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35        "body": "<p>Israel announced it will grant permits to Christian Palestinians from Gaza Strip to visit Jerusalem and the West Bank during Christmas, the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories said Sunday.</p><p>This statement came ten days after a COGAT spokeswoman told <i>Reuters </i>that <a href=\"https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/society/1576230957-gazan-christians-barred-from-visiting-bethlehem-and-jerusalem-on-christmas\" title=\"https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/society/1576230957-gazan-christians-barred-from-visiting-bethlehem-and-jerusalem-on-christmas\">Christians in the Gaza Strip were barred from visiting holy cities such as Bethlehem and Jerusalem this Christmas season.</a></p><p>COGAT’s initial <i>Reuters </i>statement faced immediate backlash by Christian Palestinian leaders as well as Gisha, an Israeli human rights group that monitors the people coming in and out of Gaza.</p><p>“Other people around the world are allowed to travel to Bethlehem. We think Gaza’s Christians should have that right, too,” Wadie Abu Nassar, an adviser to local church leaders, told <i>Reuters </i>at the time.</p><p>There are around 1,000 Christians living in Gaza, mostly Greek Orthodox, among a population of 2 million people.&nbsp;</p><p>Following the backfire, COGAT posted on its website last Sunday that it would make a maximum of 500 permits available to Christian Palestinians from Gaza to travel to Jerusalem and the West Bank “in accordance with security checks.”&nbsp;</p><p>However, the posts were removed a few hours later after its spokeswoman said they were mistakenly uploaded.</p><p>This Sunday COGAT decided that it would give permits to Christian Palestinians from Gaza to visit Jerusalem and the West Bank, “Entry permits for Jerusalem and for the Judea and Samaria area will be issued in accordance with security assessments and without regard to age,” the Defense Ministry body said in a statement.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>",
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94        "body": "<p>In a letter dated Friday, Jewish members of Congress wrote demanding the dismissal of Stephen Miller, one of Donald Trump's most radical advisers, known for his defense of a resolutely anti-immigrant policy.</p><p>A recently leaked trove of emails also shows him appearing to promote white supremacist views, prompting 25 Jewish lawmakers, all Democrats, to demand his dismissal.</p><p>The letter begins by saying, \"As Jewish members of Congress, we are calling on you to immediately relieve White House Senior Adviser Stephen Miller of all government responsibilities and dismiss him from your administration.\"</p><p>They added, \"His documented support for white nationalist and virulently anti-immigrant tropes is wholly unacceptable.\"&nbsp;</p><p>More than 100 Democratic members of Congress had issued a similar plea after the emails were published last month by a non-profit association that monitors hate groups, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC).&nbsp;</p><p>In all, the SPLC obtained more than 900 emails sent in 2015 and 2016 by Miller to editors at the far-right Breitbart news website.&nbsp;</p><p>In the messages -- whose authenticity Miller has not denied -- he notably shares links to far-right websites and asserts a causal connection between immigrants and violence.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p>",
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145        "body": "<p>The Greek government said Sunday it will sign an agreement for a huge pipeline project with Cyprus and Israel next month that is designed to ship gas from the eastern Mediterranean to Europe.</p><p>The move comes amid tensions with Turkey over its own activities in the area and a contentious maritime deal with Libya expanding Ankara's claims over a large gas-rich area of the sea.</p><p>Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis's office said the agreement for the EastMed pipeline would be signed in Athens on January 2 with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades.</p><p>The 2,000-kilometer (1,200-mile) pipeline will be able to transfer between nine and 12 billion cubic metres a year from offshore gas reserves between Israel and Cyprus to Greece, and then on to Italy and other southeastern European countries.</p><p>The discovery of hydrocarbon reserves in the eastern Mediterranean has sparked a scramble for the energy riches and a dispute between Cyprus and Turkey, which occupies the north of the Mediterranean island.</p><p>Turkey already faces European Union sanctions over ships searching for oil and gas off Cyprus, whose government in Nicosia is not recognized by Ankara.</p><p>The EastMed project is expected to make Cyprus, Greece and Israel key links in Europe's energy supply chain and aims to stymie Turkey's effort to extend its control to the eastern Mediterranean.&nbsp;</p><h2>Watch more:</h2><div class=\"video-wrapper i24-rendered-video\" id=\"video-6117782435001k4ifdv7m\" data-video-id=\"6117782435001\" contenteditable=\"false\"><iframe src=\"https://players.brightcove.net/5377161796001/ByM4bUwbW_default/index.html?videoId=6117782435001\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"></iframe></div><p></p><p></p>",
