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American Innovation Forum, hosted by Jerusalem Young Professionals (JYP) Forum, America Hub Israel (US Embassy Jerusalem), Made in Jerusalem, and Startup Grind, brought together entrepreneurs, executives, and young professionals on May 20 to discuss Jerusalem’s growing role in Israel’s hi-tech ecosystem.
· AARON GLICK
'Unique weapons, electronic warfare': Katz presents winners of Israel's 2026 Security Award
Defense Minister Israel Katz announced the winners of the 2026 Security Prize, among them being a system that was key during Operation Roaring Lion against Iran, a classified Mossad asset, a breakthrough in the Ofek satellite array, a new development by Unit 81, and electronic warfare systems that became key to Isra…
· AMIR BOHBOT
Iranian opposition news site got $800m in debt relief: Report
An $870m debt-relief deal suggests that Iran International, an Iranian opposition outlet, has ties to Saudi Arabian investors, according to a Financial Times report on Thursday.
· Middleeasteye
Israel, Russia among new additions on UN sexual violence ‘blacklist’
The United Nations has confirmed it placed Israel on a blacklist of countries suspected of committing sexual violence against civilians, and pushed back on accusations made by Israel regarding its inclusion.
· Al Jazeera Staff
October 7 exposed the West’s dangerous illusion about Iran - opinion
October 7 was not merely a security breach; it was a fundamental turning point that shattered a global delusion. To understand why Israel was so catastrophically blindsided, we must examine the fact that for decades, the West and Israel operated under the comfortable delusion that money, prosperity, and the responsi…
· TINA GHAZIMORAD
Trump cannot use the Abraham Accords to sell a bad Iran deal - opinion
Suddenly, US President Donald Trump is talking up the Abraham Accords treaties between Israel and Arab and Islamic countries.
· DAVID M. WEINBERG
Why Pakistan will likely refuse to join the Abraham Accords
For decades, Pakistani passports have carried a simple but striking inscription: “Valid for all countries of the world except Israel."
· Middleeasteye
Patriarch Polis III Nona assumes duties in Baghdad after election to lead Chaldean Church
Patriarch Mar Polis III Nona - born Amel Shamoon Nona - previously served as the Archbishop of Mosul and the Archbishop of Sydney before becoming the patriarch for the Chaldean Catholic Church. The Chaldean Catholic Church is one of the nearly two dozen Eastern Rite churches that are in full communion with Rome. (AP…
Israel put on UN sexual violence in warzones blacklist for first time
Israel has been added to a UN blacklist of countries that commit sexual violence in warzones for the first time.
· Emir Nader
Iran says no final deal reached despite ongoing talks with US
Iran has pushed back against comments by US President Donald Trump, saying negotiations between Tehran and Washington remain underway and have yet to produce a final agreement.
· Middleeasteye
Israel making 'every possible mistake' in Lebanon, Tel Aviv University vice-rector says
Israel is making "every possible mistake" in Lebanon, Tel Aviv Vice-Rector Professor Eyal Zisser told Ron Kofman and Aryeh Eldad on 103fm radio on Friday during an interview on the subject of the IDF's campaign against Hezbollah.
· 103FM
The US-Israel alliance reached a military peak, but its political future is under threat - analysis
The war with Iran that began on February 28 will be remembered as the moment the US-Israel alliance reached its highest point – and its most politically dangerous one.
· YAAKOV KATZ
Israeli strike in southern Lebanon kills eight Syrians, including children
Lebanon’s official National News Agency says an Israeli air strike on the area of al-Hartiya, on the outskirts of the southern town of Adloun, has killed eight Syrian nationals.
· Middleeasteye
US slams 'ridiculous' decision to add Israel's military to UN blacklist | The National
The US envoy to the UN on Friday sharply criticised the world body's decision to add the Israeli military and security forces to a blacklist of parties suspected of committing conflict-related sexual violence.
