Israel re-instates mask wearing indoors 10 days after ditching them
Israel told its citizens on Friday they must again wear masks indoors, 10 days after being allowed to ditch them, amid a sustained surge in...
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Anastasiades speaks to new Israeli PM
President Nicos Anastasiades on Thursday spoke on the phone with new Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, congratulating him on his assumption of duties and his...
Gaza violence erupts for first time since end of last month’s fighting
Israeli aircraft struck Hamas sites in Gaza on Wednesday after incendiary balloons were launched from the Palestinian enclave in the first such attacks since the...
Israelis told they can throw away their face masks
Israel told its citizens they could stop wearing masks indoors on Tuesday, ending one of its last main restrictions as new COVID-19 infections continued to...
Israeli far-right group to march in East Jerusalem, Palestinians plan ‘Day of Rage’
Far-right Israeli groups will march in East Jerusalem on Tuesday in a flag-waving procession that risks igniting tensions with Palestinians in the contested city and...
Netanyahu out, Bennett in as Israel marks end of an era
Benjamin Netanyahu’s record 12-year run as Israel’s prime minister ended on Sunday with parliament approving a new “government of change” led by nationalist Naftali Bennett,...
Israel’s Knesset to vote on new government, end Netanyahu’s record reign
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s 12-year hold on power was set to end on Sunday when parliament votes on a new government, ushering in an...
Israel ready to lift indoors face mask wearing next week
The rules to enforce wearing face masks indoors in Israel will be lifted starting June 15, Israel’s Health Minister Yuli Edelstein announced on Sunday. Israel...
Netanyahu alleges Israeli election fraud, accuses rival of duplicity
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a newly formed Israeli coalition that is poised to unseat him was the result of “the greatest election fraud” in the...
Foreign Minister expects no change in relations with Israel
Any change of government in Israel or in Cyprus will not affect relations between the two countries because they are based on common objectives and...
Israel’s Netanyahu to be unseated as opposition declares new government
Israel‘s opposition leader moved closer to unseating Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he officially told the country’s president that he has reached agreements with political...
Netanyahu legal challenge to rival’s PM bid is spurned
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s party on Tuesday challenged the legality of a bid by a rival rightist to head a new Israeli government, but the...
Blinken arrives in Israel to try to bolster Gaza ceasefire (Updated)
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken began a Middle East visit in Israel on Tuesday, hoping to bolster its ceasefire with Gaza’s ruling Hamas militants...
Israel-Hamas truce takes hold after 11 days of fighting (Updated)
A truce between Israel and Hamas took hold on Friday after the worst violence in years, with U.S. President Joe Biden pledging to salvage the...
Israel weighs Gaza truce which Hamas says possible by Friday (Update 2)
Diplomatic moves towards a ceasefire in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict gathered pace on Thursday after U.S. President Joe Biden called for a de-escalation, but Israel threatened...
Ceasefire still elusive in Israel-Gaza fighting
Israel bombarded Gaza with air strikes and Palestinian militants kept up cross-border rocket fire, with no firm sign on Wednesday of any imminent ceasefire despite...
Divisions curb EU peacemaking role in Israel-Gaza violence
The European Union is set to call for a ceasefire in fighting between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas at an emergency video meeting on...
Gaza violence shows few signs of slowing as global diplomacy ramps up
More than a week of fighting between Israel and Hamas showed few signs of abating on Tuesday despite intense U.S. and global diplomacy to stop the region’s...
Israel kills militant commander after Palestinian rocket fire, UN General Assembly to meet (updated)
Israel killed a senior Palestinian militant commander in heavy air strikes on Gaza on Monday and Islamist groups renewed rocket attacks on Israeli cities despite...
Israel destroys Gaza tower housing AP and Al Jazeera offices
Israel destroyed a 12-storey tower block in Gaza housing the offices of the U.S.-based Associated Press and other news media on Saturday, saying the building was...