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Germany signs €3.5 billion deal to buy weapons from Israel

Israel's Defence Ministry confirmed the deal with Germany on Thursday, after receiving US approval.

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Israelis return to Germany amid country's rise of the far right

After President Netanyahu's re-election, many Israelis have decided to try to obtain Germany citizenship, but not all have received a warm welcome back to the country.

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WATCH: Israelis protest for 32nd week against judicial overhaul plan

Thousands of Israelis took to the streets of Tel Aviv on Saturday in the latest protest against the hard-right government's controversial judicial reform plans that opponents see as threat to democracy.

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Euroviews. As Israel struggles for its democratic soul, this could be a solution

An additional legislative layer with an oversight role made up of ordinary individuals from all walks of life with no political ambition could well be the panacea to Israel’s constitutional conundrum, Joshua Hantman writes.

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Fresh protests in Israel against planned overhaul of judicial system

People in Israel took to the streets again on Tuesday in protest against government plans to overhaul the judicial system, a move which would reduce the powers of the Supreme Court.

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WATCH: Israel gripped by protests over judicial reform plans

Dozens were arrested, said police, who used water cannon and deployed mounted officers to disperse demonstrators in Tel Aviv.

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Tens of thousands protest in Israel after judicial reform clause vote

Israeli protesters blocked highways and converged on the Tel Aviv airport Tuesday, stepping up resistance to the hard-right government's judicial overhaul package opponents say threatens democracy

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Israelis block highways protesting government's new judiciary plan

Thousands of Israeli protesters took to the streets on Tuesday and blocked highways leading to Jerusalem, Haifa and Tel Aviv as part of countrywide demonstrations against the government's planned judicial overhaul that has divided the nation.

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Seven people have been injured in suspected car-ramming in Tel Aviv

At least seven people have been injured in a suspected car-ramming attack in Tel Aviv. It comes as Israel launches its most intense military operation in the occupied West Bank in years.

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Israeli strikes in the occupied West Bank kill at least eight

Strikes by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank have killed at least eight and wounded dozens of others in the largest operation by Israel for over a year

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Israel's forces attack Syria as Syrian air defence missile explodes

Israel carried out airstrikes on areas near the central Syrian city of Homs early Sunday causing material damage but no casualties, the Syrian military said in a statement.

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Israel approves plan to build over 5,000 new homes in West Bank

Israel’s far-right government gave the go-ahead for the construction of thousands of new homes in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.

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Hundreds of Israeli settlers torch Palestinian homes and cars

A 27-year-old Palestinian was killed and twelve more were wounded after hundreds of Israeli settlers torched dozens of Palestinian homes and cars in the occupied West Bank.

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Continued tension between Israelis and Palestinians in the West Bank

A surge in violence in recent months has killed at least 130 Palestinians and 24 people on the Israeli side so far this year, according to The Associated Press,

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Four people dead after attacker opens fire at West Bank gas station

A Palestinian attacker opened fire at a gas station near an Israeli settlement in the West Bank on Tuesday, killing at least four people and wounding several others, Israeli medics said, as violence continued to roil the occupied territory.

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Deaths of five people in northern Israel linked to feuding gangs

The deaths of five Israeli-Arabs at a car wash in an Arab town in northern Israel is thought to be linked to feuding gangs

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Watch: Thousands of Israelis celebrate Pride in Jerusalem

It is the first time that Pride has been held under the hard-right government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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Iran unveils its latest missile that it says can reach Israel

Iran has unveiled its latest ballistic missile as tensions with the West continue over its nuclear programme.

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Europe's future football stars vie for U20 World Cup glory

Players from five European nations will look to make their mark in this year's U20 World Cup which kicks off this weekend in Argentina.

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Ceasefire between Israel and militants in Gaza appears to hold

While the ceasefire brought a sense of calm was restored to the Gaza Strip after five days of rockets fired, an air of unease and anger lingered amongst Palestinians.