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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu uses a red marker on a map as he addresses the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Netanyahu tells U.N. that Israel is ‘at the cusp’ of a historic agreement with Saudi Arabia

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Israelis opposed to a contentious government plan to overhaul the judiciary wave Israeli and American flags during a protest in support of President Joe Biden, who criticized the plan this week, outside of the U.S. Embassy Branch Office in Tel Aviv, Israel, March 30, 2023. As Biden prepares to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week in New York, a new poll finds that while Americans generally view Israel as a partner or ally, many question whether his far-right government shares American values. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, File)

Israel’s Netanyahu will meet Biden in New York. The location is seen as a sign of U.S. displeasure

By Josef Federman and Aamer Madhani - Associated Press

President Joe Biden meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. Biden was in New York to address the 78th United Nations General Assembly. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden, Netanyahu strike cordial tone after months of U.S.-Israeli tensions

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. Biden was in New York to address the 78th United Nations General Assembly. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden and Netanyahu signal momentum on Saudi ties

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

US President Joe Biden addresses the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Live Updates: World leaders convene for Day 2 of the UN General Assembly high-level meeting

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Former spokesman or the federal government Steffen Seibert speaks during handover ceremony in Berlin, Germany, on Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Steffi Loos, Pool) **FILE**

German ambassador’s attendance at Israeli court hearing ignites diplomatic spat

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office says he will meet billionaire businessman Elon Musk during a trip to the United States. Netanyahu’s office declined to discuss the agenda for the meeting on Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. But it comes at a time that Musk is facing accusations of tolerating antisemitic messages on his social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, Pool, File)

Israel’s Netanyahu is to meet Elon Musk. Their sit-down comes as X faces antisemitism controversy

By Josef Federman - Associated Press

Tamir Pardo, former head of Israel's Mossad intelligence agency, poses for a photograph in Herzliya, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. They have contended with bloody uprisings, destabilizing wars and even the assassination of a prime minister. But for many of Israel's top former security chiefs, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government’s policies are the biggest threat yet to the country’s future. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Former leaders of Israel’s security services are speaking out against Netanyahu’s policies

By Tia Goldenberg - Associated Press

Israelis protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system and in support of the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, Monday, Sept. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Israeli Supreme Court hears first challenge to Netanyahu’s contentious judicial overhaul

By Isabel Debre - Associated Press

Israeli police disperse demonstrators, mostly military reservists, who block a road outside the house of Israeli Justice Minister Yariv Levin during a protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system, in Modiin, Israel, Monday, Sept. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Protests kick off at Israeli justice minister’s home a day before major hearing on judicial overhaul

By Ohad Zwigenberg - Associated Press

FILE - An Israeli activist leads chants during a protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system, in the West Bank settlement of Kdumim, the home of right-wing lawmaker and Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich, Friday, July 28, 2023. Israel’s High Court said Tuesday, Sept. 5, it would delay the first of three flashpoint hearings on the legality of the judicial overhaul spearheaded by the far-right government of Netanyahu. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)

Israel’s Supreme Court delays pivotal judicial overhaul hearing after attorney general opposes plan

By Julia Frankel - Associated Press

Anti-Eritrean government activists, left, clash with supporters of the Eritrean government, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023. Hundreds of Eritrean asylum seekers smashed shop windows and police cars in Tel Aviv on Saturday and clashed with police during a protest against an event organized by the Eritrea Embassy. The Israeli police said 27 officers were injured in the clashes, and at least three protesters were shot when police opened fire with live rounds when they felt "real danger to their lives." (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Israel’s Netanyahu says he wants Eritrean migrants involved in violent clashes to be deported

By Tia Goldenberg - Associated Press

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, second from left, and son Yair, left, pose for a photo in Tel Aviv, Israel, Jan. 23, 2020. An Israeli court ruled Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023 that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s son must compensate a woman who sued him after he implied she was having an affair with his father’s foremost political opponent. The court ordered Netanyahu’s eldest son, Yair Netanyahu, to pay over $34,000 in compensation and $6,000 in legal costs to a woman named Dana Cassidy. (Aleksey Nikolskyi/Sputnik Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Court says Netanyahu’s son must pay damages to woman he implied had affair with his father’s rival

By Julia Frankel - Associated Press

Mayor Eric Adams of New York, center, kneels before the spot where Jesus is said to have been anointed before burial in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Adams spent the second day of his visit to Israel touring holy sites before a planned meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he sought to avoid publicly weighing into the political crises plaguing the nation. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

In Israel, Mayor Eric Adams of New York City stays neutral on divisive judicial overhaul

By Julia Frankel - Associated Press

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at the prime minister's office in Jerusalem, Israel, Sunday, July 30, 2023. (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP)

Netanyahu voices support for Israel’s military after his allies and son lambaste security officials

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Illustration on the growth of Hezbollah against Israel by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

U.S. emboldens Hezbollah at Israel’s expense

By Tony Badran and Jonathan Schanzer

A man carries the U.S. flag with a placard reading, "horror movie for the sake of reasonableness," as Israelis march in support of the judicial system during a protest against the plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul it, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

An American billionaire says he’ll stop funding the think tank behind Israel’s judicial overhaul

By Isabel Debre - Associated Press

Esther Hayut, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Israel, center, sits on the bench with justices Uzi Vogelman, left, and Issac Amit, right, during a hearing on a petition against a law that limits removal of a prime minister from office to medical and mental incapacitation, which makes forcing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from office over a conflict of interest while on trial for corruption more difficult, in Jerusalem, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Israel’s Supreme Court hears case against a law protecting Netanyahu from being removed from office

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An injured demonstrator is dragged by police to be detained during a protest against plans by Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, July 24, 2023. Israeli lawmakers on Monday approved a key portion of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's divisive plan to reshape the country's justice system despite massive protests that have exposed unprecedented fissures in Israeli society. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israel’s top court will hear challenges to a law that weakens its power, escalating political crisis

By Isabel Debre - Associated Press

Israeli police use a water cannon to disperse demonstrators blocking a road during a protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system, in Jerusalem, Monday, July 24, 2023. Israeli lawmakers on Monday approved a key portion of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's divisive plan to reshape the country's justice system despite massive protests that have exposed unprecedented fissures in Israeli society. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Israeli doctors reveal Netanyahu’s heart problem only after implanting pacemaker

By Isabel Debre - Associated Press