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Mass protests in Israel as controversial judicial overhauls advanced

Tens of thousands of Israelis on Saturday protested their far-right government’s plans to overhaul the legal system, three days after parliament advanced a bill that would enable lawmakers to overturn a Supreme Court decision with a simple majority.

France 24

Democracy means judicial autonomy, German envoy says on Israel overhaul

Germany believes an independent justice system is a tenet of democracy and is closely watching the Israeli dispute over a government plan for judicial change, its envoy said, as protesters flooded the streets for an eighth straight week on Saturday.

Reuters

Mass protests in Israel as controversial overhauls advanced

Tens of thousands of Israelis are protesting their far-right government’s plans to overhaul the legal system, three days after parliament advanced a bill that would enable lawmakers to overturn a Supreme Court decision with a simple majority

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Israeli Cabinet Approves $2.8 Billion Budget for Potential Strike against Iran

The Israeli government approved a multiyear draft general budget, to include an increase by around USD2.8 billion for a potential strike against Iran, following 36 hours of deliberations. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu boasted of approving the budget, saying that an agreement was reached on a multi-year plan for the security…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran Hints at Supplying Syria with Khordad Missile System

Iranian state television announced on Friday that Iran is likely to sell surface-to-air missiles to Syria, to help it boost air defenses in the face of repeated Israeli airstrikes. “Syria needs to rebuild its air defense network and requires precision bombs for its fighter planes,” Reuters quoted the Iranian state…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Thousands of Palestinians March against Nablus Massacre

Thousands of Palestinians furious over deadly Israeli raids in Nablus this week held midnight marches on Friday throughout the West Bank. Protesters took to the streets in response to a call for demonstrations by the Lion’s Den group. Clashes ensued between the protesters and Israeli forces that tried to disperse…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Palestinian Nurse Spots Own Father Among Casualties from Israel Raid

When Israel conducted its deadliest raid in the occupied West Bank in almost two decades this week, a young Palestinian nurse rushed to help. As critical case after critical case succumbed to their wounds, Elias al-Ashqar, 25, let out a blood-curdling roar. "My father! My father," he screamed, as he…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Israel was hit by 5,000 Palestinian terror attacks in 2022. It has to defend itself

Letters: If Israel’s counter-terrorism apparatus did not exist, I dread to think how many more zeros would have be added to the total, says Orly Goldschmidt

The Guardian - UK

Israeli settlers shoot, wound 2 Palestinians in West Bank

Palestinian health officials say Israeli settlers have shot and seriously wounded two Palestinians in the northern occupied West Bank, in what officials describe as the latest incident in a wave of settler violence

The Independent UK

Former US ambassador accuses Israel of ‘creeping annexation’ of the West Bank

Daniel Kurtzer says legalised settlements are ‘a significant violation of a commitment the Israeli government made to the American government’

The Guardian - US

Israeli Settlers Shoot, Wound 2 Palestinians in West Bank

Israeli settlers shot and seriously wounded two Palestinians in the northern occupied West Bank early Friday, Palestinian health officials said, in what authorities describe as the latest incident in a wave of settler violence. The Palestinian Health Ministry said the two wounded Palestinians were being treated at a hospital in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israeli West Bank settlers 'sing and dance' after outpost recognised

Drama therapist Yael Drori left bustling Jerusalem 16 years ago to live in an unrecognised outpost in the Israeli occupied West Bank. As a youth, she was active in the Israeli settler movement supporting new communities in the West Bank and protesting against Israeli disengagement from Jewish communities in Gaza.

Reuters

Israeli forces kill Palestinian, thousands protest violent raids

Israeli forces have killed 65 Palestinians, 13 of them children, so far this year, the bloodiest such period since 2000.

Al Jazeera

Palestinian Authority Stops Contacts with Tel Aviv After Nablus Operation

The Palestinian Authority (PA) stopped all contact with Tel Aviv in response to the Israeli military operation in the West Bank city of Nablus, which killed 11 Palestinians. Palestinian sources told Asharq Al-Awsat that the Authority was dealt a treacherous blow two days after it withdrew the Security Council draft…

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The Independent UK

Israel's outpost approvals boost settlers, deepen conflict

Israel’s new ultranationalist government has declared that it will legalize 10 unauthorized outposts in the occupied West Bank

Asharq Al-Awsat

Top White House Aide in Mideast Amid Israel, West Bank Violence

US President Joe Biden's top adviser on the Middle East is in the region for meetings with Egypt, Jordan, Oman and the United Arab Emirates, the White House said on Thursday. The official, Brett McGurk, is traveling as part of a multiple-agency trip to the region as Washington has expressed…

The Independent UK

Israel approves over 7,000 settlement homes, groups say

Israeli settlement supporters and opponents say Israel’s far-right government has granted approval for the building of over 7,000 new homes in Jewish settlements in the West Bank

Reuters

Top White House aide in Middle East amid concern over Israel, West Bank violence

U.S. President Joe Biden's top adviser on the Middle East is in the region for meetings with Egypt, Jordan, Oman and the United Arab Emirates, the White House said on Thursday.

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Reason

New in WSJ: On Judicial Supremacy in America and in Israel

"The fundamental question in any system of government is: Who decides?"

Al Jazeera

Gaza ‘waiting for war every moment’ as Israel tension surges

Embattled residents in the Gaza Strip live in a perpetual state of fear of yet another war launched by Israel.

The Independent UK

Israel's rightward shift is straining its ties with US Jews

An array of U.S. Jewish leaders are sounding alarms about what they see as a threat to Israel’s democracy posed by its new government

The Guardian - UK

Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza after militants fire rockets in wake of West Bank raid

Region braced for escalation in violence as attacks from both sides follow deadliest Israeli army raid in decades in Nablus

The Independent UK

Netanyahu gets funding boost under shadow of economic woes

An Israeli parliamentary committee has approved new funding for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his family, a small but contentious boost in spending at a time when he is facing mass protests over his policies and as the economy is on shaky ground

Al Jazeera

‘Catastrophic’: Palestinians recount fatal Israeli raid on Nablus

Israeli forces have killed 11 Palestinians in Nablus in one of the deadliest raids since the 2000-05 uprising.

The Independent UK

Bronze Age grave reveals man had brain surgery 3,000 years ago

Remains were found during a tomb excavation in Israel

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