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The Times of Israel

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From pariah to bosom buddy in 7 weeks: Netanyahu’s rehabilitation of Yoav Gallant

Seven weeks. That was all the time it took Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to rehabilitate Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, after, on the evening of...

15.05.2023 20

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The dictator and I: A look at Turkmenistan reveals the limits of Israeli diplomacy

A few days ago I returned from a rare visit to Turkmenistan — an isolated and anachronistic country, one of the most cut-off in the world, even...

29.04.2023 20

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Shaked tells ToI she was able to diversify the judiciary under current system

Ayelet Shaked, who served as justice minister from 2015-19, said she was able to introduce greater diversity among judges throughout the Israeli court...

28.04.2023 20

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Foreign minister lauds expansion of Israeli diplomatic clout into Eurasia region

Foreign Minister Eli Cohen has eight more months in office — until December 29, 2023, when he is scheduled to be replaced by Energy Minister Israel...

24.04.2023 30

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Netanyahu-Gallant row just latest in PM’s long history battling defense chiefs

Benjamin Netanyahu has had eight different defense ministers serve under him in just over 15 years as prime minister, going back to his first stint in...

19.04.2023 30

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The Hundred Days War: Chronicles of a government in chaos and a nation at the brink

Sworn in on December 29, 2022, Israel’s 37th government is marking its 100th day in office. But this particular government, the sixth led by Prime...

08.04.2023 60

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Protesters demand AIPAC oppose judicial push as group meets Netanyahu in Jerusalem

Hundreds of people protested outside a Jerusalem hotel Monday night as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met inside with a delegation from the US...

14.03.2023 100

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Data firm records show spike in English-language online criticism of legal overhaul

Recent months have seen a surge in online discussions in the English-speaking world critical of government plans to enact a radical judicial makeover,...

07.02.2023 10

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Battle over municipal funding for Haredi schools foreshadows local election showdown

In a strongly worded letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Education Minister Yoav Kisch, and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich earlier this...

01.02.2023 40

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With his bogus attack on the attorney general, Ben Gvir is off to a furious start

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, leader of the far-right Otzma Yehudit party, put on quite a show for the media on Saturday night. After a...

30.01.2023 40

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A year after its launch, details of submarine affair probe’s work yet to surface

This week marks the one-year anniversary since the founding of the state commission of inquiry into submarine and naval vessel purchases that occurred...

28.01.2023 30

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She exposed China’s crimes against the Uighurs; now she needs the world to save them

A few years ago, one of Rushan Abbas’s nieces tried to call her mother in China. The niece, who lives in the US, was eight months pregnant and used...

14.01.2023 80

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Does an Israeli tourism expert’s Saudi Arabia trip hint at possibly warming ties?

Though Israel and Saudi Arabia have not remotely normalized ties, and Saudi Arabia emphatically joined the widespread condemnation in the Arab world...

04.01.2023 30

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Ex-Likud minister Meridor bashes Netanyahu for ‘paying any price’ to return to power

A former Likud justice minister accused prime minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu of putting his ambition for power ahead of the country’s best...

26.12.2022 20

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Iran closer than ever to weapons-grade uranium, ex-top defense official says

A former top defense official and Mossad intelligence chief warned Saturday that Iran was closer than ever to being able to produce weapons-grade...

25.12.2022 20

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Practicing ‘fringe diplomacy,’ Israeli negotiator secured release of Brittney Griner

Last week, at a small airport in Abu Dhabi, US basketball player Brittney Griner was traded for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout. Griner was jailed by...

12.12.2022 20

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