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Former U.S. president Biden's disgraced son found common ground with far-right provocateur and past challenger Candace Owens on conspiracy theories about Israel pushing the U.S. into the Iran war and Trump turning 'Gaza into a golf course, with the maître d' being Jared Kushner'

A Washington Post report revealed that the U.S. military fired over 200 high-altitude THAAD interceptors in defense of Israel, roughly half of the Pentagon's total stockpile

Israel said on Thursday it had deported all the foreign activists seized by Israeli forces from a Gaza-bound flotilla, following global outcry over their treatment in custody. Israel’s foreign ministry spokesman, Oren Marmorstein, said that “all foreign activists from the PR flotilla have been deported from Israel”. “Israel will not permit any breach of the lawful naval blockade on Gaza,” he added. Earlier, the legal centre and rights groups representing the activists, Adalah, said all detained activists from the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla and Freedom Flotilla Coalition had been released from Israel’s Ktziot prison ahead of deportation. Adalah said it had received “official confirmation” from the Israeli Prison Service and state officials that the detainees had been released. “The majority of the participants are being transferred to Ramon Airport to be flown out of the country,” the group said. One of the organisers of the Freedom Flotilla mission, Thiago Avila, in a post on X, said, “Zohar, one of our...

The Israeli ministry's statement comes after reports that Turkey would fly over 70 of its citizens detained by Israel as well as citizens of other countries. Their arrest drew international condemnation after footage shared online showed detainees bound and taunted

In a new book, historian Avner Ben-Zakan, head of the Institute for Israeli Thought, argues that Zionism completed its mission when the state of Israel was founded. But that state, he warns, has failed to instill in its citizens a sense of national identity, thereby jeopardizing its future

Adalah – the Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel says that many of the international activists detained for trying to breach the Israeli blockade of Gaza claim to have been subjected to extreme violence and sexual humiliation, adding that many suffered severe injuries

What was not true in the interview Tucker Carlson gave to Israel's Channel 13? He told interviewer Udi Segal Segal that he was living in a country that had recently murdered thousands of children. What was wrong about that? It's obvious that Israel 'is not a democracy in any sense,' as Carlson said

The security reality Israel wants has political, economic and military conditions. But the question is not just how to disarm, but what comes after demilitarization; every leadership void will eventually be filled with anger and extremism

Israeli authorities have begun detaining hundreds of activists seized from a Gaza-bound flotilla at the southern port of Ashdod on Wednesday, a rights group said, after Israeli forces intercepted their vessels at sea. The Global Sumud Flotilla set sail from Turkiye last week in the latest attempt by activists to breach Israel’s blockade of the Palestinian territory, after Israeli forces intercepted a previous convoy last month. Israeli authorities said 430 activists aboard the flotilla were en route to Israel, while rights group Adalah said some had already arrived at Ashdod port and were being held there. “Having set sail toward Gaza to deliver humanitarian aid and challenge the unlawful blockade, these civilian participants were forcefully abducted from international waters and taken into Israeli territory entirely against their will,” Adalah said. “These acts are a direct extension of Israel’s policies of collective punishment and starvation of Palestinians in Gaza.” The Israeli foreign ministry dismissed ...

According to the forecast prepared by Prof. Sergio DellaPergola, ultra-Orthodox Jews could account for nearly a third of the Jewish population in Israel by 2050. Little change is foreseen in the breakdown of the Israeli population between Jews and Arabs

During his tenure as Iran's president, Ahmadinejad fiercely opposed talks with the United States and repeatedly called for the destruction of Israel. Israeli strikes intended to free Ahmadinejad reportedly wounded him, prompting him to abandon the plan

Nearly a third of potential Republican voters said they believed Trump had been “too supportive of Israel,” with 22% of MAGA voters saying Israel has too much influence on US foreign policy.

Somaliland, an unrecognized state in the Horn of Africa, was formally recognized only by Israel in 2025

Autoritățile din Iran au organizat la Teheran ceremonii colective de căsătorie pentru sute de cupluri înscrise într-un program susținut de stat, prin care participanții își declară disponibilitatea de a-și sacrifica viața în eventualitatea unui conflict cu Statele Unite și Israel.

A police document obtained by Haaretz contains an overview of dozens articles and photographs published by Italian journalist Alessandro Stefanelli, who was denied entry into Israel last year. 'I find it difficult to understand how a police officer writes such things in a democracy,' he tells Haaretz

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani appointed Rabbi Miriam Grossman, linked to Jewish Voice for Peace, to a city faith liaison role, raising concerns over anti-Israel affiliations.

A bill regulating dual-use exports is advancing under heavy U.S. pressure. Israel is trying to balance security oversight with economic growth, but if it wants the next Nvidia to emerge here, it may have little choice but to follow Washington's dictates

A former senior Israeli intelligence officer warns that despite last year's campaign, Iran's nuclear infrastructure and missile production capabilities remain largely intact underground, while Tehran may now conclude that only nuclear weapons can deter future wars with Israel and the United States

UNRWA had not used the building since the start of last year after Israel ordered it to vacate all its premises and cease its operations. Defense Minister Israel Katz hailed the decision for supporting 'sovereignty, Zionism and security'

Lebanon, which seeks an agreement ending the decades-long state of war with Israel, will struggle to make progress in talks without Jerusalem's commitment to withdraw from the south of the country