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US Aircraft Carrier Returning Home After Extended Deployment Defending Israel

Voice of America - Tue, 01/02/2024 - 00:09
WASHINGTON — After months of extra duty at sea providing protection for Israel, the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier strike group will be heading home, the Navy announced on Monday.  The Ford and its accompanying warships will be replaced by the amphibious assault ship the USS Bataan and its accompanying warships, the USS Mesa Verde and the USS Carter Hall. The three vessels had been in the Red Sea and have been transiting toward the Eastern Mediterranean over the last few days.  The...
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Israel's Supreme Court Overturns Key Component of Netanyahu's Polarizing Judicial Overhaul

Voice of America - Mon, 01/01/2024 - 21:00
jerusalem — Israel's Supreme Court on Monday struck down a key component of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's contentious judicial overhaul, a decision that threatens to reopen the fissures in Israeli society that preceded the country's ongoing war against Hamas. Those divisions were largely put aside while the country focuses on the war in Gaza, which was triggered by a bloody cross-border attack by Hamas. Monday's court decision could reignite those tensions, which...
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