· Adla Massoud
Trump administration allows rare TPS extension for 11,000 Lebanese
A building destroyed in a previous Israeli airstrike is seen in Dahiyeh, Beirut’s southern suburbs, Lebanon, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
· Gisela Salomon
An assassin, a radical cleric and Israeli collaborators: Lebanon's old divisions exposed by jail amnesties | The National
What began as an attempt to free up space in Lebanon's severely overcrowded prisons has spiralled into the country's latest round of sectarian squabbling.
· Jamie Prentis
Targeting the rescuers: Inside Israel’s war on paramedics in Lebanon | The National
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· Nada Maucourant Atallah
How UAE coffee suppliers are fighting to protect their flavours during the Iran war | The National
The flat white arriving at a cafe table in Dubai this summer may look exactly the same as it always has.
· David Tusing
How conflict is dismantling food systems in the Middle East | The National
In Lebanon, as in many countries of the Middle East, food is far more than a meal. Cuisine is often synonymous with culture and identity, and the number of restaurants elsewhere serving food from the region shows how far it has travelled into the wider world.
· Aline Kamakian
Iran says no agreement reached with US, Strait of Hormuz decision must be joint
Iran says no agreement has been finalised with the United States, pushing back against reports of a breakthrough in ongoing talks.
· Middleeasteye
UN adds Israel and Russia to blacklist for sexual violence in conflict
Organisation cites abuse by security forces, including rape of male detainees
· Emma Graham Harrison
Trump claims to be on verge of approving peace deal with major Iranian concessions
Tehran denies deal has been reached that would open strait of Hormuz and eliminate country’s nuclear programme
· Roth Andrew, Patrickwintour
Man accused of carrying out attack on behalf of Iran says his friend did it
A Romanian builder accused of stabbing an Iranian opposition journalist in Wimbledon on behalf of Iran has said that it was a friend who wielded the knife.
· Daniel Sandford
Israeli Troops Push Deeper Into Lebanon as Cease-Fire Talks Continue
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel said Friday that the military had advanced deeper into Lebanon, where Israel and Hezbollah have continued to trade attacks, further undermining a monthlong cease-fire that has done little to stem the fighting.
· Euan Ward
Trump says ‘final determination’ to be made on possible Iran deal
United States President Donald Trump says he is meeting in the Situation Room to make a “final determination” on a possible deal with Iran that could extend the ceasefire and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
· Al Jazeera Staff
Tropas israelíes avanzan más en Líbano mientras los dos países dialogan en EEUU
Paramédicos llevan los cuerpos de víctimas de un bombardeo israelí en Tiro, Líbano, el 29 de mayo del 2026. (AP foto/Mohammed Zaatari)
· Bassem Mroue
Iranian opposition news site got $800bn in debt relief: Report
An $870m debt-relief deal suggests that Iran International, an Iranian opposition outlet, has ties to Saudi Arabian investors, according to a Financial Times report on Thursday.
· Middleeasteye
Iranian opposition news site got $800m in debt relief: Report
An $870m debt-relief deal suggests that Iran International, an Iranian opposition outlet, has ties to Saudi Arabian investors, according to a Financial Times report on Thursday.
· Middleeasteye
Kazakhstan open to storing Iran’s enriched uranium in nuclear deal
Kazakhstan has indicated it could take custody of Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile if Washington and Tehran reach an agreement on the nuclear file, according to the head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog.
· Middleeasteye
Israel-Lebanon talks set to proceed in US despite renewed violence
Israeli and Lebanese military officials are set to meet for talks at the Pentagon on Friday aimed at resolving their decades-long conflict. The new meeting comes as fighting increasingly shakes what’s left of a ceasefire between the two countries, and as the United States and Iran also look to extend their ceasefire…
· SHIRA LI BARTOV/JTA
Germany arrests eighth member of Hamas network seeking to attack Israeli, Jewish sites in Europe
An alleged Danish Hamas member was arrested on Wednesday in connection with arms procurement for a Hamas plot to attack Jewish and Israeli sites in Europe, the German Federal Prosecutor's Office announced on Thursday, making him the eighth person arrested in connection with the Hamas network.
· MICHAEL STARR
Iran sources say Trump remarks on deal are ‘mixture of truth and lies’
Iranian sources have pushed back against comments by US President Donald Trump on a potential agreement, calling his remarks inaccurate.