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255        "body": "<p>Various world leaders, as well as the social media accounts of several states, offered the Jews and the Jewish State Chanukkah greetings on Sunday, the first day of the holiday sometimes seen as the Jewish equivalent of Christmas.&nbsp;</p><p>Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said in a statement that “I extend my congratulations to the entire Jewish community on the occasion of Hanukkah and wish them wellbeing and happiness.”</p><p>A twitter account associated with the United Arab Emirates offered the following message:</p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Our warmest wishes to our friends of the Jewish faith on the occasion of the first day of the Festival of Lights.  <br>Wishing you a joyful <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/Hanukkah?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc^tfw\">#Hanukkah</a> <a href=\"https://t.co/AxiySi9YQc\">pic.twitter.com/AxiySi9YQc</a></p>— UAE Embassy UK (@UAEEmbassyUK) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/UAEEmbassyUK/status/1208702231777873920?ref_src=twsrc^tfw\">December 22, 2019</a></blockquote><p>British Prime Minister Boris Johnson posted a video celebrating Britain's Jewish community.&nbsp;</p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Britain would not be Britain without its Jewish community. And we will stand with you and celebrate with you - at Chanukah and all year round. <a href=\"https://t.co/S5ClRprCuL\">pic.twitter.com/S5ClRprCuL</a></p>— Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/BorisJohnson/status/1208789388278276096?ref_src=twsrc^tfw\">December 22, 2019</a></blockquote><p>The Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, who was accused of anti-Israeli bias and tolerance for anti-Semitism in his party's ranks, has also tweeted out Channukah greetings.&nbsp;</p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I would like to wish happy <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/Hanukkah?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc^tfw\">#Hanukkah</a> to Jewish people celebrating in Britain and across the world.<a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chanukah?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc^tfw\">#Chanukah</a> <a href=\"https://t.co/UfwHrEMNYK\">pic.twitter.com/UfwHrEMNYK</a></p>— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/jeremycorbyn/status/1208658682088570881?ref_src=twsrc^tfw\">December 22, 2019</a></blockquote><p></p><p></p>",
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314        "body": "<p>A war monitor said Monday that air raids in Syria the previous night, blamed on Israel, killed at least three foreign pro-regime fighters south of the war-torn country's capital.&nbsp;</p><p>The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Sunday night's attack hit Syrian regime and Iranian positions south of Damascus.</p><p>It said three non-Syrian loyalist fighters were killed by a rocket blast between the suburb of Aqraba and the nearby Sayyida Zeinab neighbourhood, home to a shrine revered by Shiite Muslims.</p><p>It did not specify their nationality but said they were likely Iranian.&nbsp;</p><div class=\"video-wrapper i24-rendered-video\" data-video-id=\"6117778753001\" id=\"video-6117778753001k4ie40bs\" contenteditable=\"false\" data-reactroot=\"\"><iframe src=\"https://players.brightcove.net/5377161796001/ByM4bUwbW_default/index.html?videoId=6117778753001\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"></iframe></div><p>Syrian state news agency SANA said one of the missiles was shot down near the Damascus suburb of Aqraba, but offered no further details.&nbsp;<br></p><p>On Monday, Hebrew-language broadcaster Channel 12 reported, citing Syrian sources on Telegram, that an Israeli unmanned aerial vehicle had entered the Syrian airspace in the Golan Heights region but had to return its course after it was fired at.</p><p>Israel has carried out frequent air and missile strikes against Iranian and Hezbollah targets inside Syria since the country descended into civil war in 2011, but rarely comments on them.</p><p></p>",
