Israel
Israel adopts law allowing names of unvaccinated to be shared
The law gives local governments, the director general of the education ministry and some in the welfare ministry the right to receive the names, addresses and...
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Egypt opens Gaza border crossing 'indefinitely'
Rafah is the only passage to the outside world for Gaza - a densely populated enclave of around two million Palestinians, half of whom live below the poverty line - that is not controlled by Israel.
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Israel's Netanyahu denies corruption charges as trial resumes
Benjamin Netanyahu, the first Israeli premier to be indicted in office, was formally charged last year over allegations that he accepted improper gifts and sought to trade regulatory favour with media moguls in exchange for positive coverage.
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OPINION: A response to using 'apartheid' in Israel - the shoe fits
Terming Israel an apartheid state is neither inappropriate nor an insult to us black South Africans, writes Duduzile Mahlangu-Masango.
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OPINION: It’s time for black people to reclaim the term 'apartheid'
Because we know intimately what apartheid involved, we have a duty to question whether it is an appropriate term for the Israel-Palestine question, writes Klass Mokgomole.
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Russia suggests Mideast peace conference, US pledges to renew Palestinian ties
The United States -- which had firmly sided with Israel under the administration of Donald Trump -- said Tuesday it intended to "restore credible U.S. engagement with Palestinians as well as Israelis."
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Israel hails new first in relations with Sudan
Sudan agreed to normalise ties with Israel in October last year and an Israeli delegation visited Khartoum the following month.
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Israel rights group breaks taboo with use of 'apartheid' tag
B'Tselem said it was an accurate description of Israel's attitude both to residents of the occupied Palestinian territories and to its own Arab citizens.
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Trump decorates Bahrain king on last full day in office
Trump, who sees Arab recognition of Israel as a key overseas achievement of his presidency, already conferred the same award on King Mohammed VI of Morocco last week for his move to restore ties.
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Israel enters third nationwide lockdown
After a sharp rebound in detected infections, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government announced three days ago that it would re-impose the strict measures that had previously helped limit transmission.
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Israeli strikes on Syria kill six: monitor
The dead were all foreign paramilitaries fighting alongside President Bashar al-Assad's forces, the Syrian Observatory for Human Right said.
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Israel announces third nationwide virus lockdown
Israelis will be barred from travelling more than one kilometre (1,000 yards or so) from their homes and businesses will be closed except for deliveries.
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Israel heads to polls again amid pandemic and PM's legal woes
The Knesset legislature was dissolved when the coalition headed by Netanyahu's right-wing Likud and Gantz's centrist Blue and White party missed a midnight deadline to pass a 2020 budget.
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Morocco savours Western Sahara breakthrough in Israel deal
For the Polisario Front, which has campaigned for independence for the former Spanish colony since the 1970s, Trump's announcement marked a major setback and drew a promise to fight on until Moroccan forces withdraw.
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Trump announces Morocco latest Arab state to recognise Israel
Morocco joins the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Sudan in the White House's ‘Abraham Accords’ initiative.
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Israel gets first delivery of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
The shipment was the first of eight million doses ordered from US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer BioNTech.
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Israel's Netanyahu welcomes end of travel ban on ex-spy Pollard
Pollard served 30 years for giving away classified US documents, and had been confined by parole terms to the United States since his release in 2015.
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Bahrain urges Israel-Palestinian peace in historic Jerusalem meet
Bahrain's Abdellatif al-Zayani said the historic US-brokered deals the Gulf kingdom and the United Arab Emirates had struck to normalise ties with Israel would help foster a dawn of "peace for the entire Middle East".
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Malawi to open Israel embassy in Jerusalem
Malawi has had diplomatic ties with the Jewish state since 1964 but without opening an embassy.
