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☆ US admits Israel into visa waiver program
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( David Shepardson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Some Palestinians have protested against Israel's entry into the program, saying Israel for decades has discriminated against Arab Americans and harassed them at its borders. They also must treat all U.S. travelers equally, so Israel must allow free passage for Palestinian Americans at Ben Gurion airport. In a pilot period since July 20, Israel has eased access for Palestinian Americans through its borders and the Israeli-occupied West Bank. According to Israel's Interior Ministry, more than 130,000 Americans entered Israel since the pilot began, including 6,070 Palestinian Americans. Between 45,000 and 60,000 Palestinian Americans live in the West Bank, a U.S. official estimated.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is poised to admit Israel this week into an exclusive club that will allow its citizens to travel to the United States without a U.S. visa despite Washington's ongoing concerns about the Israeli government’s treatment of Palestinian Americans. Political Cartoons View All 1176 ImagesThe State Department had no immediate comment about the visa waiver program. Claiming national security reasons, Israel has long had separate entry requirements and screening processes for Palestinian Americans. Israel also has pledged to ease movement for Palestinian Americans traveling in and out of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. “The reciprocity requirement is clearly still not being met since Israeli policy continues to treat some Americans, specifically Palestinian Americans, differently.

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That stirred protests by Palestinian Americans and U.S. calls for a change in policy. Under the pilot, more than 5,400 Palestinian Americans have entered Israel or crossed its boundary with the West Bank, according to Interior Ministry figures. The U.S. Embassy says some Palestinian Americans have complained of being barred from travelling between Israel and the West Bank by car. Between 45,000 and 60,000 Palestinian Americans live in the West Bank, a U.S. official estimated. An Israeli official gave lower figures, saying that of 70,000 to 90,000 Palestinian Americans worldwide, 15,000 to 20,000 are West Bank residents.

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☆ Bank of Israel says currency intervention will only be necessary 'if we see market failures'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Sam Meredith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

This picture taken on August 23, 2022 shows a view of the exterior of the headquarters of the Bank of Israel, the country's central bank, in Kiryat Ben-Gurion in Jerusalem. Bank of Israel Governor Amir Yaron said Tuesday that currency intervention to support the weaker shekel will only be necessary in the event of market failures. "The shekel has had a long relationship with the financial markets abroad, it has been tied to that. "We believe that we should let the market try to figure out that risk premia," he added, noting that markets appear to have "functioned well" in recent months despite the increased volatility. "However, if there will be market failures, which we have not seen thus far or very significant movements that really impede on inflation, then we have the tools to deal with that."

Persons: Gurion, Amir Yaron, Yaron, CNBC's Dan Murphy Organizations: Bank of Israel, Jerusalem . Bank of Israel, U.S Locations: Kiryat Ben, Jerusalem ., Israel

☆ Exclusive: Israel's El Al in talks to buy Airbus jets in potentially historic shift
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Steven Scheer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

An Israel El Al airlines plane is seen after its landing following its inaugural flight between Tel Aviv and Nice at Nice international airport, France, April 4, 2019. A decision likely would be made early in 2024, Ben Tal Ganancia said. At list prices the investment would be near $4 billion but El Al would likely pay far less after discounts. "It is serious," Ben Tal Ganancia said of the talks with Europe's Airbus. In the second quarter, El Al earned a net $59 million versus net profit of $100 million a year earlier.

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☆ Exclusive: U.S. quietly inspects Israeli crossings for its Palestinian dual-nationals
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Dan Williams | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Since the trial period began, Palestinian Americans already say there is a difference. The allies have sought to limit publicity around the trial period, which comes amid unusually intense strains between their leaderships over wider Palestinian policies and other issues. One official told Reuters the trial period has been "going smoothly," without significant hold-ups for Palestinian American travellers. The Arab American Institute Foundation puts the number of Americans of Palestinian descent at between 122,500 and 220,000. An Israeli official gave lower figures, saying that out of 70,000 to 90,000 Palestinian Americans worldwide, about 15,000 to 20,000 were West Bank residents.

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☆ Exclusive: Israeli bid for U.S. visa waiver hangs on Palestinian-American access test
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Dan Williams | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

But progress has been hindered because of restrictions on entry to Israel for Palestinian Americans from the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Although it has not been advertised beforehand, Israeli and U.S. diplomatic sources said the trial would start on Thursday. U.S. officials assessing the trial will also focus on whether Palestinian Americans or other Arab Americans are subjected to selective grilling by Israeli security personnel. A U.S. official estimated that, of that number, between 45,000 and 60,000 were residents of the West Bank. An Israeli official gave lower figures, saying that out of 70,000 to 90,000 Palestinian Americans worldwide, about 15,000 to 20,000 were West Bank residents.

