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☆ Palestinian Gunmen Kill Four Israelis in West Bank
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( Dov Lieber | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Microsoft, Activision CEOs on witness list for hearing on FTC bid to block merger
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( David Shepardson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The FTC is seeking a preliminary injunction to block Microsoft from completing its $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard. The FTC has argued the transaction would give Microsoft's video game console Xbox exclusive access to Activision games, leaving Nintendo (7974.T) consoles and Sony Group Corp's (6758.T) PlayStation out in the cold. Microsoft's bid to acquire the "Call of Duty" video game maker was approved by the EU in May, but British competition authorities blocked the takeover in April. The FTC is calling Nadella to testify about the video game industry, Microsoft Gaming’s strategy and business and the planned Activision acquisition, while Microsoft is calling him to testify about similar topics. Also testifying are two executives from Nvidia Corp.Microsoft Chief Financial Officer Amy Hood, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer and Microsoft Gaming CFO Tim Stuart are also scheduled to testify, as are a number of expert witnesses.

Persons: Satya Nadella, Bobby Kotick, Nadella, James Ryan, Dov Zimring, Amy Hood, Phil Spencer, Tim Stuart, David Shepardson, Chris Reese Organizations: Microsoft, Activision Blizzard, Federal Trade, FTC, Activision, Nintendo, Sony Group, EU, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Google, Nvidia Corp, Thomson

☆ At Least 4 Palestinians Killed During Gunfight in West Bank
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-19 | by ( Dov Lieber | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ At Least 5 Palestinians Killed During Gunfight in West Bank
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-19 | by ( Dov Lieber | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Israel’s Netanyahu Touts Expanded Investment by Intel Amid Tech Backlash
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-18 | by ( Dov Lieber | John Keilman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ The Fictional Spy Thriller With New Details on the Real Killing of a Terrorist Mastermind
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( Dov Lieber | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Israel, Palestinian Militants Agree to Cease-Fire After Five Days of Fighting
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-13 | by ( Dov Lieber | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Israel’s Iron Dome aerial-defense system on Saturday near Ashdod, Israel. Photo: AMMAR AWAD/REUTERSTEL AVIV—Israel and Gaza-based militant group Islamic Jihad agreed to a cease-fire late Saturday, to end five days of intense fighting that had raised fears of a wider conflict. The cease-fire, brokered by Egypt and the United Nations, came into effect at 10 p.m. local time, Palestinian officials said.

At least 13 Palestinians were killed in targeted Israeli bombings in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, according to officials. The airstrikes are the latest round of violence in one of the deadliest periods in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in years. Photo: Yasser Qudih/Zuma PressGAZA CITY—Palestinian militants fired hundreds of rockets from Gaza toward southern and central Israel, and Israel’s military targeted militants in the enclave on Wednesday, as both sides said they were preparing for wider conflict. A group of Gaza militants that includes the enclave’s rulers Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, both designated by the U.S. as terror groups, took responsibility for the rocket fire. The militants said they had retaliated for Israeli airstrikes on Tuesday that killed senior Islamic Jihad commanders and civilians in the Gaza Strip.

☆ Israeli Strikes Kill Senior Militants, Civilians in Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Dov Lieber | Aaron Boxerman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

At least 13 Palestinians were killed in targeted Israeli bombings in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, according to officials. The airstrikes are the latest round of violence in one of the deadliest periods in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in years. Photo: Yasser Qudih/Zuma PressTEL AVIV—Israeli airstrikes killed three Palestinian militant commanders and several civilians in a surprise attack in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday morning, the Israeli military and Palestinian officials said, threatening a new round of escalating violence. The Israeli military said it was targeting senior leaders of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a U.S.-designated terrorist group that Israel blames for recent cross-border rocket fire, coordinating militant activities in the occupied West Bank and acquiring money and guns. The Israeli military called the strikes part of a new operation against Islamic Jihad, adding to its yearlong operation against Palestinian militants in the West Bank.

