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In Ramallah, Blinken Mourns ‘Innocent Palestinian Civilians’ Killed, Abbas Blames Israel

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas during a meeting in Ramallah on Tuesday he mourned the “innocent Palestinian civilians” killed over the past year in the West Bank. Of the Palestinians killed, the overwhelming majority were terrorists – most of them while they were carrying out attacks.

TOPSHOT - Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas (R) and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken

Netanyahu Fires Key Ally ‘with Heavy Heart’ at Supreme Court Behest

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday fired Shas party leader and key ally Aryeh Deri, ending his tenure both as Health Minister and Interior Minister, after the Supreme Court ruling deemed his appointment “unreasonable to the extreme” in light of his convictions over tax offenses.

Israel's Interior and Health Minister Aryeh Deri (C) reacts as he sits between Prime Minis

Israel’s Left-wing Supreme Court Orders Netanyahu to Fire Key Ally

Israel’s left-wing Supreme Court, which is currently the subject of intense debate due to a government proposal to overhaul it, issued a bombshell ruling that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must fire a key ally and party leader from his ministerial position.

Israeli prime minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with parliament member Aryeh De

Israel Calls on Pope, U.N. to Bring Back Israeli Captives from Hamas

Israel has called on the United Nations, the Vatican and other global bodies to act “urgently” for the release of Israelis held captive by Hamas, after the Gaza-ruling terror group released a proof-of-life video of one of them earlier this week.

Demonstrators marching with a banner showing the faces of captive Israeli civilian Avera M

Mark Levin Slams Anti-Netanyahu Criticism, Led by Dershowitz, over New Reforms

Harvard Law School professor emeritus and former attorney for Donald Trump, Alan Dershowitz, on Sunday said he would have joined left-wing protests against the new Benjamin Netanyahu-led government the previous evening, because its recently-announced judicial reforms posed a threat to “civil liberties” and “minority rights.”

Alan Dershowitz, a Harvard law professor joining President Donald Trump's legal team, spea