Dov Lieber
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The Woman Squaring Up to Netanyahu’s Judicial Overhaul
Israel’s attorney general, Gali Baharav-Miara, has been called the most dangerous woman in the country by her detractors—and a real-life Wonder Woman by her supporters. → Read More
Gunfire From Israeli Military Positions Likely Killed Al Jazeera Reporter, U.S. Finds
Gunfire from Israeli military positions was likely responsible for the death in May of Shireen Abu Akleh, the U.S. State Department said, though American officials said they found no evidence the killing was deliberate. → Read More
Israel Shoots Down Hezbollah Drones Headed for Mediterranean Gas Rig
Israel’s military said the drones were headed for one of its gas rigs in a disputed drilling area of the Mediterranean sea, but Hezbollah says the drones were unarmed and launched for a reconnaissance mission. → Read More
Israel Sets New Election, Spotlighting Role of Arab Minority in Government
As the country heads to its fifth election in less than four years, the role of Arab parties has emerged as a lightning rod, possibly driving a further rightward shift in the electorate and giving a boost to the fortunes of former premier Benjamin Netanyahu. → Read More
Benjamin Netanyahu Gets Another Shot to Lead Israel, Possibly His Last
The former prime minister is seen as a strengthened candidate in likely elections given the government’s imminent collapse. → Read More
Israel Headed for New Elections as Coalition Moves to Dissolve Parliament
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid is expected to be the transitional prime minister as Israelis head back to the polls. → Read More
Israel Signs Free-Trade Agreement With UAE in First of Its Kind Deal with Arab State
Officials from both countries said the deal would boost business ties less than two years after they established formal diplomatic relations in a U.S.-brokered deal. → Read More
Israel Deliberately Killed Al Jazeera Journalist, Palestinian Probe Concludes
Shireen Abu Akleh was killed as she covered an Israeli raid in the West Bank this month, and Israel’s defense minister immediately denied the conclusion announced Thursday by the Palestinian Authority. → Read More
Iranian Officer Killed in Tehran Was Involved in Plot to Kill Israeli Diplomat, U.S. General, People Familiar With Matter Say
An Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps officer shot and killed outside his Tehran home Sunday led the group’s efforts to assassinate opponents of Iran around the world, people familiar with the matter said. → Read More
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett Avoids Government Collapse
Arab lawmaker with left-wing party agrees to return to ruling coalition, allowing Israel to at least temporarily avoid fifth election in about three years. → Read More
Israeli Government Teeters on Brink, After Another Lawmaker Quits
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s government is facing a new threat to its existence after a second lawmaker quit the ruling coalition, leaving it with a minority in parliament less than a year since coming to power. → Read More
Palestinians Reject Israeli Request to Examine Bullet That Killed Al Jazeera Journalist
The killing of 51-year-old Palestinian-American Shireen Abu Akleh has prompted calls from the U.S., the European Union and the United Nations for an immediate investigation. → Read More
Al Jazeera Reporter Killed During Israeli Military Raid in West Bank City
Palestinian officials blamed Israeli forces for Shireen Abu Akleh’s killing while an Israeli military spokesman said she was likely killed by sporadic gunfire from Palestinian militants. → Read More
Hamas Media Campaign Urges Attacks on Jews by Palestinians in Israel and West Bank
The Palestinian militant group has stepped up a campaign urging Palestinians in the West Bank and Israel to attack Jews in the wake of clashes between Israeli security forces and Muslims around the Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City. → Read More
Israel Strikes Lebanon in Response to Rocket Attack
Israel fired artillery shells into southern Lebanon after militants there launched a rocket into northern Israel, the Israeli military said, opening a new front in current Israeli-Palestinian tensions. → Read More
Israel Closes Gaza Border in Effort to Pressure Hamas to Halt Rocket Attacks
Israel closed its civilian border crossing with the Gaza Strip, preventing thousands of Gazans from getting to work, in Israel in an effort to pressure Gaza’s ruler Hamas to halt rocket attacks against southern Israel. → Read More
Israeli-Palestinian Clashes Intensify as More Jews Visit Jerusalem’s Contested Holy Site
Violent clashes around the Al Aqsa mosque are becoming a more frequent occurrence as Muslims, and some Israelis, see a change in the set of unwritten rules around access to Jerusalem’s holy ground. → Read More
Gaza Militants Fire Rocket at Israel Amid Jerusalem Tensions
Attack comes hours after Israeli police blocked Jewish marchers from Jerusalem flashpoints. → Read More
Israel Airstrikes Hit Gaza After Rocket Fire
Israel’s military said it targeted a Hamas weapons-manufacturing site in response to a rocket fired from the Palestinian territory, raising fears of a wider conflict amid heightened tensions after days of clashes at a sensitive holy site in Jerusalem. → Read More
Israel’s Government Faces Collapse as Arab Party Threatens to Quit Over Jerusalem Clashes
The Islamist Ra’am party has suspended its membership in a fragile majority coalition over the government’s handling of recent clashes at the Al Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem. → Read More