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A review of the major events that have marked the history of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem.

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is working to hold his fractious coalition together after a split on the right and an Arab-Israeli party's threat to quit over violence in Jerusalem. Right-winger Bennett, a key figure in Israel's settlement movement, last year ended 12 continuous years of rule by Benjamin Netanyahu,…

Medical personnel help Ethiopian hospitals treat civil-war victims, believing "aid has no color.”

The faultlines within the ruling coalition in Israel are becoming increasingly evident

Idit Silman’s deflection leaves prime minister Naftali Bennett with same number of seats as opposition

Idit Silman’s decision has left Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s coalition with 60 seats, the same as the opposition.

Controversial former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomes Idit Silman’s decision

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett lost his narrow parliamentary majority.

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett lost his razor-thin parliamentary majority on Wednesday after a lawmaker from his nationalist party quit, leaving his government with a more precarious grip on power but in no immediate danger of collapse.

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett lost his razor-thin parliamentary majority on Wednesday after a lawmaker from his nationalist party quit, leaving his government with a more precarious grip on power but in no immediate danger of collapse.

An Israeli lawmaker quit the government's wafer-thin ruling coalition over a religious dispute on Wednesday, throwing the fragile alliance into disarray without a majority in parliament. Backbencher Idit Silman's departure raises the possibility of new parliamentary elections less than a year after the government took office.