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Yoav Gallant

Israeli defence minister calls Ben Gvir’s Temple Mount statements ‘dangerous, unnecessary and irresponsible’

Yoav Gallant said the security minister’s insistence on Jewish prayer at the Temple Mount threatens Israeli national security

By Eliana Jordan

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Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir joins Jewish nationalists, including far-right activists, rallying at Jerusalem's Damascus Gate on 5 June, 2024 during the so-called Jerusalem Day flag march, that commemorates the Israeli army's capture in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war of the city's eastern sector, home to the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, Islam's third holiest site, which Jews call the Temple Mount. (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)
Israeli soldiers and police clash with right wing protesters after they broke into the Beit Lid army base over the detention for questioning of military reservists who were suspected of abuse of a detainee on 29 July, 2024. (Photo by OREN ZIV/AFP via Getty Images)
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By Eliana Jordan

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Demonstrators chant slogans and gather with pictures showing cabinet members in the current Israeli government during a rally against the government's judicial overhaul plan in Tel Aviv on September 23, 2023. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)
Yair Zivan

By Yair Zivan

Centrism is the only antidote to fear-based politics in Israel and the West

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Most in Israeli society say they support a deal to end the war and bring the hostages home (Credit: Amir Levy/Getty Images)
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56% of Israelis support Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal

By Jane Prinsley

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant hold a press conference at the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv, Oct. 28, 2023. Photo by Dana Kopel/POOL.
Benjamin Netanyahu

Netanyahu dissolves war cabinet after Ben Gvir demands to be included

By JC Reporter

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Head of the National Unity party Minister Benny Gantz holds a press conference in Ramat Gan, May 18, 2024. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** ???? ??? ??? ????? ???????? ???? ?????? ??? ???????
Benny Gantz

Benny Gantz’s party submits bill to dissolve Knesset and call for Israeli elections

By JC Reporter

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Families of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza protest at the at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on April 3, 2024. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** ?????? ?????? ????? ??????? ???? ?????
Gaza hostages

Protesters storm Knesset gallery on third day of action against Israeli government

By  Amelie Botbol

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