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☆ Israeli sisters killed in shooting attack laid to rest
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

KFAR ETZION, West Bank, April 9 (Reuters) - The family of two Israeli sisters who were killed in a shooting attack in the occupied West Bank shared tearful eulogies on Sunday with a room full of weeping mourners, while their mother who was wounded remained in a coma. Hours after the sisters were killed, an Italian tourist was killed in a ramming attack in Tel Aviv. The attacks added to heightened Israeli-Palestinian tensions following Israeli police raids in Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque last week. Since the beginning of the year, at least 18 Israelis and foreigners have been killed in attacks in Israel, around Jerusalem and in the West Bank. In the same period, Israeli forces have killed more than 80 Palestinians, most of them fighters in militant groups but some of them civilians.

☆ Israel reinforces troops after violence along Lebanon, Gaza borders
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

JERUSALEM/GAZA, April 7 (Reuters) - Israel reinforced troops near its borders with Lebanon and Gaza on Friday following a flare-up in violence that threatened to spiral out of control after police raids this week on the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. [1/4] Smoke and flames rise during Israeli airstrikes in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, April 7, 2023. Before noon on Friday, however, Israel's military said residents near the Gaza frontier no longer needed to keep close to bomb shelters. "Who wants war? No one, but also we can’t stand these brutal assaults on worshippers in Al-Aqsa," he said.

☆ Two Israeli sisters killed in West Bank shooting attack
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/3] Israeli medics and policemen check a damaged car at the scene of a shooting attack, in the Jordan Valley in the Israeli-occupied West Bank April 7, 2023. REUTERS/Gil EliyahuJERUSALEM, April 7 (Reuters) - Two Israeli sisters were killed on Friday in a shooting attack on their car in the occupied West Bank, Israeli authorities said. The attack took place with Israel on high alert in Jerusalem after a day of violence along the Lebanese and Gaza borders. Israel's military said soldiers had arrived at the scene of a reported collision between Israeli and Palestinian vehicles near the Jewish settlement of Hamra and saw the Israeli car, with three people in it, had been shot up. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, visiting the scene, said: "Vile and heartless terrorists murdered two young sisters."

Salvoes of rockets from Lebanon and Gaza struck north and south in Israel over the past day and the Israeli military replied with air strikes. Palestinian militant group Hamas, which rules Gaza, praised the shooting attack but stopped short of claiming responsibility. [1/3] Israeli troops stand guard at a shooting attack scene in the Jordan Valley, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank April 7,2023. With the international-led peace process long moribund, Palestinians' hopes of creating an independent state in the West Bank and Gaza, with East Jerusalem as its capital, have faded. Israel's new hard-right government is set on expanding Jewish settlements in the West Bank and includes members who rule out a Palestinian state.

☆ One tourist killed, five injured in Tel Aviv attack -officials
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/4] Israeli officials work at the scene of a shooting attack in Tel Aviv, Israel April 7, 2023. REUTERS/Nir EliasTEL AVIV, April 7 (Reuters) - One tourist was killed and five others were wounded in a Tel Aviv car ramming attack on Friday, Israeli authorities said. A police officer who was nearby arrived at the scene to find several people wounded and an overturned car near a popular Tel Aviv promenade. The nationality of the tourist who was killed in Tel Aviv was not yet known. Israel's Magen David Adom ambulance service said all the victims in the Tel Aviv attack were tourists.

☆ One tourist killed, five injured in Tel Aviv attack
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

TEL AVIV, April 7 (Reuters) - An Italian tourist was killed and five other tourists were wounded in a Tel Aviv car ramming attack on Friday, Israeli and Italian officials said. A police officer who was nearby arrived at the scene to find several people wounded and an overturned car near a popular Tel Aviv promenade. [1/4] Israeli officials work at the scene of a shooting attack in Tel Aviv, Israel April 7, 2023. REUTERS/Nir Elias 1 2 3 4It was the second deadly attack on Friday, after two Israeli sisters were killed when their car was shot up in the occupied West Bank. Israel's Magen David Adom ambulance service said all the victims in the Tel Aviv attack were tourists.

