Israeli parties jostle for position amid inconclusive election results

Both pro- and anti-Netanyahu camps fail to gain majority needed in Knesset

‘It’s being treated like a war’: Israel’s rapid Covid-19 vaccination drive

Country’s move to rapidly inoculate population helped to change public mood

Ultra-Orthodox schools reopen in Israel in unprecedented act of civil disobedience

Religious seminaries resume classes in defiance of government’s Covid-19 directives

Coronavirus: Israel to impose overnight curfews after Netanyahu spurns lockdowns

Israeli PM backs down on lockdown plans amid anger from ultra-Orthodox allies

Israel faces unprecedented showdown in row over parliamentary speaker

Knesset speaker set to defy supreme court ruling demanding a vote on his successor

Catholic leaders urge Israel to allow Gaza Christians to visit Bethlehem

Call follows move to not let Palestinians in Gaza travel to West Bank for Christmas

Israel’s parties agree March date for third election in a year

Voters set for polls again unless coalition can be agreed by midnight Wednesday deadline

Netanyahu fights for political survival as corruption hearing begins

Israeli prime minister is facing charges of fraud, breach of trust, and bribery

Palestinian leaders suspend all agreements with Israel

Moves comes in protest over demolition of Palestinian homes earlier this week

How Israel used desalination to address its water shortage

Up to 80% of water flows from desalination plants at one-third of the cost during 1990s

Israel hit by unprecedented protests over Ethiopian-Israeli teenager’s murder

Killing of Solomon Tekah (18) by off-duty police officer sparks rallies across country

Israel launches controversial ‘Trump Heights’ settlement

Netanyahu praises US president as he unveils Golan Heights community named in his honour

Israel to hold new election after coalition talks fail

Netanyahu dissolves parliament to deny opposition chance to form government

Irish entry McTernan hopes to make finals of Eurovision

Madonna to perform on Saturday night, having rejected calls not to attend

Benny Gantz: The man who could dethrone Netanyahu

Israel’s former top general may be on the cusp of leading a historic political upset

Israeli parties form election alliance in bid to oust Netanyahu

Blue and White grouping mounts a serious challenge to Israel’s PM in April 9th poll

Israel and Palestinians reject leaked outline of Trump peace plan

‘Deal of the century’ in TV report includes Palestinian state in majority of West Bank

Defiance in Bedouin hamlet as Israel prepares to demolish it

Bedouin people are a small, impoverished minority among Palestinians

Israel to close Paraguay embassy in diplomatic row

News follows Asunción’s decision to move its Israeli outpost from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv

Binyamin Netanyahu’s wife Sara charged with fraud

Justice ministry alleges misuse of €83,000 in official funds for catering services

Moving US embassy nothing to do with Gaza violence - Nikki Haley

Majority of United Nations members criticise Israel’s response to protests in Gaza

Tensions rise in Jerusalem ahead of US embassy relocation

Two ‘days of rage’ declared by Palestinians on when they plan to breach the border

Podcast: Viktor Orbán asks voters to ‘save Hungary’

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Cyber threat is escalating in size and frequency

Last year saw a number of high-profile and highly effective ransomware attacks

Podcast: Fintan O’Toole on Trump’s effective chaos

This week’s edition of ‘World View’ also looks at a ‘one-state solution’ for the Middle East

EU cancels meeting with Israel after settlements vote

New law adopted by Knesset legalises 4,000 settler homes on private Palestinian land

Ryanair eyes Middle East market with 15 new routes in Israel

Airline adds flights from Tel Aviv and Eilat, making it Israel’s most active foreign carrier

Israel set to pass Bill legalising West Bank settler homes

Opposition leader describes law covering 3,921 buildings as ‘national suicide’

Shimon Peres ‘carried a whole nation on the wings of imagination’

Israel’s last surviving founding father eulogised as a ‘political giant’ ahead of funeral

Israeli soldiers mistakenly kill Palestinian youth in West Bank

Army confirms Palestinian casualties were not involved in attacks on highway

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This week’s World View podcast also discusses Austria’s recent election and developments in Israel

Excessive spending of state funds by Netanyahu revealed

Audit points to possible criminal misconduct by Israeli prime minister and his wife

Israel: Fear of escalation after Hizbullah attack

Two Israeli soldiers and one Spaniard killed in strike on Lebanese border

Israel seeks to block Gaza war crimes investigation

Campaign to urge members of International Criminal Court to cut its funds

Israeli minister wants West Bank settlement for French Jews

Uri Ariel’s housing plan for French immigrants draws criticism from opponents

Israel scathing of alleged pro-Palestinian stance by Europe

War crimes dispute intensifies as foreign minister criticial of Ireland and Sweden

Israel prevents Gerry Adams from visiting Gaza Strip

Israeli official says Sinn Féin leader only wants to ‘hang out with Hamas’

Netanyahu dismisses ministers as Israel goes to election

Tzipi Livni and Yair Lapid accused by prime minister of plotting against him

Muslim site closure in Jerusalem like ‘declaration of war’

Israel shuts Temple Mount sacred site following shooting of Jewish activist

Israeli minister criticises appropriation of West Bank land

Justice minister Tzipi Livni says decision damages Israel’s security

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