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JERUSALEM, Nov 26 (NNN-MA’AN) – Israeli police shot dead a Palestinian man yesterday, whom they alleged, tried to carry out a car-ramming attack against security forces, outside Jerusalem, Israeli authorities said.

The incident took place at the az-Za’ayyem checkpoint, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

Police spokesman, Micky Rosenfeld, said, the suspect arrived at the checkpoint with his car in the afternoon. During a routine security check, he “drove towards border police officers that were on guard.”

25 Nov 2020; MEMO: Benny Gantz has told heads of branches of his Blue and White party that Israel is heading for elections, public broadcaster Kan reported yesterday.

Haaretz also reported Eitan Ginzburg, chairman of the Knesset bloc of Gantz's party, saying that they are putting forward a bill to dissolve the Knesset because of disagreements with coalition partner Likud.

25 Nov 2020; MEMO: Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz announced that the occupation state is willing to reach a settlement with Hamas and improve conditions for the residents of the Gaza Strip.

In a tweet Gantz wrote: "I met this evening with the UN envoy Mladenov, and thanked him for his contribution to the resumption of security and civilian coordination with the Palestinians."

JERUSALEM, Nov. 24 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that he will visit Bahrain "soon" at the invitation of Bahraini Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa.

Netanyahu said in a video statement that he and the crown prince talked over the phone on Monday about ways to strengthen ties between the two countries. He said it was their second talk and described it as "very friendly."

"He also invited me to come in the near future for an official visit to Bahrain," Netanyahu said. "I will do so... with pleasure."

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met the Saudi crown prince in Saudi Arabia, an Israeli cabinet minister said on Monday, the first publicly confirmed trip to the kingdom by an Israeli leader amid a diplomatic flurry prompted by regional fears of Iran.

Earlier, Israel’s Army Radio and Kan Radio both reported that Netanyahu had secretly flown on Sunday to the Saudi Red Sea town of Neom for talks with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

23 Nov 2020; MEMO: Amidst increased tensions among coalition partners in Israel's government, two ministers have announced they will no longer attend cabinet meetings because of their "irrelevant agenda", local media reported yesterday.

23 Nov 2020; MEMO: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in an apparent message to US President-elect Joe Biden, said on Sunday there should be no return to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal abandoned by President Donald Trump, Reuters reports.

JERUSALEM, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Israel's cabinet ratified on Sunday a mutual visa exemption deal with the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

"We have approved a visa exemption agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wrote on Twitter.

The deal bolsters economic ties and reciprocal tourism between the two countries, according to Netanyahu. "This is the first Arab country with which we have signed such an agreement," he said.

21 Nov 2020; MEMO: Israel has accused Lebanon of backtracking on its position on the demarcation of the maritime borders between the two countries in the Mediterranean and warned of a "dead end" in the talks that might lead to obstructing oil exploration projects.

Lebanon and Israel, while officially at war, last week concluded the third round of negotiations under the auspices of the US and the United Nations (UN), and decided to hold the fourth round in December.

20 Nov 2020; MEMO: Israeli occupation authorities have issued a decision to forcibly evict 400 Palestinians, including women and children, from their homes in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of East Jerusalem.

Jerusalem affairs specialist, Fakhri Abu Diyab, told Al-Mugtama news site that occupation authorities have issued a decision to evacuate 28 buildings, housing 80 Palestinian families to hand them over to Jewish settlers who in turn will convert them into military barracks.