The populist right has been finding its voice on Israel – and strangely it sounds like what one might find reverberating in the corridors of a left-wing Jewish non-profit
Fischer’s nomination as special envoy was announced amid controversy over his accusations that Israel’s Gaza campaign fuels antisemitism and exploits the Holocaust.
JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu admitted that Israel is supporting an armed group in Gaza that opposes Hamas, following comments by a former minister that Israel had transferred weapons to it. Israeli and Palestinian media have reported that the group Israel has been working with is part of a local Bedouin tribe led by Yasser Abu Shabab. The European Council on Foreign Relations (EFCR) think tank describes Abu Shabab as the leader of a “criminal gang operating in the Rafah area that is widely accused of looting aid trucks”. Knesset member and former defence minister Avigdor Liberman had told the Kan public broadcaster that the government, at Netanyahu’s direction, was “giving weapons to a group of criminals and felons”. Popular Forces outfit denies being ‘a tool of the occupation’ “What did Liberman leak? That security sources activated a clan in Gaza that opposes Hamas? What is bad about that?” Netanyahu said in a video posted to social media on Thursday. Michael Milshtein, an expert on Palestin...
Azerbaijan has decided to stop direct exports to Israel in an attempt to subdue pressure from the Erdoğan government, which is facing protests at home over the sale of oil from its pipelines to Israel, the source said
The major European airline group plans to gradually resume its operations in Israel. For operational reasons, each of the group's individual airlines will begin independently
The Israeli army stated that it had hit a Hezbollah drone manufacturing workshop. The Lebanese President called it a 'blatant violation' of international agreements, marking the first time Israel has struck in Lebanon's capital since April
Move is just the latest step that the Trump administration has taken to punish the ICC and its officials for investigations against Israel and the United States
Following Israeli lawmaker Avigdor Lieberman's allegations against Netanyahu, the prime minister admitted that Israel is indeed mobilizing factions opposing Hamas in the Gaza Strip, adding that the leak will most likely not be investigated
With a prime minister who campaigned on the promise that there won't be a Palestinian state on his watch, and as Israel bombards Gaza and takes unilateral actions to ultimately annex Palestinian territories, no one can say with a straight face that there's only one rejectionist in this conflict
Germany's foreign minister, Johann Wadephul, said that Israel has the right to defend itself, but also decried Israel's decision to approve 22 more settlements in the West Bank and called for Israel to allow unrestricted humanitarian aid to enter the Gaza Strip
La doar două zile după alegerea sa, noul președinte al Poloniei, Karol Nawrocki, se află în centrul unor tensiuni diplomatice după ce presa din Israel l-a acuzat de revizionism în privința Holocaustului. Reacția oficială a Varșoviei nu a întârziat.
Despite the new government's willingness to criticize Israel's Gaza war conduct, Israel has yet to face any repercussions from Germany. Eventually, Chancellor Friedrich Merz will have to choose between empty threats or safeguarding humanitarian law
Flights to Israel will make a short stop in Larnaca, Cyprus, while flights from Israel to Amsterdam will be direct.; Latvian airline airBaltic said flights will resume by the end of this week
Fischer, the American-Israeli economist who headed the Bank of Israel from 2005 to 2013 and later served as vice chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve, played a key role in guiding Israel's economy through the 2008 global financial crisis
The official says it's unclear if talks are being held between Israel and Arab or American officials in a bid to change the decision and allow the delegation to enter the West Bank