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Israeli officials and Jewish South African activists inaugurated a memorial park in Tel Mond, a city north of Tel Aviv, in November 2022. Gan Siyabonga (We Thank You Garden) commemorates several dozen Jewish South African anti-apartheid activists who had personal connections to Israel.

Jerusalem (AFP) - Tens of thousands of Israelis protested Monday against the government's judicial reform bill which they say threatens democracy, as lawmakers prepared to vote on key parts of the controversial overhaul.

Intelligence sources in Tel Aviv unveiled the identity of an Iranian Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) commander, accusing him of planning to assassinate the head of the Israel-Georgia Chamber of Business, Itsik Moshe, last year. Israeli sources said these statements aim to revive the Iranian issue, including threatening the generals running the…

Mass protests against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government focusing on deeply controversial reforms of the judicial system have united diverse groups fearing it would give the legislative branch nearly unchecked authority. Netanyahu and his allies in government, the most right-wing in Israel's history, say the reforms are necessary to…

Tel Aviv (AFP) - Behind a dark and opaque storefront in Tel Aviv, an Israeli company is speeding up online shopping by replacing staff with robots that manoeuvre around small storerooms.

Proposals by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing government to radically diminish the power and independence of Israel’s judiciary sparked demonstrations across the country starting in January 2023. An estimated 200,000 Israelis took part in protests on Feb. 11 and another 100,000 in front of the Parliament on Feb. 13, the…

Final episode Leila Khaled is approaching 80. She has spent her life chasing a dream that has not been achieved. She has not abandoned it and feels no regret or remorse. She joined the Arab Nationalist Movement while she was still in high school and later joined the Popular Front…

Tel Aviv (AFP) - Tens of thousands of Israelis rallied in central Tel Aviv Saturday for a sixth straight week against controversial legal reforms being pushed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing government.

Tens of thousands of Israelis took to the streets on Saturday for a fifth week of protests against judicial overhaul plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new government which critics say threaten democratic checks on ministers by the courts.