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[Link] Israel says Putin apologised for foreign minister's Hitler remarks
Read: 6/5/2022 www.theguardian.com
The Israeli prime minister, Naftali Bennett, said on Thursday that the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, had apologised for his foreign minister’s claims that Adolf Hitler had Jewish origins.
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[Link] The Palestinian Authority’s crackdown on protest shows it will never serve its own people
Read: 1/9/2021 www.theguardian.com
On 24 June, Nizar Banat, a longtime activist and outspoken critic of the Palestinian Authority (PA), was reportedly arrested and beaten outside his cousin’s home in Hebron by the authority’s security forces – he died in custody shortly after.
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[Link] Israel says US plan to reopen Jerusalem consulate is ‘bad idea’
Read: 1/9/2021 www.theguardian.com
Israel has said a US plan to reopen its consulate in Jerusalem that was traditionally a base for diplomatic outreach to Palestinians is a “bad idea” and could destabilise the prime minister’s new government.
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[Link] Palestinians facing eviction from East Jerusalem offered deal
Read: 3/8/2021 www.theguardian.com
Palestinian residents of the occupied East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah facing forcible eviction from their homes have been offered a compromise deal with Jewish settlers by Israel’s supreme court, in an unexpected development in the high-profile case.
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[Link] Israeli opposition leader tells president he can form government
Read: 3/6/2021 www.theguardian.com
The Israeli opposition leader has told the country’s president that he can form a government, a critical step that places Benjamin Netanyahu in his most precarious political position for more than a decade.
[Link] Israel: who are the politicians trying to oust Netanyahu?
Read: 3/6/2021 www.theguardian.com
An unlikely mix of Israeli politicians from far-right nationalists to Arab lawmakers are in discussions to form a coalition government that could end Benjamin Netanyahu’s 12-year hold on power.