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Reality in West Bank is “total apartheid”, says Ex-Israel general

15 August 2023; MEMO: Former Israeli army general and ex-senior Mossad agent, Amiram Levin, yesterday said that the Israeli occupation army is a “partner in war crimes”, adding that the situation in the occupied West Bank is “total apartheid”, Kan radio reported.

An Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank kills 2 Palestinians, health officials say

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli forces shot and killed two Palestinians, including a 16-year-old, in a raid in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, Palestinian health officials said. The Israeli military said troops came under fire and shot back.

Palestinians, Israel differ on significance of new Saudi envoy

JERUSALEM, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Israel ruled out on Sunday any eventual physical mission in Jerusalem for the first Saudi envoy to the Palestinians, even as they cast his appointment as endorsement of their goal of a state that would include part of the city as its capital.

Saudi Ambassador to Jordan Nayef Al-Sudairi on Saturday expanded his credentials to include non-resident envoy to the Palestinians. A social media post by his embassy said "consul-general in Jerusalem" was also now among Al-Sudairi's duties.

Israel downgrades homicide charge in illegal settler terrorist case, watched by Washington

11 August 2023; MEMO: Israeli police downgraded a homicide charge, on Friday, against an illegal Jewish settler suspected of killing a Palestinian in what the United States has described as a "terror attack", Reuters reports.

Israel deports Jewish-Iranian suspected of spying attempt with tissue box

11 August 2023; MEMO: Israel's intelligence agency, Shin Bet, said it thwarted an Iranian espionage attempt on Friday when it detained and then deported a Jewish-Iranian who flew into the country with a tissue box it said was meant to hide surveillance equipment, Reuters reports.

Israel Air Force warns of worsening damage to readiness in split over judicial overhaul

12 August 2023; MEMO: The Israeli Air Force chief, on Friday, warned that reservist pilots protesting controversial plans to overhaul the judiciary are hurting the Force's readiness, Anadolu Agency reports.

Speaking to dozens of reservist pilots who say they will not show up for volunteer duty to protest the government's plans to overhaul the judiciary, Major- General Tomer Bar told them the readiness of the Force is "worsening", The Times of Israel daily reported.

Israel's El Al in talks to buy Airbus jets in potentially historic shift

TEL AVIV, Aug 10 (Reuters) - El Al Israel Airlines (ELAL.TA) is in "serious" talks with planemaker Airbus (AIR.PA) to buy as many as 30 A321neo jets, El Al's CEO said on Thursday, in what would be an historic change of supplier as it looks to replace its short-haul fleet.

Israel's flag carrier is also in talks with traditional supplier Boeing (BA.N) to buy 737 MAX aircraft, Dina Ben Tal Ganancia told Reuters on the sidelines of a conference after El Al issued quarterly results and as it celebrated 20 years of being traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange after privatisation.

Israel universities prepare to strike in protest against judicial overhaul

10 August 2023; MEMO: Israeli universities have been preparing to hold strikes in protest against the ongoing judicial overhaul, Israeli Hebrew newspaper Maariv reported organisers of anti-judicial reform protests saying.

"Academia stands at the forefront of the struggle to preserve democracy," the protest movement said yesterday.

Israel Demolishes Palestinian Attacker’s Home: Army

JERUSALEM, Aug 9 (NNN-WAFA) – Israeli forces, yesterday, demolished the home of a Palestinian gunman, who killed two Israeli brothers in the occupied West Bank in Feb.

Abd el-Fatah Kharousha, 49, carried out a drive-by shooting attack near the Palestinian town of Hawara on Feb 26, killing Hallel Yaniv, 21, and Yagel Yaniv, 19, from the Israeli settlement of Har Bracha.

Israel warns Hezbollah it'll 'return Lebanon to the Stone Age'

08 August 2023; MEMO: Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant today warned Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah not to "make any mistake," threatening to return Lebanon "to the Stone Age in the event of an escalation or conflict," according to Hebrew media.

During a tour on the border with Lebanon, Gallant addressing Nasrallah saying: "I made mistakes in the past and paid a very heavy price. If an escalation or conflict develops here, we will take Lebanon back to the Stone Age."

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