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☆ Israeli minister says protests may affect judicial overhaul drive
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Dan Williams | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/2] People demonstrate on the 'Day of National Resistance' in protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his nationalist coalition government's judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv, Israel July 18, 2023. REUTERS/Nir EliasJERUSALEM, July 19 (Reuters) - The Israeli government could rethink its polarising drive to overhaul the judiciary if there is a major escalation in protests, a cabinet minister said on Wednesday, in a signal of pliability as Washington tries to close ranks with its ally. Netanyahu confidant Culture Minister Miki Zohar offered rare acknowledgement of the impact of six-month-old demonstrations, which surged in March after the premier fired Israel's defence minister for openly voicing worry at the impact on the military. He declared those fruitless last month, and revived the bill limiting Supreme Court powers to void some government decisions. Proponents of the change pursued by Netanyahu's religious-nationalist coalition say the Supreme Court has become too interventionist and that the change will facilitate effective governance.

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Jerusalem CNN —Demonstrators took to the streets in Israel on Tuesday for what they are calling a day of “disruption and resistance” against the government’s moves to overhaul the country’s judicial system. The bill is one part of a sweeping package of judicial overhaul measures that would weaken the judiciary. But opponents of the plan say it threatens to turn Israel into a dictatorship by removing the most significant check on government actions. Demonstrators plan to protest at the country’s international airport, Ben Gurion, later on Tuesday. Netanyahu paused the legislative process in March following an unprecedented general strike that shut down much of Israel’s economy.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Ben Gurion, Netanyahu Organizations: Jerusalem CNN, Israel Police, CNN, Tel Locations: Jerusalem, Israel, Tel Aviv, Petach Tikva

☆ Protesters block Israel highways over new Supreme Court bill
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Corinna KernJERUSALEM, July 11 (Reuters) - Israeli protesters blocked major highways on Tuesday after a bill that would curb some of the Supreme Court's power won initial approval by parliament, with full support of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hard-right ruling coalition. Footage showed crowds of flag-waving Israelis stopping morning traffic in major intersections and on highways in central Israel, business hub Tel Aviv and near the entrance to Jerusalem. Police, who said 24 people have been arrested, used a water cannon to disperse some protesters and dragged others away by force. If passed as is, it would curb Supreme Court's power to void decisions made by the government, ministers and elected officials by ruling them unreasonable. Proponents say the change will facilitate effective governance by curbing court intervention, arguing that judges have other legal means to exercise oversight.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Corinna Kern JERUSALEM, Benjamin Netanyahu's, Ben, Netanyahu, Washington, Maayan Lubell, Dan Willliams, Steven Scheer, Louise Heavens Organizations: Israeli, REUTERS, Police, Thomson Locations: Tel Aviv, Israel, Jerusalem

☆ Netanyahu signals impatience with protests as Israel's judicial reform edges ahead
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-09 | by ( Steven Scheer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/9] An aerial view shows protesters taking part in a demonstration against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his nationalist coalition government's judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv, Israel July 8, 2023. REUTERS/Oren AlonJERUSALEM, July 9 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signalled impatience on Sunday with disruptions caused by resurgent demonstrations against his judicial overhaul plans, summoning his attorney-general for a cabinet discussion of police counter-measures. The opposition casts the bill as a step toward curbing judicial independence that would eventually subordinate the Supreme Court to politicians. Street protests that had subsided are flaring anew, with protesters planning to converge on Israel's main airport on Monday. Cabinet minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said he would boycott Big unless it retracted what he deemed political "bullying" by a business.

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☆ Passengers who missed their flight were arrested after they broke onto the boarding bridge and one jumped down onto the runway, video shows
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A father and two sons were arrested after a wild attempt to get to a plane after missing their flight. The passengers forced their way onto the bridge once boarding closed, according to the Times of Israel. A video shows one of the men then dangling from the bridge, jumping off, and heading for the plane. The newspaper reported that they broke onto the boarding bridge after the plane had already moved away, with one family member leaping down from it and approaching the plane. The footage shows at least one of the men later being surrounded by security staff at the airport.

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☆ Israeli lawmakers give first nod to new judicial overhaul bill
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-04 | by ( Maayan Lubell | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

JERUSALEM, July 4 (Reuters) - Israeli lawmakers on Tuesday gave an initial nod to a bill that limits Supreme Court power to rule against the government after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced he would press on with contentious changes to the justice system. In a stormy session broadcast live, Parliament's constitution committee, dominated by Netanyahu's nationalist-religious ruling coalition, voted in favour of the bill that limits "reasonableness" as a standard of judicial review. At present, the Supreme Court can rule against government and elected officials' decisions if they are deemed unreasonable. After the committee vote, the shekel weakened by 0.3% against the dollar. Netanyahu has defended the changes as restoring balance between branches of government and redressing what his coalition allies see as judicial overreach.

