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Palestinians to get million COVID vaccine doses in swap with Israel
Israel 'will receive in return the doses that Pfizer is to send to the Palestinian Authority,' the statement added.
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Palestinian woman shot dead by Israelis in West Bank after attempted attack
The Israeli army said "an assailant arrived in her car and attempted to ram into a number of IDF soldiers" near Hizma, south of Ramallah, before she "exited her vehicle with a knife drawn."
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A 'new day' in Israel after Netanyahu unseated
The watershed moment in Israeli politics saw an ideologically disparate eight-party bloc, ranging from right to left to Arab Islamic conservatives, band together to unseat the bombastic veteran known as Bibi by a wafer-thin margin of 60 votes to 59 in parliament on Sunday.
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Political milestones of Benjamin Netanyahu's life
Benjamin Netanyahu is Israel's longest-serving leader, and was once it's youngest ever Prime Minister.
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Israel's Netanyahu ousted as 'change' coalition forms a new government
A vote in the Knesset legislature following weeks of intense political drama ended Benjamin Netanyahu's government with a razor-thin majority
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Israel's Netanyahu denies 'incitement' as political tensions boil
In power for 12 consecutive years, Benjamin Netanyahu faces being toppled by a motley coalition of lawmakers united only by their shared hostility towards him.
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Israel eyes end of an era after Netanyahu foes strike deal
On paper, the prospective coalition commands a slender majority in parliament but a confidence vote is not expected for several days, giving Netanyahu time to woo potential defectors among the unlikely bedfellows ranged against him.
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Israel's Lapid says he formed new coalition to unseat Netanyahu
Lapid's announcement late Wednesday came in the final hour before a midnight deadline, following marathon negotiations with a group of parties spanning the political spectrum, united only in their desire to oust Netanyahu.
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Hours left for Netanyahu's foes to build new Israeli government
Netanyahu's opponents have until the end of the day -- 11:59 pm (2059 GMT) -- to cobble together an administration that would end 12 straight years of rule by the hawkish political heavyweight, Israel's longest-ruling premier.
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Israeli parties in final sprint to build anti-Netanyahu coalition
They have until a minute before midnight (2059 GMT) Wednesday to cobble together an administration that end 12 straight years of rule by the hawkish heavyweight, Israel's longest-ruling premier.
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Netanyahu opponents grapple to form cabinet before deadline
Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid, a secular centrist, and religious nationalist Naftali Bennett were locked in talks late into the night Monday on the terms of a "change alliance" to unseat the premier ahead of a Wednesday midnight deadline.
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Israel's Lapid says 'obstacles' remain in bid to oust Netanyahu
Israel's latest political turmoil comes more than two months after Israel's fourth inconclusive election in less than two years, and could topple the right-wing leader known as Bibi, who has ruled for a total of 15 years.
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Israel inches closer to government without Netanyahu
Lawmakers opposed to right-wing Netanyahu have been in intense talks ahead of a Wednesday deadline, as a ceasefire held following the latest deadly military conflict with Islamist group Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
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UN body orders probe of 'systematic' abuses in Israel, Palestinian areas
The resolution, which passed with 24 of the council's 47 members in favour, will spur an unprecedented level of scrutiny on abuses and their 'root causes' in the decades-long Middle East conflict.
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Israel's attacks on Gaza may constitute 'war crimes': UN rights chief
Michelle Bachelet voiced deep concern about the surge in deadly violence between Israelis and Palestinians earlier this month.
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Hamas says won't touch 'cent' of aid to rebuild Gaza
Diplomatic efforts are underway to solidify a fragile Egypt-brokered truce that halted the fighting, with plans to rebuild the Gaza Strip where Israeli air strikes damaged infrastructure and levelled buildings.
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Gauteng ANC supports people of Palestine at picket at US Consulate
Members of the African National Congress in Gauteng held a picket outside the American Consulate in Sandton on 26 May 2021 in solidarity with the people of Palestine who have faced a barrage of deadly Israeli air strikes in recent weeks. #ANC #Palestine #USA
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SAJBD: Duarte threat to storm Israeli embassy would violate diplomatic rules
South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) said that Duarte threatened to storm the embassy, which would be in clear violation of all international diplomatic regulations.
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Blinken arrives in Egypt on mission to shore up Gaza truce
The US top diplomat already met with Israeli and Palestinian leaders to throw Washington's support behind the Friday truce that ended 11 days of heavy Israeli bombing of Gaza and rocket fire from the enclave into Israel.
