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Sara Netanyahu is facing a defamation law-suit over comments insinuating a leading opposition politician had advance notice of Hamas’ deadly October 7 attacks. (Reuters: Amir Cohen)
Two people have been arrested in London on suspicion of assisting Iran's intelligence service, the Metropolitan Police has said.
View image in fullscreenSanaa, YemenFighters loyal to the Houthi authorities march during a recruitment rallyPhotograph: Mohammed Huwais/AFP/Getty ImagesShareView image in fullscreenKhan Younis, GazaA Palestinian woman carries a toddler as smoke rises from a house targeted in an Israeli strikePhotograph: Bashar Tale…
The Yemeni islands of Zuqar and Perim are vital for maritime security and fighting around the western coast has put them at the centre of a rebel offensive and the wider US-Iran war.
Farah Hamed, a senior Hamas member and terrorist who carried out a 2003 attack that resulted in the murder of Shalom Har-Melech, late husband of MK Limor Son Har-Melech, was killed in an IDF strike in the Gaza Strip, Hamas announced on Wednesday.
The UK recently escalated sanctions on goods imported from Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Within hours, 11 other countries, including Canada, France, Spain, and Ireland, moved in the same direction with their own measures.
The European Central Bank increased interest rates for the second time since the Iran war broke out in February, responding to signs inflation is set to stay well above 2%.
Iraq has finalised major contracts for air defence systems and expects the first deliveries “very soon” as Baghdad prepares to assume full responsibility for its airspace with the exit of the US-led anti-ISIS international coalition on September 30, a government spokesman said on Thursday.
The British government’s decision to ban trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories should not be controversial.
The British government’s decision to ban trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories should not be controversial.
The algal bloom crisis that shut down desalination plants in southern Israel for nearly two weeks has taken a toll on the Kinneret (Sea of Galilee). Within ten days, the lake lost roughly 870 million gallons (3.3 million cubic meters) of water as pumping surged to maintain a steady water supply for domestic and agri…
Defense Minister Israel Katz wished Iranian civilians a new year in which their country would be free of oppression and tyranny in a Rosh Hashanah message on Thursday.
Wednesday, September 9, marked 50 years since the death of Mao Zedong, the Chinese revolutionary leader whose long shadow is still cast over Asian and world geopolitics.
The US is involved in a kind of tit-for-tat tanker war with the Iranians. What began as strikes on Iran by the US and Israel in February has shifted significantly over the last few months. One of the features of the conflict now is the battle for the Strait of Hormuz. That battle is fought in a complex environment a…
National Resistance Front forces, a coalition of anti-Houthi forces led by former Houthi ally and senior member of the Yemeni government, Tareq Saleh, have obtained intelligence and maps revealing an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) plan for a phased advance and takeover of the Bab al-Mandab Strait, Iran Int…
Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Minister Amichai Chikli (Likud) refused to apologize to Israeli residents of the Gaza border communities for the October 7 massacre in an interview with KAN Reshet Bet on Thursday, instead pointing an accusatory finger at the Oslo Accords and the disengagement.
Iran's government opposes a parliamentary bill that would impose tougher criminal penalties for activities deemed to constitute foreign influence or infiltration, state news agency IRNA reported on Thursday.
Oil prices shot past $100 a barrel Wednesday as fighting between the U.S. and Iran escalated, threatening to increase costs for consumers and businesses worldwide.
Iran and its proxies move closer to full control of two shipping chokepoints as regional conflict widens
Brent crude futures traded above $102 a barrel Thursday morning after Iran threatened to intensify attacks, renewing concerns over tanker flows through the Hormuz maritime chokepoint. The supply risk extends well beyond crude to mounting shortages of refined products, particularly diesel, as the US diesel crack spre…
Security forces located a missing Israeli after several hours of search operations in the West Bank after he entered a Palestinian village of his own volition.
Democrats faction head Yair Golan filed a NIS 2.55 million lawsuit against Sara Netanyahu on Thursday, accusing the prime minister’s wife of defaming him and endangering his life by implying that he knew in advance about the October 7 Hamas attack.
From the mid-1990s until August 2024, a running line of top Mossad and IDF officials made it their mission to block Iran from getting a nuclear weapon.
