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Newest first · UTC+11:00Greece moves Patriot interceptor to protect key military base amid rising US-Iran tensions - report
Greece has moved a Patriot air defense battery to Crete following threats by senior Iranian officials against US bases in Europe, Greek newspaper Kathimerini reported on Sunday.
· ESTHER DAVIS, MAARIV ONLINE - NEWS AGENCY
Wary Of Backlash, Pro-Israel GOP Senate Hopeful Asks AIPAC Not To Spend On His Behalf
With Israel's standing in the United States crumbling, America's leading pro-Israel organization has become a focal point of anger among those who think the US government is putting Israel's interests ahead of America's. Political candidates have started seizing on this, attacking opponents who are backed by that gr…
· Tyler Durden
Syria holds talks with Israel addressing de-escalation and Israel-Turkey tensions
A Syrian government source said Foreign Minister Assad al-Shaibani met the head of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency, Roman Gofman
· Agence France-Presse
Syria holds talks with Israel addressing de-escalation and Israel-Turkey tensions
A Syrian government source said Foreign Minister Assad al-Shaibani met the head of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency, Roman Gofman
· Agence France-Presse
Iran faces massive new triple-threat as Hormuz begins to open, cash gets tight and pols call to end the war
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· Ronny Reyes
UAE suspends all trade with Iran ‘until further notice’ after accusing Tehran of firing ballistic missiles toward country
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· Zoe Hussain
Yashar surges ahead of Likud as Eisenkot party outlines plans for potential government - analysis
The number 26 came up before policy did. A Channel 13 poll had put Yashar on 26 seats, ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud at 23, placing a party founded in 2025 in contention to become the largest faction in the Israeli parliament. Orit Farkash-Hacohen did not describe the result as a shock.
· GABRIEL COLODRO/THE MEDIA LINE
Three Israeli Jews rescued after entering prohibited Palestinian Authority areas in West Bank
Civil Administration forces rescued three Israeli Jews in recent hours after they entered Palestinian Authority areas on Sunday night.
· AVI ASHKENAZI
US envoy Barrack reverses Golan comments, reaffirms Trump's recognition of Israeli sovereignty
The US ambassador to Turkey and special envoy to Syria and Iraq, Tom Barrack appeared to reverse his previous comments on the status of the Golan Heights in recent days, backing the US recognition of the area as Israeli territory in a statement to the Associated Press on Sunday.
· LEO FEIERBERG BETTER
Macron hosts Saudi’s crown prince for visit ranging from esports to Middle East
A French official said agreements, on health, transport and energy, will be signed on Monday alongside talks likely to focus on Iran
· Agence France-Presse
Macron hosts Saudi’s crown prince for visit ranging from esports to Middle East
A French official said agreements, on health, transport and energy, will be signed on Monday alongside talks likely to focus on Iran
· Agence France-Presse
Trump is winning the Iran war— stay the course
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· Post Editorial Board
Syria confirms US-mediated talks with Israel in Jordan to ease tensions
Syria's state news agency SANA confirmed that Syria and Israel held high-level, US-mediated talks in Jordan on Sunday aimed at easing tensions following recent Israeli strikes on Syria's Abu al-Duhur airbase, citing a diplomatic source at the foreign ministry.
· Middleeasteye
Treasury Secretary to announce Iran sanctions as Tehran dismisses economic warfare threat
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will hold a press conference Monday to announce sanctions against Iran that he described to CNBC as the greatest campaign of "coordinated economic isolation in the history of the world."
· Ashley Capoot
Israel is using children’s kites as pretext to strike Gaza: Hamas
Hamas said Israel is fabricating a pretext to intensify attacks on Gaza, after Israel threatened broad evacuations and air assaults if paper kites from the Strip continued to be launched.
· Middleeasteye
US envoy Tom Barrack retracts comment that Syria’s Golan is occupied
United States Ambassador Tom Barrack has reasserted Washington’s position that Syria’s Golan Heights belongs to Israel after saying last week that the territory is occupied against “all of the international order”.
· Al Jazeera Staff
EU calls on Israel to halt E1 settlement plan, address settler violence
The European Union urged Israel to revoke its tender for construction in the E1 area of the occupied West Bank, reiterating that Israeli settlements are illegal under international law.