☆ Israeli PM Netanyahu expected to back down on judicial reform
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-27 | by ( Maayan Lubell | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/2] Fire burns as people attend a demonstration after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed the defense minister and his nationalist coalition government presses on with its judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv, Israel, March 27, 2023. Israel's Channel 12 TV reported Netanyahu would announce a halt to the overhaul at 10:30 a.m. (0730 GMT). "The law is balanced and good for Israel," Rothman said as the bill passed the committee stage. "We must not stop the judiciary reform and must not surrender to anarchy," he tweeted. The judicial overhaul, which would give the executive control over appointing judges to the Supreme Court and allow the government to over-ride court rulings on the basis of a simple parliamentary majority has drawn mass protests for weeks.

☆ Netanyahu sacks defense minister who opposed judicial overhaul
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

JERUSALEM, March 26 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday dismissed Defense Minister Yoav Gallant after he said the government should delay moving forward with a highly-contested plan to overhaul the country's judicial system. "Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided to remove from his position Defense Minister Yoav Gallant," the prime minister's office said. Gallant, a lawmaker from Netanyahu's right-wing Likud party, broke ranks on Saturday by publicly urging Netanyahu to suspend the legislation. He had said countrywide protests against the judicial overhaul, which have included growing numbers of military reservists, were also affecting regular forces and undermining national security. Reporting by Ari Rabinovitch Editing by Steven Scheer, Alexandra HudsonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Israel, UAE sign free trade pact into effect
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

JERUSALEM, March 26 (Reuters) - Israel and the United Arab Emirates on Sunday signed a free trade pact into effect, reducing or removing tariffs on about 96% of goods traded between the nations, Israel's Foreign Ministry said. The countries first reached the agreement last May, promising to boost bilateral trade after they normalized ties in 2020 in a U.S.-brokered deal. The deal will also allow Israeli companies to gain access to government tenders in the UAE, the ministry said. Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen, who on Sunday gave a final signature for the tariff arrangement within the trade pact, said it would "strengthen the connection" with the UAE and that Israel was working to normalize ties with more Arab countries. Reporting by Ari Rabinovitch; Editing by David HolmesOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ 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.

☆ BioNTech to develop, produce cancer drugs and vaccines in Jerusalem -Israel Fin Min
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Companies BioNTech SE FollowJERUSALEM, March 21 (Reuters) - Germany's BioNTech SE (22UAy.DE) signed a preliminary deal to set up a facility to produce cancer-related drugs and vaccines in Jerusalem, Israel's Finance Ministry said on Tuesday. Under the memorandum of understanding, BioNTech will develop the drugs and vaccines using mRNA technology in the Har Hotzvim technology park. It will also set up a research centre at the Weizmann Institute in central Israel. Reporting by Steven Scheer Editing by Ari RabinovitchOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

The new documents, reviewed by Reuters, shed light on the concern among the Finance Ministry's most senior officials, who cited unease among foreign investors and a shekel that has depreciated sharply to a three-year low. "Implementing the proposed judicial reform could bring very significant harm to the economy," said a document from the ministry's chief economist. The ministry's budget department wrote separately that there have been "initial indications" of the development of negative sentiments towards the Israeli economy. Moody's Investor Service said this month that the Israeli government's planned judicial reforms could weaken institutions and negatively impact Israel's sovereign credit profile. The Bank of Israel, which has urged judicial independence, expects economic growth of below 3% in 2023 after a 6.4% spurt last year.

☆ One man wounded in 'shooting incident' in West Bank flashpoint
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-19 | by ( Raneen Sawafta | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] Israeli troops stand guard at the scene of a shooting, in Huwara, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, March 19, 2023. REUTERS/Mohamad TorokmanHUWARA, West Bank, March 19 (Reuters) - A Palestinian gunman opened fire on Sunday on an Israeli couple in their car, wounding the man, in a West Bank town where a similar shooting last month prompted Israeli settlers to go on a violent rampage. Israeli officials said the wounded Israeli and soldiers at the scene returned fire, wounding the gunman, who was pursued by troops and captured. The incident occurred as Israeli and Palestinian officials held U.S.-backed talks in Egypt aimed at calming months of violence. The West Bank has seen a surge of confrontations, with near-daily military raids and escalating settler violence amid a spate of attacks by Palestinians.

