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Israel wary of Iran’s new president

The world shouldn’t expect a change from Iran because it has elected a self-declared moderate as president, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed. Reacting to the Islamic Republic’s choice of Hassan Rowhani, who has said that he will follow …

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Crisis at crumbling Foreign Ministry

Israel’s Foreign Ministry is crumbling, an MP claimed in the Knesset this week. It “has been taken apart, has been dismantled, and is unable to function”, said Ronen

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Protesters restrained as Women of Wall pray

Israeli Police executed a mass operation on Sunday to give protection to women as they held communal prayers at the Western Wall. Until April 25, police treated the monthly

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Death threats sent over Women of Wall

Israel’s Chief Rabbis have received threatening letters insisting that the Women of the Wall feminist alliance must be allowed to pray at the Western Wall. The letters had a

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Peres 90th marked in birthplace

It may still be two months until the Israeli President turns 90, but birthday celebrations for Shimon Peres are already underway in his birthplace of Vishnyeva. Last Thursday, as

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Fear over Russian missiles

There was deep concern in Jerusalem this week, following Russia’s announcement on Tuesday that it will move ahead with delivery of S-300 anti-aircraft missiles to Syria. Russia claimed that

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Kerry’s ‘big, bold’ push for peace

US Secretary of State John Kerry announced this week that he is launching a $4 billion plan to regenerate the Palestinian economy and – he hopes – provide

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Homesh ruling a blow for settlers

Israel’s legal establishment has shattered a settler dream, announcing that a settlement evacuated eight years ago will be returned to its Palestinian owners. When Israel pulled out of Gaza

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Al Dura affair: ‘a modern blood libel’

The Israeli military didn’t fire at or kill the 12-year-old who became a symbol of the Second Intifada, Jerusalem has concluded. According to a report by France 2, Israeli

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Tourists spared from budget hike

Israel’s cabinet passed a new state budget on Tuesday – and the dramatic eleventh-hour changes will have an unusually strong impact on Diaspora Jews. The government planned to impose

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