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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, Sunday, July 23, 2023. The demonstration came a day before parliament is expected to vote on a key part of the plan. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Netanyahu leaves hospital as Israel faces a key vote — and a crisis — over divisive legal changes

By Tia Goldenber and Isaac Scharf - 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

Thousands of Israelis march along a highway towards Jerusalem in protest of plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system, near Abu Gosh, Israel, Saturday, July 22, 2023. The 70-kilometer (roughly 45-mile) march from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem is growing as Netanyahu vows to forge ahead on the controversial overhaul. Protest organizers planned to camp overnight outside Israel's parliament on Saturday. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Netanyahu deals with a medical emergency as Israel reaches a new level of unrest

By Tia Goldenberg - Associated Press

Thousands of Israelis march along a highway towards Jerusalem in protest of plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system, near Abu Gosh, Israel, Saturday, July 22, 2023. The 70-kilometer (roughly 45-mile) march from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem is growing as Netanyahu vows to forge ahead on the controversial overhaul. Protest organizers planned to camp overnight outside Israel's parliament on Saturday. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Hundreds of thousands march in Israel. Former security chiefs beg Netanyahu to halt legal overhaul

By Julia Frankel - Associated Press

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the weekly cabinet meeting, in the Western Wall tunnels in the Old City of Jerusalem, Sunday, May 21, 2023. Netanyahu's office said early Sunday, July 23, that he was undergoing a procedure to receive a pacemaker. (AP Photo/ Maya Alleruzzo, Pool, File)

Israel’s Netanyahu taken to hospital for heart procedure, placed under sedation

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Israelis protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, July 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Thousands march from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem to protest Israeli government’s judicial overhaul plan

By Sam McNeil - Associated Press

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, and lawmakers congratulate Justice Minister Yariv Levin, in blue tie at right foreground, after his speech in Israel's parliament, the Knesset, just before a vote on a contentious plan to overhaul the country's legal system, in Jerusalem, early Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, Pool)

Israel’s Netanyahu doubles down on judicial plan, rejects criticism and moves ahead toward key vote

By Josef Federman and Julia Frankel - Associated Press

Israel's President Isaac Herzog speaks during a meeting with Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Watergate Hotel, July 18,2023, in Washington. Israel's figurehead president speaks to Congress in an appearance aimed at demonstrating what he calls the "unbreakable bond" between Israel and the U.S. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Israeli president says his speech to Congress highlights an ‘unbreakable bond’ despite U.S. unease

By Farnoush Amiri, Zeke Miller and Ellen Knickmeyer - Associated Press

Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., arrives for a closed-door Democratic Caucus meeting amid controversial remarks made by Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., that criticized the Israeli government of racist policies toward Palestinians, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. Rep. Tlaib is the first woman of Palestinian descent in Congress. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Gang of House Democrats voted against condemning antisemitism

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden and Israel's President Isaac Herzog talk during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, Oct. 26, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Biden takes heat ahead of meeting with Israel’s Herzog

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Israelis protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Israeli protesters block highways in ‘day of disruption’ against Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul plan

By Sam McNeil - Associated Press

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in the prime minister's office in Jerusalem, Sunday, June 25, 2023. Netanyahu's office says he has been rushed to a hospital but is in “good condition” as he undergoes a medical evaluation. The Israeli leader’s office said he was being treated on Saturday, July 15, 2023, at Israel’s Sheba Hospital, near Tel Aviv. (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Israel’s Netanyahu is discharged from hospital after an overnight stay following a dizzy spell

By Tia Goldenberg - Associated Press

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in the prime minister's office in Jerusalem, Sunday, June 25, 2023. Netanyahu's office says he has been rushed to a hospital but is in “good condition” as he undergoes a medical evaluation. The Israeli leader’s office said he was being treated on Saturday, July 15, 2023, at Israel’s Sheba Hospital, near Tel Aviv. (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rushed to hospital, said to be in ‘good condition’

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In this March 8, 2021 file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, speaks to journalists after meeting the Israeli citizen, who is the 5 millionth person to be vaccinated in Israel, at a ceremony in Tel Aviv. An Israeli official says Netanyahu will travel to the United Arab Emirates on Thursday, March 10. It will be Netanyahu's first official trip to the Gulf Arab nation after the two countries established diplomatic relations. (Miriam Alster/Pool via AP)

Thousands protest outside U.S. offices in Tel Aviv, say Netanyahu government is straining relations

By Julia Frankel - Associated Press

Helen Mirren poses for photographers before speaking about late prime Minister Golda Meir ahead of Jerusalem Film Festival in Jerusalem, Israel, Thursday, July 13, 2023. Helen Mirren, who plays Israel's first female prime minister in her latest film, says she has been inspired by the widespread protests against the country's current prime minister. Mirren plays the late Golda Meir during the 1973 war between Israel and a coalition of Arab states in "Golda". (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Helen Mirren visits Jerusalem for new film ‘Golda,’ says she is inspired by anti-government protests

By Julia Frankel - Associated Press

Israeli police use a water cannon to disperse demonstrators blocking a highway leading to Jerusalem during a protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new government to overhaul the judicial system, Tuesday, July 11, 2023. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's parliamentary coalition has given initial approval to a contentious bill to limit the Supreme Court's oversight powers. With the vote early Tuesday, Netanyahu pressed forward with a judicial overhaul plan that has polarized the country. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Israelis block highways in nationwide protests of government’s plan to overhaul judiciary

By Ilan Ben Zion - Associated Press

Palestinians walk by a damaged house in the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank, Wednesday, July 5, 2023, after the Israeli army withdrew its forces from the militant stronghold. The withdrawal of troops from the camp ended an intense two-day operation that killed at least 13 Palestinians, drove thousands of people from their homes and left a wide swath of damage in its wake. One Israeli soldier was also killed. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Israel ends West Bank raid calling it a blow to militants. Palestinians grapple with destruction

By Majdi Mohammed and Imad Isseid - Associated Press

Israeli police officers detain a demonstrator during a protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system, at the Ben Gurion Airport in Lod, near Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, July 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Israelis protest at international airport against judicial overhaul plan

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Israeli military reservists protest against the plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system, on a freeway from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, on Feb. 9, 2023. Dozens of reservists from the Israeli Air Force have released a letter renewing threats to refuse to show up for duty if the government moves ahead with a contentious plan to overhaul the country's judiciary. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, File)

Dozens of Israeli air force vets threaten not to serve after Netanyahu resumes judicial overhaul

By Tia Goldenberg - Associated Press

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, talks with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, left, during the weekly cabinet meeting in the prime minister's office in Jerusalem, Sunday, June 25, 2023.(Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP)

Netanyahu says China has invited him for a state visit

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