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Israel | May 16, 2022

Global energy crisis opens possibilities for Israel’s natural gas drillings

Experts say that the global energy crisis is exactly the moment when Israel must expand its natural gas export quotas.

The platform of the Leviathan natural gas field in the Mediterranean Sea is pictured from the northern coastal city of Caesarea, Israel, Feb. 24, 2022.

Israel | May 16, 2022

Shireen Abu Akleh: Israeli Arabs mourn loss of a hero

For Israeli Arab society, Shireen Abu Akleh, killed last week in Jenin, was not only a well-known journalist but a hero and part of their lives.

Women light candles in memory of veteran Al Jazeera Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was shot dead while covering an Israeli army raid in Jenin, at the Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem, West Bank, May 11, 2022.

Israel | May 15, 2022

Uri Savir, key negotiator in Oslo Accords, passes away at 69

The death of former Foreign Ministry Director General Uri Savir, one of Israel's more creative and relentless peace-negotiators, leaves a void among those who battle for coexistence.

Palestinian Chief negotiator Ahmed Qorei Abu Ala (l) shakes hands with his Israeli counterpart Uri Savir (r) at the Taba hotel on the Egyptian shore of the Red Sea after signing the historical Taba agreement to extend Palestinian autonomy in the West Bank. Yasser Arafat, chairman of Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) is in the center. Sept. 24, 1995.

Israel | May 13, 2022

Israel-Palestinian conflict back at center of Middle East agenda

The confrontations at Jerusalem’s holy sites, recent terror attacks inside Israel, the killing of Al Jazeera Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, a dire Palestnian economy and a more assertive Hamas have put the Palestinian question back at the core of the region’s many issues.

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Israel | May 13, 2022

Israel cannot win public-opinion battle over journalist's death

Israel knows that regardless of who shot Al Jazeera correspondent Shireen Abu Akleh, it cannot win the public opinion battle being waged across the Middle East and beyond.

HAZEM BADER/AFP via Getty Images

Israel | May 13, 2022

Israel adds more than 4,000 new homes in settlements

The government of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett authorized the construction of new housing units in settlements and legalized wildcat outposts despite the upcoming visit next month in Israel of President Joe Biden.

An Israeli settler adds the finishing touches to a large Star of David.

Israel | May 12, 2022

Israel insists joint probe needed into journalist's death as PA resists

Preliminary findings from the IDF indicate that no gunfire was directed at Shireen Abu Akleh, but Israel is finding a cold reception for its investigation.

ABBAS MOMANI/AFP via Getty Images

Israel | May 12, 2022

Israeli-Arab Parties divided over Raam's return to coalition

The opposition Joint List refrained from supporting two no-confidence votes against the government, and the announcement of Ra’am ending its coalition membership suspension, reflect the ongoing tensions between Israeli-Arab politicians.

Arab Joint List leader Mansour Abbas and other party members attend a meeting with President Reuven Rivlin at the president's residence, Jerusalem, April 5, 2021.

Russia | May 11, 2022

The Takeaway: Russia, Israel weigh consequences of fallout in ties over Ukraine

Dmitiri Simes has the take from Moscow, Ben Caspit the scoop from Jerusalem; Hamas opens terrorist front inside Israel; skepticism over Assad’s refugee strategy; does Egypt’s national dialogue include Brotherhood?; Israel’s psychedelic nasal spray.

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Israel | May 11, 2022

Israel’s security agencies struggle to prevent future terror attacks

The IDF, Shin Bet and Police manage to solve terror attacks and apprehend the perpetrators, but they are struggling with gathering information that should thwart attacks being planned.

Israeli border police members gather by the Via Dolorosa in the old city of Jerusalem on March 28, 2022.

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by Hiba Aslan and Claire Gounon | AFP | May 16, 2022

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A thick cloud of dust blankets the Iraqi capital Baghdad as the eighth sandstorm since mid-April, 2022 paralysed activity across the country

by Tony Gamal-Gabriel | AFP | May 16, 2022

Jerusalem archbishop condemns police raid at journalist's funeral

Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Pierbattista Pizzaballa, at the centre, speaks at a press conference, joined by the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III, right, and the General Director of Saint Joseph Hospital Jamil Koussa

by Hiba Aslan and Claire Gounon | AFP | May 16, 2022

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