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☆ Protesters close Israeli seaport, eye airport as judicial crisis simmers
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

HAIFA, Israel July 3 (Reuters) - Demonstrators briefly shut off access to a major Israeli seaport on Monday ahead of a planned mass convergence on the country's main airport, as a half-year-long crisis over the government's judicial overhaul again builds up steam. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had doused some of the protests during compromise talks with the opposition but they proved fruitless. People take part in a demonstration against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his nationalist coalition government's judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv, Israel July 1, 2023. REUTERS/Nir Elias/File PhotoProtest leaders called for a similar shut-down of Ben Gurion Airport, Israel's main international gateway, in the afternoon. Washington has urged Netanyahu to seek broad consensus rather than rapidly push through unilateral changes it said could undermine Israeli democracy.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Nir Elias, Ben Gurion, Netanyahu, Dan Williams, Gareth Jones Organizations: Israeli, REUTERS, Thomson Locations: HAIFA, Israel, Haifa, Tel Aviv, Ben Gurion, Washington

☆ ‘Impossible Takes Longer’ Review: Israel Looks in the Mirror
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-15 | by ( Elliot Kaufman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

David Ben-Gurion reads Israel’s Declaration of Independence in 1948. Americans since the day of the founding have worried their country is in decline. What other nation’s soul has been reported lost so many times, only to resurface in times of trial? In “Impossible Takes Longer,” Daniel Gordis, a leading English-language Israeli writer, puts the Jewish state under the microscope by investigating how it measures up to the ideals set forth 75 years ago in its Declaration of Independence. Turning to a founding document for judgment will strike Americans as perfectly natural—it is no coincidence Mr. Gordis, now 63, moved to Israel in 1998 from the U.S.—but the method comes with difficulties.

☆ Why Americans Are Smuggling Fruit Roll-Ups Into Israel
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( Lauren Mccarthy | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

But hundreds of pounds of Fruit Roll-Ups? Welcome to the age of TikTok-influenced smuggling. Because of a recipe that spread widely on the social media platform, Fruit Roll-Ups — the American-made fruit leather snack that has been passed out to children at baseball games and slumber parties since the 1980s — have become an obsession in Israel, where a shortage means smuggling in the snacks can be highly profitable. The agency has confiscated hundreds of pounds of Fruit Roll-Ups, it said — 661 pounds in one week alone. Given that one Roll-Up weighs in at 0.5 of an ounce, that makes for tens of thousands of individual packets.

☆ Why Researchers Turned This Goldfish Into a Cyborg
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Kate Golembiewski | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

To keep the computer from weighing the fish down and impeding its ability to swim, the researchers attached buoyant plastic foam to the device. The closer the fish swam to the tank’s edges, the more the navigational cells in their brains lit up. The fish’s brain-computer helped reveal that goldfish use a system of navigation that is subtly different from what scientists have found in mammals. For humans (and other members of our class), navigational cells specialize in pinging our precise location within our environment and building a map around that spot. Mammals have specialized neurons that create these “you are here” pins in their mental maps; the researchers didn’t find those cells in fish.

☆ United plane turns back 3 hours into flight after a 'disruptive' passenger sat in a crew seat and got in a shouting match with a flight attendant, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-24 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A United Airlines flight from Newark to Tel Aviv turned back three hours after it took off. United Airlines told Insider that the plane turned back because of a "disruptive passenger." A spokesperson for United Airlines confirmed to Insider in an email that the flight returned to Newark due to a "disruptive passenger." Once the plane returned to Newark, passengers were disembarked and their trips were postponed. United Airlines said that a new flight was scheduled for Sunday evening so that passengers could make their way to Israel.

☆ Israel isn't 'out of the woods' even though Netanyahu paused the plan that pushed his country into chaos
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-28 | by ( John Haltiwanger | Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

A judicial overhaul plan pushed by Netanyahu's government sparked a major crisis in Israel. "The crisis was deferred, but definitely not resolved," a former US ambassador to Israel told Insider. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was forced to hit pause on a deeply controversial plan to overhaul the country's judiciary, but Israel's problems are far from over. One piece of the plan has already been passed into law, narrowing the circumstances under which a prime minister can be deemed unfit for office. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a voting session in the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem, Israel on March 27, 2023.

