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Israel Court Freezes Eviction Order of Salem Family in Sheikh Jarrah

An Israeli court on Tuesday froze the planned eviction of a Palestinian family in the flashpoint east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, pending an appeal. The Salem family had been ordered to surrender the property to Jewish settlers who have claimed ownership of the plot. Lawyer Majd Ghanayem, who filed…

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Israel court freezes eviction order of Palestinian family

Jerusalem (AFP) - An Israeli court on Tuesday froze the planned eviction of a Palestinian family in the flashpoint east Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah, pending an appeal.

AFP

Israeli Authority Backs Down from Mount of Olives Park Plan

Israel’s Nature and Parks Authority on Monday said it was backing down from a contentious plan to encompass Christian holy sites on Jerusalem’s Mount of Olives in a national park following vociferous outcry from major churches. The Mount of Olives in east Jerusalem rises above Jerusalem’s Old City and its…

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Israeli authority backs down from Mount of Olives park plan

Israel’s Nature and Parks Authority says it is backing down from a plan to encompass Christian holy sites on Jerusalem’s Mount of Olives in a national park after vociferous outcry from major churches

The Independent UK

Expansion Project in East Jerusalem Sparks Tension between Israeli Authorities, Church Leaders

Israeli officials are preparing to advance an unprecedented project to expand a national park onto church-owned lands and Christian holy sites in East Jerusalem, sparking fierce opposition from local Christian leaders. The move would not strip the landholders of their ownership, but it would give the government some authority over…

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Commentary: A rogue military unit is Israel's weakest link

It's not very often that an event in the West Bank village of Jililya garners the attention of members of the U.S. Congress from Wisconsin. But the killing of a 78-year-old Palestinian American from Milwaukee by soldiers of Israel's ultra-Orthodox battalion has embarrassed Jerusalem, infuriated the U.S. State Department and…

Tribune News Service

Prosecutor in Israeli trial of Nazi Eichmann dies

Jerusalem (AFP) - Gabriel Bach, who as a young Israeli state attorney helped prosecute Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann, was buried Sunday following his death at the weekend, aged 94.

AFP

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Israel sees Iran nuclear deal 'shortly,' warns it will be weak

Jerusalem (AFP) - Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Sunday Iran may "shortly" agree a new nuclear deal with major powers but warned it will be weaker than the original 2015 agreement.

AFP

Israel sees Iran nuclear deal 'shortly,' warns it will be weaker

Jerusalem (AFP) - Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Sunday that Iran may "shortly" agree a new nuclear deal with major powers but warned it will be weaker than the original 2015 agreement.

AFP

Some of François Truffaut’s new wave films are still coming of age

The Bride Wore Black has something to say to modern audiences, but let’s draw a veil over The Woman Next Door

The Guardian - UK

Israeli Police Scatter Palestinian Protesters in Sheikh Jarrah Neighborhood

Israeli police on horseback scattered protesters Friday in the flashpoint east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, where demonstrators poured in to support Palestinians facing eviction by Jewish settlers. The scuffles there came alongside protests elsewhere in the occupied West Bank, according to AFP. Tensions that erupted in Sheikh Jarrah last…

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Israeli police scatter Palestinian protesters in Sheikh Jarrah

Reporters observed Israeli border police charging protesters with horses in occupied East Jerusalem.

Al Jazeera

Israeli police scatter Palestinian protesters in Jerusalem

Jerusalem (AFP) - Israeli police on horseback scattered protesters Friday in the flashpoint east Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah, where demonstrators poured in to support Palestinians facing eviction by Jewish settlers.

AFP

Israel fires on new Hezbollah drone from Lebanon: army

Jerusalem (AFP) - Israel's military said its air defences fired at a drone that had crossed into its airspace from Lebanon on Friday, the second such incident in as many days.

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Australia to List Hamas as Terror Group

Australia on Thursday said it would list all of Palestinian Hamas movement as a terrorist organization, the latest Western nation to do so. Canberra had previously listed Hamas' al-Qassam Brigades as a terror group, but the new designation will list the organization in its entirety. Hamas currently controls the Gaza…

AFP

Netanyahu prosecutors say witness phone was hacked with 'spyware'

Jerusalem (AFP) - Prosecutors in former Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption trial said Wednesday that "spyware" hacked one witness's phone but no relevant material was uncovered and urged the trial to go ahead.

The Hindu

Coeur De Lion, Son Of A Gun, and Golden Lioness catch the eye

Coeur De Lion, Son Of A Gun, and Golden Lioness caught the eye when the horses were exercised here on Tuesday (Feb. 15) morning. Inner sand: 800m: C’est L’Amour (Aniket) 57, 600/42. Easy. 1000m: Amare (Bhawani), Eyes On The Prize (Jaykumar) 1-10, 600/41. Former made up three lengths and finished level.…

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Court Postpones Netanyahu Trial Hearings over Phone Spying Claims

The Jerusalem District Court announced on Sunday that all planned sessions this week in former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ongoing corruption trial will be postponed to Feb 21. The former premier, now opposition leader, is on trial for fraud, breach of trust and accepting bribes in three separate cases. A…

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Israeli lawmaker opens office in disputed East Jerusalem area

A far-right Israeli lawmaker set up a makeshift office in the disputed East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah on Monday in what he called a show of support for Jewish settlers there.

AFP

Israelis protest Covid rules in Canada-style convoy

Jerusalem (AFP) - Thousands of Israelis streamed into Jerusalem from across the country Monday in a "freedom convoy" against coronavirus restrictions that mirrored similar traffic-blocking protests in Canada and around the world.

Reuters

Israelis mount their own COVID "Freedom Convoy"

An Israeli protest convoy inspired by demonstrations in Canada against coronavirus restrictions drove along the main highway linking Tel Aviv and Jerusalem on Monday.

AFP

Israeli PM to make first-ever visit to Bahrain Monday

Jerusalem (AFP) - Prime Minister Naftali Bennett was set to fly to Bahrain on Monday for the first-ever official visit by an Israeli head of government to the Gulf state.

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Palestinians, Israeli Police Clash as Controversial Lawmaker Visits Jerusalem Flashpoint

Israeli police clashed with Palestinians in the flashpoint east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah on Sunday, during a visit by a controversial far-right Jewish lawmaker that inflamed tensions. Police said they arrested eight people during the day for suspected involvement in "public riots and violence," in the area of annexed…

AFP

Clashes as controversial Israeli lawmaker visits Jerusalem flashpoint

Jerusalem (AFP) - Israeli police clashed with Palestinians in the flashpoint east Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah on Sunday during a visit by a controversial far-right Jewish lawmaker that inflamed tensions.

Reuters

OECD tells Israel to cut red tape in non-tech sectors to boost productivity

Israel needs to cut red tape in traditional industries so they can boost productivity and catch up with the country's booming high-tech sector, the head of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said on Sunday.

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