· Middleeasteye
Iran hacks reveal weak spot on US, UK water, power grids as regime aims to maximize disruption: expert
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· Ronny Reyes
Hapoel Tel Aviv stuns Atalanta to keep their UEFA Conference League tournament hopes alive
There was terrific action in UEFA Conference League play over the weekend as Hapoel Tel Aviv stunned Italy’s Atalanta in a match that ended nil-nil, keeping its continental hopes alive, while Maccabi Tel Aviv fell 2-1 in Lugano and may be ousted from contention next week.
· JOSHUA HALICKMAN
Smotrich, Strock push Netanyahu to bar ISF from operating in Gaza before Hamas disarmament
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Missions Minister Orit Strock have appealed to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of Monday’s cabinet meeting, demanding that a decision be made to prevent the entry of foreign and multinational forces into the Gaza Strip before Hamas is fully disarmed and the encl…
· ANNA BARSKY
Enviado de EEUU se retracta de declaraciones que contradijeron a Trump sobre los Altos del Golán
El embajador estadounidense ante Turquía y enviado especial a Siria, Tom Barrack, habla en un panel del Foro de Diplomacia de Antalya en Antalya, en el sur de Turquía, el 17 de abril de 2026. (AP Foto/Riza Ozel, Archivo)
· Abby Sewell
US envoy walks back his comments on Golan Heights that contradicted Trump’s position
Tom Barrack had said Israel ‘still’ occupies the territory but on Sunday said that was a description of the Golan Heights’ historical status
· Associated Press
US envoy walks back his comments on Golan Heights that contradicted Trump’s position
Tom Barrack had said Israel ‘still’ occupies the territory but on Sunday said that was a description of the Golan Heights’ historical status
· Associated Press
Washington enters ‘new phase’ in Iran war, US House speaker says
The speaker of the US House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, said on Sunday that the United States is entering “a new phase” in the war with Iran. “I think we’re going to get into a new phase here very soon. I believe our allied nations are going to assist in the next phase, and we’ll get this finished,” Johnson sa…
· Middleeasteye
Pakistan’s rise as a regional mediator could reshape Middle East diplomacy - analysis
Pakistan is increasingly positioning itself as one of the Middle East’s most important diplomatic players.
· SETH J. FRANTZMAN
US envoy clarifies comments on Israel's Golan Heights occupation
U.S. Ambassador to Turkey and Special Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack speaks in a panel during the Antalya Diplomacy Forum in Antalya, southern Turkey, April 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Riza Ozel, File)
· Abby Sewell
Israel warns of strikes, evacuations over kites launched by Palestinian children in Gaza
Kites flown by Palestinian children in Gaza are now being cited by the Israeli military as justification for further strikes and displacement across the Strip.
· Middleeasteye
Israel-Turkey tensions raise fears of a wider regional confrontation
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IDF begins construction of six new training bases incorporating lessons from Oct. 7
Six training brigade bases will be built for the 7th, 188th, 401st, Kfir, Nahal, and Givati Brigades across Israel, incorporating lessons learned from October 7, a senior Defense Ministry official told Walla on Sunday.
· AMIR BOHBOT
Iraq's 20,000 illiterate electric ministry employees is indicator of larger dysfunction - analysis
Iraq is trying to help by enrolling electricity ministry employees in a program to address adult illiteracy after a new report found that “nearly 20,000 Iraqi electricity ministry employees illiterate.”
· SETH J. FRANTZMAN
Iran war: Top US lawmaker says Republicans can ‘absolutely’ win midterms
Mike Johnson, speaker of the United States House of Representatives, says he is confident that his Republican Party will retain control of the chamber despite the unpopularity of the war on Iran.
· Al Jazeera Staff
High Court blocks new police appointments pending decision on restructuring law
The High Court of Justice temporarily blocked any further steps toward appointing new leaders to the Justice Ministry’s Police Investigation Department on Sunday, leaving the appointments frozen while the court decides whether to formally halt their advancement during the election period.
· SARAH BEN-NUN
Over half of Israelis fear revealing their identity abroad, study shows
Over half of Israelis fear identifying as such abroad since October 7, according to a survey conducted by the Center for Jewish Impact this month.
