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Israel’s Bennett, Sheikh Jarrah twins make TIME 100 list

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Muna and Mohammed Al-Kurd were among the notable figures in TIME Magazine's list of top newsmakers.

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Palestinian activist twins (L to R) Muna and Mohammed al-Kurd pose for a photo together after being released by Israeli authorities in the neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem on June 6, 2021. — AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and two Palestinian sibling activists from the contested Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood have made TIME Magazine’s annual list of the world’s 100 most influential people. 

Bennett, an ultraconservative who opposes Palestinian statehood, ended Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s 12-year tenure in June. To unseat Netanyahu, Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid assembled a diverse coalition government that included Ra’am, the first Arab party to join an Israeli government. 

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