☆ Biden tells Netanyahu he backs compromise on Israel judicial overhaul
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM, March 19 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that democratic values were a hallmark of U.S.-Israeli ties and said he supported finding a compromise over a highly-contested judicial overhaul. Netanyahu, according to his office, assured Biden that Israel's democracy was healthy. The plan has stirred concern for Israel's democratic health at home and abroad. Netanyahu's office said he told Biden "that Israel was, and will remain, a strong and vibrant democracy." Critics of the planned law changes say Netanyahu - on trial on graft charges that he denies - is pursuing steps that will hurt Israel's democratic checks and balances, enable corruption and bring diplomatic isolation.

☆ Israeli protesters paint 'red line' leading to Supreme Court after Netanyahu spurns compromise
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-16 | by ( Maayan Lubell | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

JERUSALEM, March 16 (Reuters) - Jerusalem woke on Thursday to the sight of a long red line painted by protesters along roads leading to Israel's Supreme Court, hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a compromise deal for his government's planned judicial overhaul. Drone footage showed a small group of people in protective suits spraying a wide red stripe along mostly deserted roads leading from a police and magistrate's compound up to the Supreme Court in central Jerusalem. A slogan stencilled in red onto the road in Hebrew, Arabic and English by the side of the road read: "Drawing the line." The hard-right government's drive to limit Supreme Court powers while increasing its own power in selecting judges has caused alarm in Israel and abroad about the country's democratic checks and balances as protests have swelled for weeks. His nationalist-religious coalition says the Supreme Court too often overreaches and intervenes in political matters it has no mandate to rule on.

☆ Israel FinMin says immediate liquidity risk averted after SVB collapse
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

JERUSALEM, March 14 (Reuters) - Israel's Finance Ministry said on Tuesday that a panel formed to assess the fallout from the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SIVB.O) determined that the immediate liquidity risk has been averted. The ministry in a statement cited a decision by U.S. authorities to back accounts - even those uninsured - at the bank, which has been an important lender for Israeli technology companies. "Israel's economy is strong and relatively easy to manage in times of crisis," Smotrich said. Smotrich was in the United States for Sunday's Israel Bonds conference. Reporting by Ari Rabinovitch; Additional reporting by Henriette Chacar; Editing by Steven Scheer and Bill BerkrotOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Shooting attack in Tel Aviv, three wounded
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/4] People react in the aftermath of a shooting attack in central Tel Aviv, Israel March 9, 2023. REUTERS/Tomer AppelbaumJERUSALEM, March 9 (Reuters) - An attacker opened fire in central Tel Aviv on Thursday in a suspected terrorist attack, wounding three people, before being "neutralized" by Israeli police, officials said. Large numbers of police and medical workers rushed to Dizengoff street, a main drag in the heart of the city, where the gunman carried out the attack. Three people were wounded, including one in serious condition, it said. There were no immediate details about the circumstances of the shooting, though police said initial signs were that it was a terrorist attack.

☆ Riskified latest company to transfer money out of Israel -media
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

JERUSALEM, March 8 (Reuters) - Israeli financial technology firm Riskified (RSKD.N) is transferring $500 million out of the country, joining private sector opposition to the government's planned overhaul of the judicial system, Israeli media reported on Wednesday. The judicial overhaul plan, which has already received initial parliamentary approval, would give the government greater sway on selecting judges and limit the power of the Supreme Court to strike down legislation. Moody's Investor Service warned on Tuesday that the planned judicial overhaul could weaken institutions and negatively impact Israel's sovereign credit profile. A number of other high-profile companies in Israel have already said they would be transferring large sums of money abroad due to the political uncertainty. Proponents say the changes are needed to curb what they deem an activist judiciary that interferes in politics.

☆ Israel's bank to report more frequently on transfers of money abroad
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

JERUSALEM, March 7 (Reuters) - The Bank of Israel has instructed local banks to report more frequently on the movement of money in and out of Israel, a central bank spokesperson said on Tuesday. Analysts have tied the shekel's performance to uncertainty regarding Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan to change Israel's court system. Critics of the changes say Netanyahu - on trial on graft charges that he denies - is pursuing steps that will hurt Israel’s democratic checks and balances, enable corruption and bring diplomatic isolation. Proponents say the changes are needed to curb what they deem an activist judiciary that interferes in politics. A report on Monday that a compromise on the issue may be close sent the shekel up 2% to 3.59 per dollar.

