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Benjamin Netanyahu in 2023

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Government2026-11-14Updated

Netanyahu offers unity talks without preconditions; Eisenkot calls it spin

Netanyahu urged Eisenkot into unity talks without preconditions, citing Iran; the Yashar leader said a Likud meeting was already set for Sunday.

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Security2026-11-14

Hamas Rafah Brigade commander reported killed in strike in Al-Mawasi

Benjamin Netanyahu in 2023

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Netanyahu urges Eisenkot to unity talks without preconditions, citing Iran

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Kafr Manda grenade attack: investigators point to a criminal feud

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Environment2026-11-15
Kinneret slips 2.0 cm to -213.735 m, sitting 0.74 m below the lower red line
The lake fell again this week and remains under the 213-meter threshold, 38.0 centimeters lower than at this point last year.
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Security2026-11-14Updated
Border Police officer shot driver in Acre, leaving him seriously hurt, police say
Police say an off-duty Border Police officer fired at a driver on a main road in Acre after the man endangered pedestrians; the incident is under review.
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Courts & Crime2026-11-14
Haaretz photographer Itai Ron assaulted at protest outside Eisenkot's home
Right-wing activists kicked and shoved a Haaretz photojournalist in Herzliya, the paper says, while police dispute its claim that officers watched and did nothing.
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Emergency2026-11-14
Driver, 21, killed after his car hits a pole in Nof HaGalil
Magen David Adom crews pronounced the young man dead at the scene after rescuers freed him from the wreck with hydraulic tools in the northern Israeli city.
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Courts & Crime2026-11-14
Mumbai man, 20, arrested over alleged surveillance of city's Chabad House
Indian counter-terror police detained a 20-year-old suspected of scouting sensitive Mumbai sites, including the Jewish centre attacked in the 26/11 assault.
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Security2026-11-14
Driver lightly hurt as stones hit car near Beit Ummar in Gush Etzion
Stones thrown at an Israeli car near Beit Ummar lightly injured the driver with broken glass, and Israeli troops set up checkpoints to search for those responsible.
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Security2026-11-14Updated
Man shot in central Arab city of Taibeh dies after being critically wounded
The victim, named in media reports as Mohammad Yazan, was pronounced dead in hospital, as police searched for suspects and a car linked to the gunmen burned.
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Government2026-11-14
Eisenkot works three coalition channels as talks with Likud are set to open
Yashar chairman Gadi Eisenkot is negotiating with haredi parties, Arab parties and Netanyahu's Likud at once, with the haredi track seen as the main effort.
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Emergency2026-11-14
Iraq's prime minister fires nine officials over oil smuggling in Jurf al-Sakher
Ali al-Zaidi ordered dismissals and court referrals after a probe in an area held by Kataeb Hezbollah, a move one analysis frames as a test of Baghdad's authority.
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Security2026-11-14Updated
Likud MK Elisha Madan, wounded in Gaza fighting, opens unity tent at Knesset
Madan, a new Likud lawmaker who lost both legs in Gaza, invites the public to his tent opposite parliament, Ynet reports; Netanyahu's backing remains unconfirmed.
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Security2026-11-14
Shin Bet questioned Joint List activists about rival Ra'am, Channel 12 says
Activists questioned in an election probe say Israel's domestic security service pushed them for information on a rival Arab party, raising questions about the inquiry's focus.
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Security2026-11-14
Mossad warned CIA of Iranian drone plot targeting Trump and top officials
Israel Hayom reports that Israeli intelligence on Iranian plans to strike senior US figures with drones has set back the chances of a US-Iran deal.
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Security2026-11-14
Angela Merkel calls coverage of Israel's Gaza war 'disproportionate'
Germany's former chancellor said Israel went too far in Gaza but argued international coverage of it lacked proportion, while also criticising the Netanyahu government.
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Government2026-11-14
Smotrich urges Eisenkot to meet Netanyahu and join a unity government
Religious Zionism leader Bezalel Smotrich publicly called on Gadi Eisenkot to answer the prime minister's appeal for unity, adding his voice to Netanyahu's.
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Security2026-11-14
IDF Northern Command announces wave of strikes as Lebanon reports new attacks
Israel's army said a wave of strikes on the Lebanon front was imminent, warning of explosions audible across the Galilee and Golan, as Lebanese reports described more strikes.
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Government2026-11-14
Kremlin says Putin, Xi and Trump will meet in Shenzhen on November 19
Russia's presidency says the leaders of Russia, China and the United States will hold a three-way summit in China, with Iran among the issues on the table.
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Security2026-11-14Updated
Trump may hold off on Iran strikes and leave Hormuz talks to Gulf, reports say
Reuters reports Trump is weighing a pause on Iran strikes; Ynet adds he may let Gulf states handle Hormuz talks, and that Erdogan also urged restraint.
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Courts & Crime2026-11-13Updated
Bat Yam suspect knew Sofia professor, 83, and eyed his assets, Ynet says
Ynet reports the 32-year-old held over the Sofia killing knew the victim and lived near his family, as investigators examine a possible financial motive.
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Courts & Crime2026-11-14
Herzog calls 200th Arab community murder victim of the year 'chilling'
President Isaac Herzog condemned the killing of Lina Qassem Zidan in a grenade attack in Kafr Manda and urged any future government to act against crime organisations.
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Security2026-11-14
Drone strike in Jabalia kills 2 as reports differ on who was killed
Two Palestinians were reported killed in an Israeli drone strike in northern Gaza, and the IDF said it had targeted two terror operatives.
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Security2026-11-14
Lieberman says he quit as defense minister eight years ago over cash for Hamas
Avigdor Lieberman wrote on X that he resigned over a Netanyahu decision to let dollars reach Hamas, and said he will soon take up a key Knesset committee chair.
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Security2026-11-14
Saudi-led coalition says it destroyed two Houthi drones aimed at Riyadh
The coalition reported intercepting two drones launched from Yemen, as fighting with the Houthis grows alongside the US-Israeli war with Iran.
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Security2026-11-14
Grenade attack on Kafr Manda restaurant wounds 4, woman aged 60 critical
Four people were hurt when a grenade exploded at a business in the northern Arab town of Kafr Manda, with a 60-year-old woman in critical condition and police investigating.
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Courts & Crime2026-11-14
Man about 30 seriously hurt, two lightly wounded in Tayibe violence
Three people were wounded in a violent incident in the Arab city of Tayibe, one seriously, and all were taken to Meir Medical Center in Kfar Saba with penetrating injuries.

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