· Middleeasteye
Israel controls 60% of Gaza — and aims to expand hold to 70% amid Hamas war, Benjamin Netanyahu says
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· Jewish News Syndicate
(LEAD) Trump says he will hold Situation Room meeting to make 'final determination' on Iran negotiations
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· Song Sang-ho
Ofensiva de Israel ao Hezbollah castiga civis no Líbano e torna paz cada vez mais distante
A mais recente escalada entre Israel e o grupo Hezbollah, apoiado pelo Irã, está agravando a drástica situação humanitária no Líbano.
· Jennifer Holleis
China leaders skip Asia defense summit headlined by Hegseth
SINGAPORE — United States Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is the headline speaker at Asia’s premier defense summit that opened on Friday, but China’s top officials weren’t expected despite weighty questions like Taiwan and the war on Iran.
· Agence France-Presse
Trump holding meeting to make 'final determination' on Iran deal
US President Donald Trump has said he is holding a meeting to make a "final determination" about an agreement to extend a ceasefire with Iran.
· BBC News
IRGC says 24 ships passed through Strait of Hormuz under its naval control
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says 24 vessels moved through the Strait of Hormuz over the past day under the supervision of its naval forces.
· Middleeasteye
A new round of US-Israel vs Iran war?
UNITED States and Iranian negotiators at the peace talks mediated by Pakistan arrived at a memorandum of understanding and submitted the same for approval by President Donald Trump. The agreement would extend the ceasefire for 60 days and called for unrestricted vessel traffic in the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for…
· Jaime J. Yambao
US-Iran truce deal awaits Trump's approval as strikes test ceasefire
TEHRAN— Negotiators from Iran and theUnited Statesedged toward a deal to extend their fragile ceasefire for 60 days, but the potential breakthrough was still hanging on President Donald Trump’s approval,USsources told Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Thursday.
· Agence France-Presse
Five killed in Lebanon as Israeli forces advance across key Litani River
At least five people have been killed in Israeli air strikes targeting towns in southern Lebanon, as Lebanese and Israeli military delegations plan to hold security talks at the Pentagon.
· Al Jazeera Staff
Israeli troops push into southern Lebanese village amid deadly conflict
Mourners and paramedics carry the bodies of family members killed on Wednesday when their car was struck in an Israeli airstrike on a highway as they fled their village, during a funeral procession in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, Friday, May 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
· Bassem Mroue
Trump to make ‘final determination’ on proposed Iran deal | The National
President Donald Trump said he would hold a meeting in the White House Situation Room on Friday to make a “final determination” on a proposed agreement with Iran.
· Jihan Abdalla
Israeli drone strike kills three in eastern Gaza City
An Israeli drone strike has killed three Palestinians and wounded others in eastern Gaza City, Wafa reported.
· Middleeasteye
Greek national charged with assisting 'Iran spies'
A Greek national has been charged with assisting a foreign intelligence service linked to Iran.
· Jessica Rawnsley
Trump se reúne con asesores para una “determinación final” sobre acuerdo con Irán
Un buque portacontenedores anclado, con un pequeño bote de motor en primer plano, en el estrecho de Ormuz frente a Bandar Abbas, Irán, el sábado 2 de mayo de 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA vía AP)
· Aamer Madhani
Travellers urged to carefully check trip insurance details during regional conflict | The National
Travellers flying to the UAE with the continued uncertainty of the Iran conflict were advised to check their travel insurance carefully, especially when it came to claims relating to cancellations, medical treatment, and flight disruption.
· Katy Gillett
Oil prices fall after Trump says he will make final determination on Iran deal
Oil prices fell Friday after President Donald Trump said he is meeting in the White House Situation Room to make a final determination about an agreement with Iran.
· Spencer Kimball
Iran's Ghalibaf says Tehran has no trust in words, will judge by actions
Iran's top negotiator, Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, said on Friday in a post on X/Twitter that Tehran does not trust guarantees or words and would judge by actions, adding that Iran would not act unless the other side acted first.
· REUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF