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UN Security Council approves U.S. proposal to deploy Gaza stabilization force
Mon Nov 17 5:08 pm
Resolution authorizes transitional authority and international stabilization force; Hamas rejects resolution, insists it will not disarm
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Israeli court extends detention of autistic Jaffa boy who was sexually assaulted in prison
Mon Nov 17 4:37 pm
Mother of defendant, a 14-year-old who is charged with security offenses, says that her son is 'being presented as a terrorist, but he is a sick and helpless child'
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Far-right ministers Smotrich, Ben-Gvir to sit on team setting powers of Oct. 7 gov't probe committee
Mon Nov 17 4:23 pm
The government announced on Sunday the establishment of a non-state investigative committee to examine the failures surrounding October 7. The government decision states that the committee's 'composition will reflect a broad public consensus,'
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NYC Mayor Adams' Israel trip shows how badly he misread the U.S. Jews he claims to champion
Mon Nov 17 4:06 pm
Adams is seeking allies to combat antisemitism, yet the Israeli leaders he embraces are more concerned with strengthening an Israeli nationalism that alienates the U.S. Jews he wants to protect
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Trump says U.S. will sell F-35 jets to Saudi Arabia in defense sale opposed by Israel
Mon Nov 17 4:05 pm
Defense officials are concerned that the Israel Air Force will lose its air superiority in the Middle East if the United States sells the stealth jets to Saudi Arabia. The sale could potentially defy Israel's qualitative military edge, as mandated by U.S. policy
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Israeli man indicted over posting TikTok video threatening attorney general
Mon Nov 17 3:36 pm
A Haifa resident is charged with saying in the TikTok video that Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara's days are numbered. 'A new era has begun, you whore – Kahanism.' He's been imprisoned before for saying physicist and activist Shikma Bressler should be murdered
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Likud minister offers Shin Bet funds from equality ministry to fight crime in Arab communities
Mon Nov 17 3:07 pm
The Justice Ministry warned that Social Equality Minister May Golan's plan could increase crime due to slashes in programs that help people in debt in Arab communities. The education and welfare ministries also believe that the plan is harmful
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Settlers set fire to Palestinian homes and vehicles in West Bank after IDF evacuates Israeli outpost
Mon Nov 17 1:48 pm
In Umm al-Butm, settlers set fire to a building and vehicles and assaulted Palestinian women in their homes. In Jab'a, settlers also set fire to three homes, vehicles, and a caravan. 'A disaster, a disaster has happened here, all in front of the soldiers and police,' a resident said
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Witness in major corruption probe of Israel's largest labor union dies by suicide
Mon Nov 17 1:24 pm
The contractor, who was not a suspect, had overseen work at the home of Histadrut chairman Arnon Bar-David and his wife, central figures in a sweeping corruption probe. Police raided the labor union's headquarters two weeks ago, arresting dozens of suspects
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UN Security Council discussing U.S. proposal to deploy Gaza stabilization force
Mon Nov 17 1:01 pm
Amendments introduced last week under pressure from Arab and Muslim states, as well as several Security Council members, include a reference to the possibility of establishing a future Palestinian state – after which Netanyahu reiterated Israel's opposition to such a state
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'The occupation hates partnerships between Palestinians and Israelis, it blows their mind'
Mon Nov 17 12:35 pm
Once invited to exhibit his art in Tel Aviv and Berlin, Palestinian artist Eid Hathleen now spends his days documenting settler violence and fighting a final demolition order against his house amid the slow erasure of his West Bank village, Umm al-Khair
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Top IDF officers say defense minister's order targeting Egypt border smugglers risks civilian safety
Mon Nov 17 12:18 pm
Israeli defense officials estimate that between 100 and 300 Israeli smugglers operate along the Egyptian border. The IDF said it has thwarted roughly 130 drone-smuggling attempts and seized about 85 weapons in November, including two machine guns, 16 long-barreled weapons and 66 handguns
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