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Israeli forces are continuing to demolish residential houses and infrastructure in Bani Haiyyan, a municipality in the Marjayoun district in southern Lebanon, according to the National News Agency.
Israeli entertainment continues to attract international attention, but the industry is facing challenges that could affect future productions, Jerusalem Post film critic Hannah Brown said on the latest episode of The Jerusalem Playlist.
DAMASCUS, Syria (The Media Line) - Hikmat al-Hijri, a spiritual leader of Syria’s Druze community, sparked widespread controversy Tuesday after describing the Druze as an “inseparable part of the State of Israel,” marking a significant escalation in his rhetoric toward Israel amid continuing tensions between forces …
“We cannot close our eyes and say there is no Iran, there is no Russia. There are.”
Col. (res.) Matan Kahana, a senior member of the Yashar! party led by Gadi Eisenkot, said on Wednesday that former IDF officer Ofer Winter is "very clearly in the Netanyahu bloc," while calling on smaller parties seeking to replace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to unite or withdraw from the election race, he tol…
A boy walks past murals depicting Kurdish YPG and YPJ fighters battling Islamic State militants in Qamishli, northeastern Syria, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad)
The failure of the Gaza ceasefire process would be a “point of no return”, the lead official for the enclave on United States President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace has warned.
The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has condemned an Israeli seizure of its East Jerusalem training centre, calling the raid part of a campaign designed to weaken the agency and, in turn, eliminate Palestinian rights.
Iran remains in a wartime situation and has not secured its nuclear sites for inspections, nuclear chief Mohammad Eslami told state media on Wednesday.
US President Donald Trump has submitted to Congress an agreement with Saudi Arabia on a civilian nuclear programme, but the pact will only take effect if the kingdom agrees to establish official ties with Israel.
Iran's president insisted on Wednesday that the United States would achieve nothing with its new sanctions campaign after Washington laid out plans to collapse the country's economy.
The US has labeled Palestine Action a terrorist group, marking the first time that a British left-wing organization has been targeted by US terrorism sanctions. The US Treasury also blacklisted two other left-wing groups.
The US has labeled Palestine Action a terrorist group, marking the first time that a British left-wing organization has been targeted by US terrorism sanctions. The US Treasury also blacklisted two other left-wing groups.
The Trump administration has designated the UK activist group Palestine Action a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT), as part of its efforts to go after what it described as "violent far-left terror networks".
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The Gaza ceasefire could reach a “point of no return” if fighting resumes, the US-backed Board of Peace's High Representative for Gaza told the UN Security Council on Wednesday, as efforts to implement a deal to disarm Hamas face mounting obstacles.
President denies visit was to gain support for Iran sanctions or due to fears that Putin plans to ‘test Nato resolve’
Tuesday’s announcement that the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces had dissolved, with its forces merging with the Syrian military, represents a boost for a government seeking to demonstrate that it has sole authority over the country.
The United States has imposed sanctions on the British activist group Palestine Action and the pro-Palestine international movement Masar Badil as the administration of President Donald Trump intensifies a global crackdown on critics of Israel.
Soldiers from the Givati Brigade's Rotem Battalion refused to board an armored personnel carrier with a female paramedic on Wednesday and are expected to face disciplinary proceedings over the incident.
Israel is not US President Donald Trump’s exception. Jerusalem and the Golan are historic proof of his preference, not of Israel’s immunity. Israel can credit both without confusing gratitude with jurisdiction.
The Trump administration has designated the UK activist group Palestine Action a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT), as part of its efforts to go after what it described as "violent far-left terror networks".
Vessels seen in the Strait of Hormuz near the beach of Bandar Abbas, Iran, on Aug. 26. © Reuters
Lebanon hosted a delegation of more than 80 economic leaders and private-sector figures from the UAE on Wednesday, announcing the creation of a business council that signals a thaw in bilateral relations.
The US has imposed sanctions on Palestine Action, designating it as a terrorist group.
