Ben Sales
By Ben Sales
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Fast Forward Terror suspects arrested in India had photos of Mumbai Chabad center, police say
The Chabad center in Mumbai was the site of a 2008 terror attack that killed six Israeli and American victims, including Rabbi Gavriel and Rivka Holtzberg, the emissary couple who headed the Chabad
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Fast Forward Israel’s Supreme Court will hear challenge to law limiting its power, potentially teeing up constitutional crisis
The court said it would not freeze the law while it waits to hear arguments against it
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Fast Forward In Jerusalem, defiance and despair among protesters on fateful day for Israeli judicial reform
Bargur is one of thousands of Israelis who have crowded a park in this city in recent days, part of a last-ditch effort by protesters to stop Israel’s right-wing government from passing a law weakening Israel’s judiciary
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News ‘A time of emergency’: What you need to know about the fight over Israel’s court system
Both sides of the debate have made clear that what is at stake is no longer just a piece of legislation but rather Israel’s military, governmental system and, perhaps, the future of the country itself
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Fast Forward In fiery address, Netanyahu doubles down on judicial overhaul while calling for unity
'All this talk of destroying democracy is just absurd,' he said
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Fast Forward Joe Biden invites Benjamin Netanyahu to meet in US, after months of tension
No date has been set for the visit, which Netanyahu has been hoping for since the start of his latest stint as prime minister
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Fast Forward Netanyahu ousts Likud party activist for telling protesters he wishes ‘another 6 million would burn’
His comments, which were condemned by a wide range of senior Likud politicians, were a crude allusion to a perceived ethnic split in Israel between supporters and opponents of the judicial overhaul
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Fast Forward Ilhan Omar: ‘No way in hell I am attending’ Israeli president’s speech to Congress
Herzog’s visit to Washington comes amid a chill in relations between President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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