Testimony from Israeli military insiders involved in surveillance and remote killings features in documentary produced by the Guardian
It would be more fun to write a feel-good column on the promise of a much better year. But reality points the other way. A convergence of trends and events – some global, some local – threatens to turn 5787 into a “perfect storm”: several forces coming together, each likely to confront us with challenges even greate…
Three years ago, the Defense Department led an ambitious international effort to better protect civilians during combat, a movement built on the bloody lessons of Afghanistan and Iraq.
The Board of Governors of the United Nations nuclear watchdog has passed a resolution accusing Iran of failing to comply with its nuclear nonproliferation commitments and referring the matter to the UN Security Council (UNSC).
South Korea cruised to an 82-66 win over Saudi Arabia to open the men's basketball competition of the 20th Asian Games in Japan on Thursday.
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
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
Blocking the Bab el-Mandeb Strait would isolate Gulf oil-producing countries from their main shipping routes after Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz
Blocking the Bab el-Mandeb Strait would isolate Gulf oil-producing countries from their main shipping routes after Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz
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A missile attack by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targeting an American aircraft carrier and a destroyer on Saturday has triggered a wave of celebration among ultra-conservative factions inside Iran.
Iran-backed Houthi militants have seized the strategic port city of Mokha on Yemen’s western coast after days of fighting with pro-government forces, further expanding their control along the Red Sea and near the Bab Al Mandeb shipping route.
Members of the Yemeni al-Houthi Shiite rebel group burn an effigy of a U.S. aircraft and a Saudi flag during a demonstration against U.S. and Saudi interference in Yemen, after Friday prayer in Sanaa, Yemen, on April 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed), File
Taryn Thomas was once a pro-Palestinian activist at Stanford University, participating from inside the campus encampments. Then, after confronting the arguments and assumptions underpinning her activism, she publicly changed her position - on the record and at the cost of many friendships. Thomas does not seek to wi…
Steven Phillips founded JewishERGs to ensure that Jewish professionals can show up at work as loud, proud, and visible Jews and Zionists. Across companies and countries, the organization supports the leaders who build and support Jewish employee resource groups that create community, strengthen identity, and make sp…
Visiting Israel transformed the course of Raihaana Adira’s life. Six weeks later, after Hamas' October 7 attack, she returned to McGill University and watched classmates glorify Hamas. As a Canadian Muslim, she refused to stay silent. Instead, she built a platform dedicated to replacing misinformation with education…
Through broadcast journalism, published opinion articles, strategic advising, public diplomacy, keynote speaking, workshops, coalition-building, and advocacy, Yuval David combats antisemitism, strengthens democratic values, and advances the future of the Jewish people and the State of Israel.
An Israeli far-right “Kahanist” figure with links to a soldier convicted of killing an unarmed wounded Palestinian man is on track to enter the Israeli parliament, or the Knesset.
Rudy Rochman is Israel rights activist, speaker and content creator dedicated to strengthening Jewish identity, combating antisemitism and advancing understanding of Israel and the Jewish people.
The change in policy is a direct result of sustained pressure from activists and organisers across the Palestine movement. But what comes next?
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Jacki Karsh is an award-winning, six-time Emmy-nominated journalist. Over a decade of reporting taught her how dangerously misinformed newsrooms shape public opinion. So she founded the Karsh Journalism Fellowship, the world's only fellowship devoted to educating journalists on Jewish life, antisemitism, and Israel.…
Shira Lapid has never waited for someone else to solve a problem. When she sees a need, she builds. After October 7, that meant co-founding a civilian emergency headquarters in New York that helped thousands of Israelis return home. Today, it means representing Israel at the United Nations and working to strengthen …
Mustapha Ezzarghani has chosen one of the hardest paths in today's world: building trust where hatred has taken root. As a Moroccan-American Muslim, he founded the Moroccan-Israeli Friendship Association, endeavoring to strengthen ties between Muslims and Jews and between Morocco and Israel at a time when many view …
Raz Malka was born and raised in Kiryat Shmona, a city that has benefited from record philanthropic investments from Jewish National Fund-USA. The city is a place where Zionism has always meant more than words. It has meant choosing to stay, build, and take responsibility for Israel’s northern frontier. At age eight…
As a researcher and leading voice in Israel's national security landscape, Ofir Dayan has dedicated her career to defending the Jewish state on the global stage. Leading the antisemitism and delegitimization research team at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), a team she founded, her work directly sh…