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Tens of thousands join Tel Aviv Pride parade, celebrating gains and wary of Israeli government
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Tens of thousands of people on Thursday marched in Tel Aviv’s Pride parade — an annual celebration that turns the city’s seaside promenade into a boisterous festival of rainbow flags, pounding music and colorful costumes. It was the first time that Tel...
Flashpoint in Israel: Divide between religious and secular Jews heats up under Netanyahu’s rule
HARISH, Israel (AP) — The sound of children and music echoed down a narrow basement hallway in Israel as they scrambled in a pool of balls, climbed on a jungle gym, munched popcorn and laughed. The atmosphere changed suddenly on that Saturday last month, as at least a dozen...
Israeli Cabinet minister chides US Vice President Harris for judicial overhaul criticism
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's foreign minister chided U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday for speaking out against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's planned overhaul of the country's judiciary. The exchange underscored tensions between the Biden administration and...
UN nuclear chief, facing Israeli criticism on Iran, says his agency 'very fair but firm'
VIENNA (AP) — The International Atomic Energy Agency will “never politicize” its work in Iran, the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said Monday, insisting after Israel’s prime minister accused it of capitulating to Iranian pressure that his agency has been “very fair but firm." ...
Israel's Netanyahu appoints new media adviser, journalist who had called Biden 'unfit,' report says
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has appointed a new media adviser who has tweeted critically against President Joe Biden, the daily Haaretz reported. The appointment comes at a time when U.S.-Israel relations are strained. Gilad...
Israelis rally against proposed judiciary overhaul continue for 22nd week
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Tens of thousands of Israelis gathered Saturday to protest judicial overhaul plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling coalition, the most hard-line in Israel’s history. The weekly protests, now in their 22nd week, continue despite...
Thousands march in Jerusalem Pride parade, first under Israel's most right-wing government ever
JERUSALEM (AP) — Thousands of people on Thursday marched in Jerusalem's Pride parade — an annual event that took place for the first time under Israel’s new far-right government, which is stacked with openly homophobic members. The march in the conservative city is always tense...
Israel's Mossad says former agent was among 4 people who died when boat sank in Italy
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's intelligence agency said Wednesday that a retired agent was among four people killed in northern Italy when a sudden storm sank a houseboat hired for a weekend pleasure cruise on a lake. The former agent was on the vessel with 22 other people on a lake...
Israeli army says Palestinian gunmen kills Israeli civilian in West Bank shooting
JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian gunmen shot and killed an Israeli man on Tuesday near the entrance to a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli army said. The Israeli military said the man was shot near the settlement of Hermesh, in the northern West Bank. Local...
Mass protests against Israeli government's plans to change legal system enter 21st week
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Tens of thousands of Israelis gathered on Saturday for the relentless weekly protests against their government’s plans to overhaul the legal system. The mass protests entered their 21st week. This week’s rallies come days after Prime Minister Benjamin...
