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Iranian cluster munitions struck roughly 50 locations across central Israel, wounding at least six, including a seriously wounded woman in Petah Tikva and a moderately wounded man in Ramat Gan

Jewish terrorism functions as part of the Netanyahu government's toolkit, and since the outbreak of war with Iran, violent settlers have dramatically escalated their attacks on Palestinians. If you love Israel – hold it accountable, now

The carrier joins the American airline Delta and the Canadian carrier Air Canada, which are scheduled to return to Israel in early September

Police reported 15 impact sites in Tel Aviv, Bnei Brak, Petah Tikva, Rosh Ha'ayin and Givatayim; one person was lightly wounded, emergency services said. A missile also struck a southern Israel industrial zone hit by interception shrapnel earlier this week

China called on Friday for Palestinians’ rights to be protected after Israel approved a bill to allow the execution of Palestinians convicted on terror charges for deadly attacks. Under the new law, passed by Israel’s parliament on Monday, Palestinians in the occupied West Bank convicted by military courts of carrying out deadly attacks classified as “terrorism” will face the death penalty as a default sentence. “The legal rights of the Palestinian people should be respected and protected,” China’s foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said when asked about the bill at a press briefing on Friday. “We also hope relevant parties will cease actions that escalate tensions and exacerbate conflict,” she said, without mentioning Israel by name. “China believes that any law should fulfil legal principles such as equality and justice and should not discriminate on the basis of ethnicity, religion or nationality or political views,” Mao added. A host of countries have criticised the bill, which was supported by Israeli...

Eight Muslim-majority countries, including Pakistan, on Thursday strongly condemned Israel’s move to pass a law making death by hanging a default sentence for Palestinians convicted in military courts of deadly attacks. The joint statement, shared by the Foreign Office, was released by the foreign ministers of Pakistan, Turkiye, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The statement said that the countries “strongly condemned the Israeli occupying power’s enactment of a law in its Parliament (Knesset), that allows the imposition of the death penalty in the occupied West Bank and its de facto application against Palestinians”. They warned against the “increasingly discriminatory, escalating Israeli practices that entrench a system of apartheid and a rejectionist discourse that denies the inalienable rights and the very existence of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory”. “The ministers underscored that this legislation constitutes a dangerous escalation...

While not voting outright to increase funding for military aid to Israel, Ocasio-Cortez had voted last year against an amendment to cut funding for the Iron Dome, sparking backlash from her progressive base. She also pledged to combat efforts to codify the controversial IHRA definition of antisemitism into law

Phillips-Staley’s position on Israel changed for the negative after a trip to Israel and the West Bank in February 2026.

Netanyahu said in a recorded statement that Iran still has the ability to threaten Israel, but 'can no longer threaten our existence.' In June 2025, the PM said Israel 'had removed two immediate existential threats' and declared a 'historic victory'

The move follows France's refusal to let Israeli aircraft carrying U.S. military supplies cross its airspace, as Israel says similar restrictions were imposed during the Gaza war, underscoring widening rifts with European allies over the Iran war

Fear for her son’s fate kept Maisoun Shawamreh awake through the night in the occupied West Bank following the Israeli parliament’s approval of a law permitting the execution of Palestinians convicted of deadly attacks. “The mothers of prisoners — none of us slept last night,” Shawamreh told AFP as she joined a protest in Ramallah against the law on Tuesday. Her son has been in detention for three years, awaiting sentencing on charges of attempted murder. “He may or may not be subject to execution,” she said, uncertain of what lies ahead. Relatives of Palestinian prisoners hold placards and shout slogans during a rally in the Israeli-occupied West Bank city of Nablus on March 31, 2026, against a bill approved by Israel’s parliament that would allow the execution of Palestinians convicted on terror charges for deadly attacks. — AFP Under the new law, passed in parliament late Monday, Palestinians in the occupied West Bank convicted by military courts of carrying out deadly attacks classified as “terrorism” wil...

Ukraine's Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrii Sybiha said that on March 31, fragments of an Iranian cluster missile landed approximately 30 meters from the building of Ukraine’s embassy in Israel.