☆ Israeli Strikes Kill 13 in Gaza, Including Three Top Militants
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Dov Lieber | Aaron Boxerman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

At least 13 Palestinians were killed in targeted Israeli bombings in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, according to officials. The airstrikes are the latest round of violence in one of the deadliest periods in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in years. Photo: Yasser Qudih/Zuma PressTEL AVIV—The Israeli military said it killed three Palestinian militant commanders Tuesday in targeted bombings in the Gaza Strip that Palestinian officials said left 13 people dead, threatening a new round of escalating violence. The Israeli military said it was targeting senior leaders of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a U.S.-designated terrorist group that Israel blames for recent cross-border rocket fire, coordinating militant activities in the occupied West Bank and acquiring money and guns. The Israeli military called the strikes part of a new operation against Islamic Jihad, adding to its yearlong operation against Palestinian militants in the West Bank.

☆ Israeli Airstrikes Kill Three Palestinian Commanders in Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Dov Lieber | Aaron Boxerman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The Israeli military said the airstrikes were part of a new operation against senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad commanders. Photo: mohammed abed/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesTEL AVIV—Three Palestinian militant commanders were killed Tuesday in targeted Israeli bombings in the Gaza Strip that left a total of at least 12 dead and 20 injured, including civilians, said Israeli military and Palestinian health officials. The Israeli military said the airstrikes on the Palestinian enclave were part of a new operation against senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad commanders who it blames for recent rocket fire into Israel, coordinating militant activities in the occupied West Bank and acquiring money and guns.

Khader Adnan, who died Tuesday, had been detained by Israel 10 times and on hunger strike six times, according to Palestinian authorities. Photo: saif dahlah/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesTEL AVIV—Militants in Gaza fired a barrage of rockets at Israel on Tuesday after the death of a Palestinian on hunger strike in Israeli custody, raising fears of an escalation amid a particularly violent period between the two sides. Khader Adnan, a prominent member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group, was detained in early February on charges of supporting terrorism and incitement. He went on hunger strike soon after and refused medical testing and treatment. He died early Tuesday.

Khader Adnan in the village of Arraba in the West Bank in 2012. Photo: saif dahlah/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesTEL AVIV—A Palestinian prisoner accused of terrorism died in an Israeli prison early Tuesday after a nearly three-month hunger strike, according to Israel’s prison services, heightening tensions amid a particularly violent period between the two sides. Soon after Khader Adnan, who was detained in early February on charges of supporting terrorism and incitement, died, militants in Gaza fired three rockets and one mortar into southern Israel.

☆ Israeli Startups Struggle to Raise Money Amid Political Turmoil, Global Downturn
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-01 | by ( Dov Lieber | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Israel’s technology sector has become a prominent actor in the movement against a judicial overhaul plan. Photo: Kobi Wolf/Bloomberg NewsTEL AVIV—Israeli technology companies are struggling to raise funds, recent data shows, amid a combination of global economic trends and investor concerns over how a proposal to overhaul the country’s judiciary could affect the sector, one of the world’s most vibrant hubs for startups. Israeli technology companies were hurt harder in the first quarter than other global tech hubs, data shows, suggesting the reasons behind the decline in fundraising go beyond macroeconomic conditions.

☆ Israel’s Netanyahu Says He is Committed to Compromise on Judicial Overhaul as Knesset Reconvenes
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-30 | by ( Dov Lieber | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

From blocking highways to dressing up as handmaids, hundreds of thousands of Israelis have protested for three months against a judicial overhaul planned by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government. Photo Composite: Emily SiuTEL AVIV—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that he is committed to reaching a compromise over a proposed judicial overhaul that has sharply divided the country, even as he comes under increasing pressure from elements within his own government to advance the legislation. Mr. Netanyahu agreed at the end of March to delay a vote on a key piece of the legislation and engage in negotiations with the opposition until after Israel’s Parliament, or Knesset, reconvened after Jewish and national holidays. The bill would have been the first piece of a broader effort to weaken the power of the Supreme Court and give greater control to elected lawmakers. The Knesset reconvenes Sunday, adding urgency to the talks with the opposition as the coalition can now advance pieces of the overhaul for the first time since negotiations began.

Brokering a reconciliation deal between Palestinian factions is a longer-term goal for Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman, Saudi officials say. Senior Saudi officials were planning to meet with leaders of the Palestinian militant and political group Hamas on Sunday to discuss renewing diplomatic ties which have been cool since 2007, part of a diplomacy spree led by Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman that has seen Riyadh move closer to Iran. Re-establishing ties between Iran-backed Hamas, which is a U.S. designated terrorist group, and the Saudi kingdom would mark a setback for efforts by the U.S. and Israel to establish a military alliance between Israel and other Sunni-majority countries against Iran and its allies. They also complicate Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ’s goal of normalizing relations with Riyadh, with opposition to Iran as their primary shared interest.

