France condemns Israeli settlers’ seizure of Palestinian homes in Qusra
France on Friday strongly condemned Israeli settlers’ seizure of several Palestinian homes in Qusra, south of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank.
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Newest first · UTC+11:00US: Lower oil prices are top priority in Iran war
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States’ top priority now in the war on Iran is no longer its nuclear program, but to bring gasoline prices down for American consumers, Vice President JD Vance said on Thursday, with the treasury chief adding that new economic punishment to wear down Tehran was imminent.
· Agence France-Presse
Activists try to get supplies to Palestinians besieged by settlers
QUSRA, Palestinian Territories — Activists attempted to deliver supplies to Palestinians under an almost weeklong settler siege in the West Bank on Friday, with the Israeli military again deployed at the flash point site.
· Agence France-Presse
Donald Trump can’t beat Iran and Nigel Farage can only beat a bin. When it counts, these populists are just losers | Jonathan Freedland
The pattern in the US and Britain is clear. They serve up stunt after stunt to mask incompetence and the betrayal of all those who trusted them
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Pro-Israel Emirati influencers mocked for claims of Islamic plot to take over West
Why are Emirati influencers warning of an Islamic plot to take over Britain and the west?
· Middleeasteye
Your Taxes: Is a hotel a real estate play in Israel?
There has been a recent flurry of important real estate tax cases in Israel. The cases relate to hotel companies, Value Added Tax (VAT), and transparent house property companies. If you have a financial interest in Israeli real estate, read on and consult your real estate tax advisor.
· LEON HARRIS
US wants Netanyahu to condemn settler siege in Palestinian village, officials say
The United States wants Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to publicly condemn extremist settlers who have besieged Palestinians in their homes in the West Bank, US and Israeli officials said on Friday, as settlers pressured residents by pitching a new tent before Israeli soldiers arrived and it was taken down.
· REUTERS
Two slicks appear in Gulf as huge oil spill off Oman threatens disaster
Two slicks have appeared in Iranian waters, satellite imagery and video verified by Reuters show, as tit-for-tat attacks on oil tankers and other vessels by Iran and the United States spark concerns about environmental damage to the Gulf.
· REUTERS
A-G warns haredi schools face funding cuts over core curriculum gaps
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara responded on Friday to a High Court petition concerning government funding for "first floor" studies in ultra-Orthodox education networks, warning of significant gaps in compliance with core curriculum requirements.
· GILAD MORAG, ANNA BARSKY
Conditions on USS Lincoln raise questions as new aircraft carrier heads towards Middle East | The National
The USS George Washington is heading to the Middle East amid reports of deteriorating conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln during the war with Iran.
· The National
‘Don’t come out, you’ll be killed’: Palestinians recount Israeli settler violence in West Bank
Palestinian residents of the West Bank village of Qusra have been ordered to leave their homes after a days-long siege and repeated attacks by Israeli settlers, with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) declaring the area a closed military zone in what it claims is a move to protect civilians.
· RT
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Palestinian residents of the West Bank village of Qusra have been ordered to leave their homes after a days-long siege and repeated attacks by Israeli settlers, with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) declaring the area a closed military zone in what it claims is a move to protect civilians.
· RT
Netanyahu brands Britain an ‘Islamic republic’ as it prepares Israel sanctions
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has branded Britain an "Islamic republic", attacking a country whose governments have armed, protected and assisted Israel throughout its genocide in Gaza and wider regional wars.
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What we know about Israeli settlers' siege on Palestinian homes in Qusra | The National
For almost a week, Israeli settlers, with the military standing by in full view, have besieged Palestinian families in the occupied West Bank village of Qusra, in an attempt to force them from their land and take over their homes.
· Thomas Helm
Abbas fought the Taliban alongside US and Australian troops. Now exiled in Iran, he feels abandoned
Five years after the fall of Kabul, the former Afghan soldier is stuck in the middle of a new American war
· Ben Doherty
Kushner to visit Israel after Netanyahu rejects Gaza Board of Peace plan
United States President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and aide, Jared Kushner, is set to travel to Israel and Egypt next week to support a US-backed Board of Peace plan for a permanent end to Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza.
· Al Jazeera Staff
‘De facto annexation’: Israel to shift civilian enforcement in West Bank from army to police
Israel is preparing to replace the army in the West Bank with civilian police forces, in a move seen as further advancing the annexation of the occupied Palestinian territory.
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Kushner, Mladenov and Blair to visit Israel following Netanyahu's rejection of Hamas disarmament plan | The National
President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, high representative of Gaza's Board of Peace Nickolay Mladenov and former UK prime minister Tony Blair will visit Israel and Egypt next week, an official source told The National on Friday.
· Thomas Helm
Kushner, Mladenov and Blair to visit Israel following Netanyahu's rejection of Hamas disarmament plan | The National
President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, high representative of Gaza's Board of Peace Nickolay Mladenov and former UK prime minister Tony Blair will visit Israel and Egypt next week, an official source told The National on Friday.
· Thomas Helm
Kushner to visit Israel to discuss Trump's Gaza plan
Donald Trump's envoy and son-in-law Jared Kushner will visit Israel next week to discuss the US president's Gaza plan recently rejected by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, officials said on Friday.
· Middleeasteye
‘De facto annexation’: Israel to shift civilian enforcement in West Bank from army to police
Israel is preparing to replace the army in the West Bank with civilian police forces, in a move seen as further advancing the annexation of the occupied Palestinian territory.
· Middleeasteye
Mutual defence: The alliances that preceded Turkiye-Pakistan-Saudi pact
One week on from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkiye signing their joint defence agreement, the Turkish defence ministry revealed more details about the alliance on Thursday. They include plans to hold joint military exercises and to deepen cooperation between their defence industries.
· Sarah Shamim
Video: Israel Katz inaugurates illegal new settlement in Jenin
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz inaugurated an illegal new settlement in Jenin on Thursday, shortly after Israeli soldiers demolished Palestinian shops and properties on the same day pic.twitter.com/lQAqpOpMEb
· Middleeasteye
Tensions rise in Qusra as Israeli settlers target homes in West Bank town
Activists accumulate food and water supplies in front of Israeli army soldiers who are blocking the road leading to the houses of three Palestinian families that have been besieged by Israeli settlers for six days, in the occupied West Bank village of Qusra, south of Nablus, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Majdi Mo…
· Sam Metz
MK Elazar Stern leaves Yesh Atid party, announces he will resign from Knesset
Long-time Yesh Atid MK Elazar Stern announced on Friday that he would be leaving the party, as well as resigning from the Knesset.
· TZVI JASPER
Yemen UN envoy warns Security Council of regional escalation amid Iran-backed Houthi attacks
Yemen faces its greatest risk of renewed war since 2022 as fighting intensifies between the Iran-backed Houthis and Yemen’s Saudi-supported army and attacks on Red Sea shipping threaten further regional escalation, UN envoy Hans Grundberg warned the Security Council.
· THE MEDIA LINE STAFF
Pay-for-slay: Could the Palestinian Authority be held legally liable for October 7?
Can the Palestinian Authority (PA) be held civilly responsible for the October 7 massacre even if the plaintiffs cannot produce records showing that it directly paid the Hamas terrorists who planned and carried it out?
· SARAH BEN-NUN
Iraq says daily oil exports at highest level since start of war
Iraq's average daily oil exports since the beginning of August are the highest since the outbreak of the Middle East war between Iran and the United States, which has choked off the Strait of Hormuz, the oil ministry said Friday.
· Middleeasteye
Egypt considering legal issues around joining latest regional defence pact | The National
Egypt must “carefully” consider legal and constitutional issues before it decides whether to join a defence pact signed last week by Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan, Egypt's Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said.
· Hamza Hendawi
Iran formalises Strait of Hormuz control as US struggles to sustain war it launched with Israel
Iran has taken another step towards formalising its control of the Strait of Hormuz, as the US threatens unprecedented sanctions while struggling to sustain the war it launched alongside Israel.
· Middleeasteye
Palestinians in West Bank village remain under Israeli settler siege for sixth day
Palestinian families in the occupied West Bank village of Qusra have remained under siege by Israeli settlers for a sixth day, despite an Israeli army operation that was supposedly launched to remove the settlers.
· Middleeasteye
Saudi Arabia announces start of Red Sea defence alliance: Will it work?
Saudi Arabia and 13 other countries have confirmed the creation of a maritime military coalition to safeguard freedom of navigation through the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, with more nations expected to join.
· Al Jazeera Staff
Israeli forces block activists from reaching besieged Qusra families
Israeli forces have prevented Israeli and foreign activists from reaching Palestinian families whose homes have been surrounded by settlers for nearly a week in the occupied West Bank town of Qusra, south of Nablus.
· Al Jazeera Staff
As settler siege continues, Israel advances de facto West Bank annexation | The National
Israel’s defence minister has ordered the military to hand over responsibility for civilian law enforcement to the police in Qusra, as criticism mounts over the country's failure to end a six-day siege by violent settlers against Palestinian families in the occupied West Bank.
· Thomas Helm
Iran formalises Strait of Hormuz control as US struggles to sustain war it launched with Israel
Iran has taken another step towards formalising its control of the Strait of Hormuz, as the US threatens unprecedented sanctions while struggling to sustain the war it launched alongside Israel.
· Middleeasteye
Benjamin Netanyahu describes UK as ‘first Islamic republic to get a nuclear weapon’
Israeli PM criticised by political rival for attacking an international ally and overseeing ‘horrific diplomatic failure’
· Emma Graham Harrison, Rowena Mason
Israeli PM Netanyahu calls UK ‘the Islamic Republic of Britain’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has referred to the United Kingdom as the “Islamic Republic of Britain”, a dig at one of Israel’s historically closest European allies.
· Stephen Quillen
Palestinians in West Bank village remain under Israeli settler siege for sixth day
Palestinian families in the occupied West Bank village of Qusra have remained under siege by Israeli settlers for a sixth day, despite an Israeli army operation that was supposedly launched to remove the settlers.
· Middleeasteye
Teens asked ChatGPT about arson punishment before setting fire to Givatayim Japanika restaurant
Two teens indicted for setting fire to a Japanika in Givatayim - Hanan Yaakov, 18, and Osher Bayach, 18, both from Rehovot - were revealed to have used ChatGPT to ask what the punishment for arson was before setting out to light the restaurant on fire.
· HODAYA RAN
Middle Israel: Iran's Strait of Hormuz piracy is a reckless, losing strategy - opinion
Piracy, you want to believe, has always been loathsome, and also a recipe for defeat.
· AMOTZ ASA-EL
As he pushes for ultra-Orthodox enlistment, Moshe Leitner aims to put Haredi Public on a new path
As the current haredi parties in the Knesset – Shas and United Torah Judaism (UTJ) – have received increasing criticism over their stance regarding ultra-Orthodox enlistment amid the IDF’s severe manpower shortage, a new haredi party has emerged ahead of the upcoming elections.
· KESHET NEEV
Iran-aligned Iraq militia warns government of 'internal strife' if forcibly disarmed | The National
A powerful Iranian-backed militia on Friday warned Iraq's government that using force to disarm armed groups before a September 30 deadline could result in internal conflict and set three conditions, including the withdrawal of US forces.
· Mina Aldroubi
Video: Israel inaugurates new illegal settlement in Jenin
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz inaugurated an illegal new settlement in Jenin on Thursday, shortly after Israeli soldiers demolished Palestinian shops and properties on the same day
· Middleeasteye
Saudi Oil Fleet Increasingly Going 'Dark' Due To Houthi Blockade
Yemen's maritime blockade on Saudi shipping has pushed the kingdom’s crude exports off the radar in the Red Sea, with tankers forced to turn off their tracking signals to avoid attack and every recent cargo loaded at Yanbu sailing "dark," Reuters reported on Wednesday.
· Tyler Durden
Middle East flights: Air Canada, Air France and Scoot extend suspensions | The National
International airlines are continuing to adjust schedules for Middle East flights as airspace restrictions and operational uncertainty persist.
· David Tusing
US threatens ‘indefinite’ blockade against Iran: How long can it last?
The United States has threatened to maintain an “indefinite” naval blockade on Iranian ports and impose new measures to isolate Iran economically as ceasefire talks between the two countries remain in deadlock.
· Priyanka Shankar
Activists attempt to deliver supplies to besieged Palestinian families
Activists attempted on Friday to deliver supplies to Palestinian families under an almost week-long siege by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank.
· AfricaNews
Iran war latest: Oil prices up after US threatens Tehran with 'indefinite' blockade | The National
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· The National
Gaza starvation: Why Israel's supporters are misrepresenting Unicef study
Israel has consistently denied that it has used starvation as a weapon of war in Gaza.
· Middleeasteye
Atacan a 2 petroleros de Emiratos en el estrecho de Ormuz y otras noticias de Oriente Medio
Residuos de petróleo cerca de botes pesqueros en la isla de Qeshm, Irán, el 13 de agosto de 2026, en medio de los continuos ataques contra embarcaciones e infraestructura en y alrededor del estrecho de Ormuz. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA vía AP)
· The Associated Press