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373        "body": "<p>Israel's High Court of Justice on Sunday announced it will deliberate whether Benjamin Netanyahu could be tasked with forming a government after being indicted in three different criminal cases.</p><p>Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit, who earlier this year recommended to indict the long-serving prime minister on charges of bribery and fraud, has been ordered by the High Court to come up with a legal opinion on the matter 48 hours before the court assembles to debate it.&nbsp;</p><div class=\"video-wrapper i24-rendered-video\" id=\"video-6117673750001k4hgq28y\" data-video-id=\"6117673750001\" contenteditable=\"false\"><iframe src=\"https://players.brightcove.net/5377161796001/ByM4bUwbW_default/index.html?videoId=6117673750001\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"></iframe></div><p>The date of the plenary is yet to be decided.<br></p><p>Netanyahu slammed the decision, tweeting that \"in a democracy it's the people that gets to decide who is the leader, otherwise it's not a democracy.\"</p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"iw\" dir=\"rtl\">בדמוקרטיה מי שמחליט מי ינהיג את העם - זה העם, לא אף אחד אחר. אחרת זה פשוט לא דמוקרטיה <a href=\"https://t.co/dbKcl36A4t\">pic.twitter.com/dbKcl36A4t</a></p>— Benjamin Netanyahu (@netanyahu) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/netanyahu/status/1208803029643870211?ref_src=twsrc^tfw\">December 22, 2019</a></blockquote><p>According to Israeli law, a sitting prime minister is required to resign only following a criminal conviction and after all legal avenues to appeal the conviction have been exhausted.&nbsp;</p><div class=\"video-wrapper i24-rendered-video\" id=\"video-6117666624001k4hgq291\" data-video-id=\"6117666624001\" contenteditable=\"false\"><iframe src=\"https://players.brightcove.net/5377161796001/ByM4bUwbW_default/index.html?videoId=6117666624001\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"></iframe></div><p></p>",
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404            "legend": "Guns confiscated in the course of the operation",
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432        "body": "<p>Israel Defense Forces on Saturday thwarted an attempt by Palestinian militants to smuggle weapons into Israeli territory, IDF's Spokesperson unit said on Sunday.&nbsp;</p><p>Spotting three men carrying construction tools in the Jordan Valley area, the troops apprehended the suspects and conducted searches which led them to find 50 guns, parts of M16 rifles and ammunition.&nbsp;</p><figure class=\"image-wrapper\"><img src=\"https://cdn.i24news.tv/uploads/ea/d8/a8/c2/0f/d5/7a/74/76/e5/ae/e8/3d/38/f7/a1/ead8a8c20fd57a7476e5aee83d38f7a1.jpeg?type=auto&amp;width=640\" alt=\"IDF's Spokesperson Unit\" title=\"Guns confiscated in the course of the arrest\"><p class=\"credit\" contenteditable=\"false\">IDF's Spokesperson Unit</p><figcaption>Guns confiscated in the course of the arrest</figcaption></figure><p>The suspects and findings were transferred to the Shin Bet security agency for further questioning.</p><p>In recent months Israeli security forces said they were operating with increased vigilance against the smuggling, possession and use of illegal weaponry.</p>",
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487        "title": "Germany: 14-year-old tied up, choked in anti-Semitic attack",
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491        "body": "<p>A 14-year old was tied up and choked by three fellow students in a Berlin school in the Tempelhof-Schöneberg district on Thursday, according to a statement from the police.</p><p>The statement alleges that the three showered the victim with anti-Semitic abuse during the attack.</p><p>The student survived the attack, with a physical education teacher said to have spotted the abuse and intervened.</p><p>When the victim was untied, the victim's throat was red, the police said, adding that the authorities have launched an investigation into the incident.</p><p>Earlier this month, Berlin hosted a conference which saw known Hamas supporters as participants, ignoring <a href=\"https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/europe/1575650958-israeli-envoy-to-germany-urges-berlin-to-cancel-conference-hosting-hamas\" title=\"https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/europe/1575650958-israeli-envoy-to-germany-urges-berlin-to-cancel-conference-hosting-hamas\" class=\"link\">a request from Israel's envoy to Germany to cancel it</a>.</p><p>Early December also saw a report that Germany was used as a major operational hub by another anti-Israel group, Lebanon's Hezbollah.</p><p><a href=\"https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/europe/1575223674-hezbollah-uses-germany-as-operational-hub-for-sponsoring-terror-report\" title=\"https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/europe/1575223674-hezbollah-uses-germany-as-operational-hub-for-sponsoring-terror-report\" class=\"link\">Some 1050 Hezbollah members and supporters reside in Germany</a>, a local newspaper said, with around 250 of them living in Berlin.&nbsp;</p><p></p>",
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522            "legend": "Security personnel patrol a street in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh state, India, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2019.",
