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Israel rejects Trump’s Gaza plan, Todd Blanche confirmed as attorney general, and a boat capsizes in the New York Harbor.

The bill passed in its final second and third readings by a 65-51 vote and is considered to be one of the key pieces of legislation that the coalition has been pushing to pass. The Knesset plenum ...

“There remain gaps - significant gaps - concerning the core principle of police independence from ministerial influence,” the update from the Attorney-General’s Office reads.

Gali Baharav-Miara, second from left, at the swearing-in ceremony of Judge Yitzchak Amit as president of the Supreme Court of Israel on Feb. 13, 2025. (Maayan Toaf/Wikimedia Commons via Courthouse ...