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May 24, 2023 at 8:04 am

Red Sea corals threatened by mass sea urchin die-off, Israeli researchers say

Scientists say that sea urchins in Israel's Gulf of Eilat in the Red Sea are dying at an alarming rate, threatening the sea's prized coral...

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May 11, 2023 at 12:00 am

New fighting kills 2 Palestinian militant commanders, elderly man in Israel as Egypt pushes truce VIEW

Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip have killed two militant commanders, while a 70-year-old man has been killed by Palestinian rocket fire in the first...

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Rockets are launched from the Gaza Strip towards Israel, in Gaza City, Wednesday, May 10, 2023. Israeli aircraft struck targets in the Gaza Strip for a second straight day on Wednesday, killing at least one Palestinian and pushing the region closer toward a new round of heavy fighting. (AP Photo/Adel Hana) XOB106 XOB106

May 10, 2023 at 3:29 am

Israeli-Palestinian fighting intensifies as Egyptian cease-fire efforts falter VIEW

Palestinian militants have fired hundreds of rockets from the Gaza Strip into Israel, while Israel is pressing ahead with a series of airstrikes that have...

A Palestinian holds a picture of Khader Adnan, a leader in the militant Islamic Jihad group, who died in Israeli prison after a nearly three-month hunger strike, during a sit-in in front of the International Committee of the Red Cross office, in Gaza City, Tuesday, May 2, 2023. Arabic on a picture reads ” Fatah mourns the martyr, prisoner and leader Khader Adnan, was killed due to deliberate medical negligence.” Adnan had begun staging protracted hunger strikes more than a decade ago, introducing a new form of protests against Israel’s mass detentions of Palestinians without charges or trials. (AP Photo/Adel Hana) XAH104 XAH104

May 1, 2023 at 8:26 pm

Prominent Palestinian hunger striker dies in Israeli custody VIEW

Israel says Palestinian militants in Gaza have fired a barrage of rockets following the death of a jailed Palestinian prisoner on a long hunger strike.

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May 1, 2023 at 3:07 am

US House speaker in Knesset amid fraught US-Israel ties VIEW

The U.S. House speaker has addressed Israel’s parliament, a rare honor awarded to the highest-ranking Republican in U.S. politics at a time of fraught relations...

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April 13, 2023 at 10:27 pm

Warsaw Ghetto uprising survivor honored on 80th anniversary

Tova Gutstein was 10 years old when the Jews of the Warsaw Ghetto launched an uprising against the Nazis.

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April 10, 2023 at 2:56 am

In mass rally, Israeli settlers march to West Bank outpost VIEW

Thousands of Israelis led by at least seven Cabinet ministers are marching to an evacuated West Bank settlement in a defiant signal that Israel’s most...

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April 9, 2023 at 2:10 am

Tensions build around Jerusalem shrine after Syria rockets VIEW

Israeli warplanes and artillery have struck targets in Syria following rare rocket fire from the northeastern neighbor.

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Israeli police use a water cannon to disperse demonstrators blocking a highway during a protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to overhaul the judicial system in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, March 27, 2023. Tens of thousands of Israelis have poured into the streets across the country in a spontaneous outburst of anger after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu abruptly fired his defense minister for challenging the Israeli leader’s judicial overhaul plan. (AP Photo/Oren Ziv) XOB156 XOB156

March 26, 2023 at 10:24 pm

Netanyahu delays judicial overhaul after mass protests WATCH

After the prime minister delayed his judicial overhaul, Israel's largest trade union called off a general strike that had threatened to halt Israel's economy.

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March 26, 2023 at 11:23 am

Mass protests erupt after Netanyahu fires defense chief VIEW

Tens of thousands of Israelis have poured into the streets across the country in a spontaneous outburst of anger after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu abruptly...

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