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3/29/2023 11:18:21 AM
More than three months of tensions culminating in a general strike prompted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to pause controversial judicial reforms that had been a signature policy of his hard-right coalition.
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3/29/2023 11:14:19 AM
Israel's hard-right government and opposition parties were set for a second day of talks Wednesday on controversial judiciary reforms that sparked a general strike and mass protests in the country's most severe domestic crisis in years.
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3/29/2023 1:37:05 AM
US President Joe Biden on Tuesday warned Israel it "cannot continue" pressing for deeply controversial judicial reforms, now on hold, which have prompted months of unrest and criticism among Western allies.
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3/28/2023 9:10:52 PM
As the protests over reforms to the country’s pensions system continue, the French capital has been looking less and less like it does on television
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3/28/2023 6:19:34 PM
Caution prevailed in Israel Tuesday ahead of the first talks between the government and opposition after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu paused controversial judicial reforms which sparked a general strike and mass protests.
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3/28/2023 4:20:43 PM
Protests and strikes against unpopular pension reforms gripped France again Tuesday, with many thousands marching and the Eiffel Tower closed and police ramping up security amid government warnings that radical demonstrators intended “to destroy, to injure and to kill."
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3/27/2023 10:09:02 PM
Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid said Monday he is ready for dialogue if the government's announced pause in divisive judicial reforms, which had been moving through parliament, is genuine.
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3/27/2023 8:34:16 PM
The White House on Monday welcomed the pause in plans for controversial judicial reforms by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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3/27/2023 8:06:29 PM
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday announced a pause to divisive judicial reforms moving through parliament, after months of street rallies that drew tens of thousands.
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3/27/2023 7:31:20 PM
The Louvre in Paris, the most visited museum in the world and home to the Mona Lisa, was shut to visitors all day Monday after workers striking over pension reforms blocked the entrance, AFP correspondents said.
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3/27/2023 6:08:50 PM
A powerful partner in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government says the country's proposed judicial overhaul has been delayed for at least several weeks.
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3/27/2023 3:17:29 PM
Months of turmoil in Israel over controversial judicial reforms that have sparked massive anti-government protests deepened on Monday as unions declared a strike and flights were suspended.
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3/27/2023 3:01:05 PM
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to announce a freeze on the government's judicial overhaul as his far-right government is facing more protests and a general strike on Monday against its controversial push to overhaul the justice system, Likud Party sources told Haartez newspaper.
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3/27/2023 2:14:00 PM
Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Monday called for an immediate halt to the government's controversial judicial reforms, a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sacked his defence minister for similar demands.
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3/27/2023 12:37:58 PM
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3/27/2023 10:27:00 AM
Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Monday called for an immediate halt to the government's controversial judicial reforms, a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sacked his defence minister for similar demands.
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3/26/2023 9:39:50 PM
French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne told AFP Sunday she would meet opposition leaders early next month and was open to talks with unions, after weeks of protests against pensions reforms.
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3/26/2023 3:20:02 PM
Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan called on troops Sunday to "end" support for authoritarian leaders as talks begin on military reforms, part of a prolonged transition to civilian rule.
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3/24/2023 2:50:26 PM
Protesters angry at French President Emmanuel Macron's pension reforms continued with scattered actions on Friday, as the unrest across the country led officials to postpone a planned state visit by Britain's King Charles III.
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3/23/2023 11:43:57 PM
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged on Thursday to restore unity in Israel where divisions have widened over his government's judicial reform programme and police fired water cannon at protesters blocking a highway in Tel Aviv.
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