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Longtime Israel backers in US turn outraged critics — but Biden administration remains distant

WASHINGTON — With massive street protests, a mutiny by elite military reserve officers and outrage from diplomats, academics and former officials, Israel seems steeped in epic crisis.

Los Angeles Times

Knesset votes to allow Israelis to resettle evacuated outposts

The amendment could see Israelis resettle four outposts in the northern occupied West Bank evacuated in 2005.

Al Jazeera

Israel rejects minister's behaviour over flag, Jordan says

Jordan said it has received assurance from Israel that the behaviour of a top cabinet minister, who spoke at a podium adorned with an Israeli flag that appeared to include Jordan, did not represent their position, an official source said on Tuesday.

Reuters

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Israel Finance Minister officials warn of economic backlash over judicial overhaul

Senior officials at Israel's Finance Ministry warned that the government's plan to overhaul the judiciary could significantly harm the economy, according to documents seen by Reuters on Tuesday.

Reuters

Jordan Says Israel Disavows Behavior of Top Minister Over Flag of Expanded Borders

Jordan said it has received assurance from Israel that the behavior of a top cabinet minister, who spoke at a podium adorned with an Israeli flag that appeared to include Jordan, did not represent their position, an official source said on Tuesday. The source told Reuters that top Israeli officials…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israeli Finance Minister Denies Existence Of A Palestinian People In Paris Speech

Bezalel Smotrich on denied the existence of a Palestinians, saying that it was Jews such as his that were the true Palestinians

Zenger

Israeli official's "genocidal" comments

"He's been talking about the vision to ethnically cleanse Palestinians for years," watchdog group says

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EU top diplomat Borrell urges Israel to disavow minister's comments on Palestinians

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell called on Monday on the Israeli government to disavow a minister's comments that there was no Palestinian history or culture and no such thing as a Palestinian people.

Reuters

Jordan, Palestinians Slam Israeli Minister’s 'Inflammatory' Remarks

A firebrand Israeli minister claimed there’s “no such thing” as a Palestinian people as Israel's new coalition government, its most hard-line ever, plowed ahead on Monday with a part of its plan to overhaul the judiciary. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition said it was pushing a key part of the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israeli minister says 'no such thing' as Palestinian people

An Israeli minister with responsibility for administrating the occupied West Bank drew condemnation on Monday after he said there was no Palestinian history or culture and no such thing as a Palestinian people.

Reuters

Palestinians ‘an invention’ of past century: Israel’s Smotrich

After urging the wiping out of Palestinian village, minister stirs new outrage by denying Palestinians’ existence.

Al Jazeera

Israeli govt drives ahead with judicial plan despite outcry

A firebrand Israeli minister says there’s “no such thing” as a Palestinian people

The Independent UK

Elite Officers in Israel’s Military Plan Sunday Walkout

Hundreds of elite officers in Israel’s military reserves say they will not show up for duty starting on Sunday in protest over the government's plans to overhaul the judicial system. The firm date is the first time set for an unprecedented political protest within the security services. Prime Minister Benjamin…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Elite officers in Israel's military plan Sunday walkout

Hundreds of elite officers in Israel’s military reserves say they will not show up for duty starting on Sunday in protest over the ruling coalition’s planned overhaul of the judicial system

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Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Right now, to love Israel is to denounce it

When my maternal grandmother was around 7 years old, she was nearly the victim of a pogrom. It was the late 1930s. Europe was a stretched rubber band, soon to snap. My grandma was visiting family in a small Polish town. One day, the non-Jewish inhabitants wielded knives and sticks…

The Guardian - US

Biden administration grants US visa to extremist Israeli minister

Jewish American leaders urged US to block visit of Bezalel Smotrich, who has described himself as a ‘fascist homophobe’

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Trudy Rubin: Netanyahu's attack on Israel's judiciary also impacts the United States

It is quite stunning to watch the elected leader of a democracy drag his country toward authoritarianism and a civil war — and all for egotistical reasons.

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Increasingly Worried about West Bank Situation as Austin Visits Israel

The United States is concerned that escalating tensions in the West Bank could distract Tel Aviv and Washington's attention from Iranian activities, a US official said, a message Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin intends to deliver in Israel on Thursday. Austin delayed his arrival to Israel and the government insisted that…

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Asharq Al-Awsat

US, Israeli Officials Hold Talks to Prevent Iran from Acquiring Nuclear Weapons

Senior US and Israeli officials have held talks in Washington to reinforce security coordination with the aim of preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons and deterring its increasing hostile activities in the Middle East and other regions. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Monday with Israeli Minister for Strategic Affairs…

Al Jazeera

Israeli forces kill at least 6 Palestinians in latest Jenin raid

At least 11 people wounded, including two with serious injuries, the Palestinian health ministry says.

The Guardian - US

Biden administration urged to block extremist Israeli minister’s visit

Several groups and individuals are rallying against Bezalel Smotrich’s visit over his comments to ‘wipe out’ a Palestinian town

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israeli Settlers Held in Administrative Detention for Planning Attacks on Palestinian Villages

The Israeli army detained two settlers, out of 16 it had arrested, after determining they planned the attacks on Palestinian villages, a week after 400 extremist Jewish settlers attacked the town of Huwara, south of Nablus. Security sources said the two settlers did not cooperate with the interrogators, and it…

The Conversation

Israelis protest Netanyahu government's brutality and plans to undermine rule of law

It’s a week since hundreds of Israeli settlers descended on the Palestinian village of Hawara to terrorise civilians and burn cars and buildings.

The Independent UK

Netanyahu calls comments to erase village 'inappropriate'

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the remarks by a key Cabinet ally calling for a Palestinian village to be erased were inappropriate

Asharq Al-Awsat

Netanyahu Tries to Calm Outcry over Minister’s Remarks on Palestinians

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought on Sunday to soften international outcry over a call by a far-right member of his cabinet for a flashpoint Palestinian village to be "erased", saying those remarks had been "inappropriate". But Netanyahu also pushed back against censure of Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, accusing foreign…

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