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A United Nations inquiry on Wednesday expressed concern at reports of abuse against a prominent Palestinian doctor seized by the Israeli military in Gaza in December 2024, who is still being held in Israel. The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, called for the immediate release of Hussam Abu Safiya, the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in the Gaza Strip. Rights groups and Abu Safiya’s lawyer have said his life is in imminent danger, and he continues to be held without charge, according to the Physicians for Human Rights Israel, an Israeli rights group. “The actions of the Israeli Prison Service guards towards Palestinian detainees raise grave concerns of violations of international law that likely amount to international crimes. “Dr Abu Safiya’s medical condition is the direct result of these actions,” the UN inquiry said in a statement. An Israel Prison Service (IPS) spokesperson said on Wednesday, “The allegations and character...

Israelis who choose to leave the ultra-Orthodox world find themselves struggling with educational gaps and economic distress. Israel must do more to help them integrate into society, for the benefit of the country

A Haaretz investigation traced the trafficking of hundreds of firearms copied from Israeli-made pistols, reverse-engineered in Iraq and smuggled back into Israel, where they have ended up in the hands of terrorist groups and criminal gangs

While the frustrated Lebanese leadership is escalating its rhetoric against Israel and Hezbollah largely refrains from action, the IDF continues its targeted operations, raising the Lebanese's concern that the seemingly temporary reality will become a permanent one

A report by the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation maps a network of Israel advocacy groups that work to influence Berlin to defund UNRWA, which the groups say has ties to Hamas and is beyond reform. 'The debate over UNRWA was definitely not evidence-based,' a former policymaker tells Haaretz

Rahm Emanuel, a potential 2028 Democratic presidential candidate, will warn Israel that it has lost the world's support and become a 'regional pariah'. The alliance with the U.S. is 'at a crossroads,' the longtime Israel ally and experienced foreign policy operative will say, according to advance copy of his speech

Hamas hopes Monday's announcement will break the political deadlock. But with members of Gaza's technocratic committee still outside Gaza and no guarantee Israel will allow them in, only sustained U.S. pressure, a highly unlikely prospect, could move things forward

This week in Tel Aviv, Israelis will hear directly from presidential hopeful Rahm Emanuel on the future of the U.S.-Israel relationship. Ignoring his message, and the reality behind it, would be a dangerous mistake

Antonio Tajani says Italy communicated willingness to support 'dialogue for peace' to Israel, Lebanon last month

As the board wants to present the U.S. president with a win with a new refugee camp in Rafah, Israel is delaying the international force needed for it. As Hamas symbolically announces its resignation, Egypt hints the group might be flexible on the disarmament plan

The Turkish president portrays Trump as a victim blindly led into war by Israel. He's got good reasons to avoid any direct criticism of his American counterpart

Premierul israelian Benjamin Netanyahu a declarat că unele sate creștine din sudul Libanului ar fi solicitat anexarea la Israel pentru a beneficia de protecție împotriva grupării Hezbollah.

Samantha Sutton, a fellow at the Atlantic Council and former Director at the US National Security Council, spoke to the Post on the sidelines of an IMEC Initiative workshop hosted in Haifa.

Samantha Sutton, a fellow at the Atlantic Council and former Director at the US National Security Council, spoke to the Post on the sidelines of an IMEC Initiative workshop hosted in Haifa.

Serbia and Israel are deepening ties through record arms deals, military cooperation and political favors. But while a small protest movement demands an end to the alliance, most Serbs remain preoccupied with other concerns

Asked in an Army Radio interview whether the UAE received an Israeli missile defense system, Transportation Minister Miri Regev said, 'That's right.' In April, Axios reported that Israel had sent an Iron Dome battery to the UAE, and in May, U.S. Ambassador Huckabee confirmed the deployment of Iron Dome personnel there

Wiam Faisal, 17, died Saturday after the shooting in which Jonathan Khoury, 18, was killed; another young man remains hospitalized in serious condition as police investigate the incident in northern Israel

The New York Times said U.S. officials asked regional intermediaries to warn Iran that Israel could target Foreign Minister Araghchi and Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf during U.S.-Iran negotiations amid assassinations of senior Iranian officials earlier this year

Netanyahu's refusal to hold an independent commission of inquiry is making it difficult for Israel to correct what needs to be corrected and heightens the danger that more security disasters will occur ■ The prime minister has created a parallel universe for his supporters ■ If Netanyahu loses this year's election, the new government must improve ties with Ukraine

Israel is a lackluster performance, a display at the heart of a disaster zone. Remove the peel and you discover a chasm. The gap between our life and the picture they sell us could (and is perhaps meant to) drive one crazy