ISRAEL PROTESTS
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Conflicts & War
Fresh protests in Israel against Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul
Jerusalem, May 4 (EFE).- Israelis again staged nationwide protests on Thursday to decry the far-right government’s judicial reforms. Netanyahu’s government,…
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Politics
Netanyahu wants ‘consensus’ for justice reforms after Biden rebuke
Washington, Mar 29 (EFE).- Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday said he was intent on finding a “broad” consensus…
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Politics
Netanyahu appeals for calm amid mounting pressure over justice reforms
(Update 2: changes headline, lede, adds Netanyahu statement) Jerusalem, Mar 27 (EFE).- Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday urged…
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Conflicts & War
12 arrested at fresh protests against Israel’s planned judicial overhaul
Jerusalem, Mar 23 (EFE).- Police in Israel have detained 12 people as thousands took to the streets on Thursday to…
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Politics
Netanyahu vows to crack down on protesters as military reservists walkout
Jerusalem, Mar 19 (EFE).- Prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, accused the hundreds of thousands of demonstrators who have been protesting his…
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Conflicts & War
Protests in Israel resume after president’s failure to mediate
Jerusalem, Mar 16 (EFE).- Hundreds of Israelis on Thursday hit the streets again to decry controversial judicial reforms a day…
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Politics
Israel’s judicial reforms approved in first parliamentary hearing
Jerusalem, Mar 13 (EFE).- The Israeli parliament on Tuesday approved in an initial hearing a controversial bill that would allow…
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Conflicts & War
Protestors target Israel’s main airport, block roads in ‘Day of Disruption’
Tel Aviv, Mar 9 (EFE).- Tens of thousands of protestors on Thursday flooded the streets of Israel’s largest cities to…
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Politics
Police fire tear gas, stun grenades to disperse crowd protesting reforms
Tel Aviv/Jerusalem, Mar 1 (EFE).- Several people were arrested in Israel on Wednesday during another round of mass protests against…
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Conflicts & War
Mass protests in Israel as judicial reforms approved in first reading
Jerusalem, Feb 13 (EFE).- Tens of thousands of people protested outside the Israeli parliament on Monday against controversial judicial reforms…
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