The United States said on Monday it respected Israel’s right to set its own laws after its parliament introduced the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of killings, a move sharply criticised by European nations and rights groups. “The United States respects Israel’s sovereign right to determine its own laws and penalties for individuals convicted of terrorism,” a State Department spokesperson said. “We trust that any such measures will be carried out with a fair trial and respect for all applicable fair trial guarantees and protections.” The United States is the only Nato country that still practices capital punishment. It has long been the key diplomatic and military supporter of Israel. Meanwhile, the European Union condemned Israel’s approval of the bill, terming it “discriminatory”. “The death penalty bill in Israel is very concerning to us in the EU. This is a clear step backwards — the introduction of the death penalty, together with the discriminatory nature of the law,” EU spokesman Anouar El An...

Israel’s parliament approved a bill on Monday that would allow the execution of Palestinians convicted on terror charges for deadly attacks, a move that has been criticised as discriminatory and immediately drew a court challenge. Sixty-two lawmakers, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, voted in favour and 48 against the bill, championed by far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir. There was one abstention and the rest of the lawmakers were not present. The legislation would make the death penalty the default punishment for Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank found guilty of intentionally carrying out deadly attacks deemed “acts of terrorism” by an Israeli military court. The legislation says that the sentence may be reduced to life imprisonment under “special circumstances”. Palestinians in the West Bank are automatically tried in Israeli military courts. Meanwhile, under the legislation, in Israeli criminal courts anyone “who intentionally causes the death of a person with th...

Vance, focused on ending the Iran war quickly to protect his political future, shows little regard for Israel or other U.S. allies, prioritizing domestic optics and MAGA support over regional strategic interests

• Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain hit by Iranian missiles, drones; strike wounds US troops at Saudi airbase • Drone strike disrupts shipping hub in Salalah • Explosions rock Tehran as Israeli attacks intensify; Iran halts steel production • IRGC warns of retaliation against regional economic infrastructure • Israel reports 5,689 wartime injuries; hospitals under pressure • Vance says US nearing exit but war to continue a ‘little longer’ TEHRAN: Yemen’s Houthi rebels announced their entry into the Middle East war on Saturday by launching a barrage of ballistic missiles towards Israel, while Gulf countries came under missile fire and Israeli forces struck Iran, as the war raged into its second month with Washington expressing hopes for progress in talks with Tehran. The intervention of Iran’s Yemeni allies in the US-Israel war on Iran will spark concern about disruptions to Red Sea shipping, with trade from the Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz already choked off. With Hormuz all but impassable, many shipments to an...

The ability of Israel’s highly sophisticated air defences to keep intercepting Iranian attacks is coming under scrutiny as the Middle East war drags on into a second month. The military has dismissed reports that it is running low on the interceptors used to shoot down the steady stream of Iranian missiles and Hezbollah rockets fired at Israel. However, some analysts suggest that the war on Iran has significantly drained allied resources, with long-range interceptors among the most severely depleted. Israel has a multi-layered air defence array, with a variety of systems intercepting threats at different altitudes. The top tier consists of the anti-ballistic missile Arrow systems, with Arrow 2 operating both within the Earth’s atmosphere and in space and Arrow 3 intercepting above the Earth’s atmosphere. Below that sits David’s Sling, which was created to target medium-range threats, including drones, shorter-range ballistic missiles and cruise missiles. Israel’s famed Iron Dome system is the third tier and w...

In response to the attack on the factories, Iran threatened to attack six steel plants in Israel and the Gulf states, mentioning Israel's Yehuda Group steel company in Ashdod and five other plants in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain

Airstrikes reportedly carried out by Israel struck areas near the Pakistan Embassy and the residence of Pakistan’s ambassador in Tehran on Thursday night, according to a report by Türkiye Today.

To be eligible to offer paid rides, the bill requires drivers to have at least four years of driving experience and no ongoing probationary license suspension. The bill does not provide compensation for taxi drivers, who are required in Israel to hold a special license that costs about a quarter million shekels