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6+ min ago   (722+ words) National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Tuesday submitted a detailed response to petitions seeking his removal from office, ahead of a High Court of Justice hearing scheduled for Thursday. The filing follows a decision earlier this month by Attorney-General Gali…...

1+ hour, 11+ min ago   (267+ words) The Knesset plenum approved in its first reading a bill regulating the prosecution of terrorists who took part in the October 7 massacre overnight on Tuesday. The legislation passed without a single opposing vote. The bill was submitted by MK Simcha…...

1+ hour, 22+ min ago   (253+ words) Israeli occupation forces abducted six Palestinians at dawn on Tuesday during a series of invasions targeting Ras Khamis, Shu'fat refugee camp, and Kafr Aqab in occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Five abducted in large'scale invasion of Ras Khamis: Local…...

1+ hour, 44+ min ago   (556+ words) Heavy rain, strong winds, and localized flooding struck Israel overnight and into Tuesday as a winter storm swept across the country, disrupting transportation, causing property damage, and prompting multiple emergency rescues. Meteorological officials said the system is expected to gradually…...

1+ hour, 51+ min ago   (708+ words) One local activist told JI Wiener faced pressure from his own campaign staff to change his position Russell Yip/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images California State Senator Scott Wiener addresses the SF Chronicle Editorial Board on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018 in…...

2+ hour, 12+ min ago   (483+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 830 The three-page letter alleges that "the government of Israel has deliberately inflicted conditions of life calculated to bring about the destruction of Palestinians in Gaza" " a formulation lifted from the Genocide Convention " and that it has…...

2+ hour, 16+ min ago   (424+ words) The US Senate and House appropriations committees have released the text of a two-bill spending package that includes $3.3 billion in military aid for Israel and imposes new restrictions on assistance to Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza. The…...

2+ hour, 33+ min ago   (605+ words) Middle East Studies director Dr. Yehudah Balanga explains that military force, economic pressure, and covert tactics are all on the table, but regime change is far from guaranteed. Middle East Studies Expert: US moves are pushing Iran to a tipping…...

2+ hour, 42+ min ago   (758+ words) Salfit, Central West Bank: Israeli bulldozers began wide'scale land clearing in the ar'Ras area of Salfit, leveling large tracts of privately owned Palestinian land to expand an Israeli colony and open new colonial roads. Landowners were prevented from accessing or…...

2+ hour, 48+ min ago   (457+ words) The winter storm system that began overnight is expected to reach its peak on Tuesday, accompanied by heavy rain and wind gusts of up to 100 kph (62 mph). The strongest gusts so far recorded were in Ashkelon at 103 kph (63 mph). Tel…...