☆ Netanyahu suspends judicial overhaul after day of Israeli turmoil
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-27 | by ( James Mackenzie | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/5] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a meeting at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, amid demonstrations after he dismissed the defence minister as his nationalist coalition government presses on with its judicial overhaul, in Jerusalem, March 27, 2023. REUTERS/Ronen ZvulunJERUSALEM, March 28 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu paused his signature plan to overhaul Israel's judiciary after a day of nationwide turmoil when workers joined a general strike against the proposal and hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets. His dismissal by Netanyahu led thousands to take to the streets and Israel's President Isaac Herzog to urge a halt. An early rally in Israel's shekel currency fizzled out after Netanyahu suspended the overhaul with its eventual fate uncertain. While opposition parties gave a cautious welcome to Netanyahu's decision to suspend the overhaul to allow time to reach an agreement, many protesters remained mistrustful.

☆ Netanyahu summons Israeli defence minister as judicial overhaul strains coalition
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-23 | by ( Dan Williams | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

JERUSALEM, March 23 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu summoned his defence chief on Thursday after local media reported the minister had called for a halt to a planned judicial overhaul that has set off unprecedented protests, including within the military. Netanyahu's office did not elaborate on the reasons for the summons of Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, a senior member of his conservative Likud party, but said the prime minister would deliver televised remarks at 8:40 p.m. (1840 GMT). Israeli media had earlier reported that Gallant, a former deputy chief of the armed forces, would convene his own news conference. Protesters heckled a Cabinet minister and unfurled a massive replica of the country's Declaration of Independence on a wall of Jerusalem's Old City. [1/7] Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant attends a news conference with U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin at Ben Gurion Airport in Lod, Israel, March 9, 2023.

☆ Israeli protests target Netanyahu, visiting Pentagon chief at airport
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( Dedi Hayoun | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Despite a heavy police deployment, convoys of cars flying the Israeli national flag streamed towards the concourses of Ben Gurion Airport, near Tel Aviv. Some local media said Netanyahu and his retinue had come in the early morning in order to evade highway closures. Others speculated he might reach Ben Gurion - usually a 30-minute drive from Jerusalem - by army helicopter instead. Netanyahu's spokespeople did not immediately comment on the whereabouts of the prime minister, who was due to leave for a two-day visit to Rome in the afternoon - after a hastily organised welcome of Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin at the airport. But he postponed, and relocated meetings to a venue near Ben Gurion, given concerns that the demonstrations could make it difficult to reach the Defence Ministry in Tel Aviv.

☆ Pentagon chief visits Israel amid West Bank violence, anti-Netanyahu protests
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( Idrees Ali | Thomson Reuters | National Security Correspondent Focusing On The Pentagon In Washington D.C. Reports On U.S. Military Activity | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Hours earlier, Israeli forces killed three Islamic Jihad gunmen in the West Bank, among territories that have seen simmering violence amid the Palestinians' long-stalled goal of statehood. "We’re especially disturbed by violence by settlers against Palestinians," Austin said, adding that his discussions were frank and candid. Austin had originally been due to arrive on Wednesday and stay overnight in Tel Aviv, where Israel's Defence Ministry is based. FLASHPOINTSAmong West Bank flashpoints concerning the United States is the village of Huwara, where the Feb. 26 killing by a Palestinian gunman of two brothers from a Jewish settlement triggered revenge riots by settlers. The rampage triggered worldwide outrage and condemnation, which increased when ultra-nationalist Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who has responsibility for aspects of the West Bank administration, said Huwara should be "erased".

☆ Video appears to show moments after a baby was ditched by parents at an airport, leaving airline staffers in 'shock:' 'She left him here!'
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-02 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | Talia Lakritz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Video appears to show the moments after a baby was ditched by his parents at a Tel Aviv airport. The parents arrived late for their flight and didn't have a ticket for the infant, authorities said. The 23-second video shows an infant in a carrier left at an airport check-in counter as airline staffers behind the desk gather around the baby. The parents then headed for the security line, "leaving the infant behind at check-in," after they did not have a booking for the baby. After the officer's preliminary investigation and accordingly, no further investigation was needed," a spokesperson for Israel Police told Insider on Thursday.

☆ Parents late to their flight at an Israeli airport left their ticketless baby at check-in and raced away to try to get on board: Israeli authorities
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-01 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A baby boy was ditched by his parents at a check-in counter at a Tel Aviv airport, authorities said. The parents arrived late for their flight and did not have a ticket for the infant to travel, CNN reported. The couple then raced off to try and board a Ryanair flight bound Brussels, the Israeli Airport Authority said. The unidentified parents who held Belgian passports left their baby behind in a carrier on Tuesday inside Ben Gurion International Airport, the Israeli Airport Authority told CNN. Ryanair and the Israeli Airport Authority did not immediately return requests for comment by Insider on Wednesday.

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