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Indonesia on Wednesday accused Israel of flying a “propaganda” banner over the ruins of a hospital that had been built in Gaza with Indonesian funding. The Indonesia Hospital, in the north of the Gaza Strip near the fortified border with Israel, was opened in late 2015 after Indonesia’s Medical Emergency Rescue Committee, a humanitarian NGO, raised approximately $7.3 million in donations for its construction, according to state news agency Antara. It has since been destroyed, and Jakarta on Wednesday objected to the raising of a banner over the ruins that alluded to Israel’s 12-day “Rising Lion” military operation against Iran last year. “The use of military symbols and propaganda over the ruins of a destroyed hospital, especially when linked to a specific military operation, is a highly provocative act and cannot be justified,” the foreign ministry said in a statement posted on X. “This act is an insult to a humanitarian facility built from the solidarity of the Indonesian people for the Palestinian people.”...

The announcement formalized a political evolution for Dershowitz, who defended Trump during his first impeachment and has increasingly broken with Democrats over Israel in recent years.

Italy's rejection of the suspension of the EU Association Agreement comes after weeks of increased tensions with Israel, particularly concerning Israel's war against Hezbollah in Lebanon

Netanyahu's Israel is a broken, divided and ostracized country and desperately needs fundamental change. It needs a leadership that will seek compromise, that promotes peace with its enemies and peace at home for all its citizens

The talks will be the first since a ten-day U.S.-brokered cease-fire took effect after weeks of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah • Regional source to Haaretz: Potential meeting between Netanyahu and Aoun could take place in a month, pending both parties' consent

Rahm Emanuel, a U.S. presidential hopeful and pro-Israel hawk, has called for rethinking U.S.-Israel ties, reflecting a shift in the Democratic consensus. Will that be enough for those outraged by the Netanyahu government and its actions in Gaza?

A long-running dispute between an unauthorized Bedouin village and Israel continues without housing solutions. Residents call the demolitions unjustified, while authorities cite repeated court rulings against the illegal settlement

The main point of contention is the Board of Peace's demand that Hamas give up its arms, with the Gaza militia insisting on reciprocal moves from Israel. Meanwhile, the Palestinian Authority is facing a deepening economic crisis in the West Bank, with its public servants paying the price

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the foreign minister and the military on Monday condemned the desecration of a crucifix after it was smashed by an Israeli soldier in a Christian village in southern Lebanon. A photo that emerged online over the weekend shows a soldier taking the blunt side of an axe to a fallen sculpture of Jesus on the cross. It was posted by Younis Tirawi, who describes himself as a Palestinian reporter and has also posted images of Israeli soldiers’ misconduct in Gaza. Reuters verified the location of the image as Debel, one of the few villages in southern Lebanon where residents remained through an Israeli military campaign against Hezbollah that began on March 2. The cross was part of a small shrine in the garden of a family living on the edge of the village, said Fadi Falfel, a priest in Debel. “One of the Israeli soldiers broke the cross and did this horrible thing, this desecration of our holy symbols,” he said. Netanyahu said that the soldier’s actions went against Jewish ...

Sprijinul tradițional al Statelor Unite pentru Israel traversează o perioadă de declin accentuat, pe fondul tensiunilor generate de războiul cu Iranul și de politicile premierului israelian Benjamin Netanyahu.

A groundbreaking logistics solution is helping restore the flow of e-commerce shipments to Israel amid ongoing disruptions to international air travel.

A groundbreaking logistics solution is helping restore the flow of e-commerce shipments to Israel amid ongoing disruptions to international air travel.

Israel's population has grown by 146,000 people since last Independence Day, an increase of 1.4 percent, Israel Central Bureau of Statistics data shows. There was a decrease in the number of emigrants leaving Israel, with 45,000 Israelis emigrating, but only about 20,000 returning

Set for another pomp-filled visit to Israel, Argentina's president's distinctive support reflects a blend of personal and domestic political considerations. It is also central to his foreign policy, firmly aligning Argentina with a Trump-led West

Twelve countries, including Pakistan, on Saturday expressed “their strongest condemnation” at Israel’s announcement of appointing a diplomatic representative to Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland, according to a joint statement shared by the Foreign Office (FO). The statement was issued by the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Somalia, Sudan, Libya, Bangladesh, Algeria, Palestine, Türkiye, Indonesia, Pakistan and Kuwait. Israel appointed on Wednesday its first ambassador to Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland. Michael Lotem was appointed as a non-resident ambassador to Somaliland, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said in a statement. The statement issued on Saturday by the FO said that Israel’s action was “considered a flagrant violation of the sovereignty, unity, and territorial integrity of the Federal Republic of Somalia”. According to the statement, the ministers reaffirmed their “unequivocal rejection of all unilateral measures that undermine the unity of states or infringe upon their sove...

The State of Israel seeks a proud, robust Jew who's willing to look a condemned Palestinian in the eye without flinching. Women need not apply

Turkiye’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Saturday accused Israel of using security as a pretext to acquire “more land”. “Israel is not after its own security. Israel is after more land. Security is being used by the Netanyahu government as an excuse to occupy more land,” Fidan told the Antalya Diplomacy Forum, referring to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Speaking in English at a panel discussion, Fidan said Israel had created an “illusion” internationally by portraying itself as acting purely in its own defence. “It has become very clear, especially in recent years, that it is more than that,” he said. From Palestinian lands including Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem, and now extending towards Lebanon and Syria, Israel was pursuing “an onward occupation and expansionism in the region,” Fidan said. “I think this has to stop,” the Turkish FM added. “Israel has to know that the only way to live peacefully in the region … is to let the other countries enjoy their own security, and territorial in...

Netanyahu says Israel pursuing 'political and military' path with Lebanon after Trump request; minutes later, Israeli drone strike kills one in southern Lebanon

Akram Abu Assa, 29, died after being taken to the hospital in critical condition following the stabbing, with police linking the attack to a land dispute between neighbors. This is the fourth homicide in Israel this week