The cabinet on Sunday endorsed a series of far-reaching measures aimed at deepening Israel’s de facto annexation of parts of the West Bank. KAN's Mark Weiss spoke with Lior Amihai, director of Peace Now, about the cabinet’s decisions to expand administrative control over the territory.

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The cabinet on Sunday endorsed a series of far-reaching measures aimed at deepening Israel’s de facto annexation of parts of the West Bank. KAN's Mark Weiss spoke with Yigal Dilmoni, co-founder of American Friends of Judea and Samaria and former CEO of the YESHA Council

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4 Hamas gunmen killed after emerging from Rafah tunnel. Hizbullah artillery commander killed. IDF seizes Sunni terrorist in south Lebanon.

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Israeli music legend Matti Caspi has died at the age of 76 after a battle with cancer. In a career spanning some 60 years, the singer, composer, arranger and producer created more than 1000 songs, some of Israel's most beloved. Caspi fused styles to create a sound uniquely his own. He also fostered partnerships with many leading artists. KAN 88 broadcaster Menachem Granit spoke to reporter Naomi Segal about Caspi. 

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A protest convoy to Jerusalem on Sunday called for government action against the rampant crime in Arab Israeli society. Amnon Be'eri-Sulitzeanu, co-CEO of the Abraham Initiatives, told KAN's Naomi Segal that about 70 percent of the murder cases in Arab society derive from organized crime, underscoring the duty of the police and government to address it.

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President Yitzhak Herzog arrived in Australia on Sunday for a five-day visit.

He was invited by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in the aftermath of the deadly Sydney terrorist attack in December at a Hanuka celebration on Bondi beach, in which 15 people were killed, mostly members of the Jewish community.

Arsen Ostrovsky is an Australian- Israeli human rights lawyer and Head of the Australia/Israel Jewish Affairs Council’s Sydney office. He is also a survivor of the Bondi beach attack and only moved back to Australia from Israel just a few weeks before the terrorist attack.

KAN's Mark Weiss spoke to him about the visit and the Australian Jewish community following the attack.

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Israeli singer, composer Matti Caspi dies at the age of 76. Prime Minister Netanyahu moves up White House visit against backdrop of US-Iran talks. Arab Israeli leaders demand government plan to fight crime in their communities

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