8+ hour, 35+ min ago   (947+ words) Jordan is convening an emergency meeting of foreign ministers from the Arab and Islamic world over what it says is an “imminent” threat of an Israeli takeover of the most important Muslim site in Jerusalem, with the potential to “trigger…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (408+ words) The United Nations (UN) human rights office on Wednesday warned ‌of worsening violence by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank and urged international action against the killing of Palestinians as ‌well as the creation of settlements, which it said…...

1+ week, 17+ hour ago   (590+ words) US president Donald Trump hosts Israel’s Binyamin Netanyahu and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Tuesday, with wars in their countries at critical stages and his ties with both leaders markedly different. Relations with Zelenskiy have ‌warmed as Ukraine has blunted Russian…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1099+ words) When Joe Biden gave his state of the union address to the US congress in early March 2024, Israel’s annihilation of Gaza, in response to the previous year’s October 7th atrocities carried out by Hamas, was almost six months in. That night…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1096+ words) When Joe Biden gave his State of the Nation address to the US congress in early March 2024, Israel’s annihilation of Gaza, in response for the October 7th atrocities carried out by Hamas, was almost six months in. That night represented Biden’s…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (591+ words) Israel’s far-right minister of national security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, joined thousands of Jewish extremists who stormed Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site on Thursday. Escorted by armed police, they prayed, waved the Israeli flag and sang the national anthem in a provocative…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (339+ words) Israel has begun constructing a moat around a maximum-security prison where crocodiles will be placed to deter escape attempts by Palestinian prisoners. More than €5.5 million has been allocated for the project at the Ketziot detention facility in southern Israel which…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (690+ words) Lebanese army troops began deploying in the southern Lebanese town of Zawtar al-Gharbiyeh on Tuesday after ‌Israeli forces withdrew from the area, a senior Lebanese security official said, in line with a US-brokered plan. The plan foresees ​Lebanese army troops…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (376+ words) Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s government has passeda string of controversial laws weakening the judiciary and benefiting religious parties in a bid to strengthen the coalition before October’s general election. The legislation forms part of deals with ultra-Orthodox parties to…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (477+ words) Israel will hold a general election on October 27th. The vote will take place on the last possible date allowed by law, allowing prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s coalition – comprised of right-wing and religious parties – to complete its four-year term. These will…...