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11+ hour, 42+ min ago   (386+ words) An Israeli opinion poll released on Monday reveals the 'Yeshar' party, led by former Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot, leading the electoral race with 25 seats, as opposed to the 'Likud' party under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which secured 21 seats. The…...

2+ hour, 27+ min ago   (1717+ words) The US ambassador to Israel has condemned the UK sanctions on Israeli settlements in the West Bank, describing them as “an irrational action” and “discrimination against the Jewish people”. Andy Burnham faces a row with both Donald Trump and Israeli…...

54+ min ago   (171+ words) Danny Danon accuses Mayor Zohran Mamdani of inciting chaos ahead of Prime Minister's UN General Assembly appearance later this month Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, sharply criticized New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani following the mayor's call…...

6+ hour, 52+ min ago   (809+ words) Brandon 14° C, Clear Making predictions in print is rarely a good idea, and saying “I told you so” is always rude, but rules are made to be broken. On June 10, one week before the short-lived “memorandum of understanding” on the…...

2+ hour, 33+ min ago   (967+ words) Sometimes, a change in leadership can create room for a change in direction. In Israel, that possibility could emerge from an unlikely figure: a former army chief who spent his career preparing for war. Gadi Eisenkot is hardly a natural…...

29+ min ago   (556+ words) Britain's Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband speaks during a press conference in Madrid, Spain, on July 29, 2026. Credit: AP/Leon Neal LONDON — Britain is set to ban goods from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank in response to an expansion program…...

39+ min ago   (253+ words) SALEM — Principal Glenn Burns announced that Michael Daly, former director of athletics and co-curricular director at Deering High School in Portland, Maine, has been named Salem High School’s new athletic director. Daly, a Boston native, is replacing former…...

54+ min ago   (98+ words) GazetteXtra Relatives of those who were killed on Monday in an Israeli airstrike mourn during their funeral procession in Kfar Rumman village, southern Lebanon, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026. Janesville woman faces charges after felon she bought gun for fatally shot himself Heroes…...

1+ hour, 3+ min ago   (985+ words) The UK government is due to announce sanctions on Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, a minister indicated, in a move likely to anger Israel and the United States. The decision would signal a toughening of the UK's stance…...

50+ min ago   (230+ words) As France faces rising antisemitism, a Paris suburb was the scene of a remarkable sign of the ties between Israel and France, as the banner of an Israeli city was proudly displayed. The flag of the southern Israeli city of…...