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Reporters Without Borders said on Tuesday that Israel was responsible for nearly half of all journalists killed this year worldwide, with 29 Palestinian reporters slain by its forces in Gaza. In its annual report, the Paris-based media freedom group said the total number of journalists killed reached 67 globally this year, slightly up from the 66 killed in 2024. Israeli forces accounted for 43 per cent of the total, making them “the worst enemy of journalists”, RSF said in its report, which documented deaths over 12 months from December 2024. The most deadly single attack was a so-called “double-tap” strike on a hospital in south Gaza on August 25, which killed five journalists, including two contributors to international news agencies Reuters and the Associated Press. In total, since the start of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza in October 2023, nearly 220 journalists have died, making Israel the biggest killer of journalists worldwide for three years running, RSF data shows. Foreign reporters are still un...

Israel and Costa Rica signed a Free Trade Area agreement on Monday, marking a significant milestone in economic cooperation between the two countries.

As Israel attempts to maintain the status quo of its support in Washington, Qatar is making its play to become America's most strategic ally in the Middle East

Speaking to Irish radio, singer Johnny Logan said Israel should have been removed just as Russia was, warning that allowing Israel to participate tells viewers to 'turn a blind eye' and 'forget everything'

After drenching Greece and Cyprus with record downpours, the same system is set to hit Israel as authorities deploy rescue fleets and issue drainage alerts. The approaching storm lands amid a sharp rise in rare, high-intensity rain events tied to a warming Mediterranean

Back from a weeklong Israeli tour, King Dalindyebo blasted the ANC for condemning Israel without seeing it firsthand, calling Hamas 'a club of criminals' and praising Israel's restraint in Gaza– a stark counterpoint to South Africa's recent accusations of genocide and diplomatic tensions

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that the second phase of a US plan to end Tel Aviv’s genocide against Palestinians in Gaza was close, but cautioned several key issues still needed to be resolved, including whether a multinational security force would be deployed. Netanyahu, speaking to reporters alongside German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Jerusalem, said that he would hold important discussions with US President Donald Trump at the end of the month on how to ensure the plan’s second phase was achieved. The prime minister’s office in November said that Trump had invited Netanyahu to the White House “in the near future”, although a date for the visit has not yet been made public. Netanyahu said that he would discuss with Trump how to bring an end to Hamas rule in Gaza. Israel and Hamas entered a ceasefire two months ago, but Israel has continued its bombardment of Gaza, killing Palestinians, as the death toll in the besieged enclave reached over 72,300 as of November 19, 2o25. Gaza’s ...

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Israel may send an act to the song contest, but its diplomatic standing and cultural credibility are at a low point. It is an empty win that isolates the country and leaves Eurovision itself shaken

In an interview with Politico, Israeli President Isaac Herzog said, 'The emotional weight that I carry on my shoulders is huge, but I'm very proud of it that God gave me this role at this moment, to be there for Israel in its most difficult hour'; Netanyahu formally asked Herzog to end his corruption trial earlier this week

Dr. Mike Evans stressed Israel's historical and faith-based claim to Judea and Samaria and urged the White House to stand with Israel on the territory.

The nearly two-month-old ceasefire in the Gaza Strip will not be complete until Israeli troops withdraw from the Palestinian territory under a peace plan backed by Washington and the United Nations, mediator Qatar’s prime minister said on Saturday. “Now we are at the critical moment … A ceasefire cannot be completed unless there is a full withdrawal of the Israeli forces, [and] there is stability back in Gaza,” Qatari premier Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani told the Doha Forum, an annual diplomatic conference in the Gulf state’s capital. Qatar, alongside the United States and Egypt, helped secure the long-elusive truce in Gaza, which came into effect on October 10 and has mostly halted two years of fighting between Israel and Hamas. Under a second phase of the deal, which has yet to begin, Israel is to withdraw from its positions in the territory, an interim authority is to take over governance, and an international stabilisation force (ISF) is to be deployed. Arab and Muslim nations have been hesita...

Hundreds of New York Jews and allies gathered in the cold for a support rally, weeks after Park East Synagogue was targeted by anti-Israel protestors calling to "globalize the Intifada.”

Low-cost aviation giant will resume flights to Israel from London, Amsterdam and Rome

A secret ballot called by eight countries failed to block Israel's participation. Israel's public broadcaster denounced the vote as a 'cultural boycott,' while President Herzog lauded the results, writing, 'Israel deserves to be represented on every stage around the world'

EasyJet plans to resume flights to Israel in March 2026, following repeated delays and security-related suspensions.

A Gallup poll shows 79 percent of Lebanese believe only the Lebanese army should hold weapons, while 86 percent oppose direct conflict with Israel in support of Palestinians. The poll also found that nearly two-thirds of Lebanese oppose economic aid to the Palestinians, while 31 percent support it

Israel has delayed deciding whether to extend the protection status granted after Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, despite the fact that many refugees have no home to return to. Several human rights organizations have asked the government to extend the protection status

Israel says the 42-year-old agricultural worker was killed and abducted from Kibbutz Be'eri and held by Palestinian Islamic Jihad, as the last missing hostage, Ran Gvili, remains in Gaza

The Arab countries, especially Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Qatar, pressured Washington to urge Israel to retract its threats of renewed war with Hezbollah and begin negotiations with the Lebanese government. The talks could lead to Israel's withdrawal from the five posts it holds across the border