In a surprise move, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has nominated former Israeli naval commander Eli Sharvit to become Shin Bet chief despite his lack of intelligence experience.
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Meet Eli Sharvit, Trump critic and Netanyahu's outsider nominee to lead Shin Bet
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My sister was the joy of every Eid. Now she is gone | Israel-Palestine conflict
Eid al-Fitr is supposed to be a time filled with joy and celebration. Children should be running around in new clothes, laughing, collecting Eidiya (Eid money the grown-ups distribute) and visiting relatives.
Homes should be filled with the aroma of maamoul and kaak, the traditional Eid cookies, and streets should be alive with gatherings and celebration.
But in Gaza, this is a time of grief. The air is thick with dust from the rubble of destroyed buildings, and the sound of bombardments…
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Top aide to Israel’s Netanyahu arrested in ‘Qatargate’ probe
Israeli police announced on Monday the arrest of two individuals, one of whom was confirmed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling Likud party as a senior aide to the long-serving leader.
Israeli media identified the two men as Yonatan Urich and Eli Feldstein, both reportedly aides to the prime minister and allegedly linked to what has been dubbed locally as the “Qatargate Affair.”
The arrests ratchet up political tensions in the country, where the government is trying to fire both the…
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Israel’s Netanyahu slams Qatargate probe as ‘political witch hunt’
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu testified Monday in a probe involving alleged payments from Qatar to some of his aides, an investigation he denounced as politically motivated.
Israeli police arrested the prime minister’s two long-serving aides, Yonatan Urich and Eli Feldstein earlier on Monday, for their alleged involvement in the case local media have dubbed “Qatargate”.
The arrests ratchet up political tensions in the country, where the government is trying to fire both the…
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‘Clearing the Camps’ – WSJ Exposes Israel’s Ethnic Cleansing of Jenin Refugee Camp
Israeli occupation forces forcibly evicted Palestinians from Jenin. (Photo: via social media, Eye on Palestine) By Palestine Chronicle Staff
According to the Wall Street Journal, Israel has “never tried anything like what it is doing now: clearing the camps entirely.”
The Israeli army’s aggressive incursion into the occupied West Bank’s refugee camp of Jenin has resulted in the camp being emptied of Palestinians and much of its roads reduced to rubble as the occupation…
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Morocco's economic growth slows as drought, locusts deplete farmland
The North African country is grappling with a sixth year of drought, the longest in Morocco’s modern history.
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In photos: Muslims celebrate Eid el-Fitr across the Middle East
Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain, Yemen, Palestine, Sudan, Turkey and Lebanon celebrated the first day of Eid al-Fitr on Sunday.
Cairo came to a near halt on Monday as Egyptians gathered to perform prayers. Following the prayers, thousands in Cairo and other Egyptian governorates held demonstrations against the displacement of Palestinians in Gaza.
Muslims perform the morning prayer in front of the Al-Aqsa Mosque at the start of the Eid al-Fitr, in… Continue Reading
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ICRC, PRCS Condemn Israel’s Killing of Eight Medics, Five Rescuers in Gaza
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) announced on Sunday that it had recovered the bodies of 14 workers in Rafah. (Photo: supplied) By Palestine Chronicle Staff
The medics who were killed were identified as Mustafa Khafaja, Ezzedine Sha’at, Saleh Moammar, Rifaat Radwan, Mohammad Behloul, Ashraf Abu Labda, Mohammad Al-Hila, and Raed Al-Sharif.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) expressed its condemnation on Sunday after eight paramedics from the Palestine…
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Israeli occupation forces opened fire on a vehicle during their aggression on Tulkarm.
Israeli occupation forces deployed heavy infantry units on the streets …
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EU: Ceasefire must be restored and aid to Gaza resumed
A European Union spokesperson said on Monday that “a return …
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