· ALEX CARSON
Shin Bet chief David Zini: I alone made decision to deny Gadi Eisenkot security detail
Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) Director David Zini clarified on Sunday that he alone decided against assigning security detail to Yashar head and prime ministerial candidate Gadi Eisenkot.
· JERUSALEM POST STAFF
In his desperate search for a Middle East victory, Trump confuses tactics with strategy - opinion
US President Donald Trump has sent his Board of Peace representatives – Jared Kushner, Tony Blair, and Nikolai Mladenov – to pressure Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to begin withdrawing from the Gaza Strip before Hamas disarms, and to stop attacking Hamas terrorists.
· ERIC R. MANDEL
Ottawa mayoral cadidate promises to raise Palestinian flag at city hall if elected
Ottawa mayoral candidate Neil Saravanamuttoo stated in a campaign video posted on Friday on social media that what is happening in Gaza is a genocide and promised that he would “raise the Palestinian flag at City Hall if elected.”
· ALEX CARSON
Sa'ar bans two 'anti-Israel' Swedish MEPs from entering Israel, day before planned PA visit
Two anti-Israel Swedish members of the European Parliament will be banned from entering Israel at the request of Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar.
· MATHILDA HELLER
What does IDF's first war crimes report mean for Israel's global accountability? - analysis
In many senses, the IDF’s first official alleged war crimes report regarding Israeli soldiers’ conduct during the Israel-Hamas War was too little too late.
· YONAH JEREMY BOB
Pressure mounts on Iran as new US sanctions imminent | The National
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said his country was facing “an all-out economic, military and security war”, as the US prepares to announce new sanctions.
· Tim Stickings
Israel threatens to intensify Gaza strikes, displace more Palestinians over kite launches
Netanyahu's office said in a statement on Sunday that Israel gave Hamas a three-day deadline to halt the kite launches, threatening a broad air assault if they continued, and said it would evacuate areas of Gaza from which balloons, drones and paper kites are launched.
· Middleeasteye
Chief Rabbinate Council sets new financial range for ketubahs
The Chief Rabbinate Council has approved a new range for the financial sum written into a ketubah, setting a minimum of NIS 36,000 and a maximum of NIS 360,000, and has ordered that Israel's marriage-registration procedure be amended accordingly.
· SARAH BEN-NUN
Antisemitic incidents, anti-Israel hostility on rise in New York City public schools, report shows
Antisemitic incidents and hostility toward Israel have seen a troubling rise in New York City public schools, according to a new report by the Jewish educators’ organization United Jewish Teachers documenting 250 incidents between the October 7, 2023, attack and the end of July.
· YOAV ETIEL
Caucasian mafia head Yanis Yushayev killed in shooting at Caesarea gas station
Yanis Yushayev, the head of the Caucasian mafia, was shot dead outside of a gas station in Caesarea on Sunday.
· ALON HACHMON
Half of faculty at Israeli universities signed petitions accusing IDF of Gaza war crimes - study
A new report published by research and business-intelligence outlet The Olam on August 17 examined political petition participation among 2,844 faculty members across eight leading Israeli universities. The audit found that 1,434 faculty members, representing 50.4% of those included in the study, publicly signed at …
· ALEX CARSON
Um recomeço na piscina para as crianças de Gaza
Antes de entrarem na piscina, as crianças participam de exercícios de aquecimento conduzidos pelo treinador Nour Qashqash. Muitas dessas crianças vivenciaram ferimentos graves, perdas, deslocamento forçado e eventos traumáticos. O treino cria um espaço seguro onde podem florescer o senso de comunidade, a atividade f…
Syria meets Israeli spy chief to 'defuse tensions' after bombing | The National
Syria has quietly held talks with an Israeli spy chief to “defuse tensions” after an airbase bombing that threatened to open a new front in the regional conflict, Axios reported on Sunday.
· The National
Israeli forces open fire on Palestinians across West Bank in separate incidents
The Israeli army said it apprehended a 16-year-old Palestinian suspected of stabbing an Israeli on Sunday in Al-Auja in the occupied West Bank.
· Middleeasteye
Iran’s top civilian leaders push for cutting a deal with Trump to end the war: ‘We will not endure’
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· Ryan King
US envoy Tom Barrack’s Israel criticism tests his credibility as a mediator - analysis
A statement Defense Minister Yisrael Katz put out via Twitter/X on Saturday was unusual on two counts.
· HERB KEINON