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Mazal Mualem

Mazal Mualem

Oct 18, 2022

Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israeli far-right lawmaker and leader of the Otzma Yehudit (Jewish power) party, attends a campaign event in the northern Israel Kibbutz of Ayelet Hashahar on Oct. 6, 2022. — Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israeli far-right lawmaker and leader of the Otzma Yehudit (Jewish power) party, attends a campaign event in the northern Israel kibbutz of Ayelet Hashahar on Oct. 6, 2022. — JALAA MAREY/AFP via Getty Images

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Tensions escalate in Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood

Rina Bassist

In Paris, reporting on Israeli politics and European affairs

Jewish men, wearing traditional Jewish prayer shawls, gather to perform the annual Cohanim prayer during the holiday of Sukkot at the Western Wall (R), while above are seen the Muslim Dome of the Rock mosque (2nd-L) and its minaret (L), in the Old City of Jerusalem, Oct. 12, 2022.

Israel challenged by West Bank 'Lion’s Den' assailants

In Tel Aviv, reporting on national security, Israeli politics, defense

Arab Israeli Karim Younes is carried by friends and relatives following his release after 40 years in an Israeli prison for kidnapping and murdering an Israeli soldier, Ara, Israel, Jan. 5, 2023.

Analysis

Explainer: What is behind Israel’s Ben-Gvir's ban on Palestinian flags in public spaces?

Mazal Mualem

In Tel Aviv, reporting on politics

Itamar Ben-Gvir, leader of the Israeli far-right Jewish Power party, speaks during parliamentary consultations with parties elected in the 25th Knesset, at the presidential residence, Jerusalem, Nov. 10, 2022.

US concerned over appointment of Israeli ultranationalist as public security minister

In Tel Aviv, reporting on national security, Israeli politics, defense