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550        "body": "<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought Sunday to quell the anger of India's Muslims, fuming at a new citizenship law put that triggered massive public unrest.</p><p>Addressing party supporters in New Delhi -- who cried \"Modi! Modi!\" at the mention of the law -- the 69-year-old said Muslims \"don't need to worry at all\" -- provided they are genuine Indians.</p><p>\"Muslims who are sons of the soil and whose ancestors are the children of mother India need not to worry\" <a href=\"https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/asia-pacific/1576490975-india-at-least-six-killed-as-protests-over-anti-muslim-law-rage-on\" title=\"https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/asia-pacific/1576490975-india-at-least-six-killed-as-protests-over-anti-muslim-law-rage-on\" class=\"link\">about the law and his plans to carry out a national register of citizens</a>, Modi told the crowd of thousands.</p><div class=\"video-wrapper i24-rendered-video\" id=\"video-6117645892001k4h757ej\" data-video-id=\"6117645892001\" contenteditable=\"false\"><iframe src=\"https://players.brightcove.net/5377161796001/ByM4bUwbW_default/index.html?videoId=6117645892001\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"></iframe></div><p>Accusing the main opposition Congress party of condoning <a href=\"https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/asia-pacific/1576920661-india-five-new-deaths-including-child-in-protests\" title=\"https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/asia-pacific/1576920661-india-five-new-deaths-including-child-in-protests\" class=\"link\">the recent violence</a> by not condemning it, Modi said opponents were \"spreading rumors that all Muslims will be sent to detention camps.\"</p><p>\"There are no detention centers. All these stories about detention centers are lies, lies and lies,\" he said.</p><p>The message came as the death toll in the ten days of protests climbed up to 25, with more demonstrations taking place on Sunday, including in Dehli and Kolkata.</p><p>Previously, tens of thousands of protests gathered late Saturday in the southern city of Hyderabad, while other protests were held elsewhere.</p><p></p>",
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581            "legend": "Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting, at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, on December 22, 2019.",
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609        "body": "<p>Israel's caretaker PM and chief of Likud party Benjamin Netanyahu joined the petition for canceling Likud list primaries on Sunday.</p><p>The petition was filed with the internal Likud court after it ruled against the party's Central Committee decision to cancel a vote for its parliament roster in the March 2020 elections.&nbsp;</p><p>The ruling did not represent a done deal, with an appeal to be heard and ruled on in an extended court vote later this week.</p><p>The prospect of holding a list primary <a href=\"https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/politics/1576171014-israel-likud-central-committee-approves-leadership-primary-on-december-26\" title=\"https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/politics/1576171014-israel-likud-central-committee-approves-leadership-primary-on-december-26\" class=\"link\">as well as a leadership vote, slated for December 26</a>, could make things more complicated for the party amid the campaigning for the upcoming general vote, thing in less than a year.</p><p>In the Thursday leadership contest, Netanyahu will face off with Gideon Sa'ar, his key challenger within the ranks of Likud.</p><p>On Sunday, Sa'ar took a swipe at Netanyahu government after PM's ally, Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz, <a href=\"https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/politics/1577011956-israel-key-netanyahu-rival-in-likud-says-israel-scared-of-icc\" title=\"https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/politics/1577011956-israel-key-netanyahu-rival-in-likud-says-israel-scared-of-icc\" class=\"link\">told Kan radio that a West Bank village demolition was postponed due to concerns over the reaction of the International Criminal Court</a>.&nbsp;</p><p>Despite being aware of these concerns, Netanyahu repeatedly pledged to raze the village, Katz confirmed, later lashing out at Sa'ar and calling him out for diplomatic immaturity.&nbsp; &nbsp;</p>",
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758            "legend": "Richard Ratcliffe, the husband of British charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who is being held in Iran, poses for a photo with a giant Mother's Day card and flowers left on the steps of the Iranian Embassy, in Knightsbridge, London, Sunday March 31, 2019",
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876            "legend": "People gather in the the market in the city of Saraqeb in the Idlib countryside after an air strike by Syrian aircraft on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2019.",
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935            "legend": "FILE - Israeli United Nations Ambassador Danny Danon address a U.N. Security Council meeting on the Palestinian and Israeli conflict, Tuesday March 26, 2019 at U.N. headquarters",
