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Israel, Sudan to sign deal to normalize ties: FM

Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | Israel and Sudan have agreed to sign a deal to normalize ties later in 2023, Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said Thursday after returning from what his office calls a “historic” visit to Khartoum. Cohen told a press conference upon his return that he met with …

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Israel’s Attorney-General tells Netanyahu to fire convicted key ally

Jerusalem, Israel | Xinhua | Israel’s Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara has requested Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to fire his key ally Aryeh Deri after the Supreme Court disqualified Deri from serving as a cabinet minister for his criminal conviction. The Israeli top court ruled on Wednesday that Aryeh Deri, the influential leader …

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Netanyahu’s new hardline Israeli gov’t sworn in

Jerusalem, Israel | Xinhua | Benjamin Netanyahu, the longest-serving Israeli leader, returned to power on Thursday as the country’s prime minister at the helm of an extreme-right coalition. In an official inauguration ceremony at the Israeli parliament, lawmakers voted by 63-54 in favor of approving the new government. The new government is …

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PM-designate Netanyahu vows not to allow anti-LGBT laws in Israel

Jerusalem, Israel | Xinhua | Israel’s Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu pledged on Sunday that his coalition government will not pass bills allowing discrimination against LGBTs and denying them access to services. His remarks came in response to statements by two of his extreme-right partners, in which they vowed to pass laws allowing …

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2022: Year of record Israeli violence in occupied West Bank

Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | Israeli settler violence and excessive use of force by Israeli forces against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank have made 2022 the deadliest in this area since the United Nations started systematically documenting fatalities in 2005, a group of UN experts said Thursday. Altogether 150 Palestinians have …

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Israeli ex-PM Netanyahu takes lead in election — exit polls

Jerusalem, Israel | Xinhua | Exit polls from Israel’s parliamentary elections suggested Tuesday that former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc has a good chance of making a comeback after the country’s fifth elections since 2019. Exit polls of three main Israeli TV channels indicated that the long-time leader and his alliance …

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