait, are you an Arab?” The waiter did not reply but his face fell. He withdrew in embarrassment and a hush came over the table. The public humiliation stunned all of us. I was ashamed to belong to the s...

Follow Jan. 9, 2021 WASHINGTON - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden on Friday cited Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels and his "Big Lie" propaganda technique when asked if he thinks Republican Senators Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz should resign from Congress over their Electoral College challenge that became the focus of Wednesdays violence at the Capitol. "I think the American public has a good clear look at who they are. Theyre part of the Big Lie," Biden said. "Goebbels [said] in the Great Lie...

Follow Jan. 6, 2021 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus legal team asked the court on Wednesday that a hearing on the amended indictment in his corruption trial be postponed, indicating he may once more turn to lawmakers to grant him immunity from prosecution. In November, Netanyahu’s office denied a Haaretz report that the premier planned to submit a second request for immunity from prosecution, after having had withdrawn his first request last January, to mitigate damage to Likuds election...

Play audio 1XChange playback rate from 1 to 1 Mute audio Commander of the Lev Habira police station Shimi Marciano has been involved in coordinating police presence at the weekly demonstrations against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in front of the Prime Minister’s Residence. He is also currently in charge of commanding the police response to demonstrations in the city sparked by the death of a settler teen in a car chase with the police in the West Bank. Open gallery view Marciano is also...