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963        "body": "<p>Israel’s Representative to the UN Danny Danon lambasted Sunday the International Criminal Court’s <a href=\"https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/diplomacy-defense/1576852995-international-criminal-court-announces-probe-into-war-crimes-in-palestinian-territories\" title=\"https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/diplomacy-defense/1576852995-international-criminal-court-announces-probe-into-war-crimes-in-palestinian-territories\" class=\"link\">decision to probe into suspected war crimes</a> on Palestinian territories, calling it “diplomatic terrorism” by the Palestinians.</p><p>In an interview with Hebrew-language outlet <i>Ynet</i>, Danon said that Israel is trying to prevent the launch of the investigation.</p><div class=\"video-wrapper i24-rendered-video\" id=\"video-6117622500001k4ibklai\" data-video-id=\"6117622500001\" contenteditable=\"false\"><iframe src=\"https://players.brightcove.net/5377161796001/ByM4bUwbW_default/index.html?videoId=6117622500001\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"></iframe></div><p>“Instead of negotiating, the Palestinian Authority uses every means possible to harm Israel, and this time it’s with the International Criminal Court (ICC),” Danon said. “In the coming weeks we will exert pressure so that this issue will not evolve into a legal prosecution and that the ICC will conclude that there’s no mandate to open a case in this issue.”</p><p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu referred to the decision at his security Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, saying “On Friday, the criminal court in Hague officially turned into a weapon against the State of Israel.”</p><p>Netanyahu slammed prosecutor Fatou Bensouda’s decision, saying it contradicts the purpose of the ICC, “founded after the atrocities of World War II and was meant to tackle problems risen in countries that commit war crimes such as genocide.\"</p><div class=\"video-wrapper i24-rendered-video\" id=\"video-6117650565001k4ibklak\" data-video-id=\"6117650565001\" contenteditable=\"false\"><iframe src=\"https://players.brightcove.net/5377161796001/ByM4bUwbW_default/index.html?videoId=6117650565001\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"></iframe></div><p>The premier added that the decision “contradicts historical truth. It opposes the right of the Jews to settle in the Jews’ homeland. To turn the fact that Jews are living in their land into a war crime is an absurdity of unimaginable proportions.”</p><p>He concluded by saying that “This is terrible hypocrisy. We will fight for our rights and for our historical truth with all the tools at our disposal.”</p><p>In Palestinian quarters, however, the decision was welcomed with gratitude, with the Palestinian Authority calling it “a long overdue step to move the process forward towards an investigation, after nearly five long and difficult years of preliminary examination,” as quoted by <i>The Times of Israel</i>.</p><p>Israel has refused to sign up to the Hague-based court since its creation in 2002.</p><div class=\"video-wrapper i24-rendered-video\" id=\"video-6117649481001k4ibklam\" data-video-id=\"6117649481001\" contenteditable=\"false\"><iframe src=\"https://players.brightcove.net/5377161796001/ByM4bUwbW_default/index.html?videoId=6117649481001\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"></iframe></div><p><br></p>",
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1022        "body": "<p>Israel has not demolished an illegal West Bank village due to concerns that it could work as the trigger for ab International Criminal Court (ICC) decision to open a probe into Israel, the country's Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz told Kan radio on Sunday.&nbsp;</p><p>The village in question, Khan al-Ahmar, saw first demolitions ordered for it in mid-2000s, with Israel's Supreme Court striking down multiple petitions against razing.</p><p>The community has also been the&nbsp;subject of numerous pledges from Israel's caretaker PM Benjamin Netanyahu, who repeatedly vowed to bring it to rubble.</p><p>When making these pledges, he was fully aware of the security cabinet deliberations against the move, Katz told Kan in an interview, prompting ire of Netanyahu's key contender within Likud ranks Gideon Sa'ar.</p><p>In a tweet, Sa'ar fumed over the delays for Khan al-Ahmar's demolition prompted by the fact that the Israeli government, as he put it, was 'scared of the Hague' -- the seat of the ICC.</p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"iw\" dir=\"rtl\">לפני מספר ימים אמרתי בחאן אל אחמר כי לא הובאה סיבה מדוע הפינוי מתעכב. היום גילינו מה הסיבה: ממשלת ישראל פוחדת מהאג. זה גם מבהיר את אוזלת היד מול ההשתלטות הפלסטינית על שטחי C בשנים האחרונות. נדרש שינוי ונעשה אותו בעוד ארבעה ימים כדי להאבק על עתיד יהודה ושומרון במעשים ולא בדיבורים.</p>— גדעון סער (@gidonsaar) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/gidonsaar/status/1208655552651370497?ref_src=twsrc^tfw\">December 22, 2019</a></blockquote><p>Katz fired back, saying that such a portrayal reveals only Sa'ar's \"diplomatic immaturity\" and adding that Israel was not scared.