Protests against the current government's plans to implement the judicial reforms continued throughout the country for the 23rd week in a row on Saturday evening. with demonstrators raising a 200 square meter sign that stated: Type of citizen: dead, which is in response to the 100th person killed this year as a result of crime in Arab areas in Israel.

Judicial reform protests continue across Israel for 23rd straight week

A rare raid by the Israeli army into the Palestinian city of Ramallah sparked clashes early on Thursday (May 8). The military said that the operation in the city in the occupied West Bank was launched to demolish the residence of the terrorist who carried out the bombing attack in Jerusalem last November.

Clashes erupt after Israeli forces mount rare raid into Palestinian city of Ramallah

In Pics | Gay Pride Parade in Jerusalem faces backlash

Thousands of Israelis joined Jerusalem's Pride Parade on Thursday. The parade, what some felt, was important as the far-right minister in charge for the security - Ben Gvir - called the event an abomination in the past. However, this time, he was heckled back with chance of shame from the participants.

Israel: Thousands participate in Gay Pride Parade in Jerusalem, Ben Gvir jeered by marchers

Israeli National Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, on Sunday (May 21) visited the Al-Aqsa mosque for the second time since he took office and declared that Israel was “in charge” of the disputed holy site in Jerusalem.

Israel ‘in charge’ of Al-Aqsa mosque, says security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir during visit

Thousands of Israeli nationalists paraded through Jerusalem’s Old City chanting racist slogans on an annual celebratory day for Israelis. The crowd, which consisted of mostly men celebrating Israel’s capture of East Jerusalem in 1967, waved blue and white Israeli flags and chanted racist slogans such as “Death to Arabs,” “Mohammed is Dead” and “May Your Village Burn” Israel’s annexation of East Jerusalem is not internationally recognised and Palestinians seek East Jerusalem as the capital of a future state for them.

Jerusalem Day celebrations: Israelis wave flags, chant racist slogans

Israel deployed over 2,000 police on Thursday for a march by flag-waving Jewish nationalists through the main Palestinian thoroughfare in Jerusalem's Old City. Authorities say the beefed up security is a determined effort to ensure the march passes without violence.

Security tight in Jerusalem as thousands take part in Flag March

Security forces were gearing up for a potential renewal of violence Thursday, with a controversial march through Jerusalem’s Old City Muslim Quarter slated to go ahead amid sky-high tensions, threats from Palestinian terror groups and pressure from foreign allies to reroute the march.

Tensions ahead of contentious Flag March through Jerusalem Old City’s Muslim Quarter

The number of Palestinian victims of the Israeli attacks on Gaza has risen to 33, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said on Saturday. Watch the video to know more.

Israel bombs Gaza for fifth consecutive day, killing 33 Palestinians

Israel and Gaza traded heavy fire on Friday but Egyptian mediators launched a new bid to end days of fighting that has killed dozens. Israel announced it was striking Islamic jihad targets in the densely populated Palestinian territory. Sirens warning of incoming fire rang out in Israeli communities close to the border with the Gaza Strip and in an Israeli settlement near Jerusalem in the west bank. Violence broke out Tuesday when Israel killed three top members of the Islamic Jihad group, while subsequent strikes have killed at least 3 other senior figures. A spokesperson for the Islamic jihad group said a high-ranking commander was killed in a strike on a Gaza City apartment on Friday. Daily life in Gaza, ruled by the Hamas group, has largely come to a standstill. Israel has told its citizens near Gaza to stay close to bomb shelters. Israeli public television meanwhile said an improved Egyptian ceasefire proposal had been handed to Israel.

Israel kills another 'Islamic Jihad' leader; This week's escalation is worst since August | Details

Israel and Gaza traded heavy fire on Friday but Egyptian mediators launched a new bid to end days of fighting that has killed dozens, all but one of them Palestinian.

Renewed fighting rocks Gaza but Egypt keeps up truce push

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned citizens Tuesday evening that the expected conflagration with Gaza-based Islamic Jihad might last several days and extend to more than one arena.

Israel PM says any escalation will meet 'crushing response,' IDF ready to act on more than one front

Thousands of Israelis protested for an 18th straight week against the hard-right government’s controversial judicial reforms, despite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shelving the overhaul more than a month ago.

Israelis protest against judicial reforms for 18th week

The US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is presently on a two-day visit to the state of Israel. He will be addressing the Israeli Parliament later in the day today. Kevin McCarthy will meet his Israeli counterpart Amir Ohana in Jerusalem.

US Speaker McCarthy to address Israeli Parliament, meets Israeli speaker in Jerusalem | WION

Tens of thousands of Israelis have rallied in Jerusalem in support of controversial plans by the far-right government to reform the judiciary. It was the biggest demonstration of its kind yet. Plans include curbing the Supreme Court and giving the government control over the appointment of judges.

Israel: Huge rally pushes back at judicial reform protests

Tens of thousands of Israelis demonstrated in Jerusalem on Thursday to show support for controversial planned legislation by the far-right coalition government which would see the country's highest court stripped of much of its powers.

Thousands rally in Jerusalem in favor of planned judicial overhaul

At least five people were injured after being hit by a car that ran into a crowd in Jerusalem, said the Israeli officials, on Monday (April 24). The media report citing officials also said that the driver who is suspected of carrying out the car-ramming attack has been "neutralised".

At least five people injured in suspected car-ramming attack at Jerusalem market; driver 'neutralised'

Tens of thousands of Israelis joined protests on Saturday against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plans to tighten controls on the Supreme Court, ahead of Israel's independence day marking 75 years since establishment of the Jewish state.

Israelis take to streets against Netanyahu's judicial reforms ahead of 75th independence day

Israeli police will curb the number of worshippers in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem for safety reasons during Orthodox Easter ceremonies on Saturday, drawing anger from church leaders who said they would not cooperate.

Israeli curbs on Orthodox Church crowds in Jerusalem for Easter

Jerusalem is on the boil again. The trouble began in the early hours of the 5th of April when Israeli forces stormed inside the Al-Aqsa mosque premises. The worshippers inside the mosque were subjected to flash bangs and stun grenades. Scenes of Israeli soldiers beatings up the Palestinians inside the mosque have drawn widespread condemnation. But a spark of violence ignited in Jerusalem seldom remains confined to this ancient and holy city. And since then Israel has bombed gaza. Hezbollah has fired rockets into Israel from Southern Lebanon. And the spiral of violence in the holy lands is on the cusp of going out of control. This is the third year in a row that violence such as this has been witnessed in the holy lands. Mohammed Saleh gets you the story.

Hezbollah fires over 36 rockets after Israel storms Al-Aqsa mosque | World at War

Thousands of Israelis led by at least seven Cabinet ministers marched Monday to an evacuated West Bank settlement, in a defiant signal that Israel’s most right-wing government in history is determined to accelerate settlement building on occupied lands despite international opposition.

Israeli Cabinet ministers lead thousands in pro-settlement march and rally in West Bank

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Two Israeli sisters have been killed and their mother has been injured in a shooting attack in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli military says. They were in a car that crashed after being shot at near the Hamra Junction, in the north of the Jordan Valley.

Two Israeli women killed in West Bank shooting attack

The United Nations security council will convene an emergency session on Thursday. The meeting is to discuss the recent violence in Al-aqsa mosque. The emergency session is being held at the request of the United Arab Emirates. This comes after clashes broke out at the Al-aqsa mosque in Jerusalem for the second time within a day. Until now, the UNSC has had three emergency sessions over the Israel-Palestine conflict. This will be the 4th since the Netanyahu government came to power.

Al-Aqsa mosque clashes-UN Security Council calls emergency session

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