☆ Israeli Lawmakers Join March to West Bank Settlement to Demand Its Legalization
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-10 | by ( Dov Lieber | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

TEL AVI—A large group of Israeli ministers and lawmakers belonging to the country’s ruling coalition led thousands in a march to an evacuated settlement in the occupied West Bank demanding its legalization, heightening days of tensions in the region. Residents of the hilltop outpost in Evyatar were asked to vacate the site two years ago by Israel’s then-government because it was established illegally and Palestinians claim the land. Organizers of Monday’s march said they were out to emphasize Israel’s right to settle anywhere in the West bank and as a response to a spate of recent Palestinian attacks targeting Israelis.

☆ Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu Retains Defense Minister Amid Security Concerns
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-10 | by ( Dov Lieber | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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U.S. forces stationed in Syria are coming under renewed pressure from geopolitical adversaries that are also involved in the conflict there. The U.S. military said Tuesday that it launched a strike that killed a top Islamic State leader in Syria, while Damascus blamed Israel for a series of recent airstrikes that mark an escalation of a long-running Israeli bombing campaign targeting Iran and its allies. U.S. Central Command, which oversees operations in the Middle East, said the “unilateral strike” on Monday killed Aydd al-Jabouri, an Islamic State leader involved in planning attacks in Europe.

☆ Israelis See Chance to Finally Write Nation’s Constitution
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-03 | by ( Dov Lieber | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

TEL AVIV, Israel—The battle in Israel over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ’s judicial overhaul is leading to growing calls for the country to work toward finally drafting a constitution. In the face of mass protests, Mr. Netanyahu agreed on March 27 to delay a vote on a bill that would have been the first piece of a broader effort to weaken the power of the Supreme Court and give greater control to elected lawmakers. To avoid what Mr. Netanyahu called a “civil war,” he agreed to negotiate a compromise deal with the opposition.

TEL AVIV—Israel’s citizen soldiers, a pillar of the country’s identity, played a pivotal role in pressuring Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to pause a planned judicial overhaul that divided the nation. For weeks, military reservists took to the streets in large numbers, joining huge popular demonstrations against Mr. Netanyahu’s proposed changes, and, for some at least, imbuing the protests with a sense of patriotism and duty. Then some reservists began saying they would refuse to report for duty in protest.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, wearing a blue suit, in a meeting with Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi last summer. Russia is helping Iran gain advanced digital-surveillance capabilities as Tehran seeks deeper cooperation on cyberwarfare, people familiar with the matter said, adding another layer to a burgeoning military alliance that the U.S. sees as a threat. The potential for cyberwarfare collaboration comes after Iran has, according to U.S. and Iranian officials, sold Russia drones for use in Ukraine, agreed to provide short-range missiles to Moscow and shipped tank and artillery rounds to the battlefield. Tehran is seeking the cyber help along with what U.S. and Iranian officials have said are requests for dozens of elite Russian attack helicopters and jet fighters and aid with its long-range missile program.

☆ Strike Called, Flights Grounded in Israel Over Netanyahu’s Judicial Overhaul Plan
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-27 | by ( Dov Lieber | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

TEL AVIV—Israel’s largest labor union on Monday announced a nationwide strike over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ’s controversial judicial overhaul plan, a move that would freeze large parts of the economy, grounding flights, closing malls and ports and leaving hospitals with skeleton crews. As the embers of the protest bonfires from Sunday night were being cleared, Israeli President Isaac Herzog urged Mr. Netanyahu to immediately halt the overhaul, calling on the coalition government to put aside political considerations for the sake of the nation.

TEL AVIV—Strikes and protests rocked Israel on Monday as the country’s president warned that a controversial judicial overhaul planned by the government threatened the economy and national security—raising doubts about the future of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ’s coalition. Israeli President Isaac Herzog urged Mr. Netanyahu to immediately halt the overhaul, calling on the coalition government to put aside political considerations for the sake of the nation.

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