Netanyahu acted illegally by getting involved in judicial overhaul, says Israel's attorney general

Jerusalem CNN  —  Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acted illegally by announcing Thursday that he would involve himself directly in his government’s moves to change the country’s judicial system, Attorney General Gali... Read more »

Israel passes law shielding Netanyahu from being removed amid protests over judicial changes

CNN  —  Israeli opposition politicians on Thursday condemned a new law that would limit the ways a sitting prime minister can be declared unfit for office, and is largely seen by critics... Read more »

The war in Yemen could get even more fierce as Saudi Arabia and Iran reconcile

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Israeli minister denies the existence of a Palestinian identity, inviting US rebuke

Jerusalem CNN  —  Israel’s far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich denied the existence of a Palestinian people or nationhood over the weekend, prompting a rebuke from the United States just weeks after calling... Read more »

Two decades on, trauma from America's war continues to haunt Iraqis

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Netanyahu government makes first climbdown on plan to weaken Israel's judiciary

Jerusalem CNN  —  The government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a change Monday to a key part of its controversial plans to overhaul the country’s judicial system, marking its first... Read more »

A quake of unthinkable proportions is due in Istanbul. Residents ask if the city is prepared

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At least 4 Palestinians killed in IDF operation in Jenin

CNN  —  At least four Palestinians were killed on Thursday and 23 others injured after an Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) operation in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian... Read more »

China has shattered the assumption of US dominance in the Middle East

CNN  —  With a grandiose diplomatic flourish China brokered a rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Iran, in the process upending US calculus in the Gulf and beyond. While the United States has... Read more »

Half a million Israelis join latest protest against Netanyahu's judicial overhaul – organizers

Half a million Israelis took to the streets in the tenth consecutive week of protests against plans by the government of Benjamin Netanyahu to overhaul the country’s judicial system, organizers claimed.Source Link:... Read more »