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The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has strongly rejected Israel’s decision to recognise Somaliland, calling it a violation of Somalia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and convened an emergency meeting of its foreign ministers to discuss the issue.

JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in an interview published by The Economist said that he hopes to “taper off” Israeli dependence on US military aid in the next decade. Netanyahu has said Israel should not be reliant on foreign military aid but has stopped short of declaring a firm timeline for when Israel would be fully independent from Washington. “I want to taper off the military within the next 10 years,” Netanyahu told said. Asked if that meant a tapering “down to zero”, he said: “Yes.” Netanyahu said he told President Donald Trump during a recent visit that Israel “very deeply” appreciates “the military aid that America has given us over the years, but here too we’ve come of age and we’ve developed incredible capacities.” In December, Netanyahu said Israel would spend $110bn on developing an independent arms industry to reduce dependency on other countries. The US and Israeli governments had signed a memorandum of understanding for the 10 years through September 2028 that provides $38...

Workers at Breads Bakery demanding the cutting of ties to Israel as part of a union push has triggered concerns among those worried about surging anti-Israel sentiment in the United States.

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham wrote in a post on X that 'we need not wait ten years,' responding to remarks Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made to The Economist that he aims to 'taper off' the U.S. military aid Israel receives

Israel’s military said it struck Hezbollah targets in several areas of Lebanon on Friday, a day after the Lebanese army said it had completed the first phase of its plan to disarm the group. Under US pressure and amid fears of expanded Israeli strikes, Lebanon has committed to disarming the resistance group, which was weakened by more than a year of hostilities with Israel, including two months of all-out war that ended with a November 2024 ceasefire. Despite the truce, Israel has kept up regular strikes in Lebanon, usually claiming it is targeting Hezbollah sites and operatives, and has maintained troops in five south Lebanon areas it deems strategic, accusing the group of rearming. In a statement on Friday, the Israeli military said it struck “several areas in Lebanon”, targeting “weapons storage facilities and a weapons production site that were used for the rehabilitation and military build-up of the Hezbollah terrorist organisation”. “Additionally, several launch sites and rocket launchers, along with mi...

The deceased's family called the incident a 'summary execution,' adding that he was unarmed. Earlier this week, police officers fatally shot an Arab Israeli man during a joint police and IDF overnight raid in the Bedouin village of Tarabin in southern Israel

Desperation is driving Iranians into the streets, where they're shouting 'Death to Khamenei.' The roots of these intensifying protests lie both in decades of deficits and sanctions to the panic that hit markets after last year's 12 day war with Israel

Dozens of Pal-Awda activists, which organized a controversial protest Park East synagogue in November, protested what they called a 'Stolen Land sale event' at the Young Israel of Kew Gardens Hills synagogue in Queens. Supporters of Israel – some holding flag of the far-right Kach movement – held a counter-protest

Desperation is driving Iranians into the streets, where they're shouting 'Death to Khamenei.' The roots of these intensifying protests lie both in decades of deficits and sanctions to the panic that hit markets after last year's 12 day war with Israel

Three prominent global NGOs, including Medecins Sans Frontieres, said their international staff were refused entry to Gaza this week. The refusals come after Israel announced last month that it was preventing 37 international aid organizations from continuing their work in Gaza

Syria sought to bring Russian forces into the country's south to serve as a protective umbrella against various Israeli actions, but Moscow was unwilling to move forward without coordinating with Israel, an Israeli source told Haaretz. Earlier this week, Israeli and Syrian representatives met in Paris for U.S.-mediated talks

Israel dismissed the 42-page report as a 'politically driven vilification,' which said tightened movement restrictions on Palestinians have fractured the West Bank, easing Israeli military control and expanding areas accessible only to the army and Jewish settlers

The United Nations on Wednesday said decades-long discrimination and segregation of Palestinians by Israel in the West Bank were intensifying, and called on the country to end its “apartheid system”. In a new report, slammed by Israel, the UN rights office said “systematic discrimination” against Palestinians across the occupied Palestinian territories had “drastically deteriorated” in recent years. “There is a systematic asphyxiation of the rights of Palestinians in the West Bank,” UN rights chief Volker Turk said in a statement. “Whether accessing water, school, rushing to hospital, visiting family or friends, or harvesting olives — every aspect of life for Palestinians in the West Bank is controlled and curtailed by Israel’s discriminatory laws, policies and practices,” he added. “This is a particularly severe form of racial discrimination and segregation that resembles the kind of apartheid system we have seen before.” A number of independent experts affiliated with the UN have described the situation in ...

CBS data shows that in 2025, building an apartment in Israel takes 34.3 months on average, excluding planning and permits. Attorney Alkalay says many delays start with the developer.

Police suspect the three men were shot dead amid a dispute between two local crime groups in northern Israel. Emergency services said the victims were around 50. Nine of the year's 10 homicide victims are Arab Israelis

Iranian officials told the New York Times that the regime has fewer tools at their disposal to deal with the worsening economic situation, which is fueling the protests, or the threat of further conflict with Israel and the United States

The Democratic congressman used a New York Times interview to affirm his position as a moderate, pro-Israel candidate in contrast to Lander, whom he criticized for his activist tendencies

If it winds up on the international money laundering 'gray list,' Israel could see a drop in investments and more expensive bank transactions. If you think that banks charge excessive fees now, be prepared for a big increase – and this time, the banks won't be to blame

The negotiations, centered on land occupied by Israel after the fall of the Assad regime, will take place in Paris on Tuesday, the source told Haaretz. The French foreign minister is expected to meet with his Syrian counterpart in Paris earlier

Speaking at the Knesset, the prime minister said 'the consequences will be very severe' if Iran were to attack Israel