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Libyan Prime Minister Abdul-Hamid Dbeibeh delivers a speech in Tripoli, Libya, July 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Yousef Murad)

Libyan PM rejects Israel normalization in first public remarks since his FM met Cohen

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Gali Baharav-Miara vows to keep holding coalition to account if it acts against the law, rejects Levin’s allegations of leaving government without legal representation

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Protesters hold up signs against the government's judicial overhaul, during a rally in Tel Aviv on August 31, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

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Resolution orders Lebanese groups to stop blocking movement of UN peacekeeping force; Israel calls on world to adopt ‘firm stand’ against terror group’s ‘provocations’

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