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US-Iran deal means Israel will be ‘in this s*** a lot longer,’ Jerusalemites say

Israelis expressed dismay on Monday and Tuesday following the US and Iran’s confirmation that they had completed talks on a memorandum of understanding to end the conflict, saying that the Iranian regime was untrustworthy, and with it still intact, it would continue to pose an ongoing existential threat to the Jewis…

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Palestinian Presidency warns over Israeli minister’s announcement to cancel Hebron agreements

The Palestinian Presidency has raised alarm over the seriousness of a move announced by Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich to cancel the Hebron agreements, which would strip the Palestinian Hebron Municipality of its authority over construction projects in the occupied West Bank city.

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Herut Davidson on Arabic, social media, and bridge-building across the Middle East

When Herut Davidson posts in Arabic, she knows some viewers will curse her or accuse her of propaganda. Others, sometimes quietly and sometimes from countries where contact with Israelis remains taboo, tell her that hearing an Israeli Jewish woman speak their language has changed the way they see Israelis.

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Exiled Lebanese journalist Maria Maalouf slams 'absurd' 15-year sentence - exclusive

Lebanon failed to contact famous Lebanese journalist Maria Maalouf before sentencing her to 15 years in absentia last week for comments made five years ago, the US-based Christian-Maronite writer told The Jerusalem Post late on Monday night. Maalouf was sentenced for speaking to Kan News in 2021, where she complaine…

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Israel's municipalities are failing on nearly every possible front, government probe reveals

State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman warned Tuesday that local authorities are falling short on basic systems that shape daily life in Israel, from traffic cameras to social workers carrying wartime caseloads to buildings that still may not be safe years after the state identified them as dangerous.

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Why Iran favors prolonged diplomacy in US preliminary deal talks - analysis

Iran and the US have signed a preliminary deal. However, the actual deal is heading for a “second phase,” the Guardian noted. In fact, most of the reports this week leave a lot of questions about the actual Memorandum that has been signed electronically. In addition, it appears that there are also questions about wh…

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A floating market and the Soweto uprising 50 years on: photos of the day – Tuesday

View image in fullscreenÉvian-les-Bains, France Donald Trump holds up a gift from the German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, at the G7 summitPhotograph: Thibault Camus/AFP/Getty ImagesShareView image in fullscreenEvian-les-Bains, FranceThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, greets his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Ze…

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