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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...
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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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Netanyahu graft trial to start hearing evidence in January: judge
The longest-serving prime minister in Israeli history, Netanyahu claims the charges against him are part of a witch-hunt to drive him from office.
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Israel signals delay in West Bank annexation moves
Palestinian leaders, the United Nations, European powers and Arab countries have denounced any unilateral territorial steps planned by Israel.
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Israel's Benny Gantz says no annexation until after COVID-19
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition government had set 1 July as the date from which it could initiate action on US President Donald Trump's Mideast controversial peace proposals.
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Netanyahu lashes out at 'ludicrous' graft charges as trial begins
The 70-year-old was indicted in January for bribery, fraud, and breach of trust in a series of cases.
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Israel's Netanyahu under precautionary COVID-19 quarantine
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office stressed the quarantine was strictly a precaution as the veteran right-wing prime minister had not been in recent proximity to the ill staffer.
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Israel's Gantz elected speaker, to seek unity govt with Netanyahu
Details on an emergency government were not immediately clear, and any arrangement would likely be temporary, perhaps lasting long enough for Israel to pass through the worst of the pandemic.
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Israeli court rejects Netanyahu trial delay request
The scheduled 17 March trial date looms as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his right-wing allies try to form a government in the face of fierce opposition, following last week's general election.
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Indicted Netanyahu claims victory in Israel vote
Monday's election, Israel's third in less than a year, was called after inconclusive votes in April and September left the Jewish state in a political deadlock.
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Netanyahu: Israeli plane flies over Sudan for the first time
Israel remains technically at war with Sudan, after a decades-old Arab boycott over Palestine.
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Sudan gives Israel initial okay for overflights - official
The meeting in Uganda between Sudan’s Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu stirred controversy in Sudan after Israeli officials said it would lead to normalising relations between the two former foes.
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Israeli PM Netanyahu in Uganda to boost ties
Benjamin Netanyahu arrived to a rainswept Entebbe airport accompanied by his wife, Sara, before heading to meet Museveni, an AFP photographer said.
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Netanyahu tells Putin Mideast deal a 'new opportunity'
Trump's plan angered Palestinians by proposing Israel retain control over Jerusalem as its 'undivided capital' and giving the green light to annex Jewish settlements in the West Bank.
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Trump peace plan embraced in Israel, rejected by Palestinians
Trump, who unveiled the plan on Tuesday at the White House standing alongside Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with no Palestinian representatives on hand, said his initiative could succeed where others had failed.
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Netanyahu formally charged over graft after dropping immunity bid
The indictment came as Netanyahu was in Washington for a meeting with President Donald Trump for the unveiling of a long-awaited US peace plan.
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Netanyahu says drops request for immunity from graft charges
The announcement came hours before he was to meet in the White House with President Donald Trump for the unveiling of a long-awaited US peace plan.
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Trump to unveil Israeli-Palestinian plan in Netanyahu, Gantz visits
The White House meeting with Netanyahu and, separately, with his arch-rival Benny Gantz, thrusts Trump right into Israel's tense election scheduled in just over a month.
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Netanyahu hopes to 'make history' at talks on Trump peace plan
Netanyahu has been invited to meet Trump at the White House on Monday and Tuesday to discuss the project, which has already been dismissed by the Palestinians.
