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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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Al-Ahram Weekly
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3/28/2023 9:12:40 PM
Israel has entered its most serious and delicate political phase in decades, after Prime Minister and Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu decided on Sunday to dismiss fellow party member and Minister of Defence Yoav Gallant.
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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 11:06:23 AM
Israel’s political factions opposed to embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began setting up negotiating teams Tuesday after he paused a controversial judicial overhaul plan that had set off unprecedented street protests and a spiraling domestic crisis.
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International
3/27/2023 10:51:58 PM
Since entering the Oval Office, Joe Biden has been eager to avoid a replay of what he saw as an unpleasant episode from his time as vice president -- public brawling with Israel's pugnacious prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.
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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 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 2:58:48 PM
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposed judicial overhaul has unleashed the most intense social unrest in Israel in decades.
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3/27/2023 2:35:57 PM
The spokesman for Israel’s largest trade union says diplomats at Israeli missions abroad are also striking against the government’s plan to overhaul the judiciary.
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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 12:20:19 PM
Israel’s Airports Authority says departing flights from the country’s main international airport have been grounded following a strike called in protest against the government’s planned judicial overhaul.
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3/27/2023 12:00:38 PM
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's religious-nationalist coalition government on Monday survived no-confidence motions filed by the opposition in protest over its judicial overhaul plan.
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3/27/2023 10:59:00 AM
Israel's largest trade union group launched a strike across a broad swath of sectors Monday, joining a surging protest movement against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan to overhaul the judiciary — a plan that is facing unprecedented opposition.
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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 10:28:24 PM
Israel and the United Arab Emirates on Sunday signed a customs agreement, Israeli officials said, the final step of a free trade deal inked after the two countries normalised ties.
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3/26/2023 8:11:10 PM
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu abruptly fired his defense minister on Sunday, a day after he called on the Israeli leader to halt a planned judicial overhaul that has fiercely divided the country and prompted growing discontent within the ranks of the military. Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Tel Aviv, blocking a main highway, following the announcement.
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