Ilan Ben Zion, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

Tens of thousands Israelis protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's judicial overhaul plan outside the parliament in Jerusalem, Monday, March 27, 2023. (AP Photo)

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Netanyahu delays judicial overhaul after mass protests

by Ilan Ben Zion Associated Press, and Tia Goldenberg Associated PressMarch 27, 2023

JERUSALEM — Bending to a wave of mass protests, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delayed his contentious judicial overhaul plan Monday and said he wanted “to avoid civil war” by making time to seek a compromise with political opponents.The…

Israelis opposed to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's judicial overhaul plan set up bonfires and block a highway during a protest moments after the Israeli leader fired his defense minister, in Tel Aviv, Sunday.

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Netanyahu fires defense minister, sparking mass protests in Israel

by Ilan Ben Zion Associated PressMarch 26, 2023

Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a special session of the Knesset, Israel's parliament, to approve and swear in a new right-wing government, in Jerusalem Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022. Netanyahu was set to return to office Thursday at the helm of the most religious and ultranationalist government in Israel’s history, vowing to implement policies that could cause domestic and regional turmoil and alienate the country’s closest allies.(Amir Cohen/Pool Photo...

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Netanyahu sworn in as PM of hard-line government

by Ilan Ben Zion Associated PressDecember 29, 2022

This photo released by Yad Vashem, World Holocaust Remembrance Center, shows German Nazis carrying Jewish books, presumably for burning, during Kristallnacht, most likely in the town of Fuerth, Germany on Nov. 10, 1938. The photos were taken by Nazi photographers during the pogrom.

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Newly discovered photos show Kristallnacht up close

by Ilan Ben Zion Associate PressNovember 9, 2022

Israeli police block right wing activists from marching towards the Old City, in Jerusalem, Wednesday, April 20, 2022. Police prevented hundreds of ultra-nationalist Israelis from marching around predominantly Palestinian areas of Jerusalem's Old City. The event planned for Wednesday was similar to one that served as one of the triggers of last year's Israel-Gaza war. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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Tensions run high in Israel

by Ilan Ben Zion Associated PressApril 20, 2022

FILE - In this Aug. 1, 2021, file photo, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz attends a cabinet meeting at the prime minister's office in Jerusalem. Gantz held talks late Sunday, August 29, 2021, with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the first high-level meeting between the two sides in years, officials said. (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP, File)

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Israel OKs gestures to Palestinians

by Ilan Ben Zion Associated Press, and Laurie Kellman Associated PressAugust 30, 2021

Jewish ultranationalists wave Israeli flags during the “Flags March” next to Damascus gate, outside Jerusalem’s Old City, Tuesday.

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Jerusalem march a test for new government

by Ilan Ben Zion Associated PressJune 15, 2021

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a hearing evidence stage for his trial over alleged corruption crimes, at the Jerusalem district court, in Salah El-Din, East Jerusalem, Monday, April 5, 2021. Netanyahu was back in court for his corruption trial on Monday as the country's political parties were set to weigh in on whether he should form the next government after a closely divided election or step down to focus on his legal woes. (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP)

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Netanyahu rips prosecutors as parties weigh in on his fate

by Ilan Ben Zion Associated PressApril 5, 2021

Protesters, including one wearing a mask depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, gather outside the District Court during a hearing in his corruption trial, in Jerusalem, Monday, Feb. 8, 2021. Netanyahu has pleaded not guilty as his trial on corruption charges resumes in a Jerusalem courtroom just weeks before national elections in which he hopes to extend his 12-year rule. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

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Netanyahu denies corruption charges

by Ilan Ben Zion Associated PressFebruary 8, 2021

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., left, joined by Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., listen to President Donald Trump's State of the Union speech Feb. 5 at the Capitol in Washington.

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Israel bars Muslim US congresswomen

by Ilan Ben Zion Associated PressAugust 15, 2019