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Criminal International Politics 

International Criminal Court Opens Probe of Israel-Palestine War Crimes

March 3, 2021March 3, 2021 MOLLY QUELL
Gaza, International Criminal Court, Israel, military, Palestine, war crimes, West Bank

The announcement follows a five-year preliminary look at possible war crimes committed by both sides during the 2014 Gaza War.

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Appeals Government International Religion 

Israel Court’s Conversion Ruling Rattles Orthodox Groups

March 2, 2021March 2, 2021 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
citizenship, conversion, Israel, judaism

Israeli religious leaders, including key election allies of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, criticized Tuesday a supreme court decision ending an Orthodox monopoly on Jewish conversions.

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Government Health International Politics Technology 

Israeli Court Limits Use of Spy Agency to Track Virus Cases

March 1, 2021March 1, 2021 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
coronavirus, Israel, Surveillance

Israel’s top court ruled Monday the government must curb its use of the domestic spy agency to track coronavirus infections, saying “draconian” surveillance constituted a blow to democracy.

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Civil Rights Government Health 

Israel Adopts Law Allowing Names of Unvaccinated to Be Shared

February 24, 2021February 24, 2021 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
coronavirus, Israel, Medicine, privacy, public records, vaccines

Israel’s parliament passed a law Wednesday allowing the government to share the identities of people not vaccinated against the coronavirus with other authorities, raising privacy concerns for those opting out of inoculation.

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Environment International Science 

In Israel, Mayo Provides Miracle for Endangered Turtles

February 23, 2021February 23, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Disaster, endangered species, food, Israel, oil, rescue, toxic spills

Only a handful of sea turtles survived after a disastrous oil spill blackened most of Israel’s shoreline and reached beaches of neighboring Lebanon.

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Appeals Civil Rights Government 

Eighth Circuit Revives Suit Challenging Arkansas’ Pro-Israel Law

February 12, 2021February 16, 2021 JOE HARRIS
Arkansas, Eighth Circuit, Israel

In a split decision, the appeals court found the law requiring state contractors to sign a pledge vowing to not boycott Israel violated free speech rights.

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Criminal International Politics Trials 

Israeli PM Pleads Not Guilty as Corruption Trial Resumes

February 8, 2021February 8, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Benjamin Netanyahu, bribery, corruption, Fraud, Israel

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pleaded not guilty Monday as his trial on corruption charges resumed in a Jerusalem courtroom just weeks before national elections in which he hopes to extend his 12-year rule.

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Courts Criminal International 

ICC Clears Way for War Crimes Probe of Israeli Actions

February 5, 2021February 5, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
International Criminal Court, investigation, Israel, war crimes

The International Criminal Court said Friday that its jurisdiction extends to territories occupied by Israel in the 1967 Mideast war, clearing the way for its chief prosecutor to open a war crimes probe into Israeli military actions.

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International Science 

Rare Purple Dye Discovered in Ancient Fabric

January 28, 2021January 28, 2021 SABRINA CANFIELD
apparel, history, Israel, Research

Evidence of fabric dating back to 3,000 years ago that was dyed with a shade of royal purple found in small quantities in the body of mollusks has been discovered in Timna Valley, an ancient copper production district in southern Israel.

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International Religion Science 

By Sea of Galilee, Archaeologists Find Ruins of Early Mosque

January 28, 2021January 28, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
artifacts, history, Islam, Israel, mosque

Archaeologists in Israel say they have discovered the remnants of an early mosque — believed to date to the earliest decades of Islam — during an excavation in the northern city of Tiberias.

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Criminal International Religion 

Israel Extradites Woman Wanted for Sex Crimes to Australia

January 25, 2021January 25, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Australia, Child Abuse, extradition, Israel, sex abuse, teachers

Israeli authorities on Monday extradited a former teacher accused of sexually abusing her former students in Australia, capping a six-year legal battle that had strained relations between the two governments and antagonized Australia’s Jewish community.

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Entertainment International Media Politics 

Israeli Court Bans Screening of ‘Jenin, Jenin’ Documentary

January 12, 2021January 12, 2021 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Documentaries, film, Israel, West Bank

An Israeli court has banned screenings of a controversial documentary film about 2002 clashes in the occupied West Bank by prominent director Mohammed Bakri, in a ruling seen by AFP Tuesday.

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International Politics 

Sudan Says It Signs Deal on Normalizing Ties With Israel

January 6, 2021January 6, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Diplomacy, Israel, Sudan, Trump administration

Sudan on Wednesday said it had signed an agreement with the United States that paves the way for the cash-strapped African nation to normalize relations with Israel.

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Financial Government Law 

Israel Boycott

December 24, 2020December 24, 2020 BRIEF
fiduciary duty, Free Speech, Israel, pension, Texas

A Texas man is asking a federal judge to strike down a state law blocking agencies from working with companies boycotting Israel, claiming it forced a major state employee pension fund to divest $68 million in stock from a Norwegian firm to the detriment of pension holders.

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Science 

Scientists Uncover Evidence of Ancient Tsunami in Israel

December 23, 2020December 24, 2020 VICTORIA PRIESKOP
geology, history, Israel, Storms

Nine thousand years ago, a Mediterranean tsunami as much as 150 feet high swept across the spot where the ancient settlement of Tel Dor in northwest Israel would later be built.

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International Politics 

UAE Top Diplomat Acknowledges Visa Restrictions on Pakistan

December 21, 2020December 21, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Israel, Middle East, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates, Visas

The United Arab Emirates’ top diplomat has publicly acknowledged a so-far unexplained ban on visitors from Pakistan, which travel agents say also targets tourists and laborers from a dozen Muslim-majority countries amid the pandemic and the UAE’s normalization of ties with Israel.

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Criminal Government International Politics 

US Jettisons Sudan From Sponsor-of-Terror Blacklist

December 14, 2020December 14, 2020 ALEXANDRA JONES
Diplomacy, Israel, Sudan, Terrorism, Trump administration

The Trump administration took Sudan off a federal terrorism blacklist Monday, less than two months after the country agreed to normalize its relations with Israel.

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International Politics 

Trump Announces Israel-Morocco to Normalize Relations

December 10, 2020December 10, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Diplomacy, Israel, Morocco

Israel and Morocco have agreed to normalize relations, President Donald Trump said Thursday, marking the fourth Arab-Israeli agreement in four months.

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Government International Politics 

Israeli Lawmakers Take a Step Toward New National Elections

December 2, 2020December 2, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Elections, Israel

Israel took a major step toward plunging into its fourth national election in under two years on Wednesday as lawmakers — supported by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s main coalition partner — passed a preliminary proposal to dissolve parliament.

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Criminal International Politics 

Academic Detained in Iran for 2 Years Returns to Australia

November 27, 2020November 27, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Australia, espionage, Iran, Israel, Spying

British-Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert arrived back in Australia on Friday and will soon reunite with her family after more than two years in an Iranian prison.

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