JERUSALEM, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said on Tuesday he saw the country's economy being strengthened by the government's proposed judicial overhaul, but that he would assume responsibility for any economic harm caused by it. "There is a sort of a jolt in the Israeli public, this is being reflected in certain vectors in the economy. I don't see a catastrophe," Smotrich said at a news conference to provide details of the 2023-24 state budget. The cabinet on Friday approved the 2023-24 state budget draft that the Finance Ministry expects will be fully ratified by the end of May. The budget allocates spending of 484.8 billion shekels ($132 billion) this year and 513.7 billion next year.

☆ Israel sees 'difficult days ahead' after West Bank attacks, riot
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

HAWARA, West Bank, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Israel on Monday deployed extra troops in the occupied West Bank after a Palestinian gunman shot dead two Israelis and a Palestinian was killed when Jewish settlers rampaged through a village, setting fire to houses and cars. "We expect difficult days ahead of us," Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said as he toured the largely empty streets of the village of Hawara with a heavy security detail. In fresh violence on Monday, the Israeli military said Palestinians carried out a series of drive-by shootings on a highway outside the West Bank town of Jericho before fleeing. [1/5] Israeli settlers stand next to an Israeli member of the military, in the aftermath of an incident where a Palestinian gunman killed two Israeli settlers, near Hawara in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, February 27, 2023. The Israeli army said it was still hunting down the Palestinian gunman and would send two extra battalions to the area to thwart fresh attacks and prevent rioting.

☆ Israeli cyber security firm Wiz raises $300 mln, valued at $10 bln
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

JERUSALEM, Feb 27 (Reuters) - U.S.-Israeli cyber security startup Wiz said on Monday it raised $300 million in a private funding round that values the firm at $10 billion. The late stage round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and existing investors Greenoaks Capital Partners and Index Ventures. Since its founding three years ago, Wiz, which focuses on cloud security and has 650 employees globally, has raised $900 million from investors, including Sequoia Capital, Insight Partners, Blackstone and G Squared. It said it plans to open new offices in Austin, Dallas and Washington D.C. Reporting by Steven Scheer Editing by Ari RabinovitchOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Far-right Israeli minister says 'no' to West Bank settlement freeze
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

JERUSALEM, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Israel's far-right finance minister said on Sunday he would not agree to any freeze in settlement activity in the occupied West Bank, after Israeli officials committed during a summit in Jordan to hold off on such construction in the coming months. "I have no idea what they spoke about or not in Jordan," said Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who also has responsibilities over Jewish settlements in the West Bank. "But one thing I do know: there will not be a freeze on the building and development in settlements, not even for one day (it is under my authority)," he wrote on Twitter. Reporting by Ari Rabinovitch; Editing by Jan HarveyOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

The cross-border attacks followed an Israeli operation in the West Bank city of Nablus on Wednesday. The Islamic Jihad said Israeli troops had surrounded two of its Nablus commanders in a house, triggering a clash that drew in other gunmen. Palestinian sources said the two Islamic Jihad commanders had been killed along with another gunman. Palestinian groups in East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza went on strike on Thursday. Abdel-Latif Abdu, a vegetable seller in Gaza, kept his shop closed in support of residents of Nablus and the rest of the West Bank.

☆ Israel thanks Oman for opening its airspace
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

JERUSALEM, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Israel's foreign minister on Thursday thanked Sultan Haitham bin Tariq al-Said for opening Oman's airspace to all carriers, including Israeli airlines, which will now be able to offer shorter routes to Asia. "It's an historic and significant decision for the Israeli economy and the Israeli traveler," said Foreign Minister Eli Cohen. Oman's civil aviation authority on Thursday said the sultanate's airspace will be open for all carriers that meet the authority's requirements for overflying. U.S. President Joe Biden in July announced a Saudi air corridor for Israeli carriers might be implemented. Israeli officials had said the corridor could not be implemented until Muscat consented because it would also entail flying over Oman.

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