Francesca Albanese, the United Nations special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory, has condemned US sanctions on the Palestine Action group.
UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed's direct outreach to Saudi Arabia's elderly King Salman has been viewed by US and Arab diplomats as an effort to bypass the kingdom's powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
The writing has been on the wall for Syria's armed Kurds since early 2025 as the US, once their close ally, forged ties with its rivals in the Syrian government.
An Israeli court has acquitted Yona Schreiber, a Jewish settler from the occupied West Bank settlement of Peduel, over a violent assault on a French Catholic nun near Jerusalem’s Old City earlier this year.
US President Donald Trump has claimed that the US Navy has removed or detonated all sea mines in the Strait of Hormuz – the vital waterway in the Gulf which Iran effectively closed after the US and Israel first launched attacks on the country nearly six months ago.
The United States designated Palestine Action on Wednesday as a terrorist group, as US President Donald Trump's administration seeks to crack down on left-wing groups in its counterterrorism efforts.
Washington’s decision on Monday to remove Syria from its list of state sponsors of terrorism has dealt American victims of Syrian-sponsored terrorism “a heavy blow,” Aryeh Portnoy, a lawyer from Crowell & Moring representing American victims against state sponsors of terrorism, told The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday.
For the first time, Hamas and other armed factions in the Gaza Strip have agreed to surrender their weapons and transfer full governing authority, both civilian and security, Nickolay Mladenov, director-general of the Peace Council, claimed to the UNSC on Wednesday evening.
It's official - a proposed agreement with Saudi Arabia on civil nuclear energy has been submitted by the White House to Congress.
Recently, Kalman Liebskind, one of the founding journalists of Makor Rishon, wrote a piece positing that people who no longer live in Israel who are returning to vote have a lot of nerve.
Sliman Mansour stands in front of his 2024 artwork, On the Wing of an Angel, made with clay, straw and henna, at the Palestinian Museum in Birzeit
A large Iranian warship has confronted an Indian ship attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz's southern route, Iran’s Fars news agency reported.
Tehran, Iran – Iranian authorities are adamant that their country’s domestic capacities will be able to keep the country’s economy afloat, despite new economic sanctions targeting Iran unveiled by the United States this week.
Globe-trotting teachers who have uprooted to the UAE in time for the new academic year are undeterred by the Iran conflict and looking forward to the latest step in their educational journey.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa have held discussions, including on the fate of Russia’s military bases in the Middle Eastern country.
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Riyadh is considering a state-backed war and political risk insurance scheme to cover ships operating in the region and recently held talks with brokers in London on the issue, the Financial Times reported earlier this week, citing individuals familiar with the plans.
Turkey’s ruling AKP party has been hostile to Israel for many years. It wraps this hostility in support for the Palestinians but, Ankara’s policy is about more than just the Palestinians. It has a worldview and it has been sympathetic to Hamas over the years.
Palestinian police officers set up a checkpoint in Area C of the West Bank, where they were not authorized to operate, and unlawfully arrested a reservist IDF soldier who was traveling in the area on Sunday, military sources confirmed to The Jerusalem Post.
Citizens whose Israeli passports have expired will be able to enter the country using valid foreign passports through December 31, after the Population and Immigration Authority accepted a request from MK Gilad Kariv (The Democrats), chairman of the Knesset Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs Committee, acc…
The US on Wednesday imposed sanctions on three “violent, far-left terrorist groups”, including the British campaign organisation Palestine Action.
The United States has removed Syria from its list of State Sponsors of Terrorism (SSOT), marking another major shift in Washington’s relationship with the country following the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime in December 2024 at the end of a brutal 14-year civil war.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Six months into the Middle East war, the army of foreign workers and expatriates in the Gulf has largely stayed put, hoping to ride out the uncertainty caused by conflict rather than return to dim prospects back home.
JERUSALEM — Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a diplomatic deal was not possible with the "savages" who rule Iran as he hailed United States President Donald Trump's new campaign of economic pressure.