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Israeli far-right Minister visits Al-Aqsa compound in Jerusalem

October 8, 2025 admin

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visits the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, in the Old City of Jerusalem, on October 8, 2025. Photo: Jewish Power via Reuters Israel’s far-right National Security Minister, Itamar Ben Gvir, visited the Al-Aqsa compound on Wednesday (October 8, 2025), as indirect negotiations between Israel and…

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Clashes Between Israel And Hezbollah Since 2006 War

August 26, 2024 admin

More than 40,000 people have been killed in Gaza since war began between Israel and Hamas (File). Paris: After an escalation of hostilities Sunday amid over 10 months of cross-border clashes between Israel and Lebanon’s powerful Hezbollah movement, here are the major eruptions of violence since their 2006 war. The devastating month-long war in the…

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Antony Blinken Heads To Egypt After Israel To Push For Gaza Ceasefire

August 20, 2024 admin

Antony Blinken said he had a very constructive meeting with the Israel PM on Monday. Israel: Top US diplomat Antony Blinken was due to travel to Egypt on Tuesday for talks on a Gaza ceasefire after saying Israel had accepted a US “bridging proposal” for a deal and urging Hamas to do the same. Blinken,…

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Thousands Rally Against Netanyahu Government In Jerusalem

March 31, 2024 admin

Protesters were waving blue and white Israeli flags and chanting “elections now”. Tens of thousands of people demonstrated in Jerusalem on Sunday against Benjamin Netanyahu’s government and against exemptions granted to ultra-Orthodox Jewish men from military service, in scenes reminiscent of mass street protests last year. Protest groups, including some that led the mass demonstrations…

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Why Israel’s Ground Invasion Of Gaza Is Delaying

October 24, 2023 admin

Israel has not launched a ground invasion of Gaza 18 days after the deadliest attack by Hamas. Jerusalem: Israel has not launched a ground invasion of Gaza, despite announcing its imminence, a delay media reports and experts attribute to international pressure, political-military divisions and concerns over hostages. Eighteen days after the deadliest attack ever launched…

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Israel Mourns ‘Another Level of Cruelty’ As Gazans Await Attack

October 12, 2023 admin

Israel’s Iron Dome defense system intercepts rockets fired from Gaza, in Sderot, Israel. At a funeral outside Jerusalem, hundreds of Israelis were listening to a eulogy when air raid sirens began to shrill. Rockets launched from Gaza exploded in the sky as they were intercepted by Israel’s defenses, others crashed into nearby communities. The mourners…

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The U.S. will send a carrier strike group to the Eastern Mediterranean in support of Israel

October 9, 2023 admin

Pro-Israel counter-protesters wave signs during a pro-Palestinian demonstration outside the Israeli embassy, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023, in San Francisco. | Photo Credit: AP Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on October 9 he has ordered the Ford carrier strike group to sail to the Eastern Mediterranean to be ready to assist Israel after the attack by…

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In latest violence, Israeli police kill Palestinian teen assailant and West Bank bomb hurts Israelis

August 31, 2023 admin

Israeli police on Wednesday shot and killed a 14-year-old Palestinian boy who stabbed a man in a Jerusalem light-rail station, officials said, while Palestinian militants detonated a bomb near a convoy of Israeli troops escorting Jewish worshippers to a holy site in the occupied West Bank, wounding four Israeli troops. The attacks came hours after…

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In latest violence, Israeli police kill Palestinian teen assailant and West Bank bomb hurts Israelis

August 31, 2023 admin

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