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Israeli Knesset Summons Foreign Press Over ‘Biased’ Coverage

Angry journalists, who initially boycotted the session, describe subcommittee’s claims to be part of a ‘witch hunt,’ and slam Israel’s ‘authoritarian’ efforts to clamp down on the media.

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Israeli journalists are seen during a press conference near a military defense missile system near Tel Aviv, Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012.

A subcommittee of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee called in members of the Foreign Press Association on Tuesday to discuss their reporting of terrorism and the occupation in Israel. Along with the invitation to the session, FPA members received a questionnaire relating to the "biased coverage" of some of the media

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Likud Cancels Election: Netanyahu To Remain Party Leader Through 2023

Israeli analysts believe this will lead Netanyahu to appoint another Likud Minister into the government, something he has previously talked up.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to his Likud party members during a campaign event near Tel Aviv, Feb. 9, 2015.

Israel’s ruling Likud Party has called off a planned primary election for party leadership, naming Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the winner by default and ensuring he remains in the leadership post through 2023. The decision came from Likud’s internal court, which noted that there was no other candidate besides Netanyahu, and that not

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Israel Shipped $400k In Gold To North Korea Despite UN Ban

David Khoury, the export director of the Israel Tax Authority, stated: “To my regret there was export of gold, and regretfully [the UN] discovered this and we were required to give explanations.”

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An image from one of the Bank of England gold vaults. (Photo courtesy of the Bank of England)

Israel shipped in recent years $400,000 in gold to North Korea in defiance of a UN ban, it emerged in a hearing of the Knesset Economics Committee on Wednesday. Israel was required to give explanations for the exports. The committee approved Wednesday the import and export order regarding the regulation of export goods to North Korea and

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Court Orders Netanyahu To Divulge Information About Relationship US Republican Mega-Donor Sheldon Adelson

Many believe that US Republican Mega-Donor Sheldon Adelson’s newspaper Israel Hayom, is being used as quasi-official mouth-piece of Netanyahu.

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Sheldon Adelson listens as New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks during the Republican Jewish Coalition, Saturday, March 29, 2014, in Las Vegas. Several possible GOP presidential candidates gathered in Las Vegas as Adelson, a billionaire casino magnate, looks for a new favorite to help on the 2016 race for the White House. (AP/Julie Jacobson)

A Jerusalem judge on Wednesday ordered Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to disclose the timing of all his conversations with American casino magnate Sheldon Adelson and with Amos Regev, editor of the Adelson-owned daily newspaper Israel Hayom. The ruling by Jerusalem District Court judge David Mintz came in response to a Freedom of Information

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Despite US Brokered Agreement, Israeli Police Remove Cameras Installed At Temple Mount

The move comes days after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry that cameras would be installed to help defuse tension at the site.

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, center left speaks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas center right, and close aide to Abbas, Saeb Erekat, center, after their meeting at Abbas' residence in Amman, Jordan, Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015. Kerry said Saturday that Israel and Jordan have agreed on steps aimed at reducing tensions at a holy site in Jerusalem that have fanned Israeli-Palestinian violence. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)

Muslim religious officials say that surveillance cameras they installed Monday morning at Jerusalem's Temple Mount were dismantled by the Israel Police. The cameras were removed two days after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced at a press conference in Amman that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had agreed to install 24-hour

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Israel’s Nuclear Advisory Panel Endorses Iran Deal

Countering Netanyahu, government and most of opposition, nation’s Atomic Energy Commission maintains pact will prevent Tehran from developing nuclear bomb, source says.

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Israel's Sorek nuclear reactor center near the central Israeli town of Yavne.

In defense establishment discussions of the Iranian nuclear agreement, ’s Atomic Energy Commission, which advises the government on nuclear issues, has endorsed the pact, a source familiar with the commission’s stance told Haaretz Thursday. The panel’s position runs directly counter to that of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, cabinet

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Israeli Jewish Boy Attempts To Join ISIS

Family had feared that the 21-year-old would try to join ISIS and enlisted help of Foreign Ministry and Interpol; Foreign Min. source: Matter not being treated as security incident, rather personal issue.

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ISIS Israel Ethopian Christians

The Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem said Tuesday that it had facilitated the return of a young Jewish Israeli citizen who had planned to cross the border from Turkey into Syria. A source in the Foreign Ministry said that affair was not being treated as a security incident, but rather as a personal issue involving the young man. This story is still

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