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Israelis opposed to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul plan block a highway during a protest moments after the Israeli leader fired his defense minister, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, March 26, 2023. Defense Minister Yoav Gallant had called on Netanyahu to freeze the plan, citing deep divisions in the country and turmoil in the military. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Israeli mass protests, strike ramp up pressure on Netanyahu

Israeli diplomats in Canada join strike against Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul

 

Israelis wave national flags during protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government to overhaul the judicial system, outside the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, in Jerusalem, Monday, Feb. 13, 2023. Thousands of Israelis protested outside the country’s parliament on Monday ahead of a preliminary vote on a bill that would give politicians greater power over appointing judges, part of a judicial overhaul proposed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Netanyahu launches contentious overhaul as thousands protest

On trial for corruption, Netanyahu says country’s unelected judges have too much power

 

This is a locator map for Iran with its capital, Tehran. (AP Photo)

Iran blames Israel for drone attack, threatens retaliation

It remains unclear what the targetted military workshop produced

 

Approximately 55 chicks were rescued from the hatchery (Barak Mayer/ Meat the Victims Israel)

Israeli police response to animal rights a stark contrast to that of B.C. police: Kelowna activist

Amy Soranno was convicted of break and enter after a hog farm protest with Meat the Victims

Approximately 55 chicks were rescued from the hatchery (Barak Mayer/ Meat the Victims Israel)
Mourners carry the bodies of Samer Houshiyeh, 21, left, and Fouad Abed, 25, during their funeral in the West Bank city of Jenin, Monday, Jan. 2, 2023. The two men were killed in the village of Kafr Dan near the northern city of Jenin. The Israeli military said it entered Kafr Dan late Sunday to demolish the houses of two Palestinian gunmen who killed an Israeli soldier during a firefight in September. The military said troops came under heavy fire and fired back at the shooters. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Israeli army kills 2 Palestinians in West Bank confrontation

Israeli rights group B’Tselem says 2022 was the deadliest year for Palestinians since 2004

Mourners carry the bodies of Samer Houshiyeh, 21, left, and Fouad Abed, 25, during their funeral in the West Bank city of Jenin, Monday, Jan. 2, 2023. The two men were killed in the village of Kafr Dan near the northern city of Jenin. The Israeli military said it entered Kafr Dan late Sunday to demolish the houses of two Palestinian gunmen who killed an Israeli soldier during a firefight in September. The military said troops came under heavy fire and fired back at the shooters. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a special session of the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, to approve and swear in a new right-wing government, in Jerusalem Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022. Netanyahu was set to return to office Thursday at the helm of the most religious and ultranationalist government in Israel’s history, vowing to implement policies that could cause domestic and regional turmoil and alienate the country’s closest allies.(Amir Cohen/Pool Photo via AP)

Israel swears in Netanyahu as PM of hard-line government

New leader promises most right-wing rule in Israel’s history

Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a special session of the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, to approve and swear in a new right-wing government, in Jerusalem Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022. Netanyahu was set to return to office Thursday at the helm of the most religious and ultranationalist government in Israel’s history, vowing to implement policies that could cause domestic and regional turmoil and alienate the country’s closest allies.(Amir Cohen/Pool Photo via AP)
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