</p><p>Earlier,<a href=\"https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/diplomacy-defense/1576852995-international-criminal-court-announces-probe-into-war-crimes-in-palestinian-territories\" title=\"https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/diplomacy-defense/1576852995-international-criminal-court-announces-probe-into-war-crimes-in-palestinian-territories\" class=\"link\"> the ICC announced that a probe would be opened into alleged war crimes on West Bank and in the Gaza Strip</a>, albeit a deliberation had to be made on the court's jurisdiction, as Israel was not signatory to its founding charter and was thus not a member of the organisation.</p><p>The <a href=\"https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/diplomacy-defense/1576945893-hamas-praises-icc-decision-to-investigate-israel\" title=\"https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/diplomacy-defense/1576945893-hamas-praises-icc-decision-to-investigate-israel\" class=\"link\">move was welcomed by the Palestinian Authority and the Hama</a>s and condemned by Netanyahu as 'a dark day for justice,' with Israel's Attorney General arguing that the ICC was acting outside its jurisdiction.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>",
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1073        "body": "<p>A prophet who defies a resurgent Islamic State in Syria. A shooting on Jerusalem's sacred Temple Mount. And -- just possibly -- the coming of the Messiah.</p><p>Netflix could scarcely have picked a more controversial plot for its latest thriller, about a mysterious religious leader who emerges in the Middle East and is pursued across the globe by the CIA.</p><p>\"Yes it's provocative -- the show is provocative,\" creator Michael Petroni said. \"But provocative isn't offensive.\"</p><p>\"Messiah,\" out January 1, imagines how modern society would react if such a figure appeared, spreading his message rapidly via social media in a world grappling with \"fake news\" and breathless 24-hour bulletins.</p><p>The question of whether the character -- played by Belgian actor Mehdi Dehbi -- is the genuine Messiah, a nefarious political agent or simply a trickster is at the heart of the show's premise.&nbsp;</p><p>Petroni admits Netflix were \"nervous\" when he came to them with his idea.&nbsp;</p><p>\"It was such an audacious concept, you know?\" he said. \"You read the pilot, this guy is going to march 2,000 Palestinian Syrians across the border of Israel.\"</p><p>But Petroni insists the show \"doesn't set out to offend anyone.\"</p><p>\"It's not like I'm welcoming backlash,\" he added. \"We expect that there's going to be a lot of noise around the show, and a lot of debate. I'm hoping for debate.\"</p>",
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1132        "body": "<p>Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani was on track to win a second term Sunday, after election officials announced he had scored a majority in the presidential polls.</p><p>But despite Ghani's apparent clean win, the fallout from the bitterly contested September 28 election looked set to continue, with top rival Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah saying he would contest the result.</p><p>According to the Independent Election Commission, Ghani won 50.64 percent of the vote in the September 28 poll, easily besting Abdullah, who scored 39.52 percent.</p><p>Candidates now have the right to file any complaints they may have before final results are announced, probably within a few weeks.</p><p>As soon as the result was announced, Abdullah's office said in a statement he would contest it.</p><p>\"We would like to make it clear once again to our people, supporters, election commission and our international allies that our team will not accept the result of this fraudulent vote unless our legitimate demands are addressed,\" the statement read.</p><p>Preliminary results were originally due October 19 but were repeatedly delayed amid technical issues and allegations of fraud from various candidates, particularly Abdullah.</p><p>\"We, with honesty, loyalty, responsibility and faithfulness completed our duty,\" IEC chairwoman Hawa Alam Nuristani said. \"We respected every single vote because we wanted democracy to endure.\"</p><p>The protracted limbo between the vote and the preliminary result heaped additional uncertainty on Afghans who already are anxiously awaiting the outcome of talks between the US and the Taliban.</p>",
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1191        "body": "<p>Amnesty International is institutionally biased against Israel, spreads rhetoric of hate against the Jewish state and aligns its anti-Israel campaigns with those of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement.</p><p>That is what British researcher David Collier has found in a <a href=\"http://david-collier.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/191219_amnesty_final.pdf\" title=\"http://david-collier.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/191219_amnesty_final.pdf\" class=\"link\">thorough report of over 200 pages</a> that was commissioned by Jewish Human Rights Watch organization and published on Sunday.</p><p>In a message posted online introducing the project, Collier said that the non-governmental organization, founded in the UK in 1961 in order to protect human rights world-wide, has “clear political and discriminatory influences.”</p><p>Collier writes that its subjects are chosen not for their actions but “rather for their identity.”</p><p>According to the report, the largest NGO in the world comprising of seven million members has Palestinian activists in its ranks who are closely in contact with the Palestinian Authority and publicly support terrorist organizations.</p><p>For instance, a deputy director for MENA at Amnesty, whose tole is to focus on human rights abuses throughout the Middle East, is a Palestinian activist from Ramallah who used to have a terrorist as his Facebook profile picture, and “all he does is post anti-Israel rhetoric,” Collier wrote.</p><p>Another example displays an Amnesty consultant who was found posting an image of two fallen Islamic Jihad terrorists, with a love heart next to the word “heroes.”</p><p>“Time after time, important Amnesty officials were found sharing more material attacking Israel than anything else,” the British expert wrote, “even if officially their attention was meant to be elsewhere.”</p><p>The report was handed over to British law enforcement to examine if the international body committed any felonies.</p>",
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1250        "body": "<p>North Korean leader Kim Jong Un discussed strengthening his country's military capability with top military officials, state media reported Sunday, with Pyongyang's end-of-year deadline for the US to offer concessions approaching.</p><p>The North promised an ominous \"Christmas gift\" earlier this month if Washington does not give ground by the end of December. The denuclearization process has been largely deadlocked since the collapse of a summit in Hanoi at the start of the year.&nbsp;</p><p>Pyongyang has carried out a series of static tests at its Sohae rocket facility this month, after a number of weapons launches in recent weeks -- some of them described as ballistic missiles by Japan and others. North Korea is banned from carrying out such tests under UN sanctions.</p><p>Kim held an enlarged meeting of the ruling Workers' Party's Central Military Commission, for which he serves as chairman.</p><div class=\"video-wrapper i24-rendered-video\" data-video-id=\"6117622690001\" id=\"video-6117622690001k4gyyc81\" contenteditable=\"false\" data-reactroot=\"\"><iframe src=\"https://players.brightcove.net/5377161796001/ByM4bUwbW_default/index.html?videoId=6117622690001\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"></iframe></div><p>There, he \"gave analysis and briefing on the complicated internal and external situation... to bolster up the overall armed forces of the country,\" the North's official <i style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">KCNA</i> news agency reported.&nbsp;<br></p><p>\"Referring to merits and demerits in the recent work of the People's Army and matters to be rapidly overcome\", <i>KCNA</i> said, \"the Supreme Leader indicated in detail the direction and ways to be maintained\" to boost the armed forces.&nbsp;</p><p>\"Important issues for decisive improvement of the overall national defense and core matters for the sustained and accelerated development of military capability for self-defense,\" were also discussed, it added.&nbsp;</p><p>The report came a day after the nuclear-armed state warned Washington <a href=\"https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/1576912181-north-korea-warns-us-could-pay-dearly-for-rights-criticism\" title=\"https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/1576912181-north-korea-warns-us-could-pay-dearly-for-rights-criticism\" class=\"link\">it would \"pay dearly\"</a> over criticism of its human rights record by a US state department official.</p>",
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1301        "body": "<p>Roberto Firmino was again the hero for Liverpool as the forward's extra-time goal allowed Jurgen Klopp's side to beat Flamengo 1-0 in the Club World Cup final in Doha on Saturday and lift the trophy for the first time.</p><p>Firmino was picked out by Sadio Mane and waited for goalkeeper Diego Alves to commit before slotting low into the net in the 99th minute of an absorbing contest at the Khalifa International Stadium.</p><p>It was the moment that finally punctured the hopes of the Brazilian side and their vibrant support, after Liverpool had been denied a penalty by VAR at the end of normal time.</p><p>The Qatari referee initially gave a spot-kick for a foul on Mane by Rafinha on the way into the box, but changed his mind following a lengthy review, forcing the contest into an extra 30 minutes.</p><p>Still the European champions had enough to come out on top, with Firmino repeating his semi-final heroics, when he scored an injury-time goal to secure victory against Monterrey of Mexico.</p><p>\"It's an incredible feeling, to win another trophy and a world title,\" said Firmino.</p><p>\"It is the fruit of our success in the Champions League. We came here to win. It wasn't easy but I am delighted with the victory.\"</p>",
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