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IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir met with US Commander of Marine Forces Central Command Lt.-Gen. Joseph Clearfield on Wednesday to promote Lebanon-related coordination mechanisms impacting Israel, the Lebanese Army, and Hezbollah, The Jerusalem Post has learned.
Vice President JD Vance, who has been criticized for championing the U.S. war against Iran despite his history of staunchly opposing foreign interventionism, on Wednesday defended President Trump’s effort to unwind the war through negotiation.
Leading figures from the Israeli opposition have used the country’s prestigious Herzliya Conference to lay out their policy agendas, but analysts and observers noted that their foreign policy positions differ little from those of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling far-right coalition.
Surging membership and pro-Palestinian activism reshape debate on how campaigning movement governs in office
The Palestinian technocratic body tasked with provisionally administering the occupied Gaza Strip said on Wednesday that it had concluded two days of “highly productive” talks in Cyprus.
The Knesset on Wednesday passed its preliminary reading of a bill, put forward by the far-right party Otzma Yehudit, that would limit mosque loudspeakers.
The Knesset passed the contentious bill, advanced by the haredi (ultra-Orthodox) parties, in its first reading on Wednesday, seeking to enshrine Torah study in the country's Basic Law, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arriving at the plenum to vote in favor.
Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun has pushed back against criticism of the country’s ceasefire framework with Israel signed last week in Washington after Hezbollah supporters took to the streets in protest against the agreement.
At least three Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli drone strike in northern Gaza.
Yehuda Yazdi, the son of the rabbi who verbally attacked IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir, tried to explain the harsh remarks on 103FM and said his father does not receive money from the state. “He gets no shekel,” he said.
US Vice President JD Vance stated that indirect US-Iran talks in Doha are “going well” and will soon progress to discussions on nuclear issues while speaking to American military personnel in Virginia on Wednesday, according to a CNN report.
The Maccabiah Games, often referred to as the “Jewish Olympics,” kicked off on Wednesday evening with around 5,000 athletes from roughly 35 countries participating in the opening ceremony at Jerusalem’s Teddy Stadium.
The US signed an agreement on Wednesday to build a new embassy compound in southern Jerusalem.
Since October 8, 2023, Israel’s northern border has existed in a state of perpetual chaos and uncertainty. Hezbollah dragged Lebanon into two wars that neither the Lebanese government nor its people wanted, using the country as a pawn to advance the Islamic Republic of Iran’s regional agenda.
The vessel was described as a foreign container ship using a route not approved by Tehran
The vessel was described as a foreign container ship using a route not approved by Tehran
A preliminary team from Israel's humanitarian assistance delegation arrived in Venezuela on Wednesday to support the country's earthquake recovery efforts, the IDF and Foreign Ministry announced jointly.
Democratic Socialists in the US netted a landmark win on Tuesday after a 29-year-old Ethiopian immigrant and political newcomer unseated a member of Congress who has held that job since before she was born.
The Imperial Ice Stars from London, choreographed by Tony Mercer, will be bringing Cinderella – Ballet on Ice to the Tel Aviv Opera House in September.
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi announced on Wednesday that talks with Qatari and Pakistani officials in Doha on implementing the memorandum of understanding between the US and Iran have concluded.
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Democratic Socialists in the US netted a landmark win on Tuesday after a 29-year-old Ethiopian immigrant and political newcomer unseated a member of Congress who has held that job since before she was born.
The former military official in charge of matters relating to Israeli hostages held during the Gaza war said the conflict “could have ended at least a year earlier” and that Israel might have been able to bring back more captives alive.
By Farhad Ibragimov – lecturer at the Faculty of Economics at RUDN University, expert and lecturer at the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences and Mass Communications, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation
Beirut, Lebanon – In February 2025, Ali stood outside his house in Naqoura, in southern Lebanon, and pointed at the crack in the foundation and fruit trees pulled up by the Israeli military.
Police arrested a man suspected of planting an explosive device at an Ashkelon playground, according to an indictment filed by the Southern District Prosecutor’s Office on Wednesday.
A new bullet-resistant Magen David Adom ambulance was inaugurated in Eli last week, in memory of two fallen IDF reservists and MDA volunteers, Staff Sgt. (res.) Nitai Meizels and Maj. (res.) Amishar Ben-David.
US President Donald Trump's Board of Peace (BoP) said on Wednesday that the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) "has no place" in Gaza's future.
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Tehran, Iran – Iranian officials are in Qatar for mediated talks with the United States, more than four months after the US and Israel launched heavy air attacks across Iran.
For more than a century, PEF Israel Endowment Funds has channeled American donations to Israeli charities without drawing much attention to itself. Its president had never sat for an interview. Then Congress accused the fund of helping finance a campaign to bring down the Israeli government.
US Vice President JD Vance said on Wednesday that negotiations with Iran have gone “extremely well”, but if Iran were to “threaten its neighbours”, Trump has “options” to respond.
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Syria welcomes proposals to link its ports to Gulf states through Iraq and expects “practical” steps to develop an alternative transit route to the Strait of Hormuz, its Transport Minister told The National on Wednesday.
The Israeli government has unanimously approved Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar's proposal to recognize the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. The official statement repeatedly invokes Israel's moral obligation. That immediately raises a simple question. If this was indeed a moral obli…
Iraq is keen to strengthen relations with Gulf countries, Prime Minister Ali Al Zaidi told Gulf Co-operation Council Secretary General Jasem Al Budaiwi on Wednesday, at a meeting in Baghdad.
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil) said on Wednesday that its peacekeepers remain monitoring on the ground in Lebanon, but have been impeded by obstacles to their freedom of movement.
AFTER years of working in the advertising industry in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and returning home to build his own enterprise, former overseas Filipino worker (OFW) Rhobert Fadero formally secured support from the Department of Science and Technology (DOST)-Batangas in upgrading his advertising business through t…
Season-ending tournament will now be at Indian Wells
Axios has reported that former US Vice President and Democratic party presidential candidate Kamala Harris privately called New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani last week and has held several meetings with pro-Palestine progressives and activists.
By Murad Sadygzade, President of the Middle East Studies Center, Visiting Lecturer, HSE University (Moscow).
La bielorrusa Aryna Sabalenka hace un gesto al llegar para su sesión de entrenamiento en el All England Club el jueves 25 de junio del 2026. (AP Foto/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Resident Samih Haidar, right, inspects his burned apartment damaged in Israeli strikes in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, Thursday, June 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
While a Hamas delegation holds talks with mediators in Cairo, discussions over Gaza’s next administrative phase are also taking place in the Cypriot coastal resort city of Ayia Napa.
Air Haifa will operate up to 10 daily flights between Ben-Gurion and Ramon airports starting at the end of October, the airline announced on Thursday.
Lieutenant-Colonel (Res.) Noam Shapira was appointed Director of Israel’s National Public Diplomacy Staff, the directorate announced last week.
Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus celebrates a point against McCartney Kessler of the United States in their second round women’s singles match, at Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Wednesday, July 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
The 2026 WTA Finals has been relocated from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to Indian Wells, California upon the request of the WTA.
Wafa news agency reported two Israeli strikes that have left at least three dead and several critically injured in northern Gaza City on Wednesday.