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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, center, meets representatives of the Palestinian civil society in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. Blinken is wrapping up a two-day visit to Israel and the West Bank with renewed appeals for Israeli-Palestinian calm amid an alarming spike of violence. (Ronaldo Schemidt/Pool Photo via AP)

Blinken in Mideast renews appeal for Israel-Palestinian calm

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, and Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry hold a press conference in Cairo, Egypt, Monday Jan. 30, 2023. (Khaled Desouki/Pool via AP)

Blinken urges Israel-Palestinian calm as violence soars

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, meets with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank town of Ramallah, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. Blinken is wrapping up a two-day visit to Israel and the West Bank with renewed appeals for Israeli-Palestinian calm amid an alarming spike of violence. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed, Pool)

Blinken in Mideast renews appeal for Israel-Palestinian calm

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

Israeli police secure the site of a shooting attack near a synagogue in Jerusalem, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. A Palestinian gunman opened fire outside an east Jerusalem synagogue Friday night, killing seven people, including a 70-year-old woman, and wounding three others before police shot and killed him, officials said. It was the deadliest attack on Israelis in years and raised the likelihood of further bloodshed. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Israel to ‘strengthen’ settlements after shooting attacks

By Isabel Debre - Associated Press

Palestinian demonstrators burn tires in a protest against a deadly Israeli army raid at Aida Refugee camp, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. During the raid in the West Bank town of Jenin, Israeli forces killed at least nine Palestinians, including a 60-year-old woman, and wounded several others, Palestinian health officials said, in one of the deadliest days of fighting in years. The Israeli military said it was conducting an operation to arrest militants when a gun battle erupted. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Blinken headed to Mideast as U.S. alarm over violence grows

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

Member of Knesset Aryeh Deri attends a special session of the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem on Dec. 29, 2022. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced he was firing Aryeh Deri, who serves as Interior and Health Minister, at a meeting of his Cabinet. (Amir Cohen/Pool Photo via AP)

Netanyahu bows to court and fires key Cabinet ally Aryeh Deri

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Israelis protest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his his far-right government that his opponents say threaten democracy and freedoms, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/ Oded Balilty)

Israelis press on with protests against new government

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FILE - Attorney Alan Dershowitz arrives for the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump at the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 29, 2020. Prominent U.S. lawyer Dershowitz, long a staunch defender of Israel's policies on the international stage, said Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023, he cannot defend sweeping judicial reforms planned by Israel's new government. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Alan Dershowitz opposes judicial reforms pushed by Israel’s new government

By Tia Goldenberg - Associated Press

Member of Knesset Aryeh Deri waves during the swearing-in ceremony for Israeli lawmakers at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. Designated Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party said Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022 it had reached a coalition deal with Shas, granting the ultra-Orthodox party control over several key ministries as it moved closer to forming a new government following Nov. 1 elections.(Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Top Israeli legal official opposes ex-con as minister

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Israel's Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu arrives during the swearing-in ceremony for Israeli lawmakers at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. Netanyahu issued a rare rebuke of his new coalition allies on Sunday, Dec. 25, for saying they would advance laws allowing discrimination against LGBTQ people, pledging there would be no harm to their rights by his new government. (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Israeli doctors reject Netanyahu allies’ anti-LGBTQ remarks

By Isaac Scharg and Ilan Ben Zion - Associated Press

Israel's Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu arrives during the swearing-in ceremony for Israeli lawmakers at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. Netanyahu issued a rare rebuke of his new coalition allies on Sunday, Dec. 25, for saying they would advance laws allowing discrimination against LGBTQ people, pledging there would be no harm to their rights by his new government. (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Netanyahu rebukes far-right ally for anti-LGBTQ comments

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Israel's Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu arrives during the swearing-in ceremony for Israeli lawmakers at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. Israeli lawmakers were sworn in at the Knesset, on Tuesday, following national elections earlier this month. (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP)

Netanyahu says he has formed new government in Israel

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Israeli lawmaker Itamar Ben-Gvir, center, surrounded by right wing activists with Israeli flags, speaks to the media as they gather for a march in Jerusalem, Wednesday, April 20, 2022. Major Jewish American organizations, traditionally a bedrock of support for Israel, have expressed alarm over the presumptive government's far-right character. Given American Jews' predominantly liberal political views and affinity for the Democratic Party, these misgivings could have a ripple effect in Washington and further deepen what has become a partisan divide over support for Israel. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)

U.S. Jews fear collision with expected Israeli government

By Josef Federman - Associated Press

Former Israeli Prime Minister and the head of Likud party, Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara gesture after first exit poll results for the Israeli Parliamentary election at his party's headquarters in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

Comeback kid Netanyahu formally tapped to head Israel’s new government

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Israeli Prime Minister and the head of Yesh Atid party, Yair Lapid, speaks to his supporters after first exit poll results for the Israeli Parliamentary election at his party's headquarters in Tel Aviv, Israel, Nov. 2, 2022. Lapid issued a plea for national unity, on Sunday. Nov. 6, 2022, days after he was defeated in national elections by the former premier, Benjamin Netanyahu, with the backing of a far-right ultranationalist party. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)

Israel’s premier calls for unity after Netanyahu victory

By Eleanor Reich - Associated Press

Benjamin Netanyahu, former Israeli Prime Minister and the head of Likud party, speaks to his supporters after first exit poll results for the Israeli Parliamentary election at his party's headquarters in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022. News of the apparent comeback of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the dramatic rise of his far-right and ultra-Orthodox allies has elicited little more than a shrug among many Palestinians. (AP Photo/Oren Ziv, File)

Israeli PM Yair Lapid concedes defeat to Benjamin Netanyahu in election

By Tia Goldenberg - Associated Press

People take photo with an election campaign poster depicting former Israeli Prime Minister and Likud party leader Benjamin Netanyahu at Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem a day ahead of Israeli national elections, Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. Israel is holding its fifth election in under four years on Nov. 1, 2022. Hebrew on banner reads &quot;Only the Likud can&quot;. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Israelis vote again, as political crisis grinds on

By Tia Goldenberg - Associated Press

Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, June 30, 2022. Hadas Klein, a key witness in Netanyahu’s ongoing corruption trial took the stand, on Tuesday, July 5, 2022 and again Wednesday. Klein has described the gifts of champagne and cigars she was instructed to deliver to Netanyahu and his wife by her boss, Hollywood mogul Arnon Milchan. Klein said she was instructed to buy gifts for the Netanyahus so that Milchan could stay in the couple’s good graces. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)

Benjamin Netanyahu hospitalized weeks before Israel election

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FILE - Israeli Arab politicians, from foreground left, Ayman Odeh, Ahmad Tibi and Sami Abu Shehadeh, stand during a visit to the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem, Monday, May 10, 2021. Israeli media reported late Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022, that the nationalist Balad party will run separately from the other two parties in the Joint List. If it does not meet the minimum threshold, Balad would not enter the next parliament and its votes would essentially be wasted. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)

Arab bloc splits ahead of Israeli elections in November

By Joseph Krauss - Associated Press

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, right, and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid talk ahead of the vote on a bill to dissolve parliament, at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, Thursday, June 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israel’s parliament dissolves, sets 5th election in 4 years

